Name:Cauldron of Souls
ManaCost:5
Types:Artifact
A:AB$ Pump | Cost$ T | ValidTgts$ Creature | TargetMin$ 0 | TargetMax$ X | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature | KW$ Persist | References$ X | SpellDescription$ Choose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn.
SVar:X:Count$Valid Creature
SVar:RemAIDeck:True
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/cauldron_of_souls.jpg
Oracle:{T}: Choose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)