Obstinate Gargoyle (Modern Horizons 3)

Artifact Creature Ñ Gargoyle - This creature has flying as long as it's modified. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Persist (When this creature 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.)