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Infect combo question
I've read that once a permanent gains a -1/-1 counter from infect, it stays on it indefinitely, even if it were to be put into a graveyard and then back into the battlefield at some later point. Is this correct? If so, please continue reading.
Lets say target opponent has 1 poison counter on him/her, and that mana is not an issue.
Now lets say...
I have a core prowler on the battlefield. I cast 2 contagion clasp's. I apply the 2 -1/-1 counters to the core prowler sending it to the graveyard and activating it's proliferate ability. I then cast a corpse cur, which by entering the battlefield activates it's ability and returns target creature with infect from my graveyard to my hand. So I return the core prowler to my hand. Then I cast the core prowler.
Since it still has the 2 -1/-1 counters on it, it will be sent to the graveyard and it's ability will activate again to proliferate.
So target opponent now has 3 poison counters due to the core prowler proliferating twice.
Is this correct?
Ebolavirus
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Posted 21 February 2012 at 23:44
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mtglord
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no counters are removed when a permanent enters the graveyard. on a side note -1/-1 counters are removed by +1/+1 counters.
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Posted 22 February 2012 at 14:22
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seras
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a permanent loses everything attached to it(counters, auras, equipments) whenever it changes zone.
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Posted 22 February 2012 at 15:10
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mtglord
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i just realiszed that my response is very poorly worded... it should say no, counters are removed when a permanent enters the graveyard.
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Posted 22 February 2012 at 19:44
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surewhynot
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It seems that your question has already met good answers, but just in case, I'm going to transfer this topic over to the Questions board =]
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Posted 22 February 2012 at 20:49
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