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Carrion counter
Skeleton
Counter
Use Resource for temporary +1/+1 counters created from creatures entering the graveyard
Placed on Creatures
Introduced Legends
Last used Masters Edition IV
Statistics
1 counter creation card
{W} 100%
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oracle:"Carrion counter"

Carrion counters are a type of counter introduced in Legends and later reprinted in Fourth Edition, Renaissance, and most recently Masters Edition IV. Its name alludes to the creature powering up from eating a dead creature as they act as a resource created from creature deaths and can be converted to temporary +1/+1 counters.

Description[ | ]

Carrion counters first appeared on Osai Vultures in Legends as an unnamed counter on the printed card but was later errated to be typed as Carrion counters. A Carrion counter is created on the creature at the end of a player's turn if another creature was put into the graveyard that turn. Two carrion counters can then be converted into a +1/+1 counter that lasts for a single turn.

Trivia[ | ]

In Magic Online, the counter is colored green as its considered a positive effect and it shares an icon with Blood, Corpse, Eyeball, Infection, and Plague counters.[1]

References[ | ]

  1. Christopher Bellach (September 5, 2018). "Counter Development in Magic Online". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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