Fuse counter

Fuse counter
Counter
Use	Upkeep tracking
Placed on	Enchantments, Artifacts, Creatures
Introduced	Weatherlight
Last used	Odyssey
Statistics
4 counter creation cards 75% 25%
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oracle:"Fuse counter"

Fuse counters are a type of counter introduced in Weatherlight. They have acted as upkeep tracking for sacrificial and destructive abilities.

Description

Fuse counters first appeared on Goblin Bomb in Weatherlight. It was an enchantment that would gain or lose a Fuse counter each upkeep based on a flipping a coin. It then had a sacrificial ability to remove 5 Fuse counters from it to deal 20 damage to the target Player or Planeswalker acting almost as an alternate-win condition since most often a player would not have more than 20 life.

They later appeared again in Urza's Destiny on Incendiary and Powder Keg. Incendiary was an aura enchantment that would gain a Fuse counter for each upkeep and then would deal damage to any target once the enchanted creature dies. Powder Keg also optionally gained a Fuse counter for each upkeep and had an activated sacrificial ability to destroy each artifact and creature with a mana value exactly equal to the number of counters.

In Odyssey the counters appeared on Bomb Squad which was a creature that had an activated ability to place Fuse counters on other creatures. A creature would then be destroyed once it had 4 or more Fuse counters on it deals 4 damage to its controller as well.

Trivia

• In Magic Online, Fuse counters are colored green as its considered a positive effect and share their icon with Blaze, Flame, Fury, Shred, Spite and Strife counters.