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The following is an alphabetical list of counters used in all core sets and expansions and the cards that produce them.

  • Aether Snap was the first card to remove all counters on all permanents.
  • Gilder Bairn was the first card to double the number of counters on any permanent.
  • Hex Parasite was the first card that could remove fewer than all counters of any type from a permanent.
  • Vampire Hexmage was the first permanent card that could remove all counters from a permanent.
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±X/±Y counter

These counters modify the power and toughness of a creature. Only the +1/+1 and the -1/-1 counter are still in use and can annihilate each other.

+1/+1 counter

Main article: +1/+1 counter

+1/+1 counters are the most common counter type in Magic. The cards that produce these counters are listed here.

-1/-1 counter

Main article: -1/-1 counter

-1/-1 counters are the inverse of +1/+1 counter. The cards which produce these counters are listed here.

Deprecated ±X/±Y counter

The rest of these power and toughness counters are deprecated and no longer printed on modern cards.

+0/+1 counter

Uneven plus

+0/+2 counter

  • Frankenstein's Monster from The Dark is the first and only creature to come into play with +2/+0, +1/+1, and/or +0/+2 counters.

+1/+0 counter

+1/+0 counters are not expected to be used anymore.[1]

+1/+2 counter

  • Armor Thrull from Fallen Empires is the first creature to produce a +1/+2 counter when sacrificed.

+2/+0 counter

  • Frankenstein's Monster from The Dark is the first and only creature to come into play with +2/+0, +1/+1, and/or +0/+2 counters.

+2/+2 counter

-0/-1 counter

Uneven minus

-0/-2 counter

  • Greater Werewolf from Homelands is the first creature to produce -0/-2 counters.
  • Spirit Shackle from Legends is the first enchantment Aura to use -0/-2 counters.

-1/-0 counter

-2/-1 counter

  • Contagion from Alliances is the first instant to produce -2/-1 counters.

-2/-2 counter

  • Ebon Praetor from Fallen Empires is the first creature that could receive a -2/-2 counter for not doing something. If you did do it instead it received a +1/+0 counter.

Acorn counter

Main article: Acorn counter

Aegis counter

Main article: Aegis counter

Age counter

Main article: Age counter

Age counters are exclusively used by cards with cumulative upkeep.

Aim counter

Main article: Aim counter

Arrow counter

Arrow
Main article: Arrow counter
  • Archery Training from Urza's Destiny is the first enchantment Aura to use arrow counters.

Arrowhead counter

Main article: Arrowhead counter
  • Serrated Arrows from Homelands is the first artifact to use arrowhead counters. It also produces -1/-1 counters.

Awakening counter

Main article: Awakening counter
  • Liege of the Tangle from Scars of Mirrodin is the first creature to produce awakening counters.

Blaze counter

Main article: Blaze counter

Blessing counter

Main article: Blessing counter

Blight counter

Main article: Blight counter

Blood counter

Main article: Blood counter

Bloodline counter

Main article: Bloodline counter

Bloodstain counter

Main article: Bloodstain counter

Book counter

Main article: Book counter

Bounty counter

Main article: Bounty counter

Brain counter

Main article: Brain counter

Bribery counter

Main article: Bribery counter

Brick counter

Main article: Brick counter

Burden counter

Main article: Burden counter

Cage counter

Main article: Cage counter

Carrion counter

Main article: Carrion counter
  • Originally, Osai Vultures from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use Carrion counters. It is the first creature to use carrion counters.

Charge counter

Main article: Charge counter

Charge counters belong to the most common counter types in Magic. The cards that produce these counters are listed here.

Coin counter

Main article: Coin counter
  • Athreos, Shroud-Veiled from Theros: Beyond Death is the first to use coin counters.
  • Noble's Purse from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate is the first artifact to use coin counters.

Collection counter

Main article: Collection counter
  • Evelyn, the Covetous from Streets of New Capenna is the first creature to produce collection counters.
  • Charitable Levy from Modern Horizons 3 is the first enchantment to produce collection counters.

Component counter

Main article: Component counter
  • Component Pouch from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is the first artifact to use component counters.

Contested counter

Main article: Contested counter
  • Turf War from Streets of New Capenna Commander is the first enchantment to produce contested counters.

Corruption counter

Main article: Corruption counter
  • Geyadrone Dihada from Modern Horizons 2 is the first to use corruption counters.

CRANK! counter

Main article: CRANK! counter

The CRANK! counter is exclusively connected to Contraption cards from Unstable.

Credit counter

Main article: Credit counter

Croak counter

Main article: Croak counter

Corpse counter

Main article: Corpse counter
Skeleton
  • Crowded Crypt from Midnight Hunt Commander is the first artifact to use corpse counters.
  • From the Catacombs from Baldur's Gate is the first sorcery to use corpse counters, for the same purpose as Isareth.
  • Isareth the Awakener from Core Set 2019 was the first card to use corpse counters as a reminder to exile a creature if it would leave the battlefield.
  • Scavenging Ghoul from Alpha originally just used unnamed counters, but was reprinted in Fourth Edition calling them corpse counters. It is the first card and creature to use corpse counters.

Crystal counter

Main article: Crystal counter
  • Prism Array from Battle for Zendikar was the first enchantment to use crystal counters.

Cube counter

Main article: Cube counter
  • Delif's Cube from Fallen Empires is the first artifact to use cube counters.

Currency counter

Main article: Currency counter
  • Trade Caravan from Homelands is the first creature to use currency counters.

Death counter

Main article: Death counter

Defense counter

Defense
Main article: Defense counter

Battles, first introduced in March of the Machine, use defense counters to track the progress of the battle.

Delay counter

Main article: Delay counter

Depletion counter

Main article: Depletion counter

Depletion counters are almost exclusively used for depletion lands.

Descent counter

Main article: Descent counter

Despair counter

Main article: Despair counter

Devotion counter

Main article: Devotion counter
Devotion

Discovery counter

Main article: Discovery counter

Divinity counter

Main article: Divinity counter

Divinity counters are used to make permanents indestructible, primarily the Myojin cycle of Champions of Kamigawa.

Doom counter

Main article: Doom counter
Doom

Dream counter

Main article: Dream counter

Duty counter

Main article: Duty counter

Echo counter

Main article: Echo counter
Echo
  • Soul Echo from Mirage is the first enchantment to use echo counters.

Egg counter

Main article: Egg counter

Elixir counter

Main article: Elixir counter
  • Essence Bottle from Tempest is the first artifact to use elixir counters.

Ember counter

Main article: Ember counter

Energy counter

Main article: Energy counter
Vortex
  • As of Kaladesh, players can receive Energy Counters. Energy Counters are placed on players and can be generated in multiple different ways, being spent to activate the abilities or effects of certain cards (analogous to a seventh mana type).

Enlightened counter

Main article: Enlightened counter
  • The Book of Exalted Deeds from Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is the first artifact to use enlightened counters.

Eon counter

Main article: Eon counter

Eruption counter

Main article: Eruption counter

Everything counter

Main article: Everything counter

Experience counter

Main article: Experience counter

Experience counters are placed on players. They were first generated by the cycle of commanders from Commander 2015.

Eyeball counter

Main article: Eyeball counter
  • Jar of Eyeballs from Dark Ascension is the first artifact to use eyeball counters.

Eyestalk counter

Main article: Eyestalk counter

Fade counter

Main article: Fade counter

Fade counters are exclusively used by the Fading mechanic.

Fate counter

Main article: Fate counter
  • Oblivion Stone from Mirrodin is the first artifact to use fate counters.
  • Triad of Fates from Theros is the first creature to use fate counters.

Feather counter

Main article: Feather counter

Fetch counter

Main article: Fetch counter

Filibuster counter

Main article: Filibuster counter
  • Azor's Elocutors from Return to Ravnica is the first creature to use Filibuster counters.

Finality counter

Finality
Main article: Finality counter

If a permanent with a finality counter would go to a graveyard, exile it instead.

Flame counter

Main article: Flame counter
Flame

Flood counter

Main article: Flood counter
Flood

Foreshadow counter

Main article: Foreshadow counter
  • Ominous Seas from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths is the first enchantment to use foreshadow counters.

Fungus counter

Main article: Fungus counter
Fungus
  • Mindbender Spores from Mirage is the first creature to produce fungus counters.
  • Sporogenesis from Urza's Saga is the first enchantment to produce fungus counters.

Fury counter

Main article: Fury counter

Fuse counter

Main article: Fuse counter
  • Bomb Squad from Odyssey is the first creature to produce fuse counters.
  • Goblin Bomb from Weatherlight is the first enchantment non-Aura to use fuse counters.
  • Incendiary from Urza's Destiny is the first enchantment Aura to use fuse counters.
  • Powder Keg from Urza's Destiny is the first artifact to produce fuse counters.

Gem counter

Main article: Gem counter
  • Briber's Purse from Khans of Tarkir is the first artifact to use gem counters.

Ghostform counter

Main article: Ghostform counter

Glyph counter

Main article: Glyph counter
  • Originally, Glyph of Delusion from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use glyph counters.

Gold counter

Main article: Gold counter
Gold

Growth counter

Main article: Growth counter
  • Malignant Growth from Mirage is the first enchantment non-Aura to use growth counters.
  • Momentum from Urza's Destiny is the first enchantment Aura to produce growth counters.
  • Paradox Zone from Commander 2021.
  • Simic Ascendancy from Ravnica Allegiance is the first multicolor enchantment to use growth counters.

Hack counter

Main article: Hack counter

Harmony counter

Main article: Harmony counter
  • Instrument of the Bards from Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is the first artifact to use harmony counters.

Hatching counter

Main article: Hatching counter

Hatchling counter

Main article: Hatchling counter

Healing counter

Main article: Healing counter
  • Fylgja from Ice Age is the first enchantment Aura to use healing counters.
  • Ursine Fylgja from Coldsnap is the first creature to use healing counters.

Hit counter

Main article: Hit counter

Hope counter

Main article: Hope counter

Hone counter

Main article: Hone counter

Hoofprint counter

Main article: Hoofprint counter
Paw

Hour counter

Main article: Hour counter

Hourglass counter

Main article: Hourglass counter

Hunger counter

Main article: Hunger counter
  • Originally, Fasting from The Dark used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use hunger counters. It is the first enchantment to use hunger counters.

Ice counter

Main article: Ice counter

Impostor counter

Main article: Impostor counter
  • Illicit Masquerade from Murders at Karlov Manor is the first enchantment to use impostor counters.

Incarnation counter

Main article: Incarnation counter
  • Nine Lives from Magic 2021 is the first enchantment to use incarnation counters.

Incubation counter

  • Originally, Triassic Egg from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use incubation counters. It is the first artifact to use incubation counters. It was later given errata to use hatchling counters. Thus currently, there are no cards that use incubation counters.

Infection counter

Main article: Infection counter

Influence counter

Main article: Influence counter

Ingenuity counter

Main article: Ingenuity counter

Intel counter

Main article: Intel counter

Intervention counter

Main article: Intervention counter
  • Originally, Divine Intervention from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use intervention counters. It is the first enchantment to use intervention counters.

Invitation counter

Main article: Invitation counter
  • Wedding Announcement from Innistrad: Crimson Vow is the first enchantment to produce invitation counters.

Isolation counter

Main article: Isolation counter
  • Quarantine Field from Battle for Zendikar is the first enchantment to use isolation counters.

Javelin counter

Main article: Javelin counter

Judgment counter

Main article: Judgment counter
  • Faithbound Judge from Innistrad: Crimson Vow is the first creature to produce judgment counters.
  • Sinner's Judgment from Innistrad: Crimson Vow is the first enchantment to produce judgment counters.

Keyword counter

Main article: Keyword counter

The first ability to give keyword counters was printed first introduced in the Mystery Booster set on the test card Recycla-bird.[2] Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths was the first standard legal set to use the mechanic.[3]

The evergreen keyword abilities deathtouch, double strike, first strike, flying, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance each have their own counter. Shadow is the only non-evergreen ability to have a keyword counter. Permanents with a keyword counter on them, typically creatures, gain that counter's respective ability.

Ki counter

Main article: Ki counter

Ki counters are created by certain permanents, whenever you cast a spirit or arcane spell.

Kick counter

Main article: Kick counter

Knickknack counter

Main article: Knickknack counter

Knowledge counter

Main article: Knowledge counter

Landmark Counter

Main article: Landmark counter
  • Treasure Map from Ixalan is the first artifact to produce landmark counters.

Level counter

Main article: Level counter

Level counters are exclusively used by the Level up mechanic.

Loot counter

Main article: Loot counter

Lore counter

Main article: Lore counter
Lore

Loyalty counter

Main article: Loyalty counter
Loyalty

Planeswalkers, first introduced in Lorwyn, use loyalty counters as a substitute for life and for paying the costs of their abilities.

Luck counter

Main article: Luck counter

Magnet counter

Main article: Magnet counter
  • Magnetic Web from Tempest is the first artifact to use magnet counters.

Manabond counter

Main article: Manabond counter
  • The test card Wrath of Sod from the Mystery Booster set is the first spell to use manabond counters. Cards with a manabond counter lose all other abilities, and become lands with "{T}: Add one mana of this card's color".

Manifestation counter

Main article: Manifestation counter

Mannequin counter

Main article: Mannequin counter

Mask counter

  • Originally, Illusionary Mask from Alpha didn’t use any counters. It was given errata to use mask counters to mark the face-down creature. Another errata removed the mention of said counters later so that Illusionary Mask doesn't use counters at all. Currently, no card makes use of or references mask counters.

Matrix counter

Main article: Matrix counter
  • Originally, Life Matrix from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use matrix counters.

Memory counter

Main article: Memory counter

Midway counter

Main article: Midway counter

Mine counter

Main article: Mine counter
  • Mine Layer from Odyssey is the first creature to use mine counters.

Mining counter

Main article: Mining counter
  • Gemstone Mine from Weatherlight is the first land to use mining counters.

Mire counter

Main article: Mire counter
  • Originally, Cyclopean Tomb from Alpha used tokens to mark lands it turned into swamps. It was given errata to use mire counters to keep track.

Music counter

Main article: Music counter
  • Musician from Ice Age is the first creature to use music counters. It also uses age counters.

Muster counter

Main article: Muster counter
Muster

Necrodermis counter

Main article: Necrodermis counter
  • The War in Heaven from Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks is the first enchantment to use necrodermis counters.

Nest counter

Main article: Nest counter
  • Twitching Doll from Duskmourn: House of Horror is the first artifact and creature to use nest counters.

Net counter

Main article: Net counter
  • Merseine from Fallen Empires is the first enchantment to use net counters.
  • Braided Net from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is the first artifact to use net counters.

Night counter

Main article: Night counter

Oil counter

Main article: Oil counter

Oil counters are used on many Phyrexian cards and first printed as part of Phyrexia: All Will Be One.

Omen counter

Main article: Omen counter

Ore counter

Main article: Ore counter
  • Orcish Mine from Homelands is the first enchantment Aura to use ore counters.

Page counter

Main article: Page counter

Pain counter

Main article: Pain counter

Palliation counter

Main article: Palliation counter
  • Palliation Accord from Dissension is the first enchantment to use palliation counters. After Shield counters were introduced as a mechanic in Streets of New Capenna, the shield counters used by Palliation Accord were retroactively changed to palliation counters so there is no confusion about them.[4] No other cards using either shield or palliation counters had been printed before this change.

Paralyzation counter

Main article: Paralyzation counter
  • Dread Wight from Ice Age is the first creature to use paralyzation counters.

Pause counter

Main article: Pause counter

Petal counter

Main article: Petal counter
  • Lotus Blossom from Urza's Saga is the first artifact to produce petal counters.

Petrification counter

Main article: Petrification counter
  • Xathrid Gorgon from Magic 2013 is the first creature to produce petrification counters.

Phyresis counter

Main article: Phyresis counter

Phylactery counter

Main article: Phylactery counter
  • Phylactery Lich from Magic 2010 is the first creature to produce phylactery counters.

Pin counter

Main article: Pin counter
Pin
  • Originally, Voodoo Doll from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use pin counters. It is the first artifact to use pin counters.

Plague counter

Main article: Plague counter
  • Traveling Plague from Odyssey is the first enchantment to use plague counters. It produces plague counters automatically at the beginning of your upkeep.
  • Withering Hex from Onslaught produces plague counters whenever a player cycles a card.
  • Plague Boiler from Ravnica: City of Guilds is the first artifact that produces plague counters. It produces plague counters automatically at the beginning of your upkeep.

Plot counter

Main article: Plot counter

Point counter

Main article: Point counter
  • Strixhaven Stadium from Strixhaven: School of Mages is the first artifact that produces point counters. It does so by tapping it for mana or when a creature you control deals damage to an opponent.
  • Contested Game Ball from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.

Poison counter

Poison
Main article: Poison counter

A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. The cards that produce these counters are listed here.

Polyp counter

Main article: Polyp counter
  • Coral Reef from Homelands is the first enchantment to use polyp counters. It also produces +0/+1 counters.

Pressure counter

Main article: Pressure counter
  • Hellion Crucible from Magic 2013 is the first land to use pressure counters.
  • Magma Mine from Visions is the first artifact to use pressure counters.

Prey counter

Main article: Prey counter

Pupa counter

Main article: Pupa counter
  • Originally, Cocoon from Legends used change counters. It was given errata to use pupa counters. Pupa by definition is the life stage of some insects transforming.

Quest counter

Main article: Quest counter

Quest counters are used for the Quests printed in Zendikar and Worldwake.

Rad counter

Main article: Rad counter

Rad counters are placed on players and have inherent rules.

  • The Radiation mechanic introduced in Fallout also introduced rad counters.

Rejection counter

Main article: Rejection counter
  • Tolarian Contempt from March of the Machine: The Aftermath is the first enchantment to use rejection counters.

Reprieve counter

Main article: Reprieve counter

Rev counter

Main article: Rev counter

Revival counter

Main article: Revival counter

Ribbon counter

Main article: Ribbon counter
  • Prize Pig from The Lord of the Rings Commander Decks is the first creature to use ribbon counters.

Ritual counter

Main article: Ritual counter
  • Heirloom Mirror from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is the first artifact to use ritual counters.

Rope counter

Main article: Rope counter
  • Fraying Line from Baldur's Gate is the first artifact to use rope counters.

Rust counter

Main article: Rust counter
  • Corrosion from Visions is the first enchantment to use rust counters. It also uses age counters because it has cumulative upkeep.

Scream counter

Main article: Scream counter
Scream
  • Originally, All Hallow's Eve from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use scream counters. It is the first sorcery to use scream counters. The card's ability is very much like Suspend.
  • Endless Scream from Tempest is the first Aura enchantment to use scream counters.

Scroll counter

Main article: Scroll counter
  • Aretopolis, a Plane card from Planechase 2012 is the first card to use scroll counters.

Shell counter

Main article: Shell counter
  • Roc Hatchling from Weatherlight is the first creature to use shell counters.

Shield counter

Shield
Main article: Shield counter

After Shield counters were introduced as a mechanic in Streets of New Capenna, the shield counters on Palliation Accord were changed to palliation counters so there is no confusion about them.[4]

Silver counter

Main article: Silver counter

Shred counter

Main article: Shred counter

Sleep counter

Main article: Sleep counter
  • Originally, Venarian Gold from Legends used unnamed counters. It was given errata to use sleep counters.

Sleight counter

Main article: Sleight counter
  • Chromatic Armor from Ice Age is the first enchantment Aura to use sleight counters.

Slime counter

Main article: Slime counter
Slime

Slumber counter

Main article: Slumber counter

Soot counter

Main article: Soot counter
  • Smokestack from Urza's Saga is the first artifact to produce soot counters.

Soul counter

Main article: Soul counter

Spark counter

Main article: Spark counter

Spite Counter

Main article: Spite counter

Spore counter

Main article: Spore counter

Spore counter are used as extra resource to create Saprolings.

Stash counter

Main article: Stash counter

Storage counter

Main article: Storage counter

Storage counters are exclusively used by storage lands.

Story counter

Main article: Story counter

Strife counter

Main article: Strife counter
  • Crescendo of War from Commander is the first enchantment to use strife counters.

Study counter

Main article: Study counter

Stun counter

Stun
Main article: Stun counter

When a permanent with a stun counter becomes untapped, a stun counter is removed from it instead.

Supply counter

Main article: Supply counter
  • To be introduced in Bloomburrow.

Suspect counter

Main article: Suspect counter

Takeover counter

Main article: Takeover counter

Task counter

Main article: Task counter

Theft counter

Main article: Theft counter
  • Night Dealings from Champions of Kamigawa is the first enchantment to use theft counters.

Ticket counter

Main article: Ticket counter
Ticket

Ticket counters are placed on players and can be generated in multiple different ways. They are spent as a cost to put stickers onto permanents.

Tide counter

Main article: Tide counter
  • Homarid from Fallen Empires is the first creature to use tide counters.
  • Tidal Influence from Fallen Empires is the first enchantment to use tide counters.

Time counter

Main article: Time counter

Time counters are used to track upkeep. The cards that produce these counters are listed here.

Tower counter

Main article: Tower counter
  • Helix Pinnacle from Eventide is the first enchantment to use tower counters.

Training counter

Main article: Training counter
  • Sensei Golden-Tail from Champions of Kamigawa is the first creature to use training counters.

Trap counter

Main article: Trap counter
  • Trap Digger from Scourge is the first creature to use trap counters.

Treasure counter

Main article: Treasure counter
  • Legacy's Allure from Tempest is the first enchantment to use treasure counters.

Unity counter

Main article: Unity counter
  • Call for Unity from Aether Revolt is the first enchantment to use unity counters.

Unlock counter

Main article: Unlock counter
  • Cryptex from Murders at Karlov Manor is the first artifact to use unlock counters.

Valor counter

Main article: Valor counter

Velocity counter

Main article: Velocity counter
  • Daredevil Dragster, a vehicle from Aether Revolt, is the first artifact to use velocity counters.
  • Tornado from Alliances is the first enchantment to use velocity counters. It also uses age counters because it has cumulative upkeep.

Verse counter

Main article: Verse counter

Almost all Verse counters are used to track upkeep, primarily in two cycles from Urza's Saga.

Vitality counter

Main article: Vitality counter
  • Originally, Living Artifact from Alpha used unnamed counters. It was given errata to call them Vitality counters. It is the first enchantment Aura to use vitality counters.

Void counter

Main article: Void counter
Void

Volatile counter

Main article: Volatile counter
  • Volatile counters were an unreleased mechanic considered for Aether Revolt. The design was for them to be put on permanents, and if the permanent left the battlefield, then the counter triggered and did 2 damage to a target opponent.

Vortex counter

Main article: Vortex counter
  • Energy Vortex from Mirage was the first enchantment to use vortex counters. It was printed with Energy counters but changed to use vortex counters instead when a new form of energy counters was introduced in Kaladesh.

Vow counter

Main article: Vow counter

Voyage counter

Main article: Voyage counter

Wage counter

Main article: Wage counter
Skull

Winch counter

Main article: Winch counter
  • Mercadian Lift from Mercadian Masques is the first artifact to use winch counters.

Wind counter

Main article: Wind counter
  • Originally, Cyclone from Arabian Nights used chips. It was given errata to call them wind counters. It is the first enchantment to use wind counters.
  • Freyalise's Winds from Ice Age.

Wish counter

Main article: Wish counter

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