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Ichibann

Date Joined: Sep 4, 2010

Posts: 717

Do you have access to a list of all couter types? There are so many of them. So typical and mentioned in rules such as +1/+1, -1/-1, loyalty or poison and some rare and weird such as eyeball counters

.
Say I have an imaginary card that reads:
"Choose a type of counter. Put one counter of that type on every permanent."

FezzHead

Date Joined: Dec 13, 2011

Posts: 1,659

I would not recommend printing that card, because there are a LOT of counter types over the years.

Common types include:
+1/+1 counters

Oddball ones include:
+1/+0 and +0/+1 counters

-1/-0

and -0/-1

counters
+1/+2 counters

+2/+2 counters

+2/0 and +0/+2 counters

the list goes on...

PirateAmmo

Date Joined: Jul 7, 2010

Posts: 2,157

The different types are not listed in the CR, but if they were, I think that that would be fine. It would work the same way Adaptive Automaton

works. There are just as many creature types as counter types.

adeyke

Celestial Teapots are broken!

Date Joined: Feb 24, 2007

Posts: 9,386

I think this is the complete list of counters used in non-Un- Magic cards:
-0/-1, -0/-2, -1/-0, -1/-1, -2/-2, +0/+1, +0/+2, +1/+0, +1/+1, +1/+2, +2/+2, age, aim, arrow, arrowhead, awakening, blaze, blood, bounty, bribery, carrion, charge, corpse, credit, cube, currency, death, delay, depletion, despair, devotion, divinity, doom, dream, echo, elixir, energy, eon, eyeball, fade, fate, feather, flame, flood, fungus, fuse, glyph, gold, growth, hatchling, healing, hoofprint, hourglass, hunger, ice, infection, intervention, javelin, ki, level, lore, loyalty, luck, magnet, mannequin, matrix, mine, mining, mire, music, net, omen, ore, page, pain, paralyzation, petal, petrification, phylactery, pin, plague, polyp, pressure, pupa, quest, rust, scream, scroll, shell, shield, shred, sleep, sleight, slime, soot, spore, storage, strife, study, theft, tide, time, tower, training, trap, treasure, velocity, verse, vitality, wage, winch, wind, wish

I got this list by looking for instances of "counter on" or "counters on" and taking the preceding word (and throwing out things like "a" or "each").

If that card were to exist, it would require a list like the above in the CompRules. However, that imaginary card is a really bad idea, so it'll hopefully never be printed.

WotC_dlaugel

Date Joined: May 16, 2002

Posts: 358

My team keeps a list, but it looks like we haven't updated in a few months. Here's what i have through Dark Ascension:

-0/-1	Lesser Werewolf (LE), Takklemaggot (LE), Essence Flare (IA), Kjeldoran Home Guard (AL), Krovikan Plague (AL), Shield Sphere (AL), Wall of Roots (MI, TSB)
-0/-2	Spirit Shackle (LE), Greater Werewolf (HM, 5E)
-1/-0	Jabari’s Influence (MI)
-1/-1
-2/-2	Ebon Praetor (FE)
+0/+1	Living Armor (DK), Necropolis (DK), Dwarven Armorer (FE), Coral Reef (HM), Sacred Boon (IA), Scars of the Veteran (AL), Wall of Resistance (MI)
+0/+2	Frankenstein’s Monster (DK)
+1/+0	Clockwork Beast, Clockwork Avian, Clockwork Steed, Clockwork Swarm, Dwarven Armorer (FE), Ebon Praetor (FE), Balduvian Hydra (IA), Consuming Ferocity (MI), Lightning Serpent (CSP)
+1/+1
+1/+2	Armor Thrull (FE)
+2/+0	Frankenstein’s Monster (DK)
+2/+2	Cycle of VI Chimeras, Soul Exchange (FE), Dwarven Armory (IA), Baron Sengir (HM), Fungus Elemental (WL)
age	cumulative upkeep
aim	Hankyu (CHK)
arrow	Archery Training (CG)
arrowhead	Serrated Arrows (TSB, HM)
awakening	Liege of the Tangle (SOM)
blaze	Obsidian Fireheart (ZEN)
blood	Bloodletter Quill (RAV), Rakdos Riteknife (DIS)
bounty	Bounty Hunter (TE)
bribery	Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer (CON)
carrion	Osai Vultures (LE, 4E)
charge
corpse	Scavenging Ghoul (1E–4E), Void Maw (CSP)
credit	Icatian Moneychanger (FE)
cube	Delif’s Cube (FE)
currency	Trade Caravan (HM)
death	Bogardan Phoenix (VI)
delay	Ertai’s Meddling (TE), Delaying Shield (ODY)
depletion	Cycle of MM lands, Decree of Silence and Force Bubble (SCG)
devotion	Bloodthirsty Ogre (CHK), Pious Kitsune (CHK)
divinity	Cycle of Myojin (CHK), That Which Was Taken (BOK)
doom	Armageddon Clock
dream	Rasputin Dreamweaver (LE)
echo	Soul Echo (MI)
elixir	Essence Bottle (TE)
energy	Energy Vortext (MO)
eyeball	Jar of Eyeballs (DKA)
fade	fading
fate	Oblivion Stone (MRD), Norn’s Dominion (PC2)
feather	Kangee, Aerie Keeper (IN), Soulcatchers’ Aerie (JUD), Aven Mimeomancer (ARB)
flood	Quicksilver Fountain (MRD)
flood	Aquitect’s Will (LRW)
fungus	Mindbender Spores (MI), Sporogenesis (UZ)
fuse	Goblin Bomb (WL), Incendiary (CG), Powder Keg (CG), Bomb Squad (ODY)
globe	Snow Mercy (holiday card)
glyph	Glyph of Delusion (LE)
gold	Aurification (ONS)
growth	Malignant Growth (MI), Momentum (CG)
hatchling	Ludevic’s Test Subject (ISD)
healing	Fylgja (IA), Ursine Fylgja (CSP)
hoofprint	Hoofprints of the Stag (LRW)
hourglass	Temporal Distortion (IN)
hunger	Fasting (DK)
ice	Iceberg (IA), Dark Depths (CSP), Rimefeather Owl (CSP), Rimescale Dragon (CSP), Woolly Razorback (CSP)
incubation	Triassic Egg (LE)
infection	Diseased Vermin (AL), Festering Wound (CG)
intervention	Divine Intervention (LE)
javelin	Icatian Javelineers (FE, TSB)
ki	BOK flip cards and Baku
level	level up
lore	Mind Unbound (M12)
loyalty	planeswalkers
luck	Chance Encounter (ODY), Gemstone Caverns (TSP)
magnet	Magnetic Web (TE)
mannequin	Makeshift Mannequin (LRW)
mask	Illusionary Mask
matrix	Life Matrix (LE)
mine	Mine Layer (ODY)
mining	Gemstone Mine (WL, TSB)
mire	Cyclopean Tomb
net	Merseine (FE)
omen	Celestial Convergence (PR)
ore	Orcish Mine (HM)
page	Barrin’s Codex (UZ), Private Research (CG)
pain	Torture Chamber (TE)
paralyzation	Dread Wight (IA)
petal	Lotus Blossom (UZ)
pin	Voodoo Doll (LE)
plague	Traveling Plague (ODY), Withering Hex (ONS), Plague Boiler (RAV)
poison
polyp	Coral Reef (HM)
pressure	Magma Mine (VI), Mount Keralia (PC2)
pupa	Cocoon (LE)
quest	Various Zendikar block enchantments
rust	Corrosion (VI)
scream	All Hallow’s Eve (LE), Endless Scream (TE)
scroll	Aretopolis (PC2)
shell	Roc Hatchling (WL)
shield	Palliation Accord (DIS)
shred	Cephalid Vandal (TOR)
sleep	Venarian Gold (LE)
sleight	Chromatic Armor (IA)
slime	Gutter Grime (ISD)
soot	Smokestack (UZ)
spore	Thallids!
storage	"storage lands"
study	Pursuit of Knowledge (ST), Grimoire of the Dead (ISD)
theft	Night Dealings (CHK)
tide	Tidal Influence (FE), Homarid (FE)
time	suspend, vanishing, Tourach’s Gate (FE), Infinite Hourglass (IA), Time Bomb (IA)
tower	Helix Pinnacle (EVE)
training	Sensei Golden-Tail (CHK)
trap	Trap DIgger (SCG)
treasure	Legacy’s Allure (TE)
velocity	Tornado (AL)
verse	ten Urza's Saga growing enchantments
vitality	Living Artifact (1E–5E)
wage	Rogue Skycaptain (AL)
winch	Mercadian Lift (MM)
wind	Freyalise’s WInds (IA)
wish	Djinn of Wishes (M10)

Del Laugel
Senior editor, Magic TCG

adeyke

Celestial Teapots are broken!

Date Joined: Feb 24, 2007

Posts: 9,386

Some issues I see with that list (some of them from the missing M13 update):

Void Maw no longer uses corpse counters.
Descent into Madness uses despair counters.
There are two entries for "flood".
Triassic Egg uses hatchling, not incubation, counters.
Musician uses music counters.
Xathrid Gorgon uses petrification counters.
Phylactery Lich uses phylactery counters.
Hellion Crucible uses pressure counters.
Crescendo of War uses strife counters.
Cyclone uses wind counters.

Also, there are some counters in use on non-traditional cards (e.g. Bant

, but I guess those are outside the scope of the list.

I did notice that my search failed to find poison (that uses a different template) and the +2/+0 counters from Frankenstein's Monster

.

PirateAmmo

Date Joined: Jul 7, 2010

Posts: 2,157

Thanks a lot for that list.

FezzHead

Date Joined: Dec 13, 2011

Posts: 1,659

The problem with the specific card idea you posted is that most counter types either only work with creatures, or are used to mark the effect of a specific card and are meaningless otherwise.

mqj

Master of the Quiz (Win '09)

Date Joined: Apr 23, 2008

Posts: 3,449

Sep 11, 2012 -- 12:34PM, adeyke wrote:
I think this is the complete list of counters used in non-Un- Magic cards:
-0/-1, -0/-2, -1/-0, -1/-1, -2/-2, +0/+1, +0/+2, +1/+0, +1/+1, +1/+2, +2/+2, ...

Aside from the +2/+0 counter from Frankenstein's Monster that you mentioned, there is also the -2/-1 counters from Contagion .

Also here are the cards from WotC_dlaugel's post that have been autocarded if other people wanted to look them up without having to copy and paste.
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Sep 11, 2012 -- 12:44PM, WotC_dlaugel wrote:
My team keeps a list, but it looks like we haven't updated in a few months. Here's what i have through Dark Ascension:

-0/-1 Lesser Werewolf (LE), Takklemaggot (LE), Essence Flare (IA), Kjeldoran Home Guard (AL), Krovikan Plague (AL), Shield Sphere (AL), Wall of Roots (MI, TSB)
-0/-2 Spirit Shackle (LE), Greater Werewolf (HM, 5E)
-1/-0 Jabari's Influence (MI)
-1/-1
-2/-2 Ebon Praetor (FE)
+0/+1 Living Armor (DK), Necropolis (DK), Dwarven Armorer (FE), Coral Reef (HM), Sacred Boon (IA), Scars of the Veteran (AL), Wall of Resistance (MI)
+0/+2 Frankenstein's Monster (DK)
+1/+0 Clockwork Beast , Clockwork Avian , Clockwork Steed , Clockwork Swarm , Dwarven Armorer (FE), Ebon Praetor (FE), Balduvian Hydra (IA), Consuming Ferocity (MI), Lightning Serpent (CSP)
+1/+1
+1/+2 Armor Thrull (FE)
+2/+0 Frankenstein's Monster (DK)
+2/+2 Cycle of VI Chimeras, Soul Exchange (FE), Dwarven Armory (IA), Baron Sengir (HM), Fungus Elemental (WL)
age cumulative upkeep
aim Hankyu (CHK)
arrow Archery Training (CG)
arrowhead Serrated Arrows (TSB, HM)
awakening Liege of the Tangle (SOM)
blaze Obsidian Fireheart (ZEN)
blood Bloodletter Quill (RAV), Rakdos Riteknife (DIS)
bounty Bounty Hunter (TE)
bribery Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer (CON)
carrion Osai Vultures (LE, 4E)
charge
corpse Scavenging Ghoul (1E–4E), Void Maw (CSP)
credit Icatian Moneychanger (FE)
cube Delif's Cube (FE)
currency Trade Caravan (HM)
death Bogardan Phoenix (VI)
delay Ertai's Meddling (TE), Delaying Shield (ODY)
depletion Cycle of MM lands, Decree of Silence and Force Bubble (SCG)
devotion Bloodthirsty Ogre (CHK), Pious Kitsune (CHK)
divinity Cycle of Myojin (CHK), That Which Was Taken (BOK)
doom Armageddon Clock
dream Rasputin Dreamweaver (LE)
echo Soul Echo (MI)
elixir Essence Bottle (TE)
energy Energy Vortex t (MO)
eyeball Jar of Eyeballs (DKA)
fade fading
fate Oblivion Stone (MRD), Norn's Dominion (PC2)
feather Kangee, Aerie Keeper (IN), Soulcatchers' Aerie (JUD), Aven Mimeomancer (ARB)
flood Quicksilver Fountain (MRD)
flood Aquitect's Will (LRW)
fungus Mindbender Spores (MI), Sporogenesis (UZ)
fuse Goblin Bomb (WL), Incendiary (CG), Powder Keg (CG), Bomb Squad (ODY)
globe Snow Mercy (holiday card)
glyph Glyph of Delusion (LE)
gold Aurification (ONS)
growth Malignant Growth (MI), Momentum (CG)
hatchling Ludevic's Test Subject (ISD)
healing Fylgja (IA), Ursine Fylgja (CSP)
hoofprint Hoofprints of the Stag (LRW)
hourglass Temporal Distortion (IN)
hunger Fasting (DK)
ice Iceberg (IA), Dark Depths (CSP), Rimefeather Owl (CSP), Rimescale Dragon (CSP), Woolly Razorback (CSP)
incubation Triassic Egg (LE)
infection Diseased Vermin (AL), Festering Wound (CG)
intervention Divine Intervention (LE)
javelin Icatian Javelineers (FE, TSB)
ki BOK flip cards and Baku
level level up
lore Mind Unbound (M12)
loyalty planeswalkers
luck Chance Encounter (ODY), Gemstone Caverns (TSP)
magnet Magnetic Web (TE)
mannequin Makeshift Mannequin (LRW)
mask Illusionary Mask
matrix Life Matrix (LE)
mine Mine Layer (ODY)
mining Gemstone Mine (WL, TSB)
mire Cyclopean Tomb
net Merseine (FE)
omen Celestial Convergence (PR)
ore Orcish Mine (HM)
page Barrin's Codex (UZ), Private Research (CG)
pain Torture Chamber (TE)
paralyzation Dread Wight (IA)
petal Lotus Blossom (UZ)
pin Voodoo Doll (LE)
plague Traveling Plague (ODY), Withering Hex (ONS), Plague Boiler (RAV)
poison
polyp Coral Reef (HM)
pressure Magma Mine (VI), Mount Keralia (PC2)
pupa Cocoon (LE)
quest Various Zendikar block enchantments
rust Corrosion (VI)
scream All Hallow's Eve (LE), Endless Scream (TE)
scroll Aretopolis (PC2)
shell Roc Hatchling (WL)
shield Palliation Accord (DIS)
shred Cephalid Vandal (TOR)
sleep Venarian Gold (LE)
sleight Chromatic Armor (IA)
slime Gutter Grime (ISD)
soot Smokestack (UZ)
spore Thallid s!
storage "storage lands"
study Pursuit of Knowledge (ST), Grimoire of the Dead (ISD)
theft Night Dealings (CHK)
tide Tidal Influence (FE), Homarid (FE)
time suspend, vanishing, Tourach's Gate (FE), Infinite Hourglass (IA), Time Bomb (IA)
tower Helix Pinnacle (EVE)
training Sensei Golden-Tail (CHK)
trap Trap Digger (SCG)
treasure Legacy's Allure (TE)
velocity Tornado (AL)
verse ten Urza's Saga growing enchantments
vitality Living Artifact (1E–5E)
wage Rogue Skycaptain (AL)
winch Mercadian Lift (MM)
wind Freyalise's Winds (IA)
wish Djinn of Wishes (M10)