How do doubling counters work?
Asked by mikey5527 11 years ago
If I have a Kalonian Hydra and a Corpsejack Menace in play, does my hydra get four times its counters, or am I reading this wrong? The way I see it, Kalonian Hydra doubles counters and Corpsejack Menace also doubles counters, which would quadruple them, just like two Corpsejack Menace s quadruple counters.
BTW, in case this is a stupid question, I just want to make sure before I make my Kalonian Hydra 32/32 on turn 6 tomorrow.
Alright, so if my Kalonian Hydra comes in as an 8/8 (I already have Corpsejack Menace out) and next turn it swings, it becomes a 24/24? It doubles its counters, which adds 8, and the menace adds that again?
Once again, I'm trying to get this rule taken care of so there are no disputes tomorrow.
August 15, 2013 10:40 p.m.
Yep, that's correct. It would add 8, then double that, to add 16 to the 8 already on Kalonian Hydra
. You'd have 24 counters after the first swing.
And in case you're worried, you're correct that Corpsejack doubles the counters the Hydra enters with, too.
August 15, 2013 10:44 p.m.
Correct. One way to think of it is, with just one Corpsejack Menace , you will triple Kalonian Hydra 's current counters when it attacks.
diamondmx says... Accepted answer #1
When dealing with Corpsejack Menace , you figure out how many counters are being added, and double that.
A creatures has 4 counters on it, those counters are doubled (+4 counters). Corpsejack Menace sees you attempting to put counters onto an object, and replaces that +4 counters with double that, +8 counters.
If you were to double that again, you'd look at the number of counters now being added (8), and double that. The trick is that corpsejack menace is not doubling the double effect, he's doubling the add effect.
August 15, 2013 10:34 p.m.