Ki counters are simply regular counters that most commonly apply to spirit or arcane cards. For example, a card may say: Whenever another spirit creature comes into play, put a ki counter on "this card", remove two ki counters from "this card" put a 1/1 spirit creature token into play. This is just one example, ki counters are mostly accumulated from spirit or arcane cards and have a variety of different effects.
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Poison counters are an alternate form of life. Creatures with infect deal damage in poison counters, and if a player gets ten, they lose.
Proliferate means add a counter to all things you choose that are collecting counters such as artifacts and creatures with bloodthirst.
The artifact creature 'Pentavus' can remove its +1/+1 counters to create 1/1 flying Pentavite tokens.
If you gain 10 of them in any way, you lose the game.
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Yes. When a creature has both -1/-1 counters and +1/+1 counters, you remove one of each until the card has only one kind. So if a creature had 3 -1/-1 counters on it, and an ability placed 2 +1/+1 counters on it, you would remove 2 of the +1/+1 counters and 2 -1/-1 counters, so it remains with only one -1/-1 counter. This action is a state-based action. If anyone would like to see this ruling in the Magic Comprehensive rules, you may find it at 120.2
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like of like an expiration date for a card. in other words how long it lasts on the playing field During your upkeep, you must pay a cost identified by the amount of Age Counters on the permanent, if you can't, the card is then sacrificied. Comparable to Cumulative Upkeep.
Removing the counter is a cost to activate the effect. You just take it off when the time comes to pay the cost for that ability.
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