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If Spike Drone puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature whose abilities use up or otherwise depend on +1/+1 counters, can that creature make use of the Spike Drone counters?

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If Spike Drone puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature whose abilities use up or otherwise depend on +1/+1 counters, can that creature make use of the Spike Drone counters?

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Depends on how that creature’s ability is written. Most abilities will refer to “these +1/+1 counters,” meaning the ones the creature put there itself. But if they just refer to +1/+1 counters in general (e.g., Magmasaur), then the Spike Drone counters would count as well.