Star Pupil's ability doesn't cause you to move counters from itself to the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Star Pupil had when it died onto that creature.
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◇ Catalog #259
Star Pupil
j25·#259·common·nonfoil
Illus. Howard Lyon
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Nov '24
1 yr ago
Value
$0.23+$0 (+21.1%)
30 days high $0.23 · low $0.19
Volatility · moderate
USD$0.23EUR€0.15
NM$0.23
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #15,847 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Human Wizard
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
"When I'm done here, they'll name entire buildings after me."
0/0
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
If Star Pupil has -1/-1 counters on it when it dies, the last ability will include those as well. This may result in the recipient also dying.
wotc
Star Pupil puts all of its counters onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters.
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