In the rare case where enough -1/-1 counters are put on Aerith Gainsborough at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got those -1/-1 counters will be used to determine the value of X in Aerith Gainsborough's third ability
Archazias Islandwas described as the place where friendly pets abound, beyond the cast of cuddly critters, lies an ancient secret just waiting to be discovered
Jodah, the Unifier players are already salivating, as are Counters players who have noted that the counters never move off Aerith when she dies, so they can be moved onto the Ozolith
If any of them require targets, those targets are chosen as you put the abilities on the stack, before any of those abilities resolve
This means that, with Cinderella, Melody Weaver, players will be able to play cards like the dreaded Be Prepared - which banishes all characters on the board - A Whole new World, which enables players to discard their hand and draw up to seven cards, and Grab Your Swords: which deals two damage to each opposing character, without paying their hefty ink costs
When a player wants a specific card or card type, the chances of drawing that card diminish as the deck size increases