Expanding Ooze
Creature — Ooze
: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target modified creature you control. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
"It eats the royal garbage. Of course it's growing!" —Prince Bolbuss
Randy Gallegos
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
• #184Rulings
An Aura controlled by another player does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
You can always activate an ability that will cause a creature to adapt. As that ability resolves, if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it for any reason, you simply won't put any +1/+1 counters on it.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
Rulings
An Aura controlled by another player does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
You can always activate an ability that will cause a creature to adapt. As that ability resolves, if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it for any reason, you simply won't put any +1/+1 counters on it.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)
A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
(wotc • 2024-06-07)