Rikku, Resourceful Guardian

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Rikku is a 3cmc 2/3 that grants evasion (can't-be-blocked) to any creature you place counters on, making her a signature piece in counters-voltron and plus-one-counters shells where repeated counter placement turns a threat unblockable. The Steal activated ability (sorcery speed, {1}{T}) steals a counter from an opponent's creature, enabling both incremental disruption and self-enablement for the triggered ability. Most powerful in blue-based counters strategies (infect, proliferate, +1/+1 counters), but the sorcery-speed restriction and dependency on counter density limit ceiling.

• The evasion trigger fires on ANY counter type being placed — not just +1/+1 counters — meaning proliferate effects, stun counters, or loyalty counters placed via abilities can all grant evasion to a targeted creature.

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• The Steal ability moves counters rather than copying them, which means it can strip -1/-1 counters off opponent creatures (converting a debuff into a buff on your own creature), turning opposing black/green counter synergies against them.

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• Because the trigger says 'one or more counters on a creature' (not specifically your own creatures via a spell), effects that place counters on opponent creatures you control via theft could also qualify — but the ability window is sorcery-speed only, limiting reactive use.

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• EDHREC rank: #4,267