Abilities that trigger when counters are put on a creature trigger when a creature enters the battlefield with counters and when a player puts counters on a creature
The original Pokmon games start by offering the player a choice between three options to be their first Pokmon: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Charmander, which evolve into Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard, respectively
These cards are often the same ones used in Constructed sideboards
(For example, if there are three Goblins in play, each of them gets +2/+2.) The flavor text of Hup, two, three, four, Dunno how to count no more, which was a Mogg march, was interestingly enough one of the problems with the card
Its a discard outlet by itself, and you can easily build a Voltron deck or reanimator deck around it
whatever they do, Mardu cards help them do it