<p>Would adding a +1/-1 token to <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Polyraptor">Polyraptor</a> with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skullclamp">Skullclamp</a> count as “damage” and trigger Polyraptor? I am guessing the answer is “no”. That this is just an adjustment to toughness, not damage.</p>

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By the way, there's no such thing as a "+1/-1 token" in Magic. You might be thinking of things like +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters, but counters are different from tokens, and if something puts those counters on a creature, it will literally use the words "+1/+1 counter" or "-1/-1 counter" (or it will reference an ability, like explore, whose definition literally uses those words). Skullclamp doesn't say anything about counters, so it just gives the creature +1/-1 which is not represented by a token or counter or anything.
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Would equipping Skullclamp cause Polyraptor to trigger?
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# Would equipping Skullclamp cause Polyraptor to trigger?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-13)

Would adding a +1/-1 token to [Polyraptor](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Polyraptor) with [Skullclamp](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skullclamp) count as “damage” and trigger Polyraptor? I am guessing the answer is “no”. That this is just an adjustment to toughness, not damage.

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> **username_1**: By the way, there's no such thing as a "+1/-1 token" in Magic. You might be thinking of things like +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters, but counters are different from tokens, and if something puts those counters on a creature, it will literally use the words "+1/+1 counter" or "-1/-1 counter" (or it will reference an ability, like explore, whose definition literally uses those words). Skullclamp doesn't say anything about counters, so it just gives the creature +1/-1 which is not represented by a token or counter or anything.  

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