<p>No. Proliferate is defined as (<a href="https://media.wizards.com/2022/downloads/MagicCompRules%2020220908.pdf" rel="noreferrer">CR 701.27a</a>):</p>
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<p>To proliferate means to choose any number of permanents and/or players that have a counter, then give each one additional counter of each kind that permanent or player already has.</p>
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<p>A card in a graveyard is not a permanent (or a player!) so it cannot be chosen. From CR 110.1:</p>
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<p>A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield.</p>
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Philip Kendall
<p><strong>No</strong></p>
<p>Proliferate is defined in <a href="https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Proliferate" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rule 701.27a</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>To proliferate means to choose any number of permanents and/or players that have a counter, then give each one additional counter of each kind that permanent or player already has.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Permanents are objects on the battlefield, so you cannot proliferate counters on objects in other zones, including the graveyard.</p>

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murgatroid99
<p>So if <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skullbriar%2C%20the%20Walking%20Grave">Skullbriar, the Walking Grave</a> dies with a +1/+1 counter on it; in the graveyard he'd still have it.</p>
<p>So my question is:
Can I proliferate the counters on him while he's still in the graveyard?</p>

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Can I proliferate counters on a Skullbriar in the graveyard?
Adolf Sauls
# Can I proliferate counters on a Skullbriar in the graveyard?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-15)

So if [Skullbriar, the Walking Grave](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skullbriar%2C%20the%20Walking%20Grave) dies with a +1/+1 counter on it; in the graveyard he'd still have it.

So my question is:
Can I proliferate the counters on him while he's still in the graveyard?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-15. Score: 11

No. Proliferate is defined as ([CR 701.27a](https://media.wizards.com/2022/downloads/MagicCompRules%2020220908.pdf)):

> To proliferate means to choose any number of permanents and/or players that have a counter, then give each one additional counter of each kind that permanent or player already has.

A card in a graveyard is not a permanent (or a player!) so it cannot be chosen. From CR 110.1:

> A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-09-15. Score: 4

**No**

Proliferate is defined in [rule 701.27a](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Proliferate):

> To proliferate means to choose any number of permanents and/or players that have a counter, then give each one additional counter of each kind that permanent or player already has.

Permanents are objects on the battlefield, so you cannot proliferate counters on objects in other zones, including the graveyard.


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