If I were to steal an enemy Jitte with no counters on it that is attached to a equipped creature with Steal Artifact... do I have control over the counters that get placed on Jitte from then on? Like I let my opponent damage me with the creature equipped with Jitte and then take out one of their other weaker creatures by removing counters from it?
Yes, you control the Jitte as long as the Thief remains on the battlefield. If you don't equip it to a creature you control, it will remain attached to its current creature. If that creature deals combat damage, the Jitte will get counter and you can use the Jitte's ability to kill their creatures with the -1/-1 ability.
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Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.