diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplaceAddCounter.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplaceAddCounter.java
index e4de75b07b5..d1c9a16979e 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplaceAddCounter.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplaceAddCounter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class ReplaceAddCounter extends ReplacementEffect {
      */
     @Override
     public boolean canReplace(Map<String, Object> runParams) {
-        if (!runParams.get("Event").equals("AddCounter")) {
+        if (!runParams.get("Event").equals("AddCounter") || ((int) runParams.get("CounterNum")) <= 0) {
             return false;
         }