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it seems you do not understand damage

when a creature is dealt damage, lets say the creaure is a 6/6 and is dealt 4 damage, the creature is still a 6/6, it just took 4 damage that turn and the damage lasts until the turn is over (damage is not represented by counters!!).
So your mycoloth never looses any counters if it takes damage.
If a 6/6 takes a lighting bolt (3 damage) and the blocks a 4/4 the 4/4 dies because it gets 6 damage from the 6/6 and the 6/6 dies because it took 3 + 4 damage in the same turn.

What you are referring to sounds like "wither". Creatures with the wither mechanic deal their damage in the form of -1/-1 counters. Now counters unlike damage are permanent and -1/-1 counters and +1/+1 counters cancel eachother out.

so if a creature with wither deals 4 damage to mycoloth your mycoloth with 4 +1/+1 counters on it looses 4 counters permanently.

thanks for the clarification,
i had asked another friend of mine in the meantime and he had settled the questions by explaining that like unholy strength where it enchants with a +2/+1, a +1/+1 counter is like an enchantment and dealing damage doesn't remove enchants (i do understand though that counters are not enchantments)