Forum:Defender, The Magical Knight - ruling question

Defender, The Magical Knight: Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned: Place 1 Spell Counter on it (max. 1). Once per turn, if a face-up Spellcaster-Type monster(s) on the field would be destroyed, you can remove 1 Spell Counter from your side of the field for each of those monsters, instead.

My question is: If the card says "(max. 1)", does that mean that it cannot gain spell counters due to OTHER card effects (other than its own)?

I am asking this, because there are other monsters like this that say something with "(max 1)" and I was hoping to build a spell counter deck.ScarletViper (talk • contribs) 17:12, June 1, 2014 (UTC)