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◇ Catalog #998

Hardened Scales

pip·#998·rare·extended_art

Illus. Maxim Kostin

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Mar '24

2 yr ago

Value

$11.23+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $12 · low $11

NM$11.2

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$10–$12modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $11low $4.87range 130.6%n 44

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #188 · Popular pick

Variants

Extended Art$11

Gameplay

Enchantment

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

The wastes will toughen anybody up— even those who were already tough to begin with.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2023-09-01wotc

If a creature you control would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it, it enters with that many plus one instead.

2023-09-01wotc

If two or more effects attempt to modify how many counters would be put on a creature you control, you choose the order to apply those effects, no matter who controls the sources of those effects.

2023-09-01wotc

Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $11.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.87 and $11.23 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIP — the lineup includes Extended Art alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #998 of *Fallout*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2024 Fallout release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {G} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #188 in Commander, putting it in the popular-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Maxim Kostin. Rarix catalogs 29 other cards credited to this artist.