MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #102279

Hardened Scales

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#102279·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jim Nelson

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '22

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #188 · Popular pick

Variants

Foil$0.98

Nonfoil$0.98

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.

"They're herbivores, not prey animals. Go startle one if you want to know the difference." —Huatli

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #102279 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the November 2022 Magic Online 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 Jim Nelson. Rarix catalogs 496 other cards credited to this artist.