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◇ Catalog #2365

Hardened Scales

sld·#2365·rare·borderless

Illus. Jim Lawson

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Mar '26

5 mo ago

Value

$18.02+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $19 · low $17

NM$18.0

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$17–$19modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $18low $15range 22.1%n 78

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #188 · Popular pick

Variants

Borderless$18

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.

"Ha! I was born to do this! I was born to fight!"

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 $18.02. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $14.76 and $18.02 across 78 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #2365 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2026 Secret Lair Drop 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 Lawson. Rarix catalogs 2 other cards credited to this artist.