wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #2365
Hardened Scales
sld·#2365·rare·borderless
Illus. Jim Lawson
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Mar '26
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Value
$17.31+$2 (+12.1%)
30 days high $17 · low $15
Volatility · moderate
USD$17.31EUR€14.35
NM$17.3
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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.
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Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
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.
wotc
Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.
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