MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #55

Hardened Scales

wot·#55·rare·showcase

Illus. Abigail Larson

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Sep '23

2 yr ago

Value

$5.78+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.95 · low $4.51

NM$4.78

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.42–$5.05modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $11low $0.02range 55300.0%n 546

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #188 · Popular pick

Variants

Showcase$4.78

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.

"Before me writhed the guardian of my prize, A serpent with stone skin and cunning eyes!" —*A Traveler's Trials*

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 $4.78. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $11.08 across 546 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WOT — the lineup includes Showcase 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 #55 of *Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2023 Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales 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 Abigail Larson. Rarix catalogs 11 other cards credited to this artist.