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Hardened Scales

Card Name

Hardened Scales

Mana Cost

Type

Enchantment

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

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.

Flavor Text

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

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(9/1/2023)
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.
(9/1/2023)
Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.
(9/1/2023)
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.