Hardened Scales
Hardened Scales: Enchantment, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 272
- Artist
- Mark Winters
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About Hardened Scales
Hardened Scales is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green enchantment from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 272 in that set, with art by Mark Winters. It costs {G} (one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 14 sets, from Khans of Tarkir (2014) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card 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.
"Naga shed their scales. We wear ours with pride." -Golran, dragonscale captain
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.68 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hardened Scales by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hardened Scales
Hardened Scales has been printed in 14 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #307 | Rare | 2025 |
| Fallout (PIP) #200 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #470 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #728 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #998 | Rare | 2024 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #243 | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #55 | Rare | 2023 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #215 | Rare | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #215★ | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #151 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #369 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #462 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Hardened Scales, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.