Hardened Scales
Enchantment
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.
As the fusillade of lasgun fire bounced harmlessly off the carnifex's carapace, the creature roared and advanced.
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Rulings (3)
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.
09/01/2023If 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.
09/01/2023Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.
09/01/2023Legality by format
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |