---
name: "Hardened Academic"
mana_cost: "{R}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Bird Cleric"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "194"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Vincent Christiaens"
oracle_id: "921252df-6679-4f70-ae26-d4956c90b7df"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hardened-academic-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hardened Academic
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
Discard a card: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

> *"Do you think I've spent a lifetime studying war and learned nothing?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lotusguard Disciple](/printing/lotusguard-disciple-dft.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
2. [Necromancer's Familiar](/printing/necromancers-familiar-j21.md) — Creature — Bird Spirit
3. [Serra Disciple](/printing/serra-disciple-dom.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
4. [Healer's Hawk](/printing/healers-hawk-fdn.md) — Creature — Bird
5. [Songbird, Sonic Screamer](/printing/songbird-sonic-screamer-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
6. [Arctic Aven](/printing/arctic-aven-m13.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #194
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Vincent Christiaens
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`