---
name: "Hardened Bonds"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Seek"]
set: "YTDM"
set_name: "Alchemy: Tarkir"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Xavier Ribeiro"
oracle_id: "01eeb404-4fee-44d8-a00a-a6c34313bddf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hardened-bonds-ytdm"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hardened Bonds
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Seek

## Oracle Text
Whenever a +1/+1 counter is put on a creature you control, seek a creature card. That card perpetually gets +1/+1. This ability triggers only once each turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hardened Scales](/printing/hardened-scales-cm2.md) — Enchantment
2. [Durable Handicraft](/printing/durable-handicraft-kld.md) — Enchantment
3. [Common Bond](/printing/common-bond-rtr.md) — Instant
4. [Oath of the Ancient Wood](/printing/oath-of-the-ancient-wood-m14.md) — Enchantment
5. [That's Rough Buddy](/printing/thats-rough-buddy-tle.md) — Instant — Lesson
6. [Tale of Katara and Toph](/printing/tale-of-katara-and-toph-tle.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Tarkir (YTDM) #16
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Xavier Ribeiro

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