---
name: "Hardened Scales"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "102279"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "a1f3da21-af6d-450e-bf0b-985d158418e6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hardened-scales-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle 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.

> *"They're herbivores, not prey animals. Go startle one if you want to know the difference."
—Huatli*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hardened Bonds](/printing/hardened-bonds-ytdm.md) — Enchantment
2. [Kami of Whispered Hopes](/printing/kami-of-whispered-hopes-soc.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Branching Evolution](/printing/branching-evolution-jmp.md) — Enchantment
4. [Dragonscale Boon](/printing/dragonscale-boon-ugin.md) — Instant
5. [Soul's Might](/printing/souls-might-ala.md) — Sorcery
6. [Battlegrowth](/printing/battlegrowth-mrd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102279
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 81 across all historical editions

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