---
name: "Hardened Scales"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "272"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Winters"
oracle_id: "a1f3da21-af6d-450e-bf0b-985d158418e6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hardened-scales-soc"
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.

## 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-mh3.md) — Enchantment
4. [Dragonscale Boon](/printing/dragonscale-boon-ktk.md) — Instant
5. [Soul's Might](/printing/souls-might-cmr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Battlegrowth](/printing/battlegrowth-mrd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #272
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Winters

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-09-01)* 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.
- *(2023-09-01)* 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.
- *(2023-09-01)* Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.