Vigor and Hardened Scales
Asked by AjaxSlumbering 3 years ago
If I have Vigor and Hardened Scales on the field, and vigor takes 2 damage, does Vigor get 3 or 4 counters?
AjaxSlumbering says... #2
Kogarashi Thanks for the help. I didn't realize the mistake in the question at all.
Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1
Vigor would take 2 damage. Vigor's ability only prevents damage to other creatures you control, not Vigor.
However, if you have another creature that would take 2 damage, Vigor's ability prevents that damage and instead would place 2 +1/+1 counters on the creature. Hardened Scales's replacement effect then applies and adds one counter for a total of 3.
It doesn't matter how many counters are being placed with a single effect. Hardened Scales always replaces it to "that many plus one." Vigor's ability is a single effect placing counters, not many individual effects.
May 31, 2020 12:59 a.m. Edited.