Hardened Scales

Enchantment

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be placed on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are placed on it instead.

Discussion (51)

vasarto77 on Grumgully, The Last PainForest

6 days ago

Made some MAJOR changes recently. Still don't have a Hardened Scales or the purphoros guy, but they are on my list.

wallisface on SAVE THE TURTLES

1 week ago

I don’t think Hardened Scales is worth it when only Steelbane Hydra benefits by having one more counter... seems weak.

I feel like you need more ramp to get your plan into action quicker. I’d be dropping Shape the Sands (it feels like a win-more card), and the beforementioned Scales, for some mana dorks. Arbor Elf could work great with Utopia Sprawl

Lanzo493 on suckerpunch

1 week ago

How about Winding Constrictor and Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip? Your deck loves Hardened Scales and Gaea's Cradle effects anyway.

Icbrgr on Flavor of the Month

1 week ago

I remember when Hardened Scales came out and all the hype around it with it potentially having a place outside of standard... but I had such a bad taste for the card due to my epic failures of trying to brew with the bolster mechanic... I'm glad other people have been able to make it work where I couldn't lol.

bushido_man96 on Grumgully, The Last PainForest

1 week ago

Love the idea behind this. There is some fun stuff to do with +1/+1 counter themes. If I were you, I'd look to branch outside of just Throne of Eldraine cards, because it will really strengthen the deck.

Champion of Lambholt is a pain in the ass for other players. The Outlast mechanic is strong here, and cards like Longshot Squad and Tuskguard Captain provide nice bonuses for all the creatures with +1/+1 counters on them. I also second the use of Hardened Scales , along with cards like Pir, Imaginative Rascal and Rishkar, Peema Renegade .

I have a Selsenya +1/+1 counter theme deck, and it might provide you with some ideas should you choose to break out of the Throne of Eldraine shell:

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Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor on Grumgully, The Last PainForest

2 weeks ago

So I guess my question is: Are you planning on restricting this deck to Throne of Eldraine cards only? If you are, then I would suggest picking up some of the higher powered R/G green cards:

The Great Henge plays well with Grumgully's +1/+1 counter theme, Questing Beast is just a good beater. Opportunistic Dragon and Wicked Wolf are also to great non-humans which double as removal.

If you want to venture outside of the Eldraine set, I would suggest looking at the persist mechanic which goes infinite with Grumgully and a free sac outlet (i.e. Woodfall Primus ). You could further abuse persist with ETB effects like Purphoros, God of the Forge .

Or you could go more into +1/+1 counters with cards like Hardened Scales etc.

Happy deck building!

lpeters82 on Snakes on a Plane (Casual)

2 weeks ago

Assuming our board is a Hardened Scales , Lorescale Coatl , and Stonecoil Serpent .

Brainstorm - Pumps our Lorecale Coatl by +6/+6 (Net zero cards)

Chart a Course - Pumps our Lorecale Coatl by +4/+4 (Net 1 or 2 cards)

Tezzeret's Gambit - Pumps our Lorecale Coatl by +6/+6 and Stonecoil Serpent by +2/+2 (Net 2 cards)

Perhaps worth noting that Sakura-Tribe Elder does have a shuffle effect, which is nice when topping cards you don't want with Brainstorm.

king-saproling on Have a Friend

2 weeks ago

Very nice list! You might like these: Verdant Embrace , Winding Constrictor , Hardened Scales , Asceticism , Snake Umbra , Solidarity of Heroes , Inspiring Call , Reyhan, Last of the Abzan , Death's Presence , Corpsejack Menace