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Magic · Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · #243 · Rare

Hardened Scales

Magic card price for Hardened Scales: $3.15 market, from $2.00 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$3.15
−0.3% this week · −5.7% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days−0.3%
30 days−5.7%
90 days−20.3%
1 year+303.9%
All time+115.8%

Sellers right now

$2.00lowest listing$66,666.00highest
Market price$3.15
Mid listing$3.22
Direct$3.05
30-day avg$3.29

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$3.15
Cardmarket$2.04 €1.81

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.8052-week low$5.2752-week high
In the range53%
All-time low$0.78
All-time high$5.27
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.69$2.54$3.40$4.25
$3.15
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Hardened Scales entered our records in February 2024 at $1.46 and stands at $3.15 today, up 116% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +304%, trading between $0.80 and $5.27. The current price is in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $5.27, 67.3% above today. Listings currently start at $2.00; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $3.29.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$3.15$2.00$66,666.00−0.3%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules 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.

Flavor

"Naga shed their scales. We wear ours with pride."
—Golran, dragonscale captain

Other printings of Hardened Scales

19 more · $1.72 – $21.77
All printings
Hardened Scales (2365), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +1.0% 7d Hardened Scales Secret Lair Drop Series · #2365 $21.77 Hardened Scales (Extended Art) (Surge Foil) (998), Universes Beyond: Fallout — Magic card price +0.3% 7d Hardened Scales (Extended Art) (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Fallout · #998 $12.88 Hardened Scales (55), Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales — Magic card price −0.7% 7d Hardened Scales Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales · #55 $10.19 Hardened Scales (Surge Foil) (728), Universes Beyond: Fallout — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Hardened Scales (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Fallout · #728 $9.99 Hardened Scales (Surge Foil) (215), Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Hardened Scales (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #215 $9.67

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