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Hardened Academic
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of StrixhavenSOS · #194
- Card type
- Creature — Bird Cleric
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.49 € · ★ 0.59 € · 0.50 $ · ★ 0.56 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- White Red
Card text
Flying, haste Discard a card: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Vincent Christiaens
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
"Do you think I've spent a lifetime studying war and learned nothing?"
Rulings
If multiple cards leave your graveyard at the same time, Hardened Academic's last ability will trigger only once.
