Oracle 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.
"Do you think I've spent a lifetime studying war and learned nothing?"
Illustrated by Vincent Christiaens
Released on April 24, 2026
Tags
Legality
- Commander
- Standard
- Modern
- Legacy
- 1v1 Commander
- Alchemy
- Standard Brawl
- Pioneer
- Pauper
- Historic
- Vintage
- Timeless
- Brawl
- Competitive Brawl
- Future
- Gladiator
- Oathbreaker
- Old School
- Pauper Commander
- Penny Dreadful
- PreDH
- Premodern
- Tiny Leaders: Reborn
LegalNot legalBanned / restrictedUnknown
Rulings
If multiple cards leave your graveyard at the same time, Hardened Academic's last ability will trigger only once.
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389combos
Goblin Bombardment + Putrid Goblin + Hardened Academic
Goblin Bombardment + Lesser Masticore + Hardened Academic
Viscera Seer + Putrid Goblin + Hardened Academic
Umbral Collar Zealot + Putrid Goblin + Hardened Academic- Viscera Seer + Lesser Masticore + Hardened Academic
Goblin Bombardment + Hardened Academic + Obstinate Gargoyle- Umbral Collar Zealot + Lesser Masticore + Hardened Academic
- Viscera Seer + Hardened Academic + Obstinate Gargoyle