Episode 146 – Hardened Scales Deck Guide

This episode is an in-depth guide to another great Modern deck powered by Mox Opal and Ancient Stirrings! Hardened Scales is an enchantment that combines with every creature in the deck to generate ridiculous bursts of value that are often immediately lethal through surprising board states and life totals. We went over every card in the 75 and talked about their synergies, sideboard strategies, and the vulnerabilities of the deck.

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Here’s the full decklist:

1 Evolutionary Leap

2 Welding Jar

3 Throne of Geth

4 Mox Opal

4 Hardened Scales

4 Ancient Stirrings

2 Sparring Construct

4 Walking Ballista

4 Steel Overseer

4 Hangarback Walker

4 Arcbound Worker

4 Arcbound Ravager

1 Pendelhaven

2 Horizon Canopy

2 Blinkmoth Nexus

4 Darksteel Citadel

4 Inkmoth Nexus

7 Forest

Sideboard

4 Nature’s Claim

1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

2 Relic of Progenitus

2 Gut Shot

2 Dismember

3 Damping Sphere

1 Evolutionary Leap