Hardened Academic
Secrets of Strixhaven 351 • rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Collector number
- 351
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red · White
- Artist
- Vincent Christiaens
- Market price
- $1.17
What it does
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?"
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hardened Academic was released in 2021 as part of the Magic: The Gathering set Secrets of Strixhaven, which was designed as a thematic expansion for the Strixhaven: School of Mages release. The card serves as a representative of the institution's Lorehold College, an area of the university dedicated to the study of history and archaeology through the literal summoning of spirits from the past.
The card’s design focuses on the synergy between graveyard interaction and creature empowerment, aligning with the mechanical identity of the Lorehold color pair. The illustration depicts a student engaged in rigorous study, reflecting the academic and scholarly aesthetic that defines the Strixhaven aesthetic. It was developed to provide draft-level utility for players looking to explore the mechanics of resource management within the set's graveyard-focused themes.
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