MTG Salvation

Really appreciate the “one or more” text. Don’t want a single Kalonian Hydra attack ending the game in commander.

Edit: Missed the words "put that many". The EDH craziness is real.

It also says put that many on, meaning that if 20 are put on in one go, it does place 20. Another wincon for Ezuri .

It's kind of like Darksteel Reactor or a (played as intended) Dark Depths, but the amount of incidental counters that go on creatures, or move around from creature to creature with the use of Graft can really make this thing go off. A bant humans deck with things like Experiment One, Mikaeus the Lunarch, Thalia's Lieutenant, Champion of the Parish?

Oooh, time to put more +1/+1 counters in my Atraxa proliferate deck..

As someone did in this site brewing section, this card seems nuts in the hardened scales affinity deck, in my opinion.

I've been enjoying my Vorel deck quite a bit. It is INCREDIBLY easy to add 20 counters in one go with it. I appreciate having a second alternate win condition to go along with my reactor.

EG: Have out Pir and Toothy. Play Prime Speaker Zagana; even if you somehow only have 2 power for your strongest creature on the board, she comes in with 3 counters, drawing you 4 cards, putting 8 counters on Toothy. Those 11 +1 counters add 22 growth counters to the enchantment. Counter deck synergies are FUN.

I just want an excuse to play a Spike tribal deck again. Here I come Spike Feeder.

this could slot into hardscale affinity as an alternate win con

Arcbound Ravagers (especially with multiples out) and Hardened Scales sure seems exciting.

I feel a little bit like this is trying to win too much, though. If you are generating enough +1/+1 counters to win with this card, you can probably also win with damage.

Okay, so there seems to be a real combo out there.

Key elements: Hardened Scales, Simic Ascendancy, Arcbound Ravager

Turn 1: Forest, Hardened Scales
Turn 2: Island, Simic Ascendancy
Turn 3: Darksteel Citadel, Arcbound Worker (+2 counters), Arcbound Ravager (+2 counters); +4 counters on Ascendancy.
A few options how you can bring it home from here with your remaining two cards in hand, one would be:
cast Ornithopter
Sacrifice Citadel (+2 counters on Ravager / Ascendancy)
Sacrifice Worker - trigger puts +3 counters on Ravager / Ascendancy, effect puts +2 counters on Ravager / Ascendancy
Sacrifice Ravager - trigger puts +10 counters on Ornithopter / Ascendancy

I think Ascendancy has 21 counters on it now.

One card left in hand (Pact of Negation, obviously!)