First printed in Fifth Dawn (2004)
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counter.)
Every scar is a lesson, every battle a test of what you have learned.
- Illustrated by
- Kev Walker
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- If the creature is dealt damage by more than one source at the same time, it gets only one counter.
- The creature doesn’t get a counter if all the damage that would be dealt to it is prevented.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
101 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage to all creatures…: Forerunner of the Empire + Polyraptor + Rite of Passage
- Infinite damage, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters: Cacophodon + Pyrohemia + Rite of Passage
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite damage: Boros Reckoner + Rite of Passage + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite damage to some creatures: Cacophodon + Fire Ants + Rite of Passage
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite damage: Rite of Passage + Spitemare + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
- Infinite creature tokens, Infinite damage to creatures…: Forerunner of the Empire + Raptor Hatchling + Rite of Passage
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage: Blazing Sunsteel + Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid + Rite of Passage
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Hardened Scales + Rite of Passage + Walking Ballista
- Infinite damage, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters: Cacophodon + Pestilence + Rite of Passage
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Branching Evolution + Rite of Passage + Walking Ballista