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Key combo that started the idea:
Bloodhall Ooze + Hardened Scales , plus a black synergetic permanent:
A) Bloodhall Ooze + Hardened Scales + Retribution of the Ancients
B) Bloodhall Ooze + Hardened Scales + Rakdos Cackler

Which results in four +1/+1 counters each turn on the Ooze. Plus a 3/3 or an enchantment that can eat your Ooze's schmooze to kill off potential blockers.

Or you use Bloodhall Ooze + Bramblewood Paragon for trample.

Further big one-drop beaters besides Bloodhall Ooze that use counters and profit from Hardened Scales:
Hardened Scales + Rakdos Cackler
Experiment One + Hardened Scales
Hardened Scales + Skarrgan Pit-Skulk

And the two-drops:Hangarback Walker + Hardened Scales Avatar of the Resolute + Hardened Scales

With all those one-drops, Avatar of the Resolute will also usually be huge by itself.

What's also huge with your counter-enhanced creatures and Hardened Scales are proliferate spells:Hardened Scales + Volt Charge : Lightning Bolt and a pseudo double Glorious Anthem.Hardened Scales + Tezzeret's Gambit : Divination and a pseudo double Glorious Anthem

-Volt Charge is an amazing combat trick in this deck-To some extent that's true for Inspiring Call too, which is more often than not a Shamanic Revelation for three mana at instant speed... that protects your dudes from boardwipes.

ALL the other synergies:(Well, basically I'm listing pretty much all cards profit from counters on the creatures, or put more counters on them.)
Hangarback Walker + Hardened Scales Experiment One + Rakdos Cackler Bloodhall Ooze + Experiment One

Avatar of the Resolute + Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Bramblewood Paragon + Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Hangarback Walker + Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Hangarback Walker + Quest for the Gemblades : That's a gamble when your opponent has ways to exile or bounce your stuff.
But if it works out, the value here is huge.Even better:Hangarback Walker + Oran-Rief, the Vastwood + Quest for the Gemblades And to make this ridiculous outcome even more unlikely, add either Hardened Scales or AotR:Oran-Rief, the Vastwood + Hangarback Walker + Quest for the Gemblades + Avatar of the ResoluteOran-Rief, the Vastwood + Hangarback Walker + Quest for the Gemblades + Hardened Scales

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