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Clockwork Beast

Magic: The GatheringFifth Edition#356

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Fifth Edition5ED · #356
Card type
Artifact Creature — Beast
Rarity
Rare
Indicative price
0.39 € · 0.35 $
Mana value
6
Power
0
Toughness
4
Colour

Card text

This creature enters with seven +1/+0 counters on it. At end of combat, if this creature attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. , : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on this creature. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on this creature to be greater than seven. Activate only during your upkeep.

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • OldschoolLegal
  • PennyLegal
  • PredhLegal
  • PremodernLegal
  • VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator
Drew Tucker
Card language
English
Release date
1997-03-24

Rulings

Can attack or block even if it has no counters.

Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.

Clockwork Beast’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.

If Clockwork Beast has seven or fewer +1/+0 counters on it when its last ability resolves, it can wind up a maximum of seven such counters on it. If it has seven or more +1/+0 counters on it, the ability will have no effect.

This is a change from the most recent wording. Now, if some other spell or ability causes +1/+0 counters to be put on Clockwork Beast, it can wind up with more than seven such counters on it.

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