Clockwork Beast
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Beast
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 6
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Colourless
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
- Duel CommanderLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot provided
- StandardNot provided
- PioneerNot provided
- ModernNot provided
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot provided
- AlchemyNot provided
- BrawlNot provided
- Competitive BrawlNot provided
- Historic BrawlNot provided
- Standard BrawlNot provided
- ExplorerNot provided
- HistoricNot provided
- TimelessNot provided
- GladiatorNot provided
- OathbreakerLegal
- Old SchoolLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernLegal
- Tiny Leaders RebornNot provided
- Future StandardNot provided
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- Illustrator
- Drew Tucker
- Card language
- fr
- Release date
- 1994-04-11
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.
Other printings of this card
Newest first · includes artwork variants.
- 30th Anniversary Edition30A · #232—Views —Times played
- 30th Anniversary Edition30A · #529—Views —Times played
- Masters EditionME1 · #153—Views —Times played
- Beatdown Box SetBTD · #70—Views —Times played
- Fifth Edition5ED · #356—Views —Times played
- Introductory Two-Player SetITP · #49—Views —Times played
- Rivals Quick Start SetRQS · #48—Views —Times played
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border4BB · #307—Views —Times played
- Fourth Edition4ED · #307—Views —Times played
- Summer Magic / EdgarSUM · #240—Views —Times played
- Revised Edition3ED · #240—Views —Times played
- Foreign Black BorderFBB · #240—Views —Times played
- Collectors' EditionCED · #237—Views —Times played
- Intl. Collectors' EditionCEI · #237—Views —Times played
- Unlimited Edition2ED · #237—Views —Times played
- Limited Edition BetaLEB · #237—Views —Times played
- Limited Edition AlphaLEA · #236—Views —Times played
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Combos involving this card
Combinations from Commander Spellbook. Check prerequisites, format legality and game context. Source conditions are in English.