Clockwork Beast

Magic: The GatheringForeign White Border#240
Clockwork Beast
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Card type
Artifact Creature — Beast
Rarity
Rare
Non-foil
Price unavailable
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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Printing information

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

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Indicative price history

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Combos involving this card

Combinations from Commander Spellbook. Check prerequisites, format legality and game context. Source conditions are in English.

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