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Clockwork Beast
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Beast
Mana Cost: 6
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Fifth Edition (5ED)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 356
Oracle 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. {X}, {T}: 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 Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 16, 2007
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.
Source: wotc - September 16, 2007
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.
Source: wotc - September 16, 2007
Clockwork Beast’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
Source: wotc
Price History
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