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Clockwork Beast

Mana cost

Mana value6TypeArtifact Creature — Beast Color identity

Colorless RarityUncommon SetMasters Edition (ME1) ArtistDrew Tucker Price€0.22 · $1.05

Clockwork Beast

Artifact Creature — Beast

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.

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Beast

Legality

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Rulings

2007-09-16
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.

2007-09-16
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.

2007-09-16
Clockwork Beast’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.

2004-10-04
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.

2004-10-04
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.