Clockwork Hydra

Mana cost

Mana value5TypeArtifact Creature — Hydra Color identity

Colorless RarityUncommon SetTime Spiral Remastered (TSR) ArtistDaren Bader Price€0.09 · foil €0.23 · $0.17

About this card

Clockwork Hydra is a creature artifact card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 5 (color identity: colorless). First printed in Time Spiral (2006); 4 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: removal. Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €0.11 (Time Spiral Remastered); most expensive: €0.18 (Jumpstart 2022).

Clockwork Hydra

Artifact Creature — Hydra

This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, it deals 1 damage to any target.

: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

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Name in each language

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Hydra

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2021-03-19
If Clockwork Hydra leaves the battlefield while its trigger is on the stack, you can't remove a +1/+1 counter from it, so it won't deal damage.

2021-03-19
If the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Clockwork Hydra's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. You don't remove a counter from Clockwork Hydra.