Clockwork Beast

Mana Value

6

Rarity

uncommon

Clockwork Beast

Artifact Creature β€” Beast

{6}

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. {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.

Power/Toughness: 0/4

Set

Masters Edition

(ME1)

EDHREC Rank

#26,870

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.

Wotc β€” 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.

Wotc β€” September 16, 2007

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

Wotc β€” September 16, 2007

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

Wotc β€” October 04, 2004

Can attack or block even if it has no counters.

Wotc β€” October 04, 2004