Clockwork Beast
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Set30A
Collector #232
Released2022-11-28
Rarityrare
ArtistDrew Tucker
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Clockwork Beast

RareMV 6
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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Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (5)
wotc16 Sept 2007
Clockwork Beast’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.
wotc16 Sept 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.
wotc16 Sept 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.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.