Clockwork Avian
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This printing
SetME4
Collector #190
Released2011-01-10
Rarityuncommon
ArtistRandy Asplund-Faith
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Clockwork Avian

UncommonMV 5
Artifact Creature — Bird
Flying
This creature enters with four +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 four. Activate only during your upkeep.
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Keywords
Flying
Card capabilities
ArtifactCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 1994-03-04Newest 2000-10-01Cheapest priced $0.36 in BTD
Rulings (3)
wotc4 Oct 2004
If the ability to add counters resolves when there are already the maximum number of counters on it, any counters over the maximum are simply not added.
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.