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Clockwork Beast

Card Name

Clockwork Beast

Mana Cost

6

Type

Artifact Creature – Beast

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Clockwork Beast comes into play with seven +1/+0 counters on it.Clockwork Beast can't have more than seven +1/+0 counters on it.At end of combat, if Clockwork Beast attacked or blocked this turn, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
X
, : Put X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. Play this ability only during your upkeep.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
(10/4/2004)
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
(9/16/2007)
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.
(9/16/2007)
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.
(9/16/2007)
Clockwork Beast's last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.