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Clockwork Swarm

Card Name

Clockwork Swarm

Mana Cost

4

Type

Artifact Creature – Insect

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Cannot be blocked by walls.When Clockwork Swarm comes into play, put four +1/+0 counters on it. At the end of any combat in which Clockwork Swarm attacked or blocked, remove one of these counters.
X
, : Put X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Swarm. You may have no more than four of these counters on Clockwork Swarm. Use this ability only during your upkeep.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
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.
(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.