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Clockwork Hydra

Card Name

Clockwork Hydra

Mana Cost

5

Type

Artifact Creature – Hydra

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Clockwork Hydra enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.Whenever Clockwork Hydra attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, Clockwork Hydra deals 1 damage to any target.: Put a +1/+1 counter on Clockwork Hydra.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(3/19/2021)
If Clockwork Hydra leaves the battlefield while its trigger is on the stack, you can't remove a +1/+1 counter from it, so it won't deal damage.
(3/19/2021)
If the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Clockwork Hydra's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. You don't remove a counter from Clockwork Hydra.