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Clockwork Beast

Card Name

Clockwork Beast

Mana Cost

6

Type

Artifact Creature – Beast

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Clockwork Beast comes into play with 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 up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast to be greater than seven. 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.