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◇ Catalog #153

Clockwork Beast

DIGITAL ONLY

me1·#153·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Drew Tucker

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '07

19 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,290 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

Nonfoil$0.05

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Beast

This creature enters with seven +1/+0 counters on it. At end of combat, if this creature attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. {X}, {T}: 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 seven. Activate only during your upkeep.

0/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 5

2007-09-16wotc

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.

2007-09-16wotc

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.

2007-09-16wotc

Clockwork Beast’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.

2004-10-04

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME1 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #153 of *Masters Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2007 Masters Edition release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Beast, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {6} (6 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,290 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Drew Tucker. Rarix catalogs 258 other cards credited to this artist.