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◇ Catalog #48

Clockwork Beast

rqs·#48·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Drew Tucker

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Jul 1996

30 yr ago

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,290 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

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 2 catalogued treatments from RQS — the lineup includes 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 #48 of *Rivals Quick Start Set*, the set that shipped alongside the July 1996 Rivals Quick Start Set release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Beast, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. 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.