Clockwork Beast

Mana cost: {6}
Type: Artifact Creature — Beast
Power / toughness: 0 / 4
Set: Masters Edition #153 (uncommon)

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.

Clockwork Beast has 17 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #28,466 among Commander cards. It appears most in Stockman, Mad Fly-entist decks (2 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: not legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Commanders that run Clockwork Beast most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Stockman, Mad Fly-entist: 2 decks

Often played with Clockwork Beast

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2004-10-04: Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
2004-10-04: Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
2007-09-16: 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.
2007-09-16: 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.
2007-09-16: Clockwork Beast’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.

Clockwork Beast

Legality

Commanders that run Clockwork Beast most

Often played with Clockwork Beast

Rulings

Printings