---
name: "Clockwork Avian"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Bird"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "4BB"
set_name: "Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "306"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Randy Asplund-Faith"
oracle_id: "3d5b71d4-ed5e-4c6d-be70-bebbb1475257"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/clockwork-avian-4bb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Clockwork Avian
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
This creature enters with four +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 four. Activate only during your upkeep.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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4. [Battlewing Mystic](/printing/battlewing-mystic-dmu.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Birds of Paradise](/printing/birds-of-paradise-sld.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Bird](/printing/bird-totj.md) — Token Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #306
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Randy Asplund-Faith
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`