---
name: "Clockwork Avian"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Bird"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "REN"
set_name: "Renaissance"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Randy Asplund-Faith"
oracle_id: "3d5b71d4-ed5e-4c6d-be70-bebbb1475257"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/clockwork-avian-ren"
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
1. [Clockwork Condor](/printing/clockwork-condor-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
2. [Clockwork Dragon](/printing/clockwork-dragon-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Dragon
3. [Clockwork Beast](/printing/clockwork-beast-me1.md) — Artifact Creature — Beast
4. [Aven Courier](/printing/aven-courier-ncc.md) — Creature — Bird Advisor
5. [Clockwork Steed](/printing/clockwork-steed-me2.md) — Artifact Creature — Horse
6. [Clockwork Swarm](/printing/clockwork-swarm-me4.md) — Artifact Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Renaissance (REN) #122
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **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`