---
name: "Clockwork Beast"
mana_cost: "{6}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Beast"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "5ED"
set_name: "Fifth Edition"
collector_number: "356"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Drew Tucker"
oracle_id: "eb97c8db-ac6c-476c-b14d-87785e9c82f0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/clockwork-beast-5ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Clockwork Beast
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clockwork Beetle](/printing/clockwork-beetle-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Insect
2. [Clockwork Steed](/printing/clockwork-steed-me2.md) — Artifact Creature — Horse
3. [Clockwork Swarm](/printing/clockwork-swarm-me4.md) — Artifact Creature — Insect
4. [Clockwork Vorrac](/printing/clockwork-vorrac-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Boar Beast
5. [Clockwork Hydra](/printing/clockwork-hydra-tsp.md) — Artifact Creature — Hydra
6. [Clockwork Dragon](/printing/clockwork-dragon-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Edition (5ED) #356
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Drew Tucker
- **Total Printings:** 45 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`