Clockwork Steed
Artifact Creature — Horse
Clockwork Steed enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.
Clockwork Steed can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
At end of combat, if Clockwork Steed attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed to be greater than four. Activate only during your upkeep.
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
Rulings
- 2004-10-04:
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
- 2004-10-04:
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
- 2008-10-01:
When Clockwork Steed’s last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.
- 2008-10-01:
If Clockwork Steed has four or fewer +1/+0 counters on it when its last ability resolves, it can wind up with a maximum of four such counters on it. If it has four or more +1/+0 counters on it, the ability will have no effect.