Clockwork Swarm
Artifact Creature — Insect
Clockwork Swarm enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.
Clockwork Swarm can't be blocked by Walls.
At end of combat, if Clockwork Swarm attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Swarm. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Swarm 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.
- 2004-10-04:
If the ability to add counters resolves when there are already the maximum number of counters on it, any counters over the maximum are simply not added.