Clockwork Steed

Artifact Creature — Horse

This creature enters with four +1/+0 counters on it.

This creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.

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.

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Set: Homelands (HML #103)
Rarity: Common
Mana value: 4
Released: 1995-10-01
Artist: Amy Weber
EDHREC rank: #23,845
Finishes: Nonfoil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.31

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Not legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Not legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Not legal

Timeless Not legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Legal

PreDH Legal

Pauper EDH Legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Not legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2004-10-04
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
2004-10-04
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
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.
2008-10-01
When Clockwork Steed's last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.