Bestia Meccanica

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Illus. Drew Tucker

Artifact Creature - Beast
Clockwork Beast enters the battlefield with seven +1/+0 counters on it.
At end of combat, if Clockwork Beast attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
{X}, {T}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast to be greater than seven. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.¹

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/4/2004: Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
• 10/4/2004: Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
• 9/16/2007: This is a change from the most recent wording. Now, if some other spell or ability causes +1/+0 counters to be put on Clockwork Beast, it can wind up with more than seven such counters on it.
• 9/16/2007: If Clockwork Beast has seven or fewer +1/+0 counters on it when its last ability resolves, it can wind up a maximum of seven such counters on it. If it has seven or more +1/+0 counters on it, the ability will have no effect.
• 9/16/2007: Clockwork Beast's last ability resolves, you can choose to put fewer than X +1/+0 counters on it.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (4/28)	Quinta Edizione (Rare) Quarta Edizione (Rare) Seconda Edizione (Rare) Edizione Italiana (Rare)