First printed in Antiquities (1994)

All 7 prints

Masters Edition IV (ME4) #190, 2011 (digital) Randy Asplund-Faith
Beatdown Box Set (BTD) #69, 2000 Randy Asplund-Faith
Renaissance (REN) #122, 1995 Randy Asplund-Faith
Rinascimento (RIN) #110, 1995 Randy Asplund-Faith
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #306, 1995 Randy Asplund-Faith
Fourth Edition (4ED) #306, 1995 Randy Asplund-Faith
Antiquities (ATQ) #45, 1994 Randy Asplund-Faith

Clockwork Avian

Artifact Creature — Bird

Flying
This creature enters with four +1/+0 counters on it.
At end of combat, if this creature attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
, tap : 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.

0/4

Illustrated by: Randy Asplund-Faith

Clockwork Avian legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Rulings (3)

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.
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.

Prices

Paper price: €0.24 / $0.35 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 8 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 8 Nov 2026).