The Clockwork Avian, a rare Artifact Creature — Bird from Magic: The Gathering's 2000 Beatdown Box Set, known for its strategic +1/+0 counter gameplay.
Clockwork Avian
2000 • Magic: The Gathering • Beatdown Box Set
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Clockwork Avian is a distinct Artifact Creature — Bird from the 2000 Beatdown Box Set, identified by card number 69 and set code BTD. Designed by Randy Asplund-Faith, this rare card features a mana cost of {5} and a power/toughness of 0/4. Its gameplay revolves around strategic counter placement: it enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters and utilizes a triggered ability to remove a counter at the end of combat if it attacked or blocked. Players can also activate its ability during their upkeep to place up to X +1/+0 counters, capped at four total. This mechanic allows for flexible board presence management within the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Collectors often seek this card for its unique interaction with counters and its place in the early 2000s Beatdown Box Set era. The card offers a specific mechanical niche that appeals to those studying artifact creature designs and counter-based strategies from this period.
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Clockwork Avian
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Rare
Randy Asplund-Faith
Card Stock
English
{5}
Artifact Creature — Bird
0 / 4
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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. {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.