Clockwork Avian
Antiquities 45 • rare
- Set
- Antiquities
- Collector number
- 45
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Randy Asplund-Faith
- Market price
- $16.37
What it does
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 mana, 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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Clockwork Avian was released in 1994 as part of Antiquities, the second expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore the lore of the war-torn plane of Dominaria, specifically focusing on the artificers and their mechanical creations. The card reflects the early aesthetic of the game, where artifacts often prioritized complex utility and thematic flavor over standardized mechanical design.
The card was illustrated by Quinton Hoover, a prominent artist whose distinctive, vibrant style helped define the visual language of the game's first few years. Hoover's depiction of the avian captures the steampunk-adjacent, clockwork aesthetic that the set intended to evoke. Upon its release, Clockwork Avian was noted for its unique ability to sacrifice its own power to gain flight, a mechanic that mirrored the thematic trade-off between the complexity of a machine and its operational longevity.
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