Clockwork Hydra
Time Spiral Remastered 264 • uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Collector number
- 264
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, it deals 1 damage to any target.
tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Clockwork Hydra originally debuted in the 2004 set Fifth Dawn, representing the mechanical ingenuity of the Mirrodin plane. It was designed to showcase the set's unique counters-based mechanics, allowing the creature to reinforce itself through modularity and internal clockwork gears. The card captures the industrial, metallic aesthetic defining the Mirrodin block, emphasizing themes of artificial life and resource scarcity.
The 2021 release of Time Spiral Remastered introduced this specific printing as a tribute to the card's history within the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem. By curating a retrospective of past mechanics, Wizards of the Coast highlighted the Hydra as an example of the complex interactions that defined early 2000s gameplay. The design maintains the original spirit of the creature, updated for a modern frame to satisfy long-term collectors and players nostalgic for the era of modular artifact creatures.
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