Clockwork Swarm
Homelands 104 • common
- Set
- Homelands
- Collector number
- 104
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Amy Weber
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
This creature enters with four +1/+0 counters on it.
This creature can't be blocked by Walls.
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
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Clockwork Swarm was released in 1995 as part of the Homelands expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore the lore of the plane of Ulgrotha, a dark, gothic world struggling to recover from a catastrophic magical war. The set is historically significant for its unconventional approach to top-down design, where flavor and narrative intent were prioritized over mechanical power levels, a decision that led to mixed reviews from players at the time of its release.
The art for the Clockwork Swarm was illustrated by Anson Maddocks, one of the original artists involved in the early years of the game. Maddocks utilized a distinct, atmospheric style that aimed to convey the mechanical, insectile nature of the creature within the gloomy aesthetic of the Homelands setting. The card belongs to a cycle of 'clockwork' artifacts that utilize a counter-based mechanic, reflecting the set's broader theme of ancient, deteriorating technology left behind by the plane's ancestors.
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