Clockwork Dragon
Artifact Creature — Dragon
Flying
This creature enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #20404
Clockwork Dragon lands as a 12/12 flying trampler for six mana — one of the largest stats-per-mana bodies in the format — but it shrinks by four counters at the end of each of your turns, giving it a hard clock that bottoms out at a 0/0 unless you reload it. Run it in decks that can reset or exploit the counter drain; elsewhere, the self-destruct timer makes it a liability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clockwork Dragon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though it sees essentially zero play outside Commander. In Commander, the appeal is niche but real: decks that care about counters entering or leaving permanents — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice superfriends, Vorel of the Hull Clade proliferate, or Marchesa, the Black Rose exploit lines — can turn the mandatory drain into an engine trigger rather than a drawback. In Legacy and Vintage, a six-mana creature with a built-in expiration date doesn't compete; faster, cleaner threats dominate both formats completely.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Clockwork Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up as a throw-in without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow synergy requirements rarely climb on their own, so don't expect the price to move unless a future set delivers a dedicated counter-drain commander that pushes demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.