Clockwork Servant
Artifact Creature — Gnome
Adamant — When this creature enters, if at least three mana of the same color was spent to cast it, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #22290
Clockwork Servant draws you a card when it enters — that's the whole deal, and it costs three mana for a 2/2 body that does nothing else. Strictly a filler card; any deck that values the ETB can find better draw stapled to more relevant bodies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clockwork Servant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality is the ceiling of good news here. In Commander, a 3-mana 2/2 that replaces itself is the floor of playability, not a selling point — Mulldrifter draws two cards for the same cost and flies. In competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage, Clockwork Servant doesn't come close to the power threshold. Pioneer and Modern have enough cheap card draw that a vanilla body stapled to a single draw is never the answer.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Clockwork Servant sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is unlikely to move in any direction that matters. Pick it up if you need a placeholder, but there's almost always a better card for under a dollar.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.