Clockwork Steed
Artifact Creature — Horse
This creature enters with four +1/+0 counters on it.
This creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
At end of combat, if this creature attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
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: 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.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #23051
Clockwork Steed is a vanilla 4/2 artifact creature that loses a +1/+1 counter at the end of every combat it attacked in, eventually shrinking to a 0/2 with no path back up. At three mana with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and a built-in expiration date, it does not make the cut in any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clockwork Steed is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 99-card singleton format demanding immediate impact or combo relevance, a self-degrading 4/2 with no abilities is simply below the power floor. Pauper is the format most worth considering — commons matter there — but even at that level, three mana buys you creatures with evasion, static abilities, or better stats that don't count down to uselessness. Legacy and Vintage have card pools so deep that Clockwork Steed never enters the conversation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Clockwork Steed sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its play value accurately. Don't expect movement — it sees essentially no competitive or casual demand, so it will stay in bulk bins indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.