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== | {{Infobox artifact | ||
|name=Clockwork Creature | |||
|image=Clockwork Swarm.jpg | |||
|creator=Various | |||
}} | |||
'''Clockwork creatures''' are usually imitations of organic lifeforms and need to be repeatedly wound up. | |||
== | ==Clockwork ability== | ||
Mechanically, this is represented as the card entering the battlefield with a set amount of counters on them, which they progressively lose when participating in combat. | |||
The original set from ''[[Homelands]]'' and ''[[Antiquities]]'' used +1/+0 counters, which meant they eventually became 0-powered creatures. They could also be "rewound" by paying mana for more counters. These counters were later deprecated, so the ''[[Mirrodin]]'' ones used +1/+1 counters, which resulted in death after a certain threshold; not all of these could restore their counters. | |||
==Brothers' War== | |||
Clockwork avians were airborne machines of war created during the [[Brothers' War]]. [[Urza]] created flocks of small clockwork birds to combat [[Mishra]]'s dragon engines. They were able to tear the engines' skin and destroy them from the inside by igniting the internal fuel tanks used for the napalm-like fire breath. | |||
One of the mechanical birds that survived was used centuries later by [[Ravidel]] to defend [[Castle Melmereth]], and both killed and was destroyed by a [[Cockatrice]]. | |||
==Wizards' School on Ulgrotha== | |||
Clockwork gnomes were minute creations built by students beginning their education at [[Feroz]]'s [[Wizards' School]] on [[Ulgrotha]], used as servants on the [[Floating Isle]]. | |||
Clockwork swarms are collections of these clockwork creatures. Originally built to drive vermin out of buildings, they frequently went awry: many of them were destroyed because they were too dangerous.<ref name="Backstory">[http://forum.nogoblinsallowed.com/viewtopic.php?p=127813&sid=f2493d862c77d3c620451cd5081298f1 Backstory for Magic the Gathering: Homelands]</ref> | |||
==Steel Island== | |||
[[Steel Island]], one of the [[Burning Isles]] was also inhabited by Clockwork Gnomes. | |||
==In-game references== | |||
{{in-game | |||
|cards= | |||
*<c>Clockwork Avian</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Beast</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Beetle</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Condor</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Dragon</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Hydra</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Steed</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Swarm</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Vorrac</c> | |||
|associated= | |||
*<c>Clockwork Drawbridge</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Fox</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Gnomes</c> | |||
*<c>Clockwork Servant</c> | |||
}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{Ulgrotha}} | |||
[[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:01, 17 August 2022
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| Characteristics | |
| Creator | Various |
| Status | Unknown |
Clockwork creatures are usually imitations of organic lifeforms and need to be repeatedly wound up.
Clockwork ability
Mechanically, this is represented as the card entering the battlefield with a set amount of counters on them, which they progressively lose when participating in combat.
The original set from Homelands and Antiquities used +1/+0 counters, which meant they eventually became 0-powered creatures. They could also be "rewound" by paying mana for more counters. These counters were later deprecated, so the Mirrodin ones used +1/+1 counters, which resulted in death after a certain threshold; not all of these could restore their counters.
Brothers' War
Clockwork avians were airborne machines of war created during the Brothers' War. Urza created flocks of small clockwork birds to combat Mishra's dragon engines. They were able to tear the engines' skin and destroy them from the inside by igniting the internal fuel tanks used for the napalm-like fire breath.
One of the mechanical birds that survived was used centuries later by Ravidel to defend Castle Melmereth, and both killed and was destroyed by a Cockatrice.
Wizards' School on Ulgrotha
Clockwork gnomes were minute creations built by students beginning their education at Feroz's Wizards' School on Ulgrotha, used as servants on the Floating Isle.
Clockwork swarms are collections of these clockwork creatures. Originally built to drive vermin out of buildings, they frequently went awry: many of them were destroyed because they were too dangerous.[1]
Steel Island
Steel Island, one of the Burning Isles was also inhabited by Clockwork Gnomes.
In-game references
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