Clockwork Avian

five generic mana Artifact Creature — BirdPower and toughness0/4

Flying

This creature enters with four +1/+0 counters on it.

At end of combat, if this creature attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

X generic mana , tap this permanent : 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.

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Clockwork Avian rulings

2004-10-04
Loses a counter even if it is affected by a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage.
2004-10-04
Can attack or block even if it has no counters.
2004-10-04
If the ability to add counters resolves when there are already the maximum number of counters on it, any counters over the maximum are simply not added.

Clockwork Avian keyword rules

Flying Rule 702.9

Flying is an evasion ability.

A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule , “Reach.”)

Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant.