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Aether Vial

dstDarksteel#91uncommon
{1}
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Card details
Artist
Greg Hildebrandt
Frame
2003
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
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Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.

{T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.

Abilities
TriggeredAt the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
Activated{T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.
Plays as
Cheat Into Play
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Greg Hildebrandt
Open in…
ScryfallTCGplayerEDHREC
Rulings
  • WotCNov 17, 2017

    If Aether Vial leaves the battlefield while its second ability is on the stack, use its last known number of charge counters to determine what you may put from your hand onto the battlefield.

  • WotCNov 17, 2017

    If a card in a player's hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.