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Aether Vial

Aether Vial

{1}

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Aether Vial.

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

Illustrated by

Mystery Booster 2Mystery Booster 2#216·Uncommon·English
Oct 22, 2026
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Legality

LegalCommanderNot legalStandardLegalModernNot legalPremodernLegalLegacyLegalVintageNot legalBrawlNot legalPioneer
LegalOathbreaker
Not legalPauperNot legalHistoric
Not legalTimeless

Rulings

Nov 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.

Nov 17, 2017

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