Aether Flash
Seventh Edition 172 • uncommon
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Collector number
- 172
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Market price
- $0.87
What it does
Whenever a creature enters, this enchantment deals 2 damage to it.
As the foul beast appeared, arcane lightning crackled around it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Aether Flash was originally printed in the Weatherlight expansion in 1997, designed to introduce a recurring enchantment that punished players for summoning creatures. It reflects a period of Magic: The Gathering history where designers experimented with restrictive board states and environmental effects that fundamentally altered how creatures entered play. By the time it was reprinted in the Seventh Edition core set in 2001, the card had become a staple of casual and competitive sideboards for decks looking to aggressively counter low-toughness creature strategies.
The artwork for the Seventh Edition printing was provided by artist Donato Giancola. Moving away from the illustrative, often chaotic style of earlier sets, this edition utilized a more refined aesthetic that emphasized visual clarity and thematic cohesion. Giancola’s depiction of the Aether Flash focuses on a burst of arcane energy, capturing the volatile essence of a spell that strikes mid-summon. The card is noted for its clean white-bordered frame, a stylistic hallmark of the Seventh Edition core set that remains a polarizing but recognizable marker for collectors of this era.
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