Aether Vial
Modern Masters 197 • rare
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Collector number
- 197
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- Market price
- $3.97
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
tap: 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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Aether Vial was first introduced in the Darksteel set in 2004, designed by Greg Staples as an artifact that allows players to cheat creatures into play without paying their mana costs. The card quickly became a staple in eternal formats, shifting the fundamental pace of gameplay by bypassing traditional countermagic and mana constraints. Its design represents a unique utility tool that forces opponents to manage their resources differently, balancing its low cost with a slow, incremental build-up.
The Modern Masters 2013 version, collector number 197, was a highly anticipated reprint that introduced updated card frame aesthetics to the artifact. By the time of this release, the card had been firmly established as a cornerstone of Legacy and Modern archetypes, particularly in tribal decks like Merfolk and Death and Taxes. It was received as a necessary inclusion for players seeking to modernize their card stock, maintaining its status as a vital component for competitive play.
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