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Aether Vial

{1}

Artifact

Secret Lair Drop·sld #1640·Rare·2024·Art by Rovina Cai
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal
Aether Vial
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Oracle Text

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.

Set
Secret Lair Drop (SLD)
Number
#1640
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Rovina Cai
Frame
2015
Border
Borderless
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$9.57
EUR
€8.47

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings2

11/17/2017·wotc

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.

11/17/2017·wotc

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

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