Aether Vial

Artifact

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

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

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

SufferFromEDHD on Goblins Ruin Everything

1 month ago

Aether Vial!!!

Balaam__ on Mono Black Zombies

1 month ago

A lot of the pieces for a solid zombie aggro build are here, my advice would be to just trim the fat.

Run 4x copies of Aether Vial, keep the best zombies and run full playsets as well. Cut the creatures that have less of an impact on the board. You already have some ramp and interaction, so I’d think about putting a sideboard together based off whatever your playgroup runs most often.

Apoptosis on Smile all the way

1 month ago

In: Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate (a solid recursion option), Ali from Cairo (this is a ripcord to pull when you're looking at lethal, I've found myself in this position a few times and since this deck is very good at dialing up answers, I've slotted good 'ol Ali into the deck, Callous Bloodmage (this is a needed answer for decks that also rely on graveyard recursion), Carrion Feeder (I needed a creature based sac-oulet, which would be easier to tutor and would allow infinite combos), Dolmen Gate (chose over Legion's Initiative and Reconnaissance -both of which I love and are good alternatives -I'm testing out the gate to see which one I like more), Goblin Bombardment (free sac outlet, can go infinite), Pinnacle Monk  ^Flip (back into the main and out from the maybe; the one game I didn't have it I found the game stretching with lots of juicy targets accumulating in the graveyard and no way to get them back; I like options), Swamp (up to 5 total, better hitting land drops), Viscera Seer (another more optimal free sac-outlet).

Out: Aether Vial (I love this card and it's done good work mid-game, but I think there is better value), Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit (I decided to remove the infinite combo with Murderous Redcap for more resiliency and interaction potential), Baton of Morale (I really want to showcase the power of banding and think this could be a good way to direct damage to the creatures you want to die/recur, but am testing Dolmen Gate as an alternative way to do it), Cauldron of Souls (good for ETB recursion and wraths but I wanted to bring down the CMC, tough call), Claws of Gix (replaced for better options), Denethor, Ruling Steward (better options), Legion's Initiative (I love this card and it lets me get an extra ETB trigger, but am trying Dolmen Gate as an alternative), Murderous Redcap (took out the infinite damage trigger with Anafeza), Sword of Light and Shadow (I really like swords, but felt there are better options).

Sliverguy420 on Crazy Cat Company

1 month ago

best way to play cats is Collected Company and Aether Vial

Sliverguy420 on Pussy on F I R E

2 months ago

stompy/zoo is just aggro, which coco does best. the simplest answer is to cut the enchantments and helix and run Aether Vial and coco. if coco whiffs, you just built the deck wrong.

kamarupa on Cocaine

3 months ago

Big thanks for the +1 and thoughtful suggestions. I do feel like I need to remind you that Blasphemous Act is stymied by Brave the Elements. And on top of that, this deck often wins with only 3-4 creatures in play.

It's been quite a while that I updated this deck at all until just recently. I'm sure there are other spells that I should be swapping in. The last time I was really putting any work into this deck, The Ozolith was under $10 lol, and Path to Exile was over $5. And Aether Vial was like $25.

I like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar - I actually built a deck around her specifically. (see Sweet Adeline) I suppose I could put in place of Mangara of Corondor, which is rather slow anyway.

I'll def do some work on this and see if I can bring it up to the year 2025 :)

Cloudy2024 on Haunted Humans

3 months ago

cool new take on humans! possibly consider Aether Vial. also exchange Honor of the Pure for Flowering of the White Tree as it boosts you legendary creatures. Overall an amazing deck!

Cloudy2024 on Pussy on F I R E

3 months ago

oec made a deck like this and used Aether Vial as it's speeds the game up for you. It's not for everyone but i found it dead useful. also consider using one Jetmir's Garden as it can be helpful. overall, amazing deck!