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
Arena	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

dgalarza on

2 weeks ago

Gatekeeper of Malakir is Sheoldred's Edict.

Since you're going so low to the ground, I would test out Aether Vial and see if that's something you like.

Bloodghast's landfall ability is hella busted. Prismatic Vista (or Fabled Passage if you're on a more sensible budget) could work amazing. Maybe Evolving Wilds can work in your meta if it's more laid back. The sacrifice trigger also works well with Fatal Push.

Venturub on Mono-White Control Clerics

1 month ago

As a complement to my previous message, I am considering the following:

• Leonin Abunas: it protects the Aether Vial obviously, as well as the Chrome MoxGC and the Chalice of the Void, but also Ethersworn Canonist. Being a cleric, it benefits from the clerics synergies: the +0/+2 of Daru Spiritualist, the Cavern of Souls for clerics, the Starlit Sanctum as well;

• Selfless Spirit, pretty obvious;

• to a lesser extent, The Book of Exalted Deeds, Skullclamp, Archivist of Oghma, Fiend Hunter (maybe in replacement of the Paths?) and a fourth Grand Abolisher…

Chuckwallas on Modern Persist Combo

4 months ago

Hi, I am quite New to MTG and I go out for FNM sometimes and i started to use my persist combo Deck because i dont want to invest in any meta prebuild deck.after some tries and a lot of game losses i ended up Here and i want to play ur combo. Is there any Update from ur side nowadays? I thought about including Malevolent Rumble instead of Aether Vial or Thrill of Possibility.

And Do you have a side Board guide? I always struggle with side boarding because of the combo we need to use a lot of cards are important and i dont See advantages of taking some cards out. Thank you in advance!

SufferFromEDHD on Goblins Ruin Everything

8 months ago

Aether Vial!!!

Balaam__ on Mono Black Zombies

8 months 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

8 months 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

8 months ago

best way to play cats is Collected Company and Aether Vial

Sliverguy420 on Pussy on F I R E

10 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.