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Aether Vial 
Artifact
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
: 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.
: 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.Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Aether Vial, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 3 | 3 | 62 | 3.9 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Modern | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Details
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 216
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Aether Vial
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Lion Sash
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Sand Scout
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Blade Splicer
- 1 Eldrazi Displacer
- 1 Extraction Specialist
- 1 Kutzil's Flanker
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Sanguine Evangelist
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Serra Paragon
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
Sorceries (2)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Beacon
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Frostwalk Bastion
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Idyllic Grange
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shefet Dunes
- 15 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Lion Sash
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Sand Scout
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Blade Splicer
- 1 Eldrazi Displacer
- 1 Extraction Specialist
- 1 Kutzil's Flanker
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Sanguine Evangelist
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Serra Paragon
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
Sorceries (2)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Beacon
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Frostwalk Bastion
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Idyllic Grange
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shefet Dunes
- 15 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Plague Engineer
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Clever Impersonator
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 4 Solitude
- 3 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 4 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (29)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Lands (31)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 3 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Aven Interrupter
- 2 Flickerwisp
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 3 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 4 Witch Enchanter
- 4 Solitude
- 1 Tidehollow Sculler
- 1 White Orchid Phantom
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Lion Sash
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Sand Scout
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Blade Splicer
- 1 Eldrazi Displacer
- 1 Extraction Specialist
- 1 Kutzil's Flanker
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Sanguine Evangelist
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Serra Paragon
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
Sorceries (2)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Beacon
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Frostwalk Bastion
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Idyllic Grange
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shefet Dunes
- 15 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Plague Engineer
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Clever Impersonator
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 4 Solitude
- 3 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 4 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (29)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Lion Sash
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Sand Scout
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Blade Splicer
- 1 Eldrazi Displacer
- 1 Extraction Specialist
- 1 Kutzil's Flanker
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 Sanguine Evangelist
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Serra Paragon
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Sanctifier en-Vec
Sorceries (2)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Beacon
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Frostwalk Bastion
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Idyllic Grange
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shefet Dunes
- 15 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 1 Containment Priest
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Lion Sash
- 1 Sand Scout
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Enduring Innocence
- 1 Flickerwisp
- 1 Guardian of Faith
- 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Blade Splicer
- 1 Elite Spellbinder
- 1 Extraction Specialist
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Serra Paragon
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Novice Inspector
- 1 Ocelot Pride
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 White Orchid Phantom
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (9)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Castle Ardenvale
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Shefet Dunes
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 4 Snow-Covered Plains
- 12 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Windswept Heath
