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◇ Catalog #91

Aether Vial

dst·#91·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Greg Hildebrandt

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb '04

22 yr ago

Value

$5.71+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.87 · low $4.44

NM$4.71

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.35–$4.97modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.80low $2.82range 70.2%n 51

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,846 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$35

Nonfoil$4.71

Gameplay

Artifact

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2017-11-17wotc

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.

2017-11-17wotc

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

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.71. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.82 and $4.80 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DST — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #91 of *Darksteel*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2004 Darksteel release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,846 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt. Rarix catalogs 380 other cards credited to this artist.