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◇ Catalog #43

Aetherling

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#43·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Tyler Jacobson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,564 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Shapeshifter

{U}: Exile this creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. {U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn. {1}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn. {1}: This creature gets -1/+1 until end of turn.

4/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2013-04-15wotc

Aetherling's first ability will return it to the battlefield only if that ability also exiled it. If Aetherling left the battlefield in response to that ability, it won't return, even if it was exiled by another spell or ability.

2013-04-15wotc

Aetherling's last ability can be activated even if its power is 0 or less. If a creature would assign 0 or less damage in combat, it doesn't assign combat damage at all.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes 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 #43 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Shapeshifter, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{U}{U} (6 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,564 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tyler Jacobson. Rarix catalogs 541 other cards credited to this artist.