Aether Vial is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card 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.
How it works : Aether Vial
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a card in a player's hand has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Aether Vial + Cloudstone Curio + Pestermite + Deceiver Exarch
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Aether Vial by tapping it, putting Pestermite onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 2When Pestermite enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pestermite trigger, untapping Aether Vial.
- 4Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Deceiver Exarch from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Aether Vial by tapping it, putting Deceiver Exarch onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 6When Deceiver Exarch enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 7Resolve the Deceiver Exarch trigger, untapping Aether Vial.
- 8Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Pestermite from the battlefield to your hand.
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Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Aether Vial + Cloudstone Curio + Deceiver Exarch
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Aether Vial by tapping it, putting Deceiver Exarch onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 2When Deceiver Exarch enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Deceiver Exarch trigger, untapping Aether Vial.
- 4Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Derevi from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Aether Vial by tapping it, putting Derevi onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 6When Derevi enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 7Resolve the Derevi trigger, untapping Aether Vial.
- 8Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Deceiver Exarch from the battlefield to your hand.
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#3
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Aether Vial + Cloudstone Curio + Pestermite
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Aether Vial by tapping it, putting Pestermite onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 2When Pestermite enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pestermite trigger, untapping Aether Vial.
- 4Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Derevi from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Aether Vial by tapping it, putting Derevi onto the battlefield from your hand.
- 6When Derevi enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 7Resolve the Derevi trigger, untapping Aether Vial.
- 8Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Pestermite from the battlefield to your hand.
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Legal formats
modernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpredhtlr
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