Aether Vial
Secret Lair Drop · Rare · Normal · #1640 · Current price $9.73
The card
{1} · 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.
Price history
Traded between $9.49 and $9.87 over the last 90 days, peaking 1 Aug 2026. Now $9.73 — 1.4% below its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +2.2%.
AI price forecast
- 7-day: $9.73 (+0.0%, high confidence) — 80% range $9.59 to $9.84
- 14-day: $9.73 (−0.1%, high confidence) — 80% range $9.49 to $9.92
- 30-day: $9.70 (−0.3%, high confidence) — 80% range $9.28 to $10.06
Other printings
Aether Vial has 17 printings tracked here; this is the 5th most expensive.
- Kaladesh Inventions (Foil) — $104.54
- Darksteel (Foil) — $36.73
- Mystery Booster 2 (Foil) — $17.52
- Secret Lair Drop (Foil) — $9.84
- Modern Masters (Foil) — $7.28
- From the Vault: Relics (Foil) — $5.89
- Iconic Masters (Foil) — $4.91
- Darksteel — $4.31
Playability & legality
EDHREC rank 5828 — a measure of how often it appears in Commander decks.
Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander.
About this printing
- This is a reprint, not a first printing.
- Full-art treatment.
- Borderless border.
- 2015 frame.
- Art by Rovina Cai.
Forecasts are statistical estimates with confidence intervals, not guarantees. Collectibles are speculative. This is not financial advice.