Aether Vial Price
15 printings · 12 sets · first printed 2004
Aether Vial has been printed 15 times across 12 sets, first in 2004 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Mystery Booster 2 #216 at $1.80, while the most expensive is Kaladesh Inventions #6 at $110.77 — about 62× more. The median across 12 priced printings is $4.12. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 15x, including dedicated reprint sets like Mystery Booster 2, Double Masters 2022.
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Every Aether Vial Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 #216 (U) Cheapest | 2024 | $1.80 | $0.90 |
| Double Masters 2022 #298 (R) | 2022 | $3.23 | $0.75 |
| Double Masters 2022 #391 (R) | 2022 | $3.38 | $2.30 |
| Iconic Masters #212 (R) | 2017 | $3.71 | $1.00 |
| Modern Masters #197 (R) | 2013 | $3.95 | $2.05 |
| The List #DST-91 (U) | 2021 | $3.99 | $2.00 |
| Darksteel #91 (U) | 2004 | $4.24 | $2.50 |
| From the Vault: Relics #1 (M) Foil | 2010 | $5.90 | $3.50 foil |
| Double Masters 2022 #555 (R) Foil | 2022 | $6.20 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #1640 (R) | 2024 | $9.79 | $8.00 |
| Secret Lair Drop #1640★ (R) Foil | 2024 | $10.30 | — |
| Kaladesh Inventions #6 (S) Foil | 2016 | $110.77 | $95.00 foil |
| Magic Online Promos #102329 (R) | 2022 | — | — |
| Pro Tour Promos #2020-3 (R) Foil | 2020 | — | — |
| Magic Online Theme Decks #B27 (U) | 2010 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
: 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.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 15 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
2 PrecedentsIf 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.
If a card in a player's hand has 
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.