Aether Vial {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.

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Darksteel

English · 2004-02-06

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