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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #1640 · Rare

Aether Vial

Magic card price for Aether Vial: $9.55 market, from $8.24 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Apr 26, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$9.55
−2.5% this week · −1.9% in 30 days
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1 day−1.0%
7 days−2.5%
30 days−1.9%
90 days−0.9%
1 year−13.3%
All time−67.1%

Sellers right now

$8.24lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$9.55
Mid listing$10.51
Direct$9.65
30-day avg$9.78

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$9.55
Cardmarket$9.73 €8.65

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$8.6252-week low$11.0252-week high
In the range39%
All-time low$8.62
All-time high$28.99
First priceApr 26, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$7.29$15.21$23.12$31.04
$9.55
Apr 2024Feb 2025Dec 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Aether Vial was released in October 2026. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. The cheapest listing right now is $8.24, and the 30-day average market price is $9.78.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$9.55$8.24$9,999.00−2.5%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

Artist Series: Rovina Cai
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Aether Vial.

T: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Aether Vial from your hand onto the battlefield.

Other printings of Aether Vial

11 more · $3.59 – $113.10
All printings
Aether Vial (6), Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions — Magic card price +3.8% 7d Aether Vial Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions · #6 $113.10 Aether Vial (91), Darksteel — Magic card price −0.2% 7d Aether Vial Darksteel · #91 $35.35 Aether Vial (Future Sight) (216), Mystery Booster 2 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Aether Vial (Future Sight) Mystery Booster 2 · #216 $17.33 Aether Vial (Rainbow Foil) (1640), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +5.2% 7d Aether Vial (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1640 $10.70 Aether Vial (197), Modern Masters — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Aether Vial Modern Masters · #197 $6.91

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