One of the few mono-colored players in a gold-bordered world, Aaron enjoys the challenges of creating meaningful, memorable games, as well as the excitement that comes with engaging underrated cards as he explores the formats uncharted territory
It requires artifacts and creatures with useful tap abilities to really take off, but theres an artifact deck out there just waiting for someone to put a spell on the stack
Cards like Old Gnawbone can help you use the buffed creatures to generate even more mana, synergizing with the +1/+1 counters
Aether Vial Aether Vial is one of the bigger Modern (and to lesser of an extent, Legacy) reprints in the set
That said, forcing some bad combat choices with first strike is also possible, so while Im not high on the card, its not a bad card by any means