Aether Gale

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Aether Gale: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Return six target nonland permanents to their owners' hands. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
186
Artist
Jack Wang
Commander rank
3,679 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Aether Gale

Aether Gale is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 186 in that set, with art by Jack Wang. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Commander 2014 (2014) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Return six target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

The militia formed up in the central plaza awaiting the onslaught, but the giants never quite made it.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Aether Gale by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Aether Gale

Aether Gale has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #109Rare2024
Commander Masters (CMM) #72Uncommon2023
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #712Rare2022
Commander 2021 (C21) #113Rare2021
Commander 2018 (C18) #80Rare2018
Explorers of Ixalan (E02) #7Rare2017
Commander 2014 (C14) #11Rare2014

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Aether Gale.

  • You must choose six different legal targets in order to cast Aether Gale. If some, but not all, of those targets become illegal before Aether Gale resolves, the remaining legal targets will be put into their owners' hands.

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