Obscuring Aether
Obscuring Aether: Enchantment, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Face-down creature spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 179
- Artist
- Min Yum
- Commander rank
- 11,038 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Obscuring Aether
Obscuring Aether is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green enchantment from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 179 in that set, with art by Min Yum. It costs {G} (one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Face-down creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{1}{G}: Turn this enchantment face down. (It becomes a 2/2 creature.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Obscuring Aether by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Obscuring Aether
Obscuring Aether has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #194 | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Obscuring Aether, newest first.
- Obscuring Aether has no effect on spells that instruct you to manifest cards.
- Note that Obscuring Aether doesn't have a morph cost. Once it's turned face down, it doesn't have a way to turn itself face up.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Obscuring Aether is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.