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Shielded Aether Thief Aether Revolt MTG card
AER #44 · Art by Lake Hurwitz
AER set symbol, UncommonAether Revolt#44Uncommon

Shielded Aether Thief

Creature · Vedalken RogueFlash
TCGplayer market · AER #44 nonfoil
$0.22 +4.8% +$0.01, 7 days
1-year range
30 days
−4.3%
EDHREC rank
#19,535 Down 153 in 30 days
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Shielded Aether Thief Price Summary

The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.22, up 4.8% over 7 days, down 4.3% over 30 days, down 24.1% over 90 days.

Shielded Aether Thief Price History

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Shielded Aether Thief in Sealed Products

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Shielded Aether Thief Printings & Prices

Shielded Aether Thief has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

AER set symbol, UncommonAER #44
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Shielded Aether Thief Rules Text & Legality

Shielded Aether Thief

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Whenever this creature blocks, you get {E} (an energy counter).

{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card.

Conflict breeds opportunity.

Shielded Aether Thief is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.

  • BrawlLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • HistoricLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • Future StandardNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • PauperNot legal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal
  • PreDHNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • StandardNot legal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
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Shielded Aether Thief Rulings

  • Jun 7, 2024

    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.

  • Jun 7, 2024

    Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.

  • Jun 7, 2024

    If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.

  • Jun 7, 2024

    If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.

  • Jun 7, 2024

    Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)

Reprints & Reprint Risk

Shielded Aether Thief has been reprinted 2 times.

  • Jan 20, 2017AER set symbol, UncommonAether RevoltAER #44
  • Jan 20, 2017AER set symbol, UncommonAether Revolt · foilAER #44

Shielded Aether Thief in Commander

Shielded Aether Thief is the #19,535 most-played card on EDHREC, down 153 places over the last 30 days.

#19,535 EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Down 153 in 30 days

Shielded Aether Thief FAQ

How much is Shielded Aether Thief worth?

Shielded Aether Thief is worth about $0.22 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 8, 2026.

Is Shielded Aether Thief legal in Commander?

Yes. Shielded Aether Thief is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.

Has Shielded Aether Thief been reprinted?

Yes. Shielded Aether Thief has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Shielded Aether Thief cheap?

Shielded Aether Thief trades at about $0.22; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#19,535 on EDHREC).