Aether Figment
Creature — Illusion
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
This creature can't be blocked.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #17755
Aether Figment is a evasive, scalable threat that becomes unblockable the moment you kick it — but a 1/1 for one with a five-mana kicker ceiling is a lot of resources for a body that still dies to any removal spell. Niche payoff in dedicated kicker or flicker shells; filler everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aether Figment is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander it finds its narrowest niche in kicker-matters builds — Hallar, the Firefletcher or Verazol, the Split Current — where the unblockable clause and scalable power actually mean something. In Legacy and Modern, a one-mana 1/1 that needs five more mana to threaten anything doesn't compete with the format's actual threats. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander: playable only with a signature spell or planeswalker that cares about kicker.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Aether Figment sits firmly in bulk territory — buy a playset for under a dollar and don't think twice. Bulk rares in narrow synergy roles rarely climb, so treat this as a budget inclusion rather than anything to hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.