---
name: "Aether Adept"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "M11"
set_name: "Magic 2011"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "e076067c-77b7-4a37-a62d-51434392dd53"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aether-adept-m11"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aether Adept
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.

> *Some mages do their best work in solitude. Others do their best work creating it.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Voidwielder](/printing/voidwielder-rtr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Temporal Adept](/printing/temporal-adept-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Exclusion Mage](/printing/exclusion-mage-fdn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Wizard Mentor](/printing/wizard-mentor-usg.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Separatist Voidmage](/printing/separatist-voidmage-ori.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Rimekin Recluse](/printing/rimekin-recluse-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2011 (M11) #41
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`