---
name: "Aether Refinery"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "M3C"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3 Commander"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "9e9cde32-0568-44bc-a00a-9709f15c1350"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aether-refinery-m3c"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aether Refinery
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
If you would get one or more {E} (energy counters), you get twice that many {E} instead.
{T}: You get {E}, then you may pay one or more {E}. If you do, create an X/X black Aetherborn creature token, where X is the amount of {E} paid this way.

> *Avaati Vyas Erfindung stabilisierte rohen Äther, aber selbst sie hatte nicht geahnt, dass sie auch Leben schaffen würde.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aether Herder](/printing/aether-herder-aer.md) — Creature — Elf Artificer Druid
2. [Izzet Generatorium](/printing/izzet-generatorium-mh3.md) — Artifact
3. [Aether Chaser](/printing/aether-chaser-aer.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
4. [Ambitious Aetherborn](/printing/ambitious-aetherborn-plst.md) — Creature — Aetherborn Artificer
5. [Fabrication Module](/printing/fabrication-module-klr.md) — Artifact
6. [Aether Inspector](/printing/aether-inspector-klr.md) — Creature — Dwarf Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #54
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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