Aether Vial and Enchantment Creatures

[dreinal13]

Aether Vial and e.g., Thassa, God of the sea

If the vial is on three counters, can I use it's ability to put Thassa in play? Or will it only be checked whether it's a creature when it's already in battlefield, and devotion is checked. TIA!

[Technics]

Aether Vial and e.g., Thassa, God of the sea

If the vial is on three counters, can I use it's ability to put Thassa in play? Or will it only be checked whether it's a creature when it's already in battlefield, and devotion is checked. TIA!

Thassa is a creature card when in your hand (because she has Creature printed on her). So you can put her in with AEther Vial which only checks if she is a Creature Card.

Once in play she may or may not be a creature, that doesn't matter.

[dreinal13]

Finally got this confirmed! My friend and I have been debating about this for 3 days now. Thanks! :laugh:

[JPoJohnson]

Just to continue this train of thought. If you have something like Opalescence in play, it would not allow you to vial in any enchantments (that were not creature-enchantments) from your hand into play with Aether Vial since it only affects enchantments that are on the battlefield.

[cdr]

A card not on the battlefield that has a certain type is a "[type] card". On the battlefield, it's just a "[type]". Aether Vial says "creature card", so if it's in your hand and has the type "creature" on it, you can Vial it.