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Allosaurus Rider

Card Name

Allosaurus Rider

Mana Cost

5

Type

Creature – Elf Warrior

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

You may exile two green cards from your hand rather than pay Allosaurus Rider's mana cost.Allosaurus Rider's power and toughness are each equal to 1 plus the number of lands you control.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(7/15/2006)
Paying the alternative cost doesn't change when you can cast the spell. A creature spell you cast this way, for example, can still only be cast during your main phase while the stack is empty.
(7/15/2006)
You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card's mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal.
(7/15/2006)
If you don't have two cards of the right color in your hand, you can't choose to cast the spell using the alternative cost.
(7/15/2006)
You can't exile a card from your hand to pay for itself. At the time you would pay costs, that card is on the stack, not in your hand.