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Elvish Piper

Card Name

Elvish Piper

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Elf Shaman

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

, : You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Flavor Text

From Gaea grew the world, and the world was silent. From Gaea grew the world's elves, and the world was silent no more. —Elvish teaching

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(5/1/2007)
Putting the card onto the battlefield is optional. When the ability resolves, you can choose not to.
(10/1/2009)
A "creature card" is any card with the type creature, even if it has other types such as artifact, enchantment, or land. Older cards of type summon are also creature cards.