Aluren (Tempest) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Aluren

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.547 / 5 (161 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Aluren

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Enchantment

Card Text:

Any player may play a creature card with total casting cost 3 or less whenever he or she could play an instant and without paying its casting cost.

Flavor Text:

Squee bounced up and down. "I sees a horsey, an' a piggy, an' a—"

"If you don't shut up," hissed Mirri, "you'll see a kidney and a spleeny."

Expansion:

Tempest

Rarity:

Rare

All Sets:

Artist:

April Lee

Language:

English

Rulings

10/4/2004	The mana cost of the creatures being cast is still the stated cost on the card, even though you did not pay the cost.
10/4/2004	Aluren checks the actual printed cost on the creature card, and is not affected by things which allow you to cast the spell for less.
10/4/2004	You can't choose to cast a creature as though it had flash via Aluren and still pay the mana cost. You either cast the creature normally, or via Aluren without paying the mana cost.
10/4/2004	You can't use Aluren when casting a creature using another alternate means, such as the Morph ability.
8/1/2008	If creature with X in its cost is cast this way, X can only be 0.