Aluren

Enchantment, 2GG (4)

Any player may play creature cards with converted mana cost 3 or less without paying their mana cost and as though they had flash.

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."

Illus. April Lee

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 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 thought 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.

• Official Reprint Policy (This card is on the reserved list)

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander