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