Aluren is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Any player may cast creature spells with mana value 3 or less without paying their mana costs and as though they had flash.
How it works : Aluren
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If creature with X in its cost is cast this way, X can only be 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The mana cost of the creatures being cast is still the stated cost on the card, even though you did not pay the cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You can’t use Aluren when casting a creature using another alternate means, such as the Morph ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Aluren + Cloudstone Curio
- 1Cast any nonartifact creature with mana value three or less from your hand by paying
due to Aluren. - 2When the creature enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning another nontoken nonartifact creature with mana value three or less.
- 3Repeat.
Aluren + Shrieking Drake
- 1Cast Shrieking Drake without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Shrieking Drake enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
Aluren + Whitemane Lion
- 1Cast Whitemane Lion without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Whitemane Lion enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
Aluren + Fleetfoot Panther
- 1Cast Fleetfoot Panther without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Fleetfoot Panther enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
Aluren + Acererak the Archlich
- 1Cast Acererak the Archlich without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Acererak the Archlich enters, it triggers both of its abilities.
- 3Resolve one Acererak ability, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Resolve the other Acererak ability, venturing into a dungeon that is not Tomb of Annihilation.
- 5Repeat.
Aluren + Dream Stalker
- 1Cast Dream Stalker without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Dream Stalker enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
Aluren + Kor Skyfisher
- 1Cast Kor Skyfisher without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Kor Skyfisher enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
Aluren + Man-o'-War
- 1Cast Man-o'-War without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Man-o'-War enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
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