Printings
Allosaurus Rider
Card Information
Type: Creature — Elf Warrior
Mana Cost: 5
CMC: 7
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Coldsnap (CSP)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 101
Oracle Text
You may exile two green cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Allosaurus Rider's power and toughness are each equal to 1 plus the number of lands you control.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 15, 2006
Paying the alternative cost doesn’t change when you can cast the spell. A creature spell you cast this way, for example, can still only be cast during your main phase while the stack is empty.
Source: wotc - July 15, 2006
You can’t exile a card from your hand to pay for itself. At the time you would pay costs, that card is on the stack, not in your hand.
Source: wotc - July 15, 2006
If you don’t have two cards of the right color in your hand, you can’t choose to cast the spell using the alternative cost.
Source: wotc - July 15, 2006
You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card’s mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal.
Source: wotc
Price History
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