Aluren

Energy Mechanic Turnaround

New • 29 Jun 2024 • Asked by gridnack • 7 Comments

When Energy debuted, I didn’t see any cards that interested me and I didn’t get the appeal of the mechanic. Now in Modern Horizons 3, I’m coming around to it. I think MH3 just had more of the designs I’m familiar with and enjoy, so thanks for changing my mind. (It was the white green energy cards oddly enough #aluren)

I’m glad energy finally won you over.
Aluren Energy Cards Green Mechanics Modern Horizons 3 White

Plane Agnostic Cards Request

New • 28 Dec 2022 • Asked by strix-soven • 60 Comments

Can we please have more plane agnostic cards with unique game-changer effects and simple yet iconic, unique names like Aluren? In case you couldn't tell, I'm a fan of Aluren lol. Everything about the card is [chef's kiss]. It really plays into the mystical fantasy of discovering powerful or ancient magics. Necropotence is another good example. I don't feel the same when spells are specific to characters or events.

We still make those. Probably in higher numbers than the time frame you’re referencing, although admittedly probably smaller in percentage.
Aluren Card Frames Chef's Kiss Necropotence Spells

Digital vs Paper Legacy Decks

New • 01 May 2022 • Asked by charble • 47 Comments

To answer a previous user's question about Paper Magic doing things digital cannot: There are a number of examples of decks that involve very long sequences that a computer cannot handle easily (or sometimes at all) that often involve long loops. These Paper Legacy decks are quite powerful, but because it is very hard to say "I want to this a million times" on digital, they tend to be played less because it is annoying to play through on a digital client (e.g. Aluren, Food Chain, Bomberman).

FYI
Aluren Food Food Chain Legacy

Possibility of Colorshifted White Aluren

New • 26 Dec 2021 • Asked by royinversezx • 35 Comments

Is a colorshifted white aluren possible? Even if you lower the power req..

Power 2 or less, costed correctly, is most likely possible.
Aluren White

Trivia About Aluren

New • 26 Dec 2021 • Asked by jimmycomments • 26 Comments

Merry Christmas Mark! It is also my birthday, so I would like to request some trivia you have on Aluren, please!

Aluren was designed by Mike Elliott. At the time, green was the sole “creature color” and Mike made a card to encourage a green weenie deck. (For green, “weenie” is 3 power or less.) We later upgraded white to being more creature focused and let white excel at small creatures and green at big creatures.Happy Birthday!
Aluren Birthday Colors Creatures Green White

Aluren Templating Update

New • 23 Sep 2019 • Asked by hyrosen-blog • 34 Comments

Printed Aluren refers to creature "cards", Oracle to creature "spells". Given Adventures, is this a functional change?

Early magic used “cards” lazily. The intent was always spells, we just didn’t have tight enough templating.
Aluren Card Printing Creatures Spells Templating

Aluren's Design Origins

New • 02 Jun 2017 • Asked by bigspicysenpai • 28 Comments

Hey mark it's my birthday and I'd like to request some background from design or lore about my favorite magic card of all time Aluren.

Aluren was designed by Mike Elliott as a way to encourage a weenie green deck.Happy Birthday!
Aluren Birthday Green Story / Lore

Green Enchantments

New • 22 Dec 2015 • Asked by slimonz • 28 Comments

Has green gone away from having powerful, interesting enchantments? Like Sylvan Library (out of colour pie, I know), Survival of the Fittest, Aluren, Pattern of Rebirth, etc? Seems like a space green used to play in that it doesn't any more...

Green is still allowed access to powerful, in color pie, enchantments.
Aluren Color Pie Colors Enchantments Green Pattern of Rebirth Survival of the Fittest Sylvan Library The Library

Aluren's Text Origins

New • 31 Jul 2015 • Asked by turnonethoughtseize • 12 Comments

Does Aluren's oracle text say "Any player may PLAY creature CARDS" rather than "CAST creature SPELLS" solely because of Dryad Arbor?

No, it just has to do with different vocabulary being used at the time. There was a period were all spells were “played” rather than “cast”.
Aluren Cast Creatures Dryad Dryad Arbor Spells

Aluren Flavor Text Impact

New • 12 Oct 2014 • Asked by mendycant-deactivated20160215 • 9 Comments

This is a way back question, but did the flavor text on Aluren influence the converted mana costs of Mirri, and later Squee?

Not that I know of.
Aluren Flavor Mana Mirri Squee

Aluren Card Background

New • 05 Apr 2014 • Asked by clyspe • 7 Comments

Hey maro it's my birthday today, I was wondering if I could have some trivia on Aluren

Aluren was designed by Mike Elliot during Tempest design. It was meant to encourage a weenie strategy, something green did more of back in the day. Happy birthday!
Aluren Birthday Green Mark Rosewater Tempest

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