aluren + trinisphere

[DEA]

to pay 3, or not pay 3, that is the question

just need some confirmation here
my answer is yes which some friends of my say no to

[Toad]

You have to pay 3. Aluren makes your spells free, and then Trinisphere sees 0 mana is less than 3 and will make you pay 3.

[rvs]

one of the golden rules counts here. Can't effects > can effects.

I didn't bother to look up the exact wordings, so somebody can confirm this :p

[DEA]

there isn't a can't clause here
just that trinisphere applies to the FINAL amount paid
some people can't reconcile aluren with actually playing the spell, however
(if they're reading this, they're still a bunch of dickheads who don't know how to play the game :lol: )

[rvs]

heh ok, fair enough. I just didn't bother to look up the card text.

I'm a lazy bitch yo!