TOM, or whoever: Tapping Artifacts?
Arcades Sabboth
if you didn't want it to apply for some reason, or whatever. Just recently,
though, I heard around here somewhere that you couldn't. Which is right?
-Andy Kaiser
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Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania
Mark Ip
> I thought I'd read somewhere that you could just tap an artifact at will
> if you didn't want it to apply for some reason, or whatever. Just recently,
> though, I heard around here somewhere that you couldn't. Which is right?
Do you mean tapping an artifact without it generating an effect? You
can't do that, whenever you tap, the effect is generated, (This I'm
not too sure about --->) But if you tap it with a card or other
artifact, an affect will be generated unless it says "no effect is
generated" or there is a power-up cost when tapping it.
ie. twiddle on a Sol Ring will cause no effect, Relic Barrier will
release 2 mana.
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wrote:
> Arcades Sabboth (gka...@falcon.lhup.edu) wrote:
> > I thought I'd read somewhere that you could just tap an artifact at will
> > if you didn't want it to apply for some reason, or whatever. Just recently,
> > though, I heard around here somewhere that you couldn't. Which is right?
>
>and as for continuous artifacts, no you may not tap them at will. just
think of how good winter orb would be! too bad, i kind of like the
picture on that one.
Tom Wylie
>I thought I'd read somewhere that you could just tap an artifact at will
>if you didn't want it to apply for some reason, or whatever. Just recently,
>though, I heard around here somewhere that you couldn't. Which is right?
You can't tap anything "just because". There must be an ingame
reason for doing so.
Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for
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Louis Eisenberg
an Icy or something? Would it have any effect? What about enchantments?
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Thomas R Wylie
Louis Eisenberg <eise...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
>Can you tap continuous artifacts in the first place? I mean, if you used
>an Icy or something? Would it have any effect? What about enchantments?
Any artifact can be tapped just fine. Artifacts shut off while tapped
unless they count as creatures or lands, so this would typically have a
very useful effect. Enchantments can't be tapped.
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Christian Thoma
: Can you tap continuous artifacts in the first place? I mean, if you used
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Continuous Artifacts and Enchantments can be tapped. If they are tapped, they
have no effect, and any powers they have could not be used. Thus, a Tapped
Soul Net would not get you life for creatures that have gone to the graveyard.
A good example of tapping a continuous artifact is if you tap a Winter Orb
during the controller's turn. When it is your turn, you can untap all your
lands. When it is your opponent's turn, the Winter Orb becomes untapped
again, and your opponent can only untap one land.
As for Enchantments, if you tap your opponent's Orcish Oriflamme or Gauntlet
of Might, their effects are negated (attacking creatures don't gain bonus;
mountains do not generate double mana and red creatures do not gain bonus)
These are just examples... (Now you see why Twiddle is a bitch!)
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>As for Enchantments, if you tap your opponent's Orcish Oriflamme or Gauntlet
>of Might, their effects are negated (attacking creatures don't gain bonus;
>mountains do not generate double mana and red creatures do not gain bonus)
So. Christian. How do you propose to tap an Orcish Oriflamme, seeing as
how there's currently no card, spell, or effect in the game which can tap
an enchantment?
Dave "Hint: Enchantments *do not tap*" DeLaney
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Louis Eisenberg
>how there's currently no card, spell, or effect in the game which can tap
>an enchantment?
it. Wait a second---Icy Manipulator taps any CARD, doesn't it?
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Tom Christiansen
:>So. Christian. How do you propose to tap an Orcish Oriflamme, seeing as
:>how there's currently no card, spell, or effect in the game which can tap
:>an enchantment?
: Are you absolutely sure about that? Perhaps TOM should verify
:it. Wait a second---Icy Manipulator taps any CARD, doesn't it?
Don't be silly.
1: You may tap any land, creature, or artifact in play on either side.
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Trent Tobler
: >So. Christian. How do you propose to tap an Orcish Oriflamme, seeing as
: >how there's currently no card, spell, or effect in the game which can tap
: >an enchantment?
: Are you absolutely sure about that? Perhaps TOM should verify
: it. Wait a second---Icy Manipulator taps any CARD, doesn't it?
Does tapping an enchantment stop it from working? I think the rules only
mention what happens to continuous ARTIFACTS that are tapped.
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Benjamin R Pierce
>Louis Eisenberg (eise...@email.unc.edu) wrote:
>: >So. Christian. How do you propose to tap an Orcish Oriflamme, seeing as
>: >how there's currently no card, spell, or effect in the game which can tap
>: >an enchantment?
>: Are you absolutely sure about that? Perhaps TOM should verify
>: it. Wait a second---Icy Manipulator taps any CARD, doesn't it?
..no. It taps any land, creature, or artifact. Doesn't do doodly to
enchantments.
Eric P. Husen
> In article <1994Dec22.2...@unislc.slc.unisys.com>, tto...@unislc.slc.unisys.com (Trent Tobler) writes...
> >Louis Eisenberg (eise...@email.unc.edu) wrote:
> >: >So. Christian. How do you propose to tap an Orcish Oriflamme, seeing as
> >: >how there's currently no card, spell, or effect in the game which can tap
> >: >an enchantment?
> >: Are you absolutely sure about that? Perhaps TOM should verify
> >: it. Wait a second---Icy Manipulator taps any CARD, doesn't it?
>
>
> ..no. It taps any land, creature, or artifact. Doesn't do doodly to
> enchantments.
> >
Later,
Eric (Software Engineer by necessity, Magic Player by addiction)
Jay Elmore
>In fact, let me go one stronger than that, nothing will tap an
>enchantment, ICY or otherwise. I seem to remember that the rules even
>state that enchantments do not tap under any circumstance (maybe it was
>in the FAQ).
There is one exception (isn't there always?):
Copy Artifact, which is an enchantment, can be tapped. Otherwise,
Copying a Rod of Ruin wouldn't do much, would it?
Jay (=
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