A simple enough question: If I have Authority of the Consuls on the battlefield and my opponent Crews a vehicle, that vehicle will enter the battlefield tapped EVERY time it is crewed?
No. A permanent, already on the battlefield, whose characteristics have merely changed (whether by "becom[ing] an artifact creature" due to the crew ability, or otherwise) doesn't "reenter the battlefield" this way (C.R. 110.1; review C.R. 702.121a). And both abilities of Authority of the Consuls refer only to permanents that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control as creatures, not to permanents that merely become creatures after they enter the battlefield.
Crewing a vehicle does not make it enter the battlefield. For you to crew it, the vehicle must already be on the battlefield. It was on the battlefield and it stays on the battlefield the whole time, it just becomes a creature. Authority of the Consuls doesn't mess with anything that's happening here. For the purpose of Authority's "creatures enter tapped" effect, a creature entering the battlefield means a creature card that wasn't on the battlefield, enters the battlefield from another zone (the stack, the hand, the graveyard...) or a creature token is created. That's it.
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Crewing a vehicle does not make it enter the battlefield. For you to crew it, the vehicle must already be on the battlefield. It was on the battlefield and it stays on the battlefield the whole time, it just becomes a creature. Authority of the Consuls doesn't mess with anything that's happening here. For the purpose of Authority's "creatures enter tapped" effect, a creature entering the battlefield means a creature card that wasn't on the battlefield, enters the battlefield from another zone (the stack, the hand, the graveyard...) or a creature token is created. That's it.
That's what I thought. Vehicles enter the battlefield as artifact permanents and not as creatures. When they are crewed, they become creatures, but they're already on the battlefield, so Authority's ETB affect doesn't apply. Thank you!
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EDIT (Dec. 31, 2019): Edited.
That's what I thought. Vehicles enter the battlefield as artifact permanents and not as creatures. When they are crewed, they become creatures, but they're already on the battlefield, so Authority's ETB affect doesn't apply. Thank you!