I have 2 lands in play, opponent 2 lands aswell. My gemstone mine has 1 counter and is tapped. Opponent ends turn, mine begins, is there any legal way to make land tax proc here? or it's already too late. Can I put Land tax on the stack and sac a land with Zuran orb or sac my gemstone mine?
Is there any legal way to get my 3 extra basics lands? I know I could sac lands with Zuran orb EOT it works, but I need to know at the beggining of my turn, can I do anything?
Land Tax's ability will trigger (not: proc) as your upkeep begins only if you control fewer lands than an opponent does (C.R. 603.4), and will get to resolve only if you still do (C.R. 608.2a). Nothing you do during that upkeep will change whether that ability will trigger. Rather, for that ability to trigger, you must ensure you control fewer lands than an opponent does before your upkeep begins, such as by sacrificing Gemstone Mine with its activated ability (after removing its last mining counter) or by sacrificing a land with Zuran Orb's ability.
And it's impossible to sacrifice the gemstone or a land via Zuran orb between untap phase and upkeep right?
Nothing happens "between" steps or phases (C.R. 500.11). And since generally, the only thing you can do during your untap step (no longer: untap phase) is untap all permanents you control (C.R. 502, especially C.R. 502.3), the latest moment you can normally activate Gemstone Mine's or Zuran Orb's ability before your upkeep starts is during the previous turn's end step, since that's the last moment you normally get priority before your upkeep starts (C.R. 117.1b, 513.1, 514.3).
EDIT (Apr. 28): Clarification.
EDIT (Dec. 28, 2019): Clarification. One rule was renumbered with Core Set 2020.
EDIT (Sep. 21, 2021): One rule was renumbered with Innistrad: Midnight Hunt.
I got a question for you please.
I have land tax (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?printed=true&multiverseid=1624) in play, and a gemstone mine (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=131177) and a Zuran Orb (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=zuran orb)
I have 2 lands in play, opponent 2 lands aswell. My gemstone mine has 1 counter and is tapped. Opponent ends turn, mine begins, is there any legal way to make land tax proc here? or it's already too late. Can I put Land tax on the stack and sac a land with Zuran orb or sac my gemstone mine?
Is there any legal way to get my 3 extra basics lands? I know I could sac lands with Zuran orb EOT it works, but I need to know at the beggining of my turn, can I do anything?
Thanks a lot
Cya
EDIT (Jan. 14): Correctness edit.
EDIT (Apr. 4, 2018): Clarification.
And it's impossible to sacrifice the gemstone or a land via Zuran orb between untap phase and upkeep right?
EDIT (Apr. 28): Clarification.
EDIT (Dec. 28, 2019): Clarification. One rule was renumbered with Core Set 2020.
EDIT (Sep. 21, 2021): One rule was renumbered with Innistrad: Midnight Hunt.
Cya