Say my opponent has a Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger on the field. I then tap my lands to produce mana, and at some point before my next Untap step, I cast Terferi’s Protection, making my permanents phase out. My question is, do those lands Untap? Phasing out treats them as if they don’t exist, so is Vorinclex’s ability still tied to them?
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They do not untap. Even though they are treated as though they don't exist they do not leave the battlefield and will still recognize that they were tapped under vorinclex's ability
Once Vorinclex's last ability resolves, it generates an effect that works independently of Vorinclex (C.R. 113.7a, 609.1). The land it refers to won't untap "during its controller's next untap step", even if—
Vorinclex is phased out or has no abilities during that untap step, or
Vorinclex leaves the battlefield before that untap step.
See also this thread. To be clear, the effect keeps that land from untapping only during that untap step, and not at any other time, including during other untap steps.
Even though they are 'invisible', phased-out permanents remain under any and all effects that were thrown upon them when they were phased-in.
How do I know?
Because no rule says that those effects stop applying!
(rules exist to tell us how things happen in a game; they're no supposed to tell us about things that do not happen)
Rule 702.25e, in particular, hints at the fact that effects still apply (and some that won't) to phased-out permanents.
702.25d The phasing event doesn’t actually cause a permanent to change zones or control, even though it’s treated as though it’s not on the battlefield and not under its controller’s control while it’s phased out. Zone-change triggers don’t trigger when a permanent phases in or out. Tokens continue to exist on the battlefield while phased out. Counters remain on a permanent while it’s phased out. Effects that check a phased-in permanent’s history won’t treat the phasing event as having caused the permanent to leave or enter the battlefield or its controller’s control.
702.25e Continuous effects that affect a phased-out permanent may expire while that permanent is phased out. If so, they will no longer affect that permanent once it’s phased in. In particular, effects with “for as long as” durations that track that permanent (see rule 611.2b) end when that permanent phases out because they can no longer see it.
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EDIT: Edited after comment 4 was posted.
How do I know?
Because no rule says that those effects stop applying!
(rules exist to tell us how things happen in a game; they're no supposed to tell us about things that do not happen)
Rule 702.25e, in particular, hints at the fact that effects still apply (and some that won't) to phased-out permanents.
702.25e Continuous effects that affect a phased-out permanent may expire while that permanent is phased out. If so, they will no longer affect that permanent once it’s phased in. In particular, effects with “for as long as” durations that track that permanent (see rule 611.2b) end when that permanent phases out because they can no longer see it.
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