Winter's Night says: Whenever a player taps a snow land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced. That land doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
If I tap a snow land for mana and then Winter's Night leaves play before my next untap step. At my next untap step, will the land untap or will it remain tapped even if Winter's Night has left the battlefield? I'm confused...delayed trigger ability, linked ability...! What happens to the land and what is the ruling?
The text "That land doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step" on Winter's Night's ability expresses a continuous effect, in this case, one which lasts for the rest of the game since no duration is stated (even though the effect applies only during a particular untap step) (C.R. 611.2a). The effect will continue even after Winter's Night leaves the battlefield.
The text doesn't express a delayed triggered ability since it lacks "when", "at", and "whenever" (see also Undiscovered Paradise [C.R. 108.1]) (C.R. 603.7).
Winter's Night says: Whenever a player taps a snow land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced. That land doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
If I tap a snow land for mana and then Winter's Night leaves play before my next untap step. At my next untap step, will the land untap or will it remain tapped even if Winter's Night has left the battlefield? I'm confused...delayed trigger ability, linked ability...! What happens to the land and what is the ruling?
Thanks
The text doesn't express a delayed triggered ability since it lacks "when", "at", and "whenever" (see also Undiscovered Paradise [C.R. 108.1]) (C.R. 603.7).
See also:
- https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-rulings/776288-doesnt-untap-during-its-controllers-next-untap
- https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-rulings/792783-what-happens-to-planewalker-abilities-after-they
- https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-rulings/774925-confused-about-take-into-custody