Although I've been playing magic for sometime now, I recently downloaded Arena and something in the tutorial game made me question how I was going about one of the game mechanics. Specifically "That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step."
Comparing cards Waterknot, Frost Lynx, and Icefall Regent. Waterknot, the creature stays tapped for as long as the enchantment stays in play - makes sense. When it comes to the cards Frost Lynx and Icefall Regent, that's where I'm looking for clarification. Icefall Regent has the specific condition tagged at the end "for as long as you control ice fall regent," but Frost Lynx doest not. Does the same condition "fro as long as you control Frost Lynx" apply even though it's not written but rather an implication, or once the "next uptap step" resolves the affected creature will then untap?
Hope this was clear, hope you can help. Thanks!
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Cards do what they say. If a card doesn't say to do something, then it doesn't do that.
The Regent says that the creature won't untap as long as you control the Regent, so that's what it does - taps the creature and prevents it from untapping as long as the Regent is in play. Frost Lynx doesn't say that - it just says to tap the creature and that the creature won't untap during its controller's next untap step. So the creature will not untap once, and will then untap like normal, whether or not the Lynx is still on the battlefield. If it stayed tapped as long as the Lynx was on the battlefield, then it would be worded like the Regent.
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Comparing cards Waterknot, Frost Lynx, and Icefall Regent. Waterknot, the creature stays tapped for as long as the enchantment stays in play - makes sense. When it comes to the cards Frost Lynx and Icefall Regent, that's where I'm looking for clarification. Icefall Regent has the specific condition tagged at the end "for as long as you control ice fall regent," but Frost Lynx doest not. Does the same condition "fro as long as you control Frost Lynx" apply even though it's not written but rather an implication, or once the "next uptap step" resolves the affected creature will then untap?
Hope this was clear, hope you can help. Thanks!
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The Regent says that the creature won't untap as long as you control the Regent, so that's what it does - taps the creature and prevents it from untapping as long as the Regent is in play. Frost Lynx doesn't say that - it just says to tap the creature and that the creature won't untap during its controller's next untap step. So the creature will not untap once, and will then untap like normal, whether or not the Lynx is still on the battlefield. If it stayed tapped as long as the Lynx was on the battlefield, then it would be worded like the Regent.
Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
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