Can you play a spell with convoke with a creature with summoning sickness?

Asked by greensheepman7 9 years ago

Say you were to play Chief Engineer on turn 2. So you would have 2 tapped lands and one creature with summoning sickness. My question is would you be able to cast a one-drop artifact using Chief Engineer on the same turn you played him? Even though he has summoning sickness?

JWiley129 says... Accepted answer #1

Short answer: yes

Long answer: summoning sickness stops activated abilities and attacking for a creature, convoke isn't an activated ability of Chief Engineer so you can tap him for convoke the turn he comes into play.

July 26, 2014 12:09 p.m.

greensheepman7 says... #2

Awesome Thanks! I was pretty sure, but I've only been playing Magic for about a year so I still make mistakes.

July 26, 2014 12:21 p.m.

keyno says... #3

@JWiley129 Hold up, does summoning sickness stop all activated abilities like Zof Shade ect? I thought it was just tap abilities, like Sigiled Starfish ?

July 26, 2014 11:16 p.m.

Rhadamanthus says... #4

keyno, you're right. Summoning sickness only restricts the activation of abilities with the Tap (or Untap) symbol in the cost.

July 27, 2014 12:41 p.m.

keyno says... #5

Ah, interesting about the untap, if that ever comes up i'll be sure to parade that knowledge =P

July 28, 2014 1:29 p.m.

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