if I tap an creature with vigilance to use an ability does it at my opponents upkeep
Asked by acerace 9 years ago
I built a sliver deck and want to no if I have a sentinel sliver out which gives all slivers vigilance and a manweft which gives tap to produce a mana of any color and I tap creatures on my second main phase to bring out a card when do they untap
Named_Tawyny says... #2
Lots of things untap during the upkeep step. Black Carriage, Forsaken City, everything if Awakening is on the battlefield, etc...
November 24, 2014 12:09 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
@Named_Tawyny: You'll notice that all of those cards create explicit exceptions to my statement. One of Magic's primary rules is that nothing atypical happens unless it's expressly permitted by a written effect in game.
November 24, 2014 2:15 a.m.
Named_Tawyny says... #4
Absolutely. It was just your absolute statement that I was objecting to - things can untap during the upkeep stage, but only if the cards specifically say so; that's very different from saying 'nothing untaps during the upkeep step'.
I know that precision is important to you, which is why I made the correction.
November 24, 2014 7:55 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #5
Complicating an answer by bringing up cards no one is talking about and questions no one is asking isn't helpful.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Link all cards in your question.
Sentinel Sliver
Manaweft Sliver
First, nothing untaps during the upkeep step. There's an untap step that occurs as soon as a turn begins. Permanents the active player controls untap. The game then progresses to the upkeep step, and any abilities that triggered during the untap step (and any that triggered at the beginning of the upkeep step) are handled.
Neither of these cards implies that anything untaps during your opponent's turn. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, your permanents only untap during your own untap step. Vigilance has nothing to do with untapping.
November 23, 2014 4:31 p.m.