Reaper of the Wilds activated abilities
Asked by Hanzeru 8 years ago
Can you activate Reaper of the Wilds's activated abilities during the turn it was summoned? Or during your opponent's turn following your turn when you summoned it?
Scenario:1) Player A summoned Reaper of the Wilds. Player A has 3 remaining mana.2) During player B's turn, he casted a kill spell targeting the Reaper.3) Can Player A activate the hexproof ability?
filledelanuit says... #2
JWiley129 This is a bit nitpicky but your post isn't technically correct. Summoning sickness means that you cannot: Declare this creature as an attacker, activate an ability that has the tap symbol in its cost, or activate an ability that has the untap symbol in its cost. This rules actually matters for cards like Heritage Druid which is a popular legacy deck so that question wouldn't be surprising to get at a legacy tournament.
July 21, 2015 10:58 p.m.
lordoftheshadows - However, Heritage Druid isn't required to tap for its ability. So I'm still correct. But yeah, you were super nitpicky there.
July 21, 2015 11:08 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #4
JWiley129 but Heritage Druid can be tapped for mana with its ability the same turn it entered the battlefield because its ability doesn't have the tap symbol.
July 21, 2015 11:15 p.m.
I get that, but you don't have to tap Heritage Druid to its ability at all. But again, it's super nitpicky and doesn't impact the answer to the question at all.
July 21, 2015 11:23 p.m.
To join the nitpicker's circle: Whether you actually have to tap a creature, may tap the creature or may not tap the creature doesn't matter. Summoning Sickness prevents you from paying the 
cost - it doesn't prevent the creature from being tapped as the result of a spell or ability, or to pay the cost of a spell or ability.
July 22, 2015 6:34 a.m.
filledelanuit says... #7
Hanzeru please select a correct answer to remove it from the unanswered queue.
JWiley129 says... Accepted answer #1
The only time that summoning sickness stops you from activating a creature's activated abilities is if it requires the creature to Tap. Since none of Reaper of the Wilds activated abilities require tapping, you can activate them the turn you cast Reaper.
July 21, 2015 10:32 p.m.