Can I untap a shock land when I search for it?
Asked by Carsf 12 years ago
Let's say I use card:Ranger's Path to get two Temple Garden s. Could I pay four life and have them enter untapped?
No, the card:Ranger's Paths supersedes Temple Garden . The lands entering the battlefield is a condition set by ranger's path and since it supersedes temple garden, exo facto BOOM! It comes in tapped.
September 14, 2012 4:54 p.m.
Here's the link to the gatherer where it states clearly:
"10/1/2005If another effect (such as Loxodon Gatekeeper's ability) tells you to put lands onto the >battlefield tapped, it enters the battlefield tapped whether you pay 2 life or n"
Rhadamanthus says... #1
You can pay the life, but they won't be untapped. Even though the payment lets you avoid the "ETB tapped" effect on Temple Garden , there's still an "ETB tapped" effect on card:Ranger's Path. The life payment won't do anything to affect that.
September 14, 2012 4:50 p.m.