Can I use "Rakdos Charm" third effect on an opponents tapped creature?
Asked by SmokeyShadowZ 2 years ago
I was playing with my friends and I brought my friend down to 1 health and he has a creature that was tapped (couldn't block or do anything) so I used Rakdos charms third effect which states "Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller" and since he had one creature it would've took his remaining health and he would've lost, I was at 1 hp too so I would've went out swinging but he said that that instant effect didn't work on his creature because his creature was tapped and couldn't attack him. I'm new to mtg and I just want to know if being tapped really means that my instant effect didn't work, there was no other effect at play to stop my instants effect just my friend saying that his creature was tapped and that my effect couldn't work. Please clear this up for me he's played it longer and is trying to pull that veteran card on me
TheVectornaut says... Accepted answer #1
While it is true that tapped creatures cannot declare attacks, Rakdos Charm's 3rd effect doesn't have anything to do with attacking as the word is never used. The creature is doing damage to the player directly as a result of the charm's effect rather than as a result of combat. Anything that might relate to combat like summoning sickness, being tapped, or being unable to attack means nothing to Rakdos Charm. Effects that care about doing damage like lifelink or infect will apply though, so having some lifelinkers could prove useful to keep you from dying along with your opponent in the case of a board-stall. Long story short, your friend was either lying or just didn't understand the card.
December 11, 2022 6:11 p.m.