Can you avoid Winter Orb's effect with Pacification Array?
Asked by entheogeneral 7 years ago
Well, I'm playing a Five Color EDH Stax deck and I want to make it so that I can untap all my lands with Winter Orb and still affect my opponents. Can I tap the Winter Orb on their turn with Pacification Array so that, on my upkeep I still untap all my lands?
entheogeneral says... #2
Fuck yeah! Thanks dude, has anyone ever thought of this before? It's such a cool synergy.
April 17, 2017 8:44 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... #3
There's a lot of synergy when it comes to "untapped matters" like Howling Mine, Blinkmoth Urn, and Winter Orb. It's smart to have ways to tap it when you want it tapped so the opponents don't get the bonus or you don't get the minus.
April 18, 2017 4 a.m.
entheogeneral says... #4
You're absolutely right. I'm glad I got this info you early, I only got my Winter Orb a week ago. Do you think Pacification Array is the best thing to achieve this tapping synergy?
April 18, 2017 11:48 a.m.
chaosumbreon87 says... #6
you recently got a mechanic around this. Whir of invention can tap it, inspiring statuary is not bad, etc
April 18, 2017 12:07 p.m.
entheogeneral says... #7
Cool, I'll look into that. If you wanna check my deck out so far, copy and paste this link:
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/esper-stax-with-a-pillow-fort-splash-and-artifact/
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #1
Ruling taken from Winter Orb's Gatherer page
6/8/2016 All permanents untap during a players untap step at once. If Winter Orb is tapped as your untap step begins, your lands will all untap.
April 17, 2017 12:57 p.m.