Fairly New to MTG with a question.
Asked by FcHsChilD 10 years ago
Just a quick question about a card that was played against me (Unwinding Clock).The card reads:Untap all artifacts you control during each other player's untap step.
Now how it was explained to me was that the controller of the card gets to untap all artifacts during my untap phase.What I question is does the controller also get to still untap when their next untap phase comes around. (Essentially untapping every turn)
I must have passed right over it then.I do apologize. I was afraid of that.He was using Unwinding Clock + Phyrexian Colossus to dominate me.
December 11, 2014 11:30 a.m.
Oh, that combo works, but only because Phyrexian Colossus untaps during your turn. If it somehow became tapped during your turn, it still wouldn't untap during his turn because of the static ability on Phyrexian Colossus. Just something for you to remember.
December 11, 2014 11:40 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
The key thing is that a card only does what it says, no more and no less. Unwinding Clock doesn't say "...instead of your own untap step" or anything like that, so it doesn't change how the controller's untap step already works.
December 11, 2014 11:59 a.m.
Unless he finished out the combo with 3 Voltaic Key in play...which he had among a few other cards
December 11, 2014 11:59 a.m.
Rhadamanthus has a great point. The number one rule of Magic (aside from "have fun") is "Do what the card tells you." There is a lot of structure to the rules of Magic, but you do what the card tells you, regardless of what the base rules say. Deathtouch says that any damage is lethal, not just enough to equal a creature's toughness. You only have one combat step, unless you cast something like Aurelia, the Warleader or Fury of the Horde. There are tons of examples like this, like Unwinding Clock and untapping, so just read each card carefully and you'll get the hang of what's happening.
JWiley129 says... Accepted answer #1
First of, rules questions like this belong in the MTG Q&A linked to at the top of the page.
Second, you always get an Untap step where your permanents untap. So yes, Unwinding Clock allows its control to untap their artifacts on each player's untap step.
December 11, 2014 11:24 a.m.