Untapping and Tapping Planeswalkers
Asked by XBlaze 7 years ago
I have a question about the rules of new Kaladesh card Deadlock Trap. It says that if you tap it and spend one energy counter, you can tap a creature or planeswalker. If you tap a planeswalker, what happens? (I don't mean turn it sideways). Do planeswalkers untap during your untap step? Can you use a planeswalker's abilities if it is tapped? I don't need the answers to these questions that much, as Deadlock Trap is not very good and isn't going in any of my decks, but the help is appreciated none the less.
Deadlock Trap on planeswalkers is mostly used at instant speed for all the Gideon cards such as Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and other PWs that want do do something other as simply activating loyality abilities, to stop them from attacking or blocking. Otherwise, you'd have to use the trap's ability during your opponent's upkeep step or while another spell is on the stack, to tap down a planeswalker and stop their abilities for this turn.
Shane says... Accepted answer #1
Everything untaps at your untap step. Unless stated otherwise. Tapped planeswalkers can still use their abilities. But the use of Deadlock Trap stops the use of activated abilities for the turn it's activated.
August 19, 2017 12:08 p.m.