Searching by activated ability cost?

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Posted on Nov. 29, 2014, 11:38 a.m. by Named_Tawyny

Hello:

I'm trying to search for creatures who have the 'untap' sign in the cost for their activated abilities. Is there a way to do that? I've tried searching rules text for 'untap:' but the search just ignores the colon, and gives me any creature with the word untap in it.

If anybody has done this before, advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Dusk says... #2

Yes. You have to type "untap symbol"

November 29, 2014 11:58 a.m.

Named_Tawyny says... #3

Awesome, thanks!

November 29, 2014 noon

Dusk says... #4

You're welcome!

November 29, 2014 12:02 p.m.

Named_Tawyny says... #5

Actually, it doesn't seem to be doing it. It gives me things like Brine Elemental which doesn't have that symbol at all.

This is in the rules text box, yes?

November 29, 2014 12:03 p.m.

Dusk says... #6

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?text=+[untap]+[symbol]

November 29, 2014 12:17 p.m.

Named_Tawyny says... #7

Ahh. That'd do it. I was searching on Tapped Out.

November 29, 2014 12:19 p.m.

Dusk says... #8

Sorry, I figured out later that you searched on TO. I always use the Gatherer.

November 29, 2014 3:42 p.m.

hyperlocke says... #9

In the TO database, it's formatted as "Untap". That makes searching for it complicated, as it also finds stuff like Awakening.

On magiccards.info it's formatted as "[Q]", where the brackets are the curly brackets (braces? and how do you display them in comments?).
http://magiccards.info/query?q=o%3A%22Q%22&v=card&s=cname

November 29, 2014 6:53 p.m.

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