If I use Sleep and my opponent already has some tapped creatures, do the creatures that were already tapped untap during my opponent's next untap step?
Asked by bagthesnoot 13 years ago
If I use sleep and my opponent already has some tapped creatures, do the creatures that were already tapped untap during my opponent's next untap step?
Becasue of the wording of Sleep it would seem that anything previously tapped when Sleep is played would untap as usual. It states "Those creatures don't untap during that player's next untap step." Meaning that only creatures tapped under the conditions of Sleep would remain tapped.
RaW and RaI would indeed be the same here.
January 12, 2011 12:52 p.m.
On the contrary, according to the Oracle ruling on Sleep :
"The second part of Sleep's effect affects all creatures the targeted player controls as Sleep resolves, not just the ones that Sleep actually caused to become tapped."
All of the opponent's creatures on the battlefield prior to Sleep resolving would remained tapped during the player's next untap phase, not just those that Sleep taps.
I hope everyone reads this to clear things up.
January 12, 2011 1:15 p.m.
hmm good to know - I would have probably played it more knowing that..
Thank you for the clarity mafteechr
SwiftDeath says... #1
Sleep for reference
January 12, 2011 12:52 p.m.