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More info?)
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:01:13 +0200, Boas Enkler <info@it-design.biz> wrote:
>Hi there
>does an artifact loose it's non activated abilities when it is tapped ?
>What about artifact creatures?
No, and no. Nothing in Magic "turns off while tapped" in any particular way,
unless its Oracle text -says- it does. [You can't pay a <Tap> or a "tap this"
_cost_ with a tapped permanent, but that's different.]
The artifacts that 'turn off while tapped', because their Oracle text says they
do, are
Blinkmoth Urn; Farsight Mask; Genesis Chamber; Howling Mine; Static Orb;
Storage Matrix; Thunderstaff, effectively; Trinisphere; and Winter Orb.
(The nonartifacts that do so, same reason:
Giant Tortoise; Guardian Beast; Juniper Order Advocate; Martyrs of Korlis; Nim
Abomination; Reveille Squad; Spectral Guardian; Veteran Bodyguard; and
Watchdog, effectively.)
Dave
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