Rules Question: Untapping contested cards

Are contested cards untapped as normal during untap phase? --George

In article <GFINK.96M...@avalon.cs.ucdavis.edu>, George Fink <gf...@avalon.cs.ucdavis.edu> wrote: > >Are contested cards untapped as normal during untap phase? No, but it doesn't matter. A contested card is untapped when control is acheived (i.e., all other copies are yielded and you are in your untap phase.)

George Fink wrote: > > Are contested cards untapped as normal during untap phase? > > --George Since contested cards only return to your control during your own untap phase, the point is moot. It will untap right after it becomes uncontested. Note that though the other methuselah yields during HIS untap, you do not regain control until your OWN untap.

More precisely, a card that falls out of contention comes into play untapped. If it was tapped when it became contested, it does not enter play tapped, and then become untapped. Tom Wylie rec.games.trading-cards.* Network Representative for aa...@cats.ucsc.edu Wizards of the Coast, Inc.