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Title: Polluted Delta, Watery Grave
Post by: fabiohotts on November 30, 2012, 11:57:05 PM
Hello!

For this question, I will use two cards for example:  {Polluted Delta} and  {Watery Grave}

So, if I play Polluted Delta, pay 1 life and sacrifice it, search for Watery Grave and put it into play: Do I still need to pay 2 life, so Watery Grave doesn't enter tapped, or, since Polluted Delta already defines that the land enters untapped, I don't need to pay 2 life?

Thanks
Title: Re: Question about lands
Post by: Jroch314 on December 01, 2012, 12:00:36 AM
U still have to pay the 2 life. It doesnt necessarily say "untapped". There are lands that enter tapped no matter what e.g. {Salt Flats}. In order to avoid that, it would need to say something like, "if it enters the battlefield tapped, then untap it."

RESOLVED
Title: Re: Question about lands
Post by: Double-O-Scotch on December 01, 2012, 12:05:38 AM
Quote from: Jroch314 on December 01, 2012, 12:00:36 AM
U still have to pay the 2 life. It doesnt necessarily say "untapped". There are lands that enter tapped no matter what e.g. {Salt Flats}. In order to avoid that, it would need to say something like, "if it enters the battlefield tapped, then untap it."
I concur.
Title: Re: Question about lands
Post by: Coffee Vampire on December 01, 2012, 12:20:22 AM
Use {Amulet of Vigor} to get around it!
Title: Re: Question about lands
Post by: fabiohotts on December 02, 2012, 12:54:32 AM
Thanks for the help guys!
Title: Re: Question about lands
Post by: Malleo on December 02, 2012, 05:14:32 AM
If I have already played a land and have  {Shimmer Myr} out could I play an artifact land such as  {Ancient Den}?
Title: Re: Question about lands
Post by: Gorzo on December 02, 2012, 05:21:11 AM
Quote from: Malleo on December 02, 2012, 05:14:32 AM
If I have already played a land and have  {Shimmer Myr} out could I play an artifact land such as  {Ancient Den}?

Artifact lands are still lands, and will be subject to all land-related rules, including only being able to play one land per turn.

In addition, {Shimmer Myr} does not affect artifact lands, as lands are not "cast." Lands do not use the stack, and putting a card onto the stack is, by definition, "casting" it.