Can you tap an artifact for no reason?

You’re allowed to tap any artifact for it. Any permanent can become tapped, given the right combination of other cards, even enchantments (You’re right that you normally cannot just tap a Howling Mine because you want to.)

Can I tap Blinkmoth urn?

Blinkmoth Urn has an ability that only works if it is untapped at the start of a player’s main phase. It has no activated abilities.

Can you tap a permanent?

A tapped permanent is perfectly legal as a target — it simply can’t be tapped again, since it’s already tapped. Frost Titan’s ability will still resolve and do as much as it can, which includes keeping the targeted peranent from untapping during its controller’s next untap step.

Are tapping abilities instant?

Unless they say otherwise (example), tap abilities (which are almost always activated abilities) are used at instant speed.

Can you tap Sol Ring the turn you play it?

You cast sol ring, you can tap it to produce mana. However, let’s say instead you cast ensoul artifact on the untapped sol ring you just played this turn. Now you cannot tap the sol ring for mana or to attack since it is now a creature that came into play that same turn.

Can You untap a permanent that is not tapped?

Any kind of clarification would be greatly appreciated here. If it’s a permanent, it’s a valid target for “target permanent”. Period[1]. You cannot untap a permanent that’s not tapped. 701.17b To untap a permanent, rotate it back to the upright position from a sideways position. Only tapped permanents can be untapped.

Can a tapped permanent be untapped in Magic The Gathering?

For example, If you have an ability whose effect reads ” You may untap an opponent’s land. If you do, do X. “, you can’t do X if the opponent has no tapped lands. You cannot untap an untapped permanent to pay an “untap” cost, exactly like how you cannot tap a tapped permanent to pay a “tap” cost. 107.6. The untap symbol is {Q}.

Can you tap a creature that is untapped?

The key here is that you can never tap a creature that’s already tapped, or untap a creature that’s already untapped. Attempting to do so to pay a cost is like attempting to pay 1 mana when you have no mana in your mana pool; you can’t do it.

What does the untap symbol in an activation cost mean?

The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.”. A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. However, Tamiyo CAN use her first ability even without any untapped creatures around. This is because it says “target creature”, not “target untapped creature”.