Untap

Untap is a keyword action that happens during the untap step. It is the process of rotating a permanent back to the upright position from a sideways position. 
==Rules==
==Untapping mechanics==
===Untapping creatures===
The ability to untap creatures is primary in green and blue and secondary in white. Untapping creatures used to be white's domain, but R&D has moved individual creature untapping off to green to give it more creature answers. White still can untap all your creatures or an individual creature on a spell that's defined as solely defensive. Blue's ability to untap is usually accompanied by its ability to also tap (twiddle).
===Untapping lands===
Green, as the color most in tune with lands and acquiring mana, is the color that most often untaps lands. Blue also does this a little.
===Untapping itself===
Some creatures have an activated ability (or sometimes a triggered ability) to untap itself. This is primary used in blue, but occasionally in white when R&D wants to simulate vigilance because actual vigilance is problematic due to timing.
==Untap symbol==
The untap symbol was introduced in Shadowmoor where "untapping" was a mechanic of the set. By 2010, the introduction of the symbol was considered a failure; players just read the untap symbol as a tap symbol. As a gimmick, it was featured in Modern Horizons on <c>Farmstead Gleaner</c> and in Secret Lair Drop Series: Street Fighter.
==Rulings==
*The untap symbol is the analog of the tap symbol. Represented as {Q} in rules documents, it looks like a white J-shaped arrow (with the arrowhead pointing up) on a black circle .
*The untap symbol appears only in the costs of activated abilities. It means "Untap this permanent."
*If the permanent is already untapped, you can't play its ability. That's because you can't pay the "Untap this permanent" cost.
*The "summoning sickness" rule applies to . If a creature with an ability hasn't been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can't play that ability. Ignore this rule if the creature also has haste.
*When you play an ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can't be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)
==Trivia==
* "'' is the Untap Symbol" was featured as rules card 1 of 6 in the Shadowmoor set and 4 of 8 in the Eventide set.
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