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Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may pay . If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
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1 other English printingEarliest 2007-10-12Newest 2007-10-12Cheapest priced $0.84 in LRW
Rulings (2)
wotc1 Oct 2007
This is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn't allow you to tap the creature whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of tapping it, such as by attacking with the creature.
wotc1 Oct 2007
For the ability to trigger, the creature has to actually change from untapped to tapped. If an effect attempts to tap the creature, but it was already tapped at the time, this ability won't trigger.
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