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Basically the title. If I summon a creature, use an ability to "untap" it before my combat step. May I attack with the creature?

Duncan Turnbull
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    Summoning sickness does not mean the creature is tapped. "Untapping" a creature that is not tapped will not do anything. – BJ Myers Sep 05 '17 at 01:05
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    No. The rule says: "A creature can't attack unless it has been under its controller's control continuously since his or her most recent turn began." – ikegami Sep 05 '17 at 06:43
  • Also, I find it hard to believe your creature is tapped on the turn it came out. (It's possible, but very rare.) – ikegami Sep 05 '17 at 06:46
  • @ikegami Not that rare, especially in this brave new world of Vehicles. – Patrick Stevens Sep 05 '17 at 12:36
  • @ikegami Where in the question did the OP say that his creature was tapped? – Rainbolt Sep 05 '17 at 16:08
  • @Rainbolt, They said they untapped their creature. For that to happen, it must have been tapped. Maybe they were merely instructed to untap the creature, but I have no reason to believe the OP misspoke. If we discover they did, we can address that error then. – ikegami Sep 05 '17 at 16:09
  • Usually when someone puts a word in quotes, it's because they are using the word in a way contrary to what it normally means. That indicates to me that the OP's creature was already untapped, and they used an ability to "untap" it. But maybe you're right, and the OP's creature was tapped. – Rainbolt Sep 05 '17 at 16:22
  • @Rainbolt, If it's as you say and the OP knows that the instruction to untap didn't do anything, then why would they ask if it did something. Your speculations are not useful. – ikegami Sep 05 '17 at 16:48
  • Let's continue this discussion somewhere more appropriate. – Rainbolt Sep 05 '17 at 17:01

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