You can pay a cost of “sacrifice a land” by sacrificing a tapped land.
Is tapping land an activated ability?
No. Tapping a land doesn’t actually produce mana, activating its ability does. Tapping is merely the paying of the cost to do so. Unlike abilities that read “Whenever enchanted land is tapped”, it’s not actually tapping the land that causes Underworld Connections’s effect.
Can you tap a creature that’s already tapped MTG?
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.
Can you use an ability when a creature is not tapped?
In general, yes, you can use the abilities of tapped creatures that do not have tapping the creature as part of the cost to use the ability even when the creature is tapped. Thanks for contributing an answer to Board & Card Games Stack Exchange! Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research! But avoid …
Can you sacrifice a tapped creature in Magic The Gathering?
So if an ability requires you to “sacrifice a creature”, it doesn’t say anything about the creature being tapped or untapped, so as long as it’s a creature, you can sacc it. In general, yes, you can use the abilities of tapped creatures that do not have tapping the creature as part of the cost to use the ability even when the creature is tapped.
Can you sacrifice a creature if it is untapped?
So if an ability requires you to “sacrifice a creature”, it doesn’t say anything about the creature being tapped or untapped, so as long as it’s a creature, you can sacc it.
Do you turn creatures sideways before declaring attackers?
Players commonly rush into combat by simply turning creatures sideways to indicate they’re ready to declare attackers. In reality, there is a whole step of combat before you declare attackers, called the “Beginning of combat step.” You always get a chance to do stuff at that point before your opponent can declare attackers.
