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  <p>Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that land doesn't untap
  during its controller's next untap step.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is a triggered ability. If your opponent already had tapped lands before you played <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218002" rel="noreferrer">Vorinclex</a>, his ability will not trigger. Conversely if your opponent taps lands while Vorinclex is in play, and Vorinclex then leaves play, Vorinclex's ability will have already triggered and your opponent's lands will not untap during your opponent's next untap phase.</p>

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2019-04-11T17:53:05.530Z
So for example, the opponent could tap three swamps in response to you playing Vorinclex, wait for Vorinclex to resolve, then use the 3 mana to Murder it and avoid the ability altogether.
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Raj
<p>If I summon <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bVorinclex%2c%20Voice%20of%20Hunger%5d">Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger</a> and my opponent already had lands tapped before hand, do they untap on his turn or do they stay tapped?</p>

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Vorinclex, does my opponents land untap if they were tapped before i summoned him?
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# Vorinclex, does my opponents land untap if they were tapped before i summoned him?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-11)

If I summon [Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bVorinclex%2c%20Voice%20of%20Hunger%5d) and my opponent already had lands tapped before hand, do they untap on his turn or do they stay tapped?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-11. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

> Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that land doesn't untap
> during its controller's next untap step.

This is a triggered ability. If your opponent already had tapped lands before you played [Vorinclex](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218002), his ability will not trigger. Conversely if your opponent taps lands while Vorinclex is in play, and Vorinclex then leaves play, Vorinclex's ability will have already triggered and your opponent's lands will not untap during your opponent's next untap phase.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: So for example, the opponent could tap three swamps in response to you playing Vorinclex, wait for Vorinclex to resolve, then use the 3 mana to Murder it and avoid the ability altogether.  

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