<p>Yes, you'll tap him to attack, like any other creature. The same goes for any other planeswalker that's presently a creature (unless it has vigilance, as you've noticed), such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gideon%20Jura">Gideon Jura</a> — being creatures, they'll follow any of the usual rules for creatures.</p>
<p>This also means that when he returns to being a plain old planeswalker, he'll be tapped. Planeswalkers can be tapped! There's nothing saying planeswalkers can't be tapped. He'll untap at your next untap step, just like any other permanent.</p>

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2015-08-01T16:33:40.697Z
Great appreciation, Doppelgreener. That is what I thought would happen.
Erik
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doppelgreener
<p>Any permanent can be tapped, although planeswalkers and enchantments are rarely tapped. "Tappedness" is a property of all permanents. Doppelgreener's answer explains the situation well, but here are the supporting rules:</p>

<p>From the comprehensive rules:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>110.6</strong>. A permanent’s status is its physical state. There are four status categories, each of which has two possible values: tapped/untapped, flipped/unflipped, face up/face down, and phased in/phased out. Each permanent always has one of these values for each of these categories.</p>
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<p>On untapping:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>502.2</strong>. Second, the active player determines which permanents he or she controls will untap. Then he or she untaps them all simultaneously. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack. Normally, all of a player’s permanents untap, but effects can keep one or more of a player’s permanents from untapping.</p>
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<p>A friend and I had a little confusion. He was playing with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sarkhan%2C%20the%20Dragonspeaker">Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker</a> and activated the +1, then attacked. The creature did not have vigilance, and wasn't destroyed. So naturally, it would tap. But my friend said because it goes back to being a planeswalker at the end of the turn, it doesn't tap.</p>
<p>So, is there any rule that clarifies this?</p>

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Does Sarkhan the Dragonspeaker tap with his +1?
Erik
# Does Sarkhan the Dragonspeaker tap with his +1?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-01)

A friend and I had a little confusion. He was playing with [Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sarkhan%2C%20the%20Dragonspeaker) and activated the +1, then attacked. The creature did not have vigilance, and wasn't destroyed. So naturally, it would tap. But my friend said because it goes back to being a planeswalker at the end of the turn, it doesn't tap.

So, is there any rule that clarifies this?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-01. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Yes, you'll tap him to attack, like any other creature. The same goes for any other planeswalker that's presently a creature (unless it has vigilance, as you've noticed), such as [Gideon Jura](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gideon%20Jura) — being creatures, they'll follow any of the usual rules for creatures.

This also means that when he returns to being a plain old planeswalker, he'll be tapped. Planeswalkers can be tapped! There's nothing saying planeswalkers can't be tapped. He'll untap at your next untap step, just like any other permanent.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Great appreciation, Doppelgreener. That is what I thought would happen.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-03. Score: 1

Any permanent can be tapped, although planeswalkers and enchantments are rarely tapped. "Tappedness" is a property of all permanents. Doppelgreener's answer explains the situation well, but here are the supporting rules:

From the comprehensive rules:

> **110.6**. A permanent’s status is its physical state. There are four status categories, each of which has two possible values: tapped/untapped, flipped/unflipped, face up/face down, and phased in/phased out. Each permanent always has one of these values for each of these categories.

On untapping:

> **502.2**. Second, the active player determines which permanents he or she controls will untap. Then he or she untaps them all simultaneously. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack. Normally, all of a player’s permanents untap, but effects can keep one or more of a player’s permanents from untapping.


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