<p>No.</p>

<p>If you read <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGodless%20Shrine%5d">Godless Shrine</a>'s ability carefully, you'll notice that it doesn't say the card enters the battlefield untapped if you do pay; it says the card enters the battlefield tapped if you don't pay.</p>

<p>Godless Shrine only affects how the card comes into the battlefield when you don't pay; it doesn't affect how the card comes into the battlefield when you do pay.</p>

<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bFlagstones%20of%20Trokair%5d">Flagstones of Trokair</a> causes Godless Shrine to come into play tapped, and Godless Shrine doesn't do anything about that (even if you do pay).</p>

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<p>It would come into play tapped as a ruling on the card says other abilities take precedence. If you look at <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=96935" rel="noreferrer">the Gathering page for Godless Shrine</a> you will find your answer.</p>

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  <p>If another effect (such as Loxodon Gatekeeper’s ability) tells you to put lands onto the battlefield tapped, it enters the battlefield tapped whether you pay 2 life or not.</p>
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Wow so you have the choice to pay 2 life if you want to?
corsiKa
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@corsiKa Yes you do. It is rarely useful though.
Autar
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Yes,  many a misclick made you take 2 damage for no reason back when Farseek and Shocks were in standard together
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<p>One of my <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bFlagstones%20of%20Trokair%5d">Flagstones of Trokair</a> is dying and I search for an <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGodless%20Shrine%5d">Godless Shrine</a>. Does the Godless Shrine enters play untapped when I pay the 2 life?</p>

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# Can I chose to bring a shockland untapped into play when I tutor it with an effect that brings a land tapped into play

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-07)

One of my [Flagstones of Trokair](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bFlagstones%20of%20Trokair%5d) is dying and I search for an [Godless Shrine](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGodless%20Shrine%5d). Does the Godless Shrine enters play untapped when I pay the 2 life?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-07. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

It would come into play tapped as a ruling on the card says other abilities take precedence. If you look at [the Gathering page for Godless Shrine](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=96935) you will find your answer.

> If another effect (such as Loxodon Gatekeeper’s ability) tells you to put lands onto the battlefield tapped, it enters the battlefield tapped whether you pay 2 life or not.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Wow so you have the choice to pay 2 life if you want to?  
> **username_4**: @username_3 Yes you do. It is rarely useful though.  
> **username_5**: Yes,  many a misclick made you take 2 damage for no reason back when Farseek and Shocks were in standard together  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-07. Score: 15

No.

If you read [Godless Shrine](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGodless%20Shrine%5d)'s ability carefully, you'll notice that it doesn't say the card enters the battlefield untapped if you do pay; it says the card enters the battlefield tapped if you don't pay.

Godless Shrine only affects how the card comes into the battlefield when you don't pay; it doesn't affect how the card comes into the battlefield when you do pay.

[Flagstones of Trokair](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bFlagstones%20of%20Trokair%5d) causes Godless Shrine to come into play tapped, and Godless Shrine doesn't do anything about that (even if you do pay).


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