<p>nope</p>
<p>2 relevant rules:</p>
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<p>110.5c A permanent retains its status until a spell, ability, or turn-based action changes it, even if that status is not relevant to it.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>and</p>
<blockquote>
<p>110.5. 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>it retains its status until something changes it, and tappedness is part of that.</p>
<p>a sort-of meta-guessing &quot;here's how I would design a game&quot; answer, while we're at it: There's no way they would have printed <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152046" rel="noreferrer">Gilder Bairn</a> or <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=531912" rel="noreferrer">Immovable Rod</a> without closing that loophole.</p>

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2023-11-14T10:55:50.233Z
The entire idea of untapping as a cost (rather than an effect) is questionable if you could just tap a card whenever you want. There is a functional difference in that an effect goes on the stack and a cost doesn't, but it's still questionable.
NotThatGuy
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2023-11-12T21:42:06.767Z
2023-11-12T21:42:06.767Z
Adam R. Grey
<p>If I have a colorless 1/1 untapped creature that has no abilities, can I just tap this card whenever I want? Or let's say I have a artifact/enchantment/planeswalker with no abilities. Can I just tap it?</p>

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2023-11-12T22:18:25.357Z
If you have something to add to your question, just edit it into the actual question text. There is no reason to repeat information in a comment.
murgatroid99
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2023-11-14T03:18:09.450Z
Are you looking for a quick off-the-cuff answer, or a deep rules-lawyering answer?
John Gordon
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Can you tap a card whenever you want?
Gil
# Can you tap a card whenever you want?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-12)

If I have a colorless 1/1 untapped creature that has no abilities, can I just tap this card whenever I want? Or let's say I have a artifact/enchantment/planeswalker with no abilities. Can I just tap it?

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you have something to add to your question, just edit it into the actual question text. There is no reason to repeat information in a comment.  
> **username_2**: Are you looking for a quick off-the-cuff answer, or a deep rules-lawyering answer?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2023-11-12. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

nope

2 relevant rules:

> 110.5c A permanent retains its status until a spell, ability, or turn-based action changes it, even if that status is not relevant to it.

and

> 110.5. 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.

it retains its status until something changes it, and tappedness is part of that.

a sort-of meta-guessing "here's how I would design a game" answer, while we're at it: There's no way they would have printed [username_0der Bairn](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152046) or [Immovable Rod](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=531912) without closing that loophole.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: The entire idea of untapping as a cost (rather than an effect) is questionable if you could just tap a card whenever you want. There is a functional difference in that an effect goes on the stack and a cost doesn't, but it's still questionable.  

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