When can Mana abilities be activated?

605.3a A player may activate an activated mana ability whenever they have priority, whenever they are casting a spell or activating an ability that requires a mana payment, or whenever a rule or effect asks for a mana payment, even if it’s in the middle of casting or resolving a spell or activating or resolving an …

Are Planeswalker abilities activated?

Planeswalker Abilities Planeswalkers have activated abilities. You can activate one of these abilities whenever you could cast a sorcery, but only one of a planeswalker’s abilities may be activated during each of your turns.

Can you tap a creature on the first turn?

Creatures. Creatures represent people or beasts that are summoned to the battlefield to attack opposing creatures or players and defend their controller from the attacks of enemy creatures. They normally cannot attack or use an ability with the “tap symbol” on the first turn they enter the battlefield.

Do the counters stay on crawling Barrens?

Yes; the Nexus can turn into a noncreature land and still have +1/+1 counters on it, they just will not do anything until it’s a creature again.

How long does summoning sickness last in Magic The Gathering?

Now can I tap the creature, or does summoning sickness last until it’s my turn again? A creature is summoning sick unless you have controlled it continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn. In this case, you have to wait until your next turn begins to be able to tap the creature.

Can you tap an artifact for no reason?

You can’t tap ANY permanent unless there’s a cost, an effect, or a rule instructing you to do so. That’s true even for lands and creatures. You can’t tap a Howling Mine for no reason any more than you could tap a Runeclaw Bear or Dark Depths for no reason.

Is equipping targeting?

The equip ability can’t target a Gigapede, because it can’t be the target of spells and abilities.