Can i tap howling mine

Josh, avoid answering questions in comments. Rainbolt Honestly I considered what I said more "commentary" than an answer. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. John 4, 2 2 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges. Add a comment. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. My favorite card :. On my turn 3, I cast Underworld Dreams. Reasons: - in a 5 player game, the howling mine gives my opponents each turn a total of 4 cards they could use to kill me, while drawing me only a single card to even that out - my decks are designed to work well without outside help - since the card is part of your deck, your deck probably relies on it and has some synergies with it - the card helps bad deck builders since they probably didn't add enough lands or card draw to their decks while punishing good deck buildings whos decks run well without outside help So yes..

Simply putting it in a deck of yours because you want to draw cards, now that is a pretty bad idea. If you can take out their lands and leave them unable to play anything Correct me if I'm wrong but you can use a card like Fatestitcher to tap Howling Mine before your opponents turn so that they don't get the extra draw, right? Has this been used before? Spiderman Administrator Staff member. I'd probably wait until their upkeep before tapping the Mine. That way you wait until the last possible moment to see what he might do.

Any ability on a permanent, unless otherwise stated, is an "instant" or done at "instant" speed. Gryphonclaw Guest. Finally a use for that card. Ura Guest. Weren't people doing the same "trick" for ages with things like Relic Barrier and Icy Manipulators?

Card Number:. Ralph Horsley. It happens when the triggered ability resolves. All Rights Reserved. Gatherer works better in the Companion app! Flavor Text: The mine's riches never end, nor do the moans of the spirits doomed to haunt them.