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Magic: The Gathering Rules Q&A Can an animated Inkmoth Nexus tap for mana?
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6 months ago  ::  Nov 18, 2012 - 9:56AM #1
jeremywin
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I have a ornithopter tapped and attacking.
He has a blinkmoth nexus, an inkmoth nexus, and a forest.

He taps the forest to animate inkmoth, declares a block, then taps inkmoth for mana to activate blinkmoth to give inkmoth a +1/+1.

can he do this?

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6 months ago  ::  Nov 18, 2012 - 10:00AM #2
LoveMonkey
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Yes, he can.  Inkmoth Nexus is still a land in addition to being a creature (says so on the card) and still has it's mana ability, which can be used to pay for Blinkmoth Nexus ' third ability.

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6 months ago  ::  Nov 18, 2012 - 10:01AM #3
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Yes, they can do that. Turning the Nexus into a creature does not cause it to lose any abilities, so it will still be able to tap for mana once it's animated.
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6 months ago  ::  Nov 18, 2012 - 10:03AM #4
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6 months ago  ::  Nov 18, 2012 - 10:04AM #5
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Good point.

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