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Keyword: Tap Rulings
What are Tap Abilities?

Micro Masters tend to be small, and they’ll often be outmatched on the battlefield. But that
doesn’t mean they can’t help your cause. They have tap abilities that give you an option other
than attacking with them.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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How can I recognize a tap ability?

Tap abilities all have the tap symbol (marked as [t] in text documents like this one) to the left
of the arrow.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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How do tap abilities work?

You can use one tap ability during your turn, before you attack. It’s one of your turn actions,
just like playing an Action card, playing an Upgrade card, or flipping one of your characters to its
other mode. To use the tap ability, the character that has the ability must be untapped. Using
the ability causes the character to become tapped.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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Does using a tap ability also mean the character attacks?

No. Using a tap ability isn’t the same as attacking.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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Do I have to use a tap ability during my turn?

No. It’s your choice. You don’t have to use a tap ability, even if you could.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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If I have more than one untapped character with a tap ability, can I use all of them in the
same turn?


No. You can use only one tap ability per turn.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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Can I use a tap ability, then play an Action that untaps that character, then use that tap
ability again?


Nope. One tap ability per turn.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
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Some tap abilities say I have to scrap cards from my hand or other additional costs. Can I use
a tap ability if I can’t pay that cost.


No. For example, if a tap ability says you have to scrap a card from your hand with an orange
battle icon, and you don’t have one, you can’t use that tap ability.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-03-01)    【Link to Ruling】
Tags: Tap
If Im defending with Raider Visper, who is untapped, and my opponent plays EMP Wave, do I get the option of discarding 3 green pips to force them to discard 3 cards? If theyre matching, do I get to draw three? Also, EMP Wave would always make it the turn of the person who didnt play it, correct? Or if Im attacking and play EMP Wave do I get to swing with a character that I just tapped?

No, a Tap ability is something you use on your turn, not whenever the character becomes tapped. If you play EMP Wave on your turn, all characters will be tapped. Your turn continues, and you can play an upgrade, flip a character, etc. At the end of your turn, all characters will untap, and your opponents turn will begin.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-05-02)    【Link to Ruling】
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If I have a Micromaster in Bot mode, and I use an action that taps it, such as Inferno Breath or Swap Missions, will tapping it with one of those actions let me activate the Micromaster's Tap ability?

No. Those are mutually exclusive. Tap abilities on Micro Masters are costs for triggering their abilities, so other in-game actions do not allow you to use that ability.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-05-10)    【Link to Ruling】
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If I use Swap Missions to untap a tapper character and then tap an untapped character, and that same untapped character has a tap ability - does Swap Missions trigger that tapped ability?

No, tap abilities (ones with the tap symbol) happen when the player activates them on their turn and dont happen if the character is tapped in any other way.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-07-29)    【Link to Ruling】
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How do I use a Micromaster’s tap ability? Let's say Raider Detour. I tap Raider Detour, then scrap a card with a blue battle icon, and draw my 2 cards. Does that mean I have used Raider Detour and now I attack with one of my other characters?

You can still play an Action or Upgrade if you haven’t and would like to, but then you can move on. Each turn, you can use one tap ability. Raider Detour will not be able to attack because he is tapped. However if he were untapped somehow, he would still be able to attack.
Source: Wizards of the Coast (2019-07-29)    【Link to Ruling】
Tags: Tap