Entrancing Lyre is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.,
: Tap target creature with power X or less. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this artifact remains tapped.
How it works : Entrancing Lyre
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Entrancing Lyre’s activated ability can target a creature that’s already tapped. That creature won’t untap for as long as Entrancing Lyre remains tapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Entrancing Lyre leaves the battlefield, it’s no longer tapped, so the creature is free to untap as usual.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Entrancing Lyre becomes untapped before its activated ability resolves, the target creature is tapped, but it can untap as usual. This is true even if Entrancing Lyre becomes tapped again before the activated ability resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Entrancing Lyre’s ability tries to resolve, the ability won’t resolve. The creature isn’t tapped and can untap as usual.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature’s power is increased after Entrancing Lyre’s ability has resolved, it remains affected and won’t untap as usual.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Once Entrancing Lyre is no longer tapped, the creature won’t immediately become untapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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