Freyalise's Winds — ruling 1

During your untap step, first you determine which of your permanents will untap, then you untap them. If you control a permanent that says “You may choose not to untap [this permanent] during your untap step” and you decide not to untap it, no wind counters will be removed from it because it wouldn’t untap. The same is true for a permanent you control that wouldn’t untap due to a spell or ability (such as the one from Barl’s Cage).

Freyalise's Winds : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Freyalise's Winds 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

Whenever a permanent becomes tapped, put a wind counter on it. If a permanent with a wind counter on it would untap during its controller's untap step, remove all wind counters from it instead.

How it works : Freyalise's Winds

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
During your untap step, first you determine which of your permanents will untap, then you untap them. If you control a permanent that says “You may choose not to untap [this permanent] during your untap step” and you decide not to untap it, no wind counters will be removed from it because it wouldn’t untap. The same is true for a permanent you control that wouldn’t untap due to a spell or ability (such as the one from Barl’s Cage).
No other card is named in this ruling.