Icy Manipulator — ruling 1

Once a player announces that they're casting a spell or activating an ability, no player may take other actions until the spell or ability has been paid for. Notably, other players can't try to tap that player's permanents to stop them from paying {T} or to stop them from producing enough mana.

Icy Manipulator : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Icy Manipulator 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

, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

How it works : Icy Manipulator

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1December 8, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
Once a player announces that they're casting a spell or activating an ability, no player may take other actions until the spell or ability has been paid for. Notably, other players can't try to tap that player's permanents to stop them from paying or to stop them from producing enough mana.
No other card is named in this ruling.