The Battlefield

Maze's End

$0.36 foil

Reshape the Earth

$12.11

The Wandering Minstrel

$0.30

AI DraftMay 13, 2026

Maze's End + Reshape the Earth + The Wandering Minstrel

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Overview

If The Wandering Minstrel is on the battlefield under your control when you put Gates onto the battlefield with Reshape the Earth or with Maze's End’s ability, its static ability (“Lands you control enter untapped.”) can cause those lands to enter untapped despite instructions to put them onto the battlefield tapped; replacement/continuous effects that modify how permanents enter are applied as the event happens . Returning Maze's End to your hand is part of the activation cost of its ability and must be paid before players get priority to respond .

Step 1

You activate Maze's End's ability: as part of paying its activation cost you return Maze's End to your hand; that is part of the cost, so you finish paying it before the ability goes on the stack or resolves and opponents cannot respond to the payment .

Step 2

When Maze's End's ability or Reshape the Earth resolves it instructs you to put Gate lands from your library onto the battlefield (Reshape explicitly says “put them onto the battlefield tapped”). Follow the instructions, but apply replacement/continuous effects that modify how those lands enter at the same time as they would enter .

Step 3

The Wandering Minstrel’s static ability is such a continuous effect: it affects how lands you control enter the battlefield (they enter untapped). Because replacement/continuous effects that modify an object entering the battlefield apply as the entering event happens, that effect can change lands that would enter tapped to enter untapped instead .

Step 4

If Minstrel is on the battlefield at the moment the lands would enter, its effect applies; if it is not on the battlefield at that moment, it does not apply. If Minstrel leaves before any triggered ability checks for Towns, that follow-up trigger behavior is governed by the Minstrel ruling about trigger-time checks .

Step 5

If other replacement effects that affect entering exist, normal replacement-effect interaction rules determine the final result; applying replacement effects may involve choosing their order when multiple replacement effects apply (see replacement-effect interaction guidance in the Comprehensive Rules) .

Resolution

When Reshape the Earth resolves or when Maze's End’s ability resolves, first pay attention to Maze's End’s activation cost rule: returning Maze's End to your hand is part of the cost, so you must do that before the ability begins to resolve and players can't respond to the activation until after the cost is paid . When the spell or ability then puts Gate lands onto the battlefield, The Wandering Minstrel's static effect that makes lands you control enter untapped is a continuous/replacement-type effect that applies as they enter, so you (the affected player) will get the practical ability to have them enter untapped rather than tapped . If Minstrel is not on the battlefield at the moment the lands would enter (for example it left before resolution), its effect doesn't apply and the lands enter tapped as instructed. If Minstrel is present at that moment but leaves before a later trigger checks (such as Minstrel’s The Minstrel’s Ballad trigger), remember that triggered-ability checks follow and continuous effects only apply while they exist .

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