Tainted Monkey

Un-Rules Query

Un-Rules questions: Would using "add" for Tainted Monkey hit basic lands? And, on a related note, does R&D's Secret Lair make basic lands with no text in the text box not tap for mana?

It only hits basic land if that particularly basic land has the word in its text box. R&D Secret Lair doesn’t shut down lands with the big mama symbol because the ability to tap for colored mana is built into its basic land type.

Game Design Lands Mana Monkey R&D's Secret Lair Rules Secret Lairs Tainted Monkey Tap / Untap Un-sets

Tainted Monkey Rules Interaction

If I choose the word "pen" with Tainted Monkey and my opponent puts Frazzled Editor into his graveyard, will he lose 3 life?

Yes, as the editing on Frazzled Editor counts as the real text.

Frazzled Editor Monkey Tainted Monkey The Graveyard

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