diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/u/UphillBattle.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/u/UphillBattle.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35064c10758
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+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/u/UphillBattle.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
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+package mage.cards.u;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import mage.abilities.Ability;
+import mage.abilities.common.SimpleStaticAbility;
+import mage.abilities.effects.ReplacementEffectImpl;
+import mage.cards.Card;
+import mage.cards.CardImpl;
+import mage.cards.CardSetInfo;
+import mage.constants.*;
+import mage.game.Game;
+import mage.game.events.EntersTheBattlefieldEvent;
+import mage.game.events.GameEvent;
+import mage.game.permanent.Permanent;
+import mage.watchers.Watcher;
+import mage.watchers.common.CreatureWasCastWatcher;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author chrvanorle
+ */
+public class UphillBattle extends CardImpl {
+    
+    public UphillBattle(UUID ownerId, CardSetInfo setInfo) {
+        super(ownerId,setInfo,new CardType[]{CardType.ENCHANTMENT},"{2}{R}");
+        Ability tapAbility = new SimpleStaticAbility(Zone.BATTLEFIELD, new UphillBattleTapEffect());
+        tapAbility.addWatcher(new CreatureWasCastWatcher());
+        tapAbility.addWatcher(new PlayCreatureLandWatcher());
+        addAbility(tapAbility);
+    }
+
+    public UphillBattle(final UphillBattle card) {
+        super(card);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public UphillBattle copy() {
+        return new UphillBattle(this);
+    }
+}
+
+class PlayCreatureLandWatcher extends Watcher {
+
+    final Set<UUID> playerPlayedLand = new HashSet<>(); // player that played land
+    final Set<UUID> landPlayed = new HashSet<>(); // land played
+
+    public PlayCreatureLandWatcher() {
+        super(PlayCreatureLandWatcher.class.getSimpleName(), WatcherScope.GAME);
+    }
+
+    public PlayCreatureLandWatcher(final PlayCreatureLandWatcher watcher) {
+        super(watcher);
+        playerPlayedLand.addAll(watcher.playerPlayedLand);
+        landPlayed.addAll(watcher.landPlayed);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PlayCreatureLandWatcher copy() {
+        return new PlayCreatureLandWatcher(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void watch(GameEvent event, Game game) {
+        if (event.getType() == GameEvent.EventType.PLAY_LAND) {
+            Card card = game.getCard(event.getTargetId());
+            if (card != null
+                    && card.isLand()
+                    && card.isCreature()
+                    && !playerPlayedLand.contains(event.getPlayerId())) {
+                playerPlayedLand.add(event.getPlayerId());
+                landPlayed.add(event.getTargetId());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset() {
+        playerPlayedLand.clear();
+        landPlayed.clear();
+        super.reset();
+    }
+
+    public boolean landPlayed(UUID playerId) {
+        return playerPlayedLand.contains(playerId);
+    }
+
+    public boolean wasLandPlayed(UUID landId) {
+        return landPlayed.contains(landId);
+    }
+}
+
+
+class UphillBattleTapEffect extends ReplacementEffectImpl {
+
+    UphillBattleTapEffect() {
+        super(Duration.WhileOnBattlefield, Outcome.Tap);
+        staticText = "Creatures played by your opponents enter the battlefield tapped";
+    }
+
+    UphillBattleTapEffect(final UphillBattleTapEffect effect) {
+        super(effect);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean replaceEvent(GameEvent event, Ability source, Game game) {
+        Permanent target = ((EntersTheBattlefieldEvent) event).getTarget();
+        CreatureWasCastWatcher creatureSpellWatcher = (CreatureWasCastWatcher) game.getState().getWatchers().get(CreatureWasCastWatcher.class.getSimpleName());
+        PlayCreatureLandWatcher landWatcher = (PlayCreatureLandWatcher) game.getState().getWatchers().get(PlayCreatureLandWatcher.class.getSimpleName());
+        
+        if (target != null
+                && ((creatureSpellWatcher != null && creatureSpellWatcher.wasCreatureCastThisTurn(target.getId()))
+                || (landWatcher != null && landWatcher.wasLandPlayed(target.getId())))) {
+            target.setTapped(true);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean checksEventType(GameEvent event, Game game) {
+        return event.getType() == GameEvent.EventType.ENTERS_THE_BATTLEFIELD;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean applies(GameEvent event, Ability source, Game game) {
+        if (game.getOpponents(source.getControllerId()).contains(event.getPlayerId())) {
+            Permanent permanent = ((EntersTheBattlefieldEvent) event).getTarget();
+            if (permanent != null && permanent.isCreature()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public UphillBattleTapEffect copy() {
+        return new UphillBattleTapEffect(this);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MercadianMasques.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MercadianMasques.java
index 2b167bc1d48..0b52b888585 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MercadianMasques.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/MercadianMasques.java
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ public class MercadianMasques extends ExpansionSet {
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Two-Headed Dragon", 221, Rarity.RARE, mage.cards.t.TwoHeadedDragon.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Undertaker", 167, Rarity.COMMON, mage.cards.u.Undertaker.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Unmask", 168, Rarity.RARE, mage.cards.u.Unmask.class));
+        cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Uphill Battle", 222, Rarity.UNCOMMON, mage.cards.u.UphillBattle.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Vendetta", 170, Rarity.COMMON, mage.cards.v.Vendetta.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Venomous Dragonfly", 282, Rarity.COMMON, mage.cards.v.VenomousDragonfly.class));
         cards.add(new SetCardInfo("Vernal Equinox", 283, Rarity.RARE, mage.cards.v.VernalEquinox.class));
diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/players/PlayerImpl.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/players/PlayerImpl.java
index b47fab6df90..da939fea992 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/players/PlayerImpl.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/players/PlayerImpl.java
@@ -1097,6 +1097,8 @@ public abstract class PlayerImpl implements Player, Serializable {
         if (!ignoreTiming && !playLandAbility.canActivate(this.playerId, game)) {
             return false;
         }
+        
+        game.fireEvent(GameEvent.getEvent(GameEvent.EventType.PLAY_LAND, card.getId(), card.getId(), playerId));
         //20091005 - 305.1
         if (!game.replaceEvent(GameEvent.getEvent(GameEvent.EventType.PLAY_LAND, card.getId(), card.getId(), playerId))) {
             // int bookmark = game.bookmarkState();
@@ -1113,7 +1115,7 @@ public abstract class PlayerImpl implements Player, Serializable {
             // what makes no real sense. So it makes no sense to generally do a restorState here.
             // restoreState(bookmark, card.getName(), game);
         }
-        // if the to play the land is replaced (e.g. Kjeldoran Outpos and don't sacrificing a Plains) it's a valid satte so returning true here
+        // if the to play the land is replaced (e.g. Kjeldoran Outpos and don't sacrificing a Plains) it's a valid state so returning true here
         return true;
     }