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I believe it works like this: you can activate only one artifact on your pile, but you can activate more if you have other places to put them (Magic Charms, Z's Temple, Temple of Dagon, Priestly Breastplate, etc.).
Me too but a person at nats said no. One from your pile per turn but from hand yeah. I just need PTB to answer on this one if possible.
What happened to me was i was playing somebody activated chariot of fire on my pile then activated lampstand on z-temple. He said you can only activate one from your pile. If the artifacts are in your hand you can place them as many as you want active but only one from art pile. I was like whaaaaa? Ya know, considering that I ended up seeing every other player do it the way i did. Because of this I ended up losing the match. (No big deal though) I just wanna know for future referense
Quote from: 3-Liner And Bags Of Chips on August 31, 2010, 04:29:24 PMWhat happened to me was i was playing somebody activated chariot of fire on my pile then activated lampstand on z-temple. He said you can only activate one from your pile. If the artifacts are in your hand you can place them as many as you want active but only one from art pile. I was like whaaaaa? Ya know, considering that I ended up seeing every other player do it the way i did. Because of this I ended up losing the match. (No big deal though) I just wanna know for future referenseWhoever it was doesn't know what they are talking about. The only way I've ever seen it played/ruled is that, as long as you have places to put them, you can activate the artifacts from hand or pile. Otherwise, Book of the Covenant would be entirely useless after its first activation since you'd have to activate it and its 2 Covenants over the course of 3 turns.
Quote from: browarod on August 31, 2010, 04:34:46 PMQuote from: 3-Liner And Bags Of Chips on August 31, 2010, 04:29:24 PMWhat happened to me was i was playing somebody activated chariot of fire on my pile then activated lampstand on z-temple. He said you can only activate one from your pile. If the artifacts are in your hand you can place them as many as you want active but only one from art pile. I was like whaaaaa? Ya know, considering that I ended up seeing every other player do it the way i did. Because of this I ended up losing the match. (No big deal though) I just wanna know for future referenseWhoever it was doesn't know what they are talking about. The only way I've ever seen it played/ruled is that, as long as you have places to put them, you can activate the artifacts from hand or pile. Otherwise, Book of the Covenant would be entirely useless after its first activation since you'd have to activate it and its 2 Covenants over the course of 3 turns.but it specifically states you can in the SA
Quote from: Cpt.Jaeger on August 31, 2010, 04:39:11 PMQuote from: browarod on August 31, 2010, 04:34:46 PMQuote from: 3-Liner And Bags Of Chips on August 31, 2010, 04:29:24 PMWhat happened to me was i was playing somebody activated chariot of fire on my pile then activated lampstand on z-temple. He said you can only activate one from your pile. If the artifacts are in your hand you can place them as many as you want active but only one from art pile. I was like whaaaaa? Ya know, considering that I ended up seeing every other player do it the way i did. Because of this I ended up losing the match. (No big deal though) I just wanna know for future referenseWhoever it was doesn't know what they are talking about. The only way I've ever seen it played/ruled is that, as long as you have places to put them, you can activate the artifacts from hand or pile. Otherwise, Book of the Covenant would be entirely useless after its first activation since you'd have to activate it and its 2 Covenants over the course of 3 turns.but it specifically states you can in the SAAnd Z's Temple specifically says it holds an artifact. Your point?
The real question is can you insert actions(i.e. Dominants) between artifact activations?
or after that and before they place another artifact?
Quote from: Korunks on September 02, 2010, 10:37:04 AMThe real question is can you insert actions(i.e. Dominants) between artifact activations?are you talking about during the main artifact phase where it isn't allowed or after that and before they place another artifact?
Quote from: 3-Liner And Bags Of Chips on September 02, 2010, 10:40:23 AMQuote from: Korunks on September 02, 2010, 10:37:04 AMThe real question is can you insert actions(i.e. Dominants) between artifact activations?are you talking about during the main artifact phase where it isn't allowed or after that and before they place another artifact?Last time I checked, you can play Dominants whenever.... Unless there's been errata on the playing of Dominants as being too powerful and enhancements that instead them aren't powerful at all......
It was ruled (I believe) that when your main phase starts if you are going to have any artifacts active for the round they need to be activated first, if you choose to deactivate an art, it stays deactivated.
Oh well then why Can't I deactivate my LotS and then DoN, CM, Burial, or Mayhem and then pop it back up? Is there no rule stopping this?
So your saying if I cannot choose layer my artifact activation. For example, It is my turn last turn I had LotS and Covenant with Phinehas active, LotS in Z's Temple. Now it is my main phase, I was under the impression that all artifacts deactivate at the begining of the main phase. So now I must reactivate the arts, I reactivate CwP and then decide to DoN my opponents artifact, then activate my LotS. Why can't I do that?
That's the way I see it. The only voice of opposition is Sir Nobody, who says that they always deactivate and need to be reactivated every turn (the silence of the rest of the PTB makes it not an official ruling).
Another logical reason why this wouldn't work that's been proposed by many people is that the artifact management happens only once during your prep phase, and that if you play any cards in the middle of it you're declaring that part of the phase over.
