New Redemption Grab Bag now includes an assortment of 500 cards from five (5) different expansion sets. Available at Cactus website.
The old saying is "cards either have or don't have CBN when played" so I always assumed that CBN clauses had an invisible check while the card was activating (because otherwise a prevent would prevent it even if the CBN was supposed to be active). However, I can't think offhand of any other cards that have an additional ability that affects the count for their CBN-clause so I wasn't entirely sure what to think in this case (which is why I made the thread).My personal opinion is that it would check as Diviners enters battle (for the reason above about being prevented) and if there are 2+ artifacts at that point he would be CBN. Then, even if he underdecks an artifact and the count reduces to 1 he would remain CBN because you can't un-CBN something after it activates.I could see it either way really. CBN/I/P abilities are traditionally at the end of special abilities for clarity but I never actually think of them as activating last.