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Question 1. My brother has Gifts of the Magi up and he has a character set aside with feast of trumpets. Can he bring the hero back trigger Gifts and then activate a new artifact after? I was under the impression that he could not because Gifts' ability was already triggered that turn.

Question 2. If King Abijam is converted by meeting the messiah is he considered Gold, Purple, or Purple/Gold? He's the one you choose if he comes in as an EC or Hero in case you are wondering.

Question 3. If King Abijam is in my d/c when chariots triggers, does he get shuffled back into deck? Does it matter if he was chosen to be a hero or EC or is that arbitrary?

Thanks!

1. He cannot.  If you use an artifact where you can choose to do something (like in this case) on your own turn, you have 'chosen' it to be active.

2-3. Yirgogo is correct.

Thanks for 2 and 3. For the first question again, what if he chooses to not draw from gifts because it is a "may draw" ability. Would he then be able to activate a new artifact?

Yes.

Awesome, now I have a question. What if someone has covenant with death up, than activates another artifact, does the restrict ability apply for the whole phase, or not.

Also, what if someone has another artifact up, plays a territory class enhancement, and than activates covenant with death. Is this legal, and if so what happens?

For your first question, I would say no. I don't think your second question is legal, but I'm not sure.

I would definitely be in favor of an artifact phase, wherever it would be placed.

As far as current rules, it is the precedent that you are only 'locked-in' if you actually use that optional ability on Gifts, and that the restrict for Covenant with Death is no longer active when deactivated (as with all deactivated artifacts).  Also as far as I know, you can play a TC enhancement and then activate Covenant with Death legally.

But seeing as you can do prep phase actions in any order, if you choose not to use the optional ability it can simply be because you haven't gotten around to switching artifacts yet, rather than triggering the gifts.