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This came up at MN States...

Player A placed Glory of the Lord in his Territory.  Player B wanted to know if player A's GotL protected his (player B's) Tabernacle and artifact therein. GotL is very specific that it only applies to holder's Solomon's Temple. The Tabernacle, however, nowhere makes this distinction, and GotL's SA doesn't come into play in this case. (See below.)

Glory of the Lord  SA  Place in territory. Holder's Solomon's Temple and the artifact in it cannot be discarded or negated by an opponent. Discard this card if Asherah Pole is in holder's Solomon's Temple.

The Tabernacle  SA  Glory of the Lord protects this card and its contents. If you have Solomon’s Temple in play, discard this card (regardless of protection) and transfer its contents to Solomon’s Temple.

i thought that tabernacle said that it also protected holders tabernacle?

The real question is, when Tabernacle says "GotL protects this card..." does it mean this physical card, or does it mean all copies of this card in play?

Thanx, Count.

At the State tourney, I ruled against GotL protecting an opponent's Tabernacle. This is because

1) The player with Tabernacle was asking out of curiosity and didn't really care a whole lot
2) The intent is fairly clear and I am loathe to vote against clear intent on the spot.

Fair warning, though, in a future tournament I would have to rule the opposite way.