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A few quick questions.

1)  If I have Ark of the Covenant active and successfully complete a rescue attempt or battle challenge (i.e. the opposing evil characters were discarded in battle), does that still count as one of Ark of the Covenant's uses?

A) Yes

2)  Does Ark's ability target the evil character while it is still in the field of battle or after it has returned to territory?

A) not sure why this is important, but I am 99% sure it is while they are on their way back to territory AFTER the battle resolution

3)  Can I use Ark's ability more than once per turn (by use of The Long Day)?

A) with the long day I am pretty sure you could use it twice on the same turn since they are two separate battles, but you are still limited to only one d/c per battle.


Ark of the Covenant - Artifact
Regardless of battle outcome, any Evil Character an opponent uses to block a rescue attempt is discarded at the end of battle. Limit Holder to two such discards per game.  Play As:  After your rescue attempt or battle challenge, discard an Evil Character that was used to block.  Limit two discards per game.

Okay.  What if I make a rescue attempt with Ahimaaz and withdraw before an evil character is presented?  Will that also count as one of Ark's uses?

It is used, but the card says two discards not two uses, so you could still use it twice more if no EC was ever presented.

Think of it along the lines of "Discard the Evil Character 'instead of' whatever you were going to do with it."  So it gets discarded instead of returning to territory, for example.  Now, if it leaves the Field of Play, or is converted to a different type of card (convert, capture), then it cannot be targeted for discard because you no longer have that Evil Character in play to target.