<p>Yes, the enchanted artifact will be an artifact creature, and can be equipped with equipment. If it later becomes a non-creature (e.g. Ensoul Artifact enchantment is removed), previously created tokens remain, but Helm of the Host will no longer be legally equipped, so further token cannot be created. </p>

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<p><strong>Yes, you can copy the animated artifact, but it will not necessarily be a creature token. It will be a token copy of the original artifact. The effect of Ensoul Artifact will not be copied.</strong></p>

<p>For example, if the artifact with Ensoul Artifact on it was <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDamping%20Sphere%5d">Damping Sphere</a>, then the copy you create will simply be the original, non-creature version of Damping Sphere. If the original was a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGuardians%20of%20Koilos%5d">Guardians of Koilos</a>, the copy will be a 4/4 as the original, not 5/5.</p>

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  <p>706.2. When copying an object, the copy acquires the copiable values of the original object’s characteristics and, for an object on the stack, choices made when casting or activating it (mode, targets, the value of X, whether it was kicked, how it will affect multiple targets, and so on). <strong>The “copiable values” are the values derived from the text printed on the object (that text being name, mana cost, color indicator, card type, subtype, supertype, rules text, power, toughness, and/or loyalty)</strong>, as modified by other copy effects, by its face-down status, and by “as . . . enters the battlefield” and “as . . . is turned face up” abilities that set power and toughness (and may also set additional characteristics). <strong>Other effects (including type-changing and text-changing effects), status, and counters are not copied.</strong></p>
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<p>If I used <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bEnsoul%20Artifact%5d">Ensoul Artifact</a> to enchant an Artifact, forcing it to also be creature, can I use <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHelm%20of%20the%20Host%5d">Helm of the Host</a> to have multiples of that artifact?</p>

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Can I use Helm of the Hosts to copy artifacts enchanted by Ensoul Artifact?
Tyler Trinh
# Can I use Helm of the Hosts to copy artifacts enchanted by Ensoul Artifact?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-07)

If I used [Ensoul Artifact](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bEnsoul%20Artifact%5d) to enchant an Artifact, forcing it to also be creature, can I use [Helm of the Host](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bHelm%20of%20the%20Host%5d) to have multiples of that artifact?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-05-07. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

**Yes, you can copy the animated artifact, but it will not necessarily be a creature token. It will be a token copy of the original artifact. The effect of Ensoul Artifact will not be copied.**

For example, if the artifact with Ensoul Artifact on it was [Damping Sphere](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDamping%20Sphere%5d), then the copy you create will simply be the original, non-creature version of Damping Sphere. If the original was a [Guardians of Koilos](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bGuardians%20of%20Koilos%5d), the copy will be a 4/4 as the original, not 5/5.

> 706.2. When copying an object, the copy acquires the copiable values of the original object’s characteristics and, for an object on the stack, choices made when casting or activating it (mode, targets, the value of X, whether it was kicked, how it will affect multiple targets, and so on). **The “copiable values” are the values derived from the text printed on the object (that text being name, mana cost, color indicator, card type, subtype, supertype, rules text, power, toughness, and/or loyalty)**, as modified by other copy effects, by its face-down status, and by “as . . . enters the battlefield” and “as . . . is turned face up” abilities that set power and toughness (and may also set additional characteristics). **Other effects (including type-changing and text-changing effects), status, and counters are not copied.**


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-07. Score: 1

Yes, the enchanted artifact will be an artifact creature, and can be equipped with equipment. If it later becomes a non-creature (e.g. Ensoul Artifact enchantment is removed), previously created tokens remain, but Helm of the Host will no longer be legally equipped, so further token cannot be created.


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