<p>No, it won't. <em>Dies</em> is a term with a very specific meaning: it means to be put in the graveyard <em>from the battlefield</em>. If it is put there from your hand, the ability won't trigger.</p>

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  <p>700.4. The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”</p>
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<p>Let's say I have an <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=469885" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Immortal Phoenix</a> in my hand, and an opponent casts a <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=473064" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reaper of Night</a> (the adventure, not the creature). If I discard the Phoenix, will it return to my hand?</p>

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If you discard Immortal Phoenix, does it return to your hand?
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# If you discard Immortal Phoenix, does it return to your hand?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-15)

Let's say I have an [Immortal Phoenix](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=469885) in my hand, and an opponent casts a [Reaper of Night](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=473064) (the adventure, not the creature). If I discard the Phoenix, will it return to my hand?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-15. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

No, it won't. *Dies* is a term with a very specific meaning: it means to be put in the graveyard *from the battlefield*. If it is put there from your hand, the ability won't trigger.

> 700.4. The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”


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