<p>As long as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Erebos%2C%20God%20of%20the%20Dead">Erebos, God of the Dead</a>, or any other card, is on the battlefield, it counts towards your devotion.</p>
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<p>700.5. A player’s devotion to [color] is equal to the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents that player controls.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>110.1. A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield.</p>
</blockquote>

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Rainbolt
<p>To quote one of the rulings on Gatherer:</p>

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  <p>If a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including
  the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if
  a creature entered the battlefield or not, for abilities that trigger
  whenever a creature enters the battlefield.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Also from the rules:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>700.5. A player’s devotion to [color] is equal to the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents that player
  controls. A player’s devotion to [color 1] and [color 2] is equal to
  the number of mana symbols among the mana costs of permanents that
  player controls that are [color 1], [color 2], or both colors.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Since the god is a permenant, it's mana symbols in it's casting cost count towards your devotion.</p>

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Becuzz
<p>I'm quite new to playing MtG, and had a question about <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bErebos%2c%20God%20of%20the%20Dead%5d">Erebos, God of the Dead</a>. It needs five devotion (5 black mana symbols on permanents on your field) to be a creature. Does the 1 black mana symbol on that card count toward my devotion to black? My friends and I were unsure.</p>

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The answers indirectly point this out, but there's no separate notion of devotion for Erebos ("its own devotion" as you suggest in the title), just one number: *your* devotion to black.
Cascabel
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Does a God's own mana cost count towards its own devotion?
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# Does a God's own mana cost count towards its own devotion?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-01)

I'm quite new to playing MtG, and had a question about [Erebos, God of the Dead](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bErebos%2c%20God%20of%20the%20Dead%5d). It needs five devotion (5 black mana symbols on permanents on your field) to be a creature. Does the 1 black mana symbol on that card count toward my devotion to black? My friends and I were unsure.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The answers indirectly point this out, but there's no separate notion of devotion for Erebos ("its own devotion" as you suggest in the title), just one number: *your* devotion to black.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-10-01. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

To quote one of the rulings on Gatherer:

> If a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including
> the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if
> a creature entered the battlefield or not, for abilities that trigger
> whenever a creature enters the battlefield.

Also from the rules:

> 700.5. A player’s devotion to [color] is equal to the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents that player
> controls. A player’s devotion to [color 1] and [color 2] is equal to
> the number of mana symbols among the mana costs of permanents that
> player controls that are [color 1], [color 2], or both colors.

Since the god is a permenant, it's mana symbols in it's casting cost count towards your devotion.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-01. Score: 4

As long as [Erebos, God of the Dead](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Erebos%2C%20God%20of%20the%20Dead), or any other card, is on the battlefield, it counts towards your devotion.

> 700.5. A player’s devotion to [color] is equal to the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents that player controls.

> 110.1. A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield.


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