<p>Yes, the ability of the God that remains on the battlefield will trigger. When you play the second copy of Athreos, you will control 2 of them. Then, when state based effects are checked, by rule <a href="http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/State-based_actions">704.5k</a>, you have to choose one to keep and move the other to the graveyard. This triggers the ability of the one still on the battlefield.</p>

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2014-05-03T22:00:25.300Z
Technically, the other Athreos is just moved to the graveyard, not sacrificed, and so (for example) [Savra, Queen of the Golgari](http://magiccards.info/rav/en/225.html) won't trigger.
jwodder
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2016-04-17T23:33:15.917Z
Rule 704.5k says, the duplicate is put into the owner's graveyard.  Is that the same as dying?  ...  I guess it is from rule 700.4, which says "The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”"
John
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2016-04-19T17:10:21.027Z
Yes. It would die. It is not sacrificed, but the Athreos does die.
Kodarth6804
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murgatroid99
<p>So this came up in a game I was playing today. I had an <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Athreos%2C%20God%20of%20Passage">Athreos, God of Passage</a> with enough devotion that it was a creature, and I cast another (it makes sense, I swear). I chose to sacrifice the newcomer.</p>
<p>This will trigger the remaining Athreos and I will return the dead god to my hand unless my opponent pays three, correct? Athreos was a creature when it died, and remained so after because its type-setting ability only applies on the battlefield.</p>

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Gods dying and the legends rule
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# Gods dying and the legends rule

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-03)

So this came up in a game I was playing today. I had an [Athreos, God of Passage](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Athreos%2C%20God%20of%20Passage) with enough devotion that it was a creature, and I cast another (it makes sense, I swear). I chose to sacrifice the newcomer.

This will trigger the remaining Athreos and I will return the dead god to my hand unless my opponent pays three, correct? Athreos was a creature when it died, and remained so after because its type-setting ability only applies on the battlefield.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-05-03. Score: 8

Yes, the ability of the God that remains on the battlefield will trigger. When you play the second copy of Athreos, you will control 2 of them. Then, when state based effects are checked, by rule [704.5k](http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/State-based_actions), you have to choose one to keep and move the other to the graveyard. This triggers the ability of the one still on the battlefield.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Technically, the other Athreos is just moved to the graveyard, not sacrificed, and so (for example) [Savra, Queen of the Golgari](http://magiccards.info/rav/en/225.html) won't trigger.  
> **username_3**: Rule 704.5k says, the duplicate is put into the owner's graveyard.  Is that the same as dying?  ...  I guess it is from rule 700.4, which says "The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”"  
> **username_4**: Yes. It would die. It is not sacrificed, but the Athreos does die.  

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