Athreos, God of Passage

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.

When another creature you own dies, return it to your hand unless target opponent pays three life.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Last_Laugh on fart tribal

1 month ago

Lord windgrace is a good commander for this but have you seen a German copy of Athreos, God of Passage? Athreos, Gott Der Úberfahrt

Crow-Umbra on A Match Made in Hell EDH

2 months ago

Your deck concept is really cool. I've seen Jeska put in plenty of work when paired with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker, via a deck one of my friends plays. Jeska makes things scary pretty fast.

Idk if you've played this deck irl yet, but do you feel like you have enough Ball Lightning-like creatures? I'm counting about 9 of your 18 so far. I think getting in some more Copying and Reanimation effects could help you a bit. I get that Jeska makes 1 target creature scary, but I figured some copy effects could let you attack multiple opponents, or really laser one person down. A few things for you to consider:

• Animate Dead/ Necromancy - Animate Dead is your cheapest option of the 2, but Necromancy can be cast at instant speed if needed.

• Phyrexian Reclamation - Fairly cheap and low to the ground for hand recursion.

• Twinflame/ Heat Shimmer

• Kolaghan's Command - Modal options, including some recursion to hand.

• Athreos, God of Passage - More Ramos redundancy. Not super budget, but could be helpful in a deck like this.

• Flameshadow Conjuring

• Delina, Wild Mage - She's something I've played in my Isshin deck, and has a bit of a higher ceiling there, but the potential to make many Ball Lightning creatures off some lucky rolls is pretty silly.

• Ogre Battledriver - Another Haste anthem with additional upside to beef up creatures on ETB.

• Living Death - Redundancy with Ramos. Has finisher potential with a graveyard full of Ball Lightnings, also helpful since Jeska will dodge it.

I hope these suggestions are helpful.

Kashai on ShdwBrnApstl

3 months ago

jjarmani35

I agree that redundancy for Athreos, God of Passage important, most of these options are listed under Gimmick Support but I love that Nightmare Shepherd is a Demon and a valid Gimmick Target plus I was already considering replacing Desecration Demon so this makes an easy swap! I don't know of many myriad cards so I'll have to look into it more. Soul Foundry and Thrumming Stone look great and I definitely will be trying to find where I can fit them in.

Thanks for the suggestions

hootsnag on Athreos White Black Undying Evil

3 months ago

Ok. I guess Null Brooch is my one true pet card above them all. It fits anywhere haha! Let's see. First, I didn't add Bloodghast because it can't block. I definitely need to add in Nether Traitor. I wasn't sure whether I should add cards like Plague Spitter or not because they are creatures and they could die (unless I get Avacyn out fast). This is why I chose Noxious Field instead. It will stay around along with Death Pits of Rath even when all creatures are dead on the board and I will still have a way to kill all creatures every turn. I definitely want to add Harvester of Souls and Pitiless Plunderer. They synergize beautifully with this deck. Creatures that gain me life or make others lose life for creatures dying isn't something I'm sure I want to add. I will need to test what I have more before I decide. I don't think Body Launderer will be the best for this deck. I'm not sure I would add it. Vanishing Verse isn't really necessary. I have WAY more than enough removal as it is. I can try and squeeze in Crypt of Agadeem but I don't know if it will get much value. I'm going to add Citanul Flute in here as well. I mainly chose Athreos, God of Passage as the commander just to make my creatures come out even faster unless someone wanted to pay the life. Hopefully I will finish updating this today and run some tests. Thank you SufferFromEDHD for all of your suggestions and help. I really appreciate it!

hootsnag on Athreos White Black Undying Evil

3 months ago

Ok. I guess Null Brooch is my one true pet card above them all. It fits anywhere haha! Let's see. First, I didn't add Bloodghast because it can't block. I definitely need to add in Nether Traitor. I wasn't sure whether I should add cards like Plague Spitter or not because they are creatures and they could die (unless I get Avacyn out fast). This is why I chose Noxious Field instead. It will stay around along with Death Pits of Rath even when all creatures are dead on the board and I will still have a way to kill all creature every turn. I definitely want to add Harvester of Souls and Pitiless Plunderer. They synergize beautifully with this deck. Creatures that gain me life or make others lose life for creatures dying isn't something I'm sure I want to add. I will need to test what I have more before I decide. I don't think Body Launderer will be the best for this deck. I'm not sure I would add it. Vanishing Verse isn't really necessary. I have WAY more than enough removal as it is. I can try and squeeze in Crypt of Agadeem but I don't know if it will get much value. I'm going to add Citanul Flute in here as well. I mainly chose Athreos, God of Passage as the commander just to make my creatures come out even faster unless someone wanted to pay the life. Hopefully I will finish updating this today and run some tests. Thank you SufferFromEDHD for all of your suggestions and help. I really appreciate it!

TehGrief on Zur, Eternal Schemer - Rules …

6 months ago

Furthermore, if Zur's ability was used on one of the Theros gods, who have their own static rule regarding when and if they are a creature, would Athreos, God of Passage (for example) become a 3/3 permanently, or would it become a 3/3 only for as long as you meet the devotion condition?

Dromar39 on Lurrus vs Athreos

6 months ago

Hope this post fines everyone doing well. So I havea Lurrus of the Dream-Den deck and its been doin okay. Lately I've been thinking about changing commanders to Athreos, God of Passage. I have 50-50 on the switch over and now I'm reaching out to others to help. Thanks in advance!

plakjekaas on New to Pioneer

6 months ago

I have a pretty similar list to yours. The major differences: I love Hidden Stockpile in my list as both a sacrifice outlet and a fodder generator. I've replaced a few Priest of Forgotten Gods with those. As for non-budget options, there's the obvious The Meathook Massacre and the less obvious Athreos, God of Passage that is a pet card of mine, that has overperformed in the few games I played so far with the deck. The devotion is almost trivial with so many 1-drops and multicolored 2-drops, and also really easy to turn off when you need to, by nature of the deck.