If a creature is sacrificed, did it die?
Asked by Unsuriati 11 years ago
Say I enchant an Abhorrent Overlord with Gift of Immortality , and sacrifice him at the beginning of my upkeep. Does he return? Or if I have a Bloodthrone Vampire and sacrifice all my other creatures, can I Golgari Charm to regenerate them all? That's probably a different situation, depending on the regenerate mechanic.
AAhhh.. I see, I see. Thank you, GreatSword. If I may ask, does sacrificing also put counters onto Jar of Eyeballs ?
December 31, 2013 10:39 p.m.
PrimeEpoch says... #3
Sacrificing counts as dying, but it isn't destroyed. This means that neither regenerate nor indestructibility gets around sacrificing, but you would still get your Gift of Immortality trigger.
December 31, 2013 10:40 p.m.
Sadly, I knew that it gets around Indestructibility, but I didn't make that connection. :/ I'm stupid sometimes.
January 1, 2014 12:07 p.m.
PrimeEpoch says... #6
It's no problem, we all have to learn everything at some point ;)
GreatSword says... Accepted answer #1
Your Abhorrent Overlord will return, but your creatures you sacrificed with Bloodthrone Vampire will not.
"Die" is a short-hand term for a creature being moved from the Battlefield to the Graveyard. It doesn't matter why it went to the graveyard (combat damage, Doom Blade , sacrificed, etc) it's still considered "dying".
Regenerate is a different matter. Regenerate prevents the next time a creature would be destroyed and instead removes all damage on it, taps it, and removes it from combat. "Destroyed" in Magic is considered either lethal damage (more damage marked on a creature than its toughness) or a destroy-effect like Doom Blade . Regenerate can't save a creature from being sacrificed. Note that the regenerated creature never actually leaves the battlefield.
December 31, 2013 10:20 p.m.