Oh shit, I didn’t see the Oracle texts. That makes it way better. Awesome, thanks.

“Dies” is the new shorthand for “is put into graveyard from play”

Look at oracle texts 🙂

Teysa:
Whenever another black creature you control dies, put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Athreos:
Whenever another creature you own dies, return it to your hand unless target opponent pays 3 life.

A bit of a difference on colour and control V owns, but they trigger on the same events.

I don’t think so, Athreos triggers on death, teysa only triggers when something is put in the graveyard. So athreos’s trigger would intercept any dead creatures before they hit the yard. Maybe I’m wrong though, IDK.

Remember the god is a trigger not a replacement, so you get the spirits either way 🙂

If you’ve got Athreos out, enemy options after a sac are basically give you the cards back, or take 18 damage, give you 6 1/1 fliers, and the option to destroy two creatures.

Odds are you’ll get the apostles back, which means you can just keep pulling out bigger and better demons.

Thanks for the suggestion! It’s a pretty good idea although I wish it was a little more targeted and less “hit everyone at the table” just because I’m not sure the deck can handle making a lot of different players mad. Still I like how you’re thinking. Good idea!