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If there is a Gray Merchant of Asphodel on the battlefield and a second Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters, do both cards trigger and opponent loses x life where x is devotion times 2, or does just the one card entering the battlefield trigger?

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No, only the one entering the battlefield triggers.

Any time you see a card use its own name in its rules text, that means it is referring to the card that it is printed on; not other cards with the same name.

201.4. Text that refers to the object it's on by name means just that particular object and not any other objects with that name, regardless of any name changes caused by game effects.

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  • Because "When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield," is far more readable than "When the object on which this ability resides enters the battlefield,"
    – ikegami
    Aug 27, 2014 at 16:20
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    @ikegami Do you know why they didn't just use "When this enters the battlefield"?
    – GendoIkari
    Aug 27, 2014 at 16:27
  • I was going to say "because abilities don't enter the battlefield", but some keyword abilities use "When this permanent is ...".
    – ikegami
    Aug 27, 2014 at 16:51

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