Deathrattle


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See more: Advanced rulebook While most rules in Hearthstone are fairly easy to ascertain, when several effects, each with their own behaviours, are brought into conflict, things can get a little more complicated. The advanced rulebook offers a comprehensive hearthstone

Deathrattles and death-related effects take place after damage has been exchanged and minions/weapons have been destroyed and removed from the board. This prevents Deathrattles from acting upon other minions which were destroyed in the same combat. It also prevents several simultaneous events from acting upon consequences of Deathrattles or other triggered events. The same is true for secrets and triggered effects which are activated from death, such as Duplicate Duplicate Set: Naxxramas Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Secret Tags: Death-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a friendly minion dies, put 2 copies of it into your hand.The one time hearthstone and Cult Master Cult Master Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Draw cards Tags: Death-related, Triggered effect Whenever one of your other minions dies, draw a card.She may be an evil hearthstone , which are treated exactly the same as Deathrattles.

Note that all effects triggered from the death of a minion will play out in the order in which they were put into play, regardless of type of effect. For instance, if a mage plays Duplicate Duplicate Set: Naxxramas Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Secret Tags: Death-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a friendly minion dies, put 2 copies of it into your hand.The one time hearthstone followed by Abomination Abomination Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle, Taunt Tags: Area of effect Taunt. Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to ALL characters.Abominations enjoy Fresh Meat and long hearthstone , and the Abomination is then destroyed on the opponent`s turn Hearthstone takes place in turns. Each turn gives a player the opportunity to act. At the end of each turn, play is passed back to the other player. A round describes one turn for each , the Duplicate will activate before the Abomination`s own Deathrattle; while if the Abomination was played first, its Deathrattle will activate first, followed by the secret. Deathrattles do not gain any special priority.

Note also that when multiple minions are killed simultaneously, their deaths will be resolved one at a time, in the order in which they entered play.

Once all destroyed minions have been removed from the board, each death will be resolved, including the activation of any death-related effects - this includes the minion`s own Deathrattle, triggered effects such as Cult Master, and Secrets such as Duplicate. Resolution takes place one minion at a time, in order in which the minions entered play. As each death is resolved, all eligible triggered events will play out in the order in which the effect entered play, including the minion`s own Deathrattle, Secrets and other effects. Each effect will play out individually and resolve, before the next activates. Once all related effects have played out for the minion, the next simultaneous minion`s death will begin to resolve.

For instance, if a Sylvanas Windrunner Sylvanas Windrunner Set: Hall of Fame Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 5 Abilities: Deathrattle, Take control Tags: Random Deathrattle: Take control of a random enemy minion.Sylvanas was turned into the Banshee hearthstone attacks another Sylvanas Windrunner, destroying both minions, the Deathrattle of the Sylvanas which was summoned first will take place first, followed by the Deathrattle of the Sylvanas which was summoned second. Order of minion summoning can therefore be extremely significant.

For a more thorough explanation of Deathrattles and their interactions with other effects, see the Advanced rulebook While most rules in Hearthstone are fairly easy to ascertain, when several effects, each with their own behaviours, are brought into conflict, things can get a little more complicated. The advanced rulebook offers a comprehensive hearthstone .

Cards with Deathrattle

For Wild format Wild format or Wild is one of Hearthstone s two game formats, the other being Standard format. Wild format appears in game modes in which players are allowed to play decks without the deck restrictions of hearthstone listings, see Deathrattle/Wild format This page lists all cards with or related to Deathrattle that are available in Wild format. For information on the Deathrattle ability itself, and card lists for Standard format, see Deathrattle. Cards with Deathrattle edit

This section lists all cards which possess or provide Deathrattle.

Name / Desc Rarity Type Subtype Class Cost Atk HP Description
Mana Treant Mana Treant Set: Journey to Un Goro Type: Minion Class: Druid Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle Tags: Mana-related Deathrattle: Gain an empty Mana Crystal.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Mana Treant is hearthstone None Minion Druid 2 2 2 Deathrattle: Gain an empty Mana Crystal.
Backstreet Leper Backstreet Leper Set: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.Quit playing games with his heart. And hearthstone Common Minion Any 3 3 1 Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.Quit playing games with his heart. And his fingers. And foot. It`s rude.
Deadly Fork Deadly Fork Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle, Generate Tags: Weapon-generating Deathrattle: Add a 3/2 weapon to your hand.For a proper setting, hearthstone Common Minion Rogue 3 3 2 Deathrattle: Add a 3/2 weapon to your hand.For a proper setting, place the deadly fork after the salad fork, but before the dinner fork.
Eggnapper Eggnapper Set: Journey to Un Goro Type: Minion Class: Neutral Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 1 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Raptors.Often misunderstood, it s just that he likes to use the eggs hearthstone Common Minion Any 3 3 1 Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Raptors.Often misunderstood, it`s just that he likes to use the eggs as pillows.
Fiery Bat Fiery Bat Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 2 Health: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Tags: Random Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to a random hearthstone Common Minion Beast Hunter 1 2 1 Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to a random enemy.He`ll always be our first.
Harvest Golem Harvest Golem Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Mech Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Tags: Mech-generating Deathrattle: Summon a 2/1 Damaged Golem."Overheat threshold exceeded. System failure. Wheat clog in port hearthstone Common Minion Mech Any 3 2 3 Deathrattle: Summon a 2/1 Damaged Golem."Overheat threshold exceeded. System failure. Wheat clog in port two. Shutting down."
Igneous Elemental Igneous Elemental Set: Journey to Un Goro Type: Minion Subtype: Elemental Class: Neutral Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Abilities: Deathrattle, Generate Deathrattle: Add two 1/2 Elementals to your hand.We wanted to name him hearthstone Common Minion Elemental Any 3 2 3 Deathrattle: Add two 1/2 Elementals to your hand.We wanted to name him "Ingenious Elemental", but he just wasn`t that bright.
Infested Tauren Infested Tauren Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon, Taunt Taunt. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Slime.The Overmind and the Old Gods are surprisingly hearthstone Common Minion Any 4 2 3 Taunt. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Slime.The Overmind and the Old Gods are surprisingly similar.
Jade Swarmer Jade Swarmer Set: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deathrattle, Stealth, Summon Stealth, Deathrattle: Summon a Jade Golem.He s so good at swarming, he can hearthstone Common Minion Rogue 2 1 1 Stealth, Deathrattle: Summon a Jade Golem.He`s so good at swarming, he can swarm all by himself!
Kindly Grandmother Kindly Grandmother Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Tags: Beast-generating Deathrattle: Summon a 3/2 Big Bad Wolf."Goodness! What… abundant hearthstone Common Minion Beast Hunter 2 1 1 Deathrattle: Summon a 3/2 Big Bad Wolf."Goodness! What… abundant drool you have."
Leper Gnome Leper Gnome Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.He really just wants to be your friend, but the hearthstone Common Minion Any 1 1 1 Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.He really just wants to be your friend, but the constant rejection is starting to really get to him.
Loot Hoarder Loot Hoarder Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 1 Abilities: Deathrattle, Draw cards Deathrattle: Draw a card.Always roll need.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Loot Hoarder is a common hearthstone Common Minion Any 2 2 1 Deathrattle: Draw a card.Always roll need.
Mistress of Mixtures Mistress of Mixtures Set: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle, Restore Health Tags: Area of effect Deathrattle: Restore 4 Health to each hero.Her favorite mixture hearthstone Common Minion Any 1 2 2 Deathrattle: Restore 4 Health to each hero.Her favorite mixture is cola and lime.
Polluted Hoarder Polluted Hoarder Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle Tags: Draw cards Deathrattle: Draw a card.Roll ‘greed’ OR THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.See this hearthstone Common Minion Any 4 4 2 Deathrattle: Draw a card.Roll ‘greed’ OR THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
Possessed Villager Possessed Villager Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Class: Warlock Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Shadowbeast.It s like a pinata! A lame disgusting horrific hearthstone Common Minion Warlock 1 1 1 Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Shadowbeast.It`s like a pinata! A lame disgusting horrific pinata.
Runic Egg Runic Egg Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 0 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle, Draw cards Deathrattle: Draw a card.Oh man! Runic omelettes are the best!See this card on Hearthpwn hearthstone Common Minion Any 1 0 2 Deathrattle: Draw a card.Oh man! Runic omelettes are the best!
Sated Threshadon Sated Threshadon Set: Journey to Un Goro Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Neutral Rarity: Common Cost: 7 Attack: 5 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Tags: Murloc-generating Deathrattle: Summon three 1/1 Murlocs.Bet you can t eat just one hearthstone Common Minion Beast Any 7 5 7 Deathrattle: Summon three 1/1 Murlocs.Bet you can`t eat just one murloc!
Shaky Zipgunner Shaky Zipgunner Set: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Type: Minion Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Deathrattle Tags: Random Deathrattle: Give a random minion in your hand +2/+2.The Grimy Goons can hearthstone Common Minion Hunter 3 3 3 Deathrattle: Give a random minion in your hand +2/+2.The Grimy Goons can get you any weapon you want but if you want it to not explode you gotta pay extra.
Shimmering Tempest Shimmering Tempest Set: Journey to Un Goro Type: Minion Subtype: Elemental Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 1 Abilities: Deathrattle, Generate Tags: Class-related, Random, Spell-generating Deathrattle: Add a random Mage spell to your hearthstone Common Minion Elemental Mage 2 2 1 Deathrattle: Add a random Mage spell to your hand.HATES being summoned for Kirin Tor party lighting.
Soul of the Forest Soul of the Forest Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Druid Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Tags: Area of effect Give your minions "Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Treant.""Reforestation" is suddenly a terrifying word.See this hearthstone Common Spell Druid 4 Give your minions "Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Treant.""Reforestation" is suddenly a terrifying word.
Southsea Squidface Southsea Squidface Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deathrattle Tags: Weapon-related Deathrattle: Give your weapon +2 Attack.Quick! Before I drown! hearthstone Common Minion Pirate Rogue 4 4 4 Deathrattle: Give your weapon +2 Attack.Quick! Before I drown! Let me sharpen your sword for you.
Spawn of N`Zoth Spawn of N Zoth Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle Tags: Area of effect Deathrattle: Give your minions +1/+1.Who s a cute widdle N Zoth? You hearthstone Common Minion Any 3 2 2 Deathrattle: Give your minions +1/+1.Who`s a cute widdle N`Zoth? You are! Yes you are! Yes you`re the cutest widdle N`Zoth in the whole world!!!
Tentacle of N`Zoth Tentacle of N Zoth Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Tags: Area of effect Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to all minions.Because EVERYDAY hearthstone Common Minion Any 1 1 1 Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to all minions.Because EVERYDAY is the Day of the Tentacle of N`zoth.
Tortollan Shellraiser Common Minion Priest 4 2 6 Taunt
Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion +1/+1.A hero... In a half-shell.
Volatile Elemental Common Minion Elemental Any 2 1 1 Deathrattle: Deal 3 damage to a random enemy minion.Currently in an anger management class with Raging Worgen, Grommash Hellscream, and The Angry Chicken. It isn`t helping.
Zealous Initiate Common Minion Any 1 1 1 Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion +1/+1.Ok, Initiate. You need to settle down and do your job. In this case, that means die so someone else can get a minor buff.
Abomination Abomination Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle, Taunt Tags: Area of effect Taunt. Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to ALL characters.Abominations enjoy Fresh Meat and long hearthstone Rare Minion Any 5 4 4 Taunt. Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to ALL characters.Abominations enjoy Fresh Meat and long walks on the beach.
Ancestral Spirit Rare Spell Shaman 2 Give a minion "Deathrattle: Resummon this minion."It was just a flesh wound.
Bomb Squad Rare Minion Any 5 2 2 Battlecry: Deal 5 damage to an enemy minion. Deathrattle: Deal 5 damage to your hero.Please don`t explode! Please don`t explode! Please don`t explode!
Corrupted Healbot Rare Minion Mech Any 5 6 6 Deathrattle: Restore 8 Health to the enemy hero.Not so much "corrupted" as "has terrible aim".
Cruel Dinomancer Rare Minion Warlock 6 5 5 Deathrattle: Summon a random minion you discarded this game.As that old saying goes: "you don`t get into dinomancing to make friends."
Crystalline Oracle Rare Minion Elemental Priest 1 1 1 Deathrattle: Copy a card from your opponent`s deck and add it to your hand.Being made of light has its disadvantages, but at least it`s always looking on the bright side.
Darkshire Librarian Rare Minion Warlock 2 3 2 Battlecry: Discard a random card. Deathrattle: Draw a card.Do NOT be late with your overdue fines.
Devilsaur Egg Rare Minion Any 3 0 3 Deathrattle: Summon a 5/5 Devilsaur.A key ingredient in all discerning Funnel Cake recipes.
Direhorn Hatchling Rare Minion Beast Warrior 5 3 6 Taunt
Deathrattle:
Shuffle a 6/9 Direhorn with Taunt into your deck.His mom could beat up your mom.
Infest Rare Spell Hunter 3 Give your minions "Deathrattle: Add a random Beast to your hand."The best part is the look on their face when you jump out of the cake! Err… corpse.
Infested Wolf Rare Minion Beast Hunter 4 3 3 Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Spiders.A little flea powder will fix that right up.
Journey Below Rare Spell Rogue 1 Discover a Deathrattle card.Don`t stop believing there`s something below.
Moat Lurker Rare Minion Any 6 3 3 Battlecry: Destroy a minion. Deathrattle: Resummon it.He really enjoys lurking and gets a lot of job satisfaction out of it.
Raptor Hatchling Rare Minion Beast Hunter 1 2 1 Deathrattle: Shuffle a 4/3 Raptor into your deck.They’re just baby teeth. Lots and lots of baby teeth.
Savannah Highmane Rare Minion Beast Hunter 6 6 5 Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Hyenas.In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion gets slowly consumed by hyenas.
Selfless Hero Rare Minion Paladin 1 2 1 Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion Divine Shield."Don`t worry about me… I`ll just be here... under these tentacles."
Shifting Shade Rare Minion Priest 4 4 3 Deathrattle: Copy a card from your opponent`s deck and add it to your hand.Yeah, it`s cooler in the shade, but you`re also more likely to get JACKED.
Spikeridged Steed Rare Spell Paladin 6 Give a minion +2/+6 and Taunt. When it dies, summon a Stegodon.What beats cavalry? Dinosaur cavalry.
Undercity Huckster Rare Minion Rogue 2 2 2 Deathrattle: Add a random class card to your hand (from your opponent`s class).Psst! Wanna buy a random class card (from your opponent`s class)?
Giant Anaconda Epic Minion Beast Druid 7 5 3 Deathrattle: Summon a minion from your hand with 5 or more Attack.Must be something it ate.
Hammer of Twilight Epic Weapon Shaman 5 4 2 Deathrattle: Summon a 4/2 Elemental.Stop! It`s Twlight Hammer time.
Meanstreet Marshal Epic Minion Paladin 1 1 2 Deathrattle: If this minion has 2 or more Attack, draw a card.Remember, submit your bribes directly to the Marshal - it`s the law!
Primalfin Champion Epic Minion Murloc Paladin 2 1 2 Deathrattle: Return any spells you cast on this minion to your hand.Sure, he`ll return your stuff. OVER HIS DEAD BODY!
Rat Pack Epic Minion Beast Hunter 3 2 2 Deathrattle: Summon a number of 1/1 Rats equal to this minion`s Attack.He`s gonna do it his way.
Spirit Echo Epic Spell Shaman 4 Give your minions "Deathrattle: Return this to your hand."I guess you can say they’re… “soul survivors.”
Tentacles for Arms Epic Weapon Warrior 5 2 2 Deathrattle: Return this to your hand.That`s right. Garrosh just slapped you to death with a tentacle.
Twilight Summoner Epic Minion Any 4 1 1 Deathrattle: Summon a 5/5 Faceless Destroyer.If you strike him down, he shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Weasel Tunneler Epic Minion Beast Any 1 1 1 Deathrattle: Shuffle this minion into your opponent`s deck.He`s the reason the First Bank of Gadgetzan has steel floors.
Anomalus Legendary Minion Elemental Mage 8 8 6 Deathrattle: Deal 8 damage to all minions.That`s short for "Anomnomnomnomalus".
Aya Blackpaw Legendary Minion Druid, Rogue, Shaman 6 5 3 Battlecry and Deathrattle: Summon a Jade Golem.Though young, Aya took over as the leader of Jade Lotus through her charisma and strategic acumen when her predecessor was accidentally crushed by a jade golem.
Bloodmage Thalnos Legendary Minion Any 2 1 1 Spell Damage +1. Deathrattle: Draw a card.He`s in charge of the Annual Scarlet Monastery Blood Drive!
Cairne Bloodhoof Legendary Minion Any 6 4 5 Deathrattle: Summon a 4/5 Baine Bloodhoof.Cairne was killed by Garrosh, so... don`t put this guy in a Warrior deck. It`s pretty insensitive.
Deathwing, Dragonlord Legendary Minion Dragon Any 10 12 12 Deathrattle: Put all Dragons from your hand into the battlefield.To his credit, Deathwing really took to heart the feedback he was receiving that he needed to be "more of a team player".
Pyros Legendary Minion Elemental Mage 2 2 2 Deathrattle: Return this to your hand as a 6/6 that cost (6).If you strike her down, she shall become more powerful than you can possibly… well, she`ll become a 6/6 anyways.
Pyros Legendary Minion Elemental Mage 6 6 6 Deathrattle:Return this to your hand as a 10/10 that costs (10).
Sherazin, Corpse Flower Legendary Minion Rogue 4 5 3 Deathrattle: Go dormant. Play 4 cards in a turn to revive this minion.A Tortollan gardener`s worst nightmare.
Sylvanas Windrunner Sylvanas Windrunner Set: Hall of Fame Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 5 Abilities: Deathrattle, Take control Tags: Random Deathrattle: Take control of a random enemy minion.Sylvanas was turned into the Banshee hearthstone Legendary Minion Any 6 5 5 Deathrattle: Take control of a random enemy minion.Sylvanas was turned into the Banshee Queen by Arthas, but he probably should have just killed her because it just pissed her off.
The Beast Legendary Minion Beast Any 6 9 7 Deathrattle: Summon a 3/3 Finkle Einhorn for your opponent.He lives in Blackrock Mountain. He eats Gnomes. That`s pretty much it.
Tirion Fordring Legendary Minion Paladin 8 6 6 Divine Shield. Taunt. Deathrattle: Equip a 5/3 Ashbringer.If you haven`t heard the Tirion Fordring theme song, it`s because it doesn`t exist.
White Eyes Legendary Minion Shaman 5 5 5 Taunt
Deathrattle: Shuffle `The Storm Guardian` into your deck.My life for Aya!
Xaril, Poisoned Mind Legendary Minion Rogue 4 3 2 Battlecry and Deathrattle: Add a random Toxin card to your hand.It`s basically your own fault if you go around drinking weird green potions handed out by creepy mantid dudes.
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All
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Attack
To be on the offensive either by attacking an opponents card or your opponent himself/herself
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Aggro Deck
AoE
See Area of Effect
Arcane Dust
The ingredient used to craft new Hearthstone cards. Can only be obtained in two ways: as a reward for doing Arena or through Disenchanting an existing card in your possession. Crafting costs depend on the rarity of a card and whether it is Golden or not.
Common - 40 Dust
Golden Common - 400 Dust
Rare - 100 Dust
Golden Rare - 800 Dust
Epic - 400 Dust
Golden Epic - 1600 Dust
Legendary - 1600 Dust
Golden Legendary - 3200 Dust
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A Hearthstone game mode. In this mode, players can choose to either pay 150 Gold or real money ($1.99/⃂⅁1.49/⃢₂ⅹ1.79) to enter. In Arena, you are given a random draft of three classes to pick then must pick cards individually out of a choice of three cards until you have completed your deck. Unlike Constructed, there is no limit to how many copies of the same card you may possess in your deck.
In an Arena run, you compete against other players to win as many games as possible. An Arena run will end when you either win twelve times, retire, or lose three times. Winning Arena games will upgrade the key in your possession, which will improve the spoils (You will receive five boxes of rewards, each having a chance to contain Gold, Arcane Dust or a Pack). You are always guaranteed to get a pack of cards, but if you do well enough it is possible to get two. Generally speaking, a Diamond Key (7 wins or above) is usually required to earn back the Arena entry fee in Gold while a Lightforge Key (12 wins) will earn you the greatest possible reward.
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Attack Power
The attack power of a minion is the amount of damage it can do on each attack.

B

Battlecry
An ability that is triggered immediately, when a minion is summoned.
Burn
Powers and cards played with the purpose of lowering the health of the enemy hero, disregarding board control.

C

Character
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Charge
This Ability lets a minion attack during the turn it is summoned.
Choose One
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Coin
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Crafting

D

Deathrattle
Ability that is triggered when the minion dies.
Deck
The set of 30 cards that player uses in a game of Hearthstone. Player draws one card from the deck each turn until there are no cards left, after which the player will be Fatigued
Destroy
Remove a minion from the board. There is no damage dealt so Divine Shield is ignored.
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Common - 5 Dust
Golden Common - 50 Dust
Rare - 20 Dust
Golden Rare - 100 Dust
Epic - 100 Dust
Golden Epic - 400 Dust
Legendary - 400 Dust
Golden Legendary - 1600 Dust
Divine Shield
Absorbs one attack or spell/effect that deals damage before the minion itself takes any damage.
Dream Cards
Cards that a player draws at the end of each turn while having Ysera on the board.
Durability
Number of times a hero can attack with a weapon before it is destroyed.

E

Enrage
This Ability is triggered when a minion takes damage.

F

Fast decks
Typically all-out decks that play many small aggressive minions, trying to close out the game as early as possible, leading to fast victories or defeats.
Fatigue
When you are out of remaining cards in your deck and the start of your turn or a card effect makes you draw a card, you take fatigue damage. The first time you`re out of cards, it`s 1 damage, the second time, it`s 2 damage, and so on until you or your opponent is dead.
Freeze
Cannot attack for one turn, Hero abilities can still be used (although Rogues and Druids would be unable to attack with said Hero abilities.

G

Gold
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H

Health
The amount of life a card or hero has left before it is discarded or, in the case of a hero, loses the game.
Hit Points (HP)
See Health

I

Immune
Everything is ineffective and damage cannot be inflicted to you.
Inspire
An effect that activates when the owner of the minion uses a Hero Power.

M

Mana
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Minion
Minion is a character with health and attack values that players summon to the board by playing minion cards or certain spells such as Feral Spirit
Mulligan
To mulligan a card is to discard it from your initial hand and draw a replacement from the remaining deck. You are allowed to mulligan as many cards as you want from your initial draw, but this can only be done before turn 1.
Murloc Deck
Deck that focuses on Murlocs. One of the most aggressive decks in the game. Most commonly used by warlocks, since they can use Life Tap to draw a lot of cards to keep the aggression going. Very susceptible to Area of Effect.

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One Turn Kill
A combination of cards that leads to killing an opponent in one turn.
OTK
See One Turn Kill
Overload
Reduces the amount of mana a player can use the next turn.

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Pack
Hearthstone cards are purchased in packs. Each pack has five cards in them, at least one of them being Rare or of higher rarity. Packs may also contain Golden cards or multiples of same card. Packs are earned as rewards or can be bought from the in-game store.
Plain Card
A plain card is a minion which has no text on it, ie. it only has Mana Cost, Attack Power, and Hit Points.
Power
See Attack Power

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Ramp
The act of playing cards that add mana crystals to your mana pool in order to play high mana creatures faster than your opponent. This includes cards that increase your mana pool temporarily (The Coin and Innervate) or permanently (Wild Growth, Nourish).
Rarity
In order from least rare to most rare: Common(White), Rare(Blue), Epic(Purple), Legendary(Orange). Although it mainly determines how uncommon certain cards would appear in a Pack, it also determines the crafting cost (in Arcane Dust) of a card. Rarity does not necessarily correlate to power.
Removal
A term applied to cards that deal damage or Destroy one or more minions on the turn they are played.

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Secret
A Spell that is triggered when a certain action occurs (ex. attacking an enemy minion). The identity of a secret is hidden from the opponent until it is triggered, portrayed only as question mark graphic above the casting hero`s portrait.
Silence
This Ability removes any effects (ex. +1/+1, taunt) from the chosen target(s). This does not remove spells like Hex or Polymorph that turn the creature into something else, although it would remove the taunt from the Hexed creature. Casting silence on a creature that is silenced already does not remove the first silence. You can use silence on your own creatures however to remove enemy spells such as Humility that negatively affect your minions.
Slow decks
Decks that try to stall out the game until high mana turns where they can bring out impactful minions like Ancient of War, Ysera and Ragnaros.
Soulbound
Cards that belong to the Basic set. They cannot be disenchanted and are available for all players. Also Reward cards belong to this category.
Spell Damage
Each point of Spell Damage makes spells deal one additional damage. It also applies to some spells like Shadowflame and healing spells with Auchenai Soulpriest.
Standard Format
A type of game mode where only the recent 2 years of Hearthstone cards can be used. Classic and Basic cards are always usable in Standard.

After coming out of Standard rotation, cards are classed as Wild

Stealth
This Ability makes a minion untargetable by attacks or targeted spells/effects. They still take damage from Area of Effect spells/effects, and can still be hit from spells that hit a random target. They can also be hit by spells that target adjacent minions. An Explosive Shot that targets a minion will still do 2 damage to the stealthed minion next to it. Stealth is removed after the minion attacks.
Subtype
A Minion category that generally has synergies within its type and with some spells (example Timber Wolf and Kill Command). Currently, there are seven subtypes: Beast, Dragon, Demon, Mech, Murloc, Pirate and Totem.

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Taunt
This Ability forces enemy characters to attack this minion before any other minion without taunt or your hero. If there are multiple minions with taunt you can choose which of them to attack.
TBD
To be determined - Something yet to be determined such as tournament participants, or release date. In terms of release dates, TBA (To be announced) can also be used.
Tempo
A general concept used not only in TCGs but also in other strategy games such as Chess and Starcraft that refers to who has the initiative in a game. If, for example, both players play some minions but yours can attack first, you are said to have tempo.
Tempo Deck
A deck designed to gain the initiative in a game, often through a lower Mana Curve, cards holding significant Value relative to their Mana cost, and a healthy dose of Control options. Not to be confused with a Rush Deck which will often aim to win the game outright in a short number of turns with a tiny Mana Curve.
Token
A card that is summoned by another card, such as Violet Apprentice, Gnoll, Silver Hand Recruit and Wicked Knife.
Token Deck
A deck that floods the board with small, weak minions using cards like Violet Teacher, Haunted Creeper or Muster for Battle to get high value from buffs such as Power of the Wild, Bloodlust, Hobgoblin and Savage Roar.
Top-Decking
Drawing a powerful card that turns the game around in your favor while faced with a major card disadvantage (i.e. either having no or very few cards on your hand or in play) compared to your opponent. A term often used in other card games (particularly YuGiOh where some deck archetypes were notorious for top-decking.)
Tribe
See Subtype

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Value
Value can be defined in two different ways:
1. By the effects and stats of a card relative to its Mana and Card cost (if applicable.) For example, Novice Engineer is deemed to be a valuable card due to its "Draw a card" Battlecry, Knife Juggler can potentially provide great value each time you play a minion and the Dark Iron Dwarf is deemed very valuable for a 4 Mana 4/4 due to its Battlecry which grants an additional 2 Attack to a minion.
2. A metric used to describe the efficiency of a certain play. For example, the act of eliminating a Bluegill Warrior with an Elven Archer`s Battlecry can be deemed valuable both in terms of card advantage and Mana cost due to a 1 Mana 1/1 minion eliminating a 2 Mana 2/1 Charge minion with only its Battlecry (meaning the attacker who played the Archer did not lose the minion in the process.)

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Windfury
This Ability allows a minion to attack twice in one turn.
Wild Format (game type)
A game type that allows any card in Hearthstone to be used in a deck. Standard decks are allowed, but not the other way round. See Standard Format above for information.