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A Secret is a spell card that is cast normally but has a delayed, hidden effect, which only takes place when a specific event occurs. When a Secret is played, a Secret icon appears on the caster`s portrait, but the name and details of the Secret are not revealed to the opponent until the card is activated by its hidden condition.
Secrets can only be activated on the opponent`s turn, preventing the player from triggering them themselves. There is however one exception - Competitive Spirit Competitive Spirit Set: The Grand Tournament Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Rare Cost: 1 Abilities: Secret Tags: Area of effect, Triggered effect Secret: When your turn starts, give your minions +1/+1.Competition can be an inspiration , which activates at the start of the player`s turn.
Secret is also the name of the ability A selection of minions, each with its own ability. From left to right: Divine Shield, Deathrattle, a triggered effect, and Spell Damage. Abilities are special effects, powers, or behaviors found on cards. For spell cards, all Secret cards have.
Secret cards are limited to mages Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 5 Strategy and gameplay 5.1 Common deck types 5.2 Counters 6 Spells 6.1 Uncollectible 7 Minions 7.1 Uncollectible 8 Leveling rewards 8.1 Starting cards 8.2 , paladins The Paladin is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Uther Lightbringer and Lady Liadrin. Heroes edit | edit source] Uther Lightbringer is the standard hero for paladins. Players who and hunters The Hunter is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Rexxar and Alleria Windrunner. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Background 3 Hero Power 4 Strategy and gameplay 5 Counters 5.1 Secrets .
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- Secrets triggered by a minion being played will take place after any Battlecry Battlecry is an ability where a particular effect activates when the card with the Battlecry is played directly from the hand. Although mostly limited to minions, some weapons also have Battlecries. Activation of Battlecries are . For instance, Mirror Entity Mirror Entity Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Secret, Summon Tags: Summoning-related, Triggered effect Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a copy of it."You go first." - will copy a Twilight Drake Twilight Drake Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 1 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Hand-related Battlecry: Gain +1 Health for each card in your hand.Twilight drakes feed on Mystical Energy. after its Health buff has been applied.
- All Secrets available to a class have the same mana cost. This prevents opponents from guessing the Secret based upon its cost, which is the only information revealed when a player plays a Secret from their own class.
- Each class` Secrets are a different colour: pink for mages, yellow for paladins, green for hunters. If a player plays a secret belonging to another class, it will retain its original class colour.
- Secrets created by Lorewalker Cho Lorewalker Cho Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 2 Attack: 0 Health: 4 Abilities: Copy, Generate Tags: Spell-generating, Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever a player casts a spell, put a copy into the other player s are revealed publicly when played, and can be revealed after play by hovering over the Secret icon.
- In some cases a Secret`s triggering event may occur, but the Secret`s effect cannot activate. This can happen with Mirror Entity Mirror Entity Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Secret, Summon Tags: Summoning-related, Triggered effect Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a copy of it."You go first." - and Noble Sacrifice Noble Sacrifice Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Secret, Summon Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When an enemy attacks, summon a 2/1 Defender as the new target.We will always remember if there is no room remaining on the hero`s board, with Avenge Avenge Set: Naxxramas Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Secret Tags: Death-related, Random, Triggered effect Secret: When one of your minions dies, give a random friendly minion +3/+2.Several paladins have joined together if there are no friendly minions left on the board, and with multiple Secrets when a Secret`s specific target is removed by another effect, such as a previous Secret (see below). In such cases, the Secret will simply remain in place without taking effect, revealing itself, or giving any indication that its trigger condition was met.
- The limited choice of Secrets available to each class allows experienced players to logically determine the identity of unrevealed Secrets. Since each Secret has a specific trigger, players can intentionally test the Secret to attempt to determine its effect, attempt to draw the Secret out with weak cards and actions, or simply hedge their bets in order to minimise its negative consequences. For instance, a player facing a mage with a single active Secret may choose to summon a weaker minion before summoning a stronger one, in case their opponent has Mirror Entity Mirror Entity Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Secret, Summon Tags: Summoning-related, Triggered effect Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a copy of it."You go first." - , and then attack with the weaker minion first, in case that Secret is a Vaporize Vaporize Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Abilities: Destroy, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a minion attacks your hero, destroy it.Rumor has it that Deathwing brought about the Cataclysm .
- While they have special trigger conditions, Secrets are spells Fireball, a simple mage spell. It costs 4 mana, dealing 6 damage to a chosen target. Spell cards are cards that can be played to trigger a one time effect or ability, described in the , and will activate all spell-related effects. Likewise, Secrets that deal damage can be improved by Spell Damage A Wrath of Air Totem, with purple sparkles to signal its Spell Damage bonus Spell Damage is an ability which boosts the overall damage of spells by the listed amount. Spell Damage does not increase .
- When Secrets and triggered effects The lightning bolt icon, explicitly indicating a triggered effect Triggered effects are effects that activate in response to specific events. Triggered effects may belong to minions, weapons or spells (in the form of Secrets), as are activated from the same trigger, the effects will activate in the order in which they were played.
- Quest See the spell card. For quests which reward gold, see Quest. A Quest is a spell card featuring a conditional reward. When played, Quests are displayed above the controlling hero s portrait, similar cards are like Secrets in that they take up a Secret slot, but they cannot be affected by Secret-interacting cards like Eater of Secrets Eater of Secrets Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy Tags: Area of effect, Secret-related Battlecry: Destroy all enemy Secrets. Gain +1/+1 for , Kezan Mystic Kezan Mystic Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Take control Tags: Random, Secret-related Battlecry: Take control of a random enemy Secret.They pretend to be wise , or Flare Flare Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Destroy, Draw cards Tags: Area of effect, Secret-related, Stealth-related All minions lose Stealth. Destroy all enemy Secrets. Draw a card.Not only does it .
- If a hero is destroyed by the activation of an enemy Secret, the game will end there, without allowing any triggering actions to complete. Example: Both players are at 2 Health. One player sends a Stormwind Knight Stormwind Knight Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 4 Attack: 2 Health: 5 Abilities: Charge ChargeThey re still embarrassed about "The Deathwing Incident".See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Stormwind Knight is a basic neutral minion card. to attack the enemy hero, thus activating the opponent`s Explosive Trap Explosive Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Area of effect, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero is attacked, deal 2 damage to all enemies.It . The Trap deals 2 damage to the first player, defeating them. The game then ends with the Stormwind Knight frozen mid-attack, with the second player still at 2 Health, resulting in a win for the second player. On the other hand, Secrets always resolve before the game can end, allowing Secrets such as Eye for an Eye Eye for an Eye Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero takes damage, deal that much damage to the enemy to result in a draw, with both heroes destroyed as a result of the same action. For further details, see Advanced rulebook#Secrets.
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Multiple Secrets
- Players cannot have more than one copy of the same Secret active at any one time. Players are unable to play Secret cards which match one of their active Secrets.
- When played directly from the hand, players can have up to 5 different Secrets active at a time. Once this limit is reached, the player will be unable to play further Secret cards. Kezan Mystic Kezan Mystic Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Take control Tags: Random, Secret-related Battlecry: Take control of a random enemy Secret.They pretend to be wise also does not allow the player to exceed 5 Secrets. Mysterious Challenger Mysterious Challenger Set: The Grand Tournament Type: Minion Class: Paladin Rarity: Epic Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Battlecry, Put into battlefield Tags: Secret-related Battlecry: Put one of each Secret from your deck into will not play more than 5 Secrets from your deck.
- As of Jan. 2015, a bug allows Mad Scientist Mad Scientist Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Abilities: Deathrattle, Put into battlefield Tags: Random, Secret-related Deathrattle: Put a Secret from your deck into the battlefield.His mother wanted him to place additional different Secrets into play through its Deathrattle A Loot Hoarder displaying the Deathrattle icon Deathrattle is an ability where the stated effect occurs when the minion or weapon is destroyed. Cards with Deathrattle appear with a skull and crossbones when in play. , even if this causes the number of Secrets to exceed 5. Secrets beyond the 5 limit will activate and take effect normally, and in the correct order.
- Multiple Secrets can trigger from a single event, for example a minion attacking the hero will activate all Explosive Trap Explosive Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Area of effect, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero is attacked, deal 2 damage to all enemies.It , Misdirection Misdirection Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a character attacks your hero, instead he attacks another random character.Sometimes it s as simple as putting and Freezing Trap Freezing Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Modify cost, Return to hand, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When an enemy minion attacks, return it to its owner s hand secrets active on that hero at the time.
- Only one Secret can take effect at a time, and multiple activated Secrets will always take effect in the order in which they were played. For instance, a minion attacking a hunter who has played Misdirection Misdirection Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a character attacks your hero, instead he attacks another random character.Sometimes it s as simple as putting followed by Freezing Trap Freezing Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Modify cost, Return to hand, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When an enemy minion attacks, return it to its owner s hand will be Misdirected before then being returned to the controlling player`s hand. This can make the order in which Secrets are played extremely significant.
- If a Secret removes the specific target for another Secret which was already triggered, the second Secret will not take effect, since it now lacks a target. For instance, if Freezing Trap Freezing Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Modify cost, Return to hand, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When an enemy minion attacks, return it to its owner s hand removes the minion which would have been the target of Misdirection Misdirection Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a character attacks your hero, instead he attacks another random character.Sometimes it s as simple as putting , the Misdirection will not trigger, since it no longer has a target.
- Note that this rule only applies for Secrets which require specific targets; Secrets such as Explosive Trap Explosive Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Area of effect, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero is attacked, deal 2 damage to all enemies.It and Snake Trap Snake Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Epic Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret, Summon Tags: Beast-generating, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When one of your minions is attacked, summon three 1/1 Snakes.Why did it have do not require targets, and will always take effect once triggered, even if the original trigger minion has been removed from play.
Secrets
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Explosive Trap Explosive Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Area of effect, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero is attacked, deal 2 damage to all enemies.It | Common | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: When your hero is attacked, deal 2 damage to all enemies.It traps your food AND cooks it for you! | ||||||||||||||
Eye for an Eye Eye for an Eye Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero takes damage, deal that much damage to the enemy | Common | Spell | Paladin | 1 | Secret: When your hero takes damage, deal that much damage to the enemy hero.Justice sometimes takes the form of a closed fist into a soft cheek. | ||||||||||||||
Freezing Trap Freezing Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Modify cost, Return to hand, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When an enemy minion attacks, return it to its owner s hand | Common | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: When an enemy minion attacks, return it to its owner`s hand and it costs (2) more."Dang, that`s cold." - appropriate response to Freezing Trap, or a mean joke. | ||||||||||||||
Ice Barrier Ice Barrier Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Gain Armor, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero is attacked, gain 8 Armor.This is Rank 1. Rank 2 is | Common | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: When your hero is attacked, gain 8 Armor.This is Rank 1. Rank 2 is Chocolate Milk Barrier. | ||||||||||||||
Mirror Entity Mirror Entity Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Secret, Summon Tags: Summoning-related, Triggered effect Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a copy of it."You go first." - | Common | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a copy of it."You go first." - Krush`gor the Behemoth, to his pet boar. | ||||||||||||||
Noble Sacrifice Noble Sacrifice Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Secret, Summon Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When an enemy attacks, summon a 2/1 Defender as the new target.We will always remember | Common | Spell | Paladin | 1 | Secret: When an enemy attacks, summon a 2/1 Defender as the new target.We will always remember you, "Defender!" | ||||||||||||||
Redemption Redemption Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Copy, Secret, Summon Tags: Death-related, Resurrection effect, Triggered effect Secret: When a friendly minion dies, return it to life with 1 Health.I am | Common | Spell | Paladin | 1 | Secret: When a friendly minion dies, return it to life with 1 Health.I am not sure how you get demptioned the first time. It⃢₀ₙs a mystery! | ||||||||||||||
Repentance Repentance Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Secret Tags: Summoning-related, Triggered effect Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, reduce its Health to 1.Repentance often comes in the moment before | Common | Spell | Paladin | 1 | Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, reduce its Health to 1.Repentance often comes in the moment before obliteration. Curious. | ||||||||||||||
Snipe | Common | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, deal 4 damage to it.A great sniper hits the spot. Just like a delicious flank of boar. Mmmmm. | ||||||||||||||
Cat Trick | Rare | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: After your opponent casts a spell, summon a 4/2 Panther with Stealth."I know some new tricks, a lot of good tricks. I will show them to you. Medivh will not mind at all if I do." | ||||||||||||||
Counterspell | Rare | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: When your opponent casts a spell, Counter it.What`s the difference between a mage playing with Counterspell and a mage who isn`t? The mage who isn`t is getting Pyroblasted in the face. | ||||||||||||||
Getaway Kodo | Rare | Spell | Paladin | 1 | Secret: When a friendly minion dies, return it to your hand.Get to da Kodo! Now! | ||||||||||||||
Hidden Cache | Rare | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, give a random minion in your hand +2/+2.There is an urban legend that the first Toxic Sewer Ooze was born because a rookie Goon stashed an open container of milk in a Hidden Cache. | ||||||||||||||
Mana Bind | Rare | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: When your opponent cast a spell, add a copy to your hand that costs (0).Nice spell. YOINK! | ||||||||||||||
Misdirection Misdirection Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a character attacks your hero, instead he attacks another random character.Sometimes it s as simple as putting | Rare | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: When a character attacks your hero, instead he attacks another random character.Sometimes it`s as simple as putting on a fake mustache and pointing at someone else. | ||||||||||||||
Potion of Polymorph | Rare | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, transform it into a 1/1 Sheep.Tastes like Baaaaananas. | ||||||||||||||
Vaporize Vaporize Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Abilities: Destroy, Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a minion attacks your hero, destroy it.Rumor has it that Deathwing brought about the Cataclysm | Rare | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: When a minion attacks your hero, destroy it.Rumor has it that Deathwing brought about the Cataclysm after losing a game to this card. We may never know the truth. | ||||||||||||||
Ice Block | Epic | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: When your hero takes fatal damage, prevent it and become Immune this turn.Ice is nice, and will suffice! | ||||||||||||||
Snake Trap Snake Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Epic Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret, Summon Tags: Beast-generating, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When one of your minions is attacked, summon three 1/1 Snakes.Why did it have | Epic | Spell | Hunter | 2 | Secret: When one of your minions is attacked, summon three 1/1 Snakes.Why did it have to be snakes? | ||||||||||||||
Spellbender | Epic | Spell | Mage | 3 | Secret: When an enemy casts a spell on a minion, summon a 1/3 as the new target.While it`s fun to intercept enemy lightning bolts, a spellbender much prefers to intercept opposing Marks of the Wild. It just feels meaner. And blood elves... well, they`re a little mean. | ||||||||||||||
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Related cards
The following cards have specific synergy with Secrets, such as providing additional effects when Secrets are cast, or destroying Secrets already in play.
For cards which have synergy with spells in general, but not specifically with Secrets, see Spell-related.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Arcanologist | Common | Minion | Mage | 2 | 2 | 3 | Battlecry: Draw a Secret from your deck.What did you draw? Shhhh⃢₀⅚ it⃢₀ₙs a secret. | ||||||||||||
Cloaked Huntress | Common | Minion | Hunter | 3 | 3 | 4 | Your Secrets cost (0).She`s practically GIVING your secrets away! | ||||||||||||
Hydrologist | Common | Minion | Murloc | Paladin | 2 | 2 | 2 | Battlecry: Discover a Secret.Murloc hydrologists are pretty rare. Most murloc undergrads pick computer science. | |||||||||||
Kabal Lackey | Common | Minion | Mage | 1 | 2 | 1 | Battlecry Battlecry is an ability where a particular effect activates when the card with the Battlecry is played directly from the hand. Although mostly limited to minions, some weapons also have Battlecries. Activation of Battlecries are : The next Secret you play this turn costs (0).I`ll tell you one thing he doesn`t lack: GUMPTION. | ||||||||||||
Medivh`s Valet | Common | Minion | Mage | 2 | 2 | 3 | Battlecry: If you control a Secret, deal 3 damage."Magus Medivh sir, I`ve brought the flaming balloons, as you requested." | ||||||||||||
Avian Watcher | Rare | Minion | Any | 5 | 3 | 6 | Battlecry: If you control a Secret, gain +1/+1 and Taunt.He mostly watches light romantic comedies. | ||||||||||||
Eaglehorn Bow | Rare | Weapon | Hunter | 3 | 3 | 2 | Whenever a friendly Secret is revealed, gain +1 Durability.First Lesson: Put the pointy end in the other guy. | ||||||||||||
Eater of Secrets Eater of Secrets Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy Tags: Area of effect, Secret-related Battlecry: Destroy all enemy Secrets. Gain +1/+1 for | Rare | Minion | Any | 4 | 2 | 4 | Battlecry: Destroy all enemy Secrets. Gain +1/+1 for each.You don`t want to be around after it has eaten an explosive trap. You thought Sludge Belcher was bad... | ||||||||||||
Ethereal Arcanist | Rare | Minion | Mage | 4 | 3 | 3 | If you control a Secret at the end of your turn, gain +2/+2.The ethereals are wrapped in cloth to give form to their non-corporeal bodies. Also because it`s nice and soft. | ||||||||||||
Flare Flare Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Destroy, Draw cards Tags: Area of effect, Secret-related, Stealth-related All minions lose Stealth. Destroy all enemy Secrets. Draw a card.Not only does it | Rare | Spell | Hunter | 2 | All minions lose Stealth. Destroy all enemy Secrets. Draw a card.Not only does it reveal your enemies, but it`s also great for parties! | ||||||||||||||
Kabal Crystal Runner | Rare | Minion | Mage | 6 | 5 | 5 | Costs (2) less for each Secret you`ve played this game."Listen, I can cut you in on a little of this premium mana, but you can`t tell my boss." | ||||||||||||
Kirin Tor Mage | Rare | Minion | Mage | 3 | 4 | 3 | Battlecry: The next Secret you play this turn costs (0).The Kirin Tor reside in the floating city of Dalaran. How do you make a Dalaran float? Two scoops of ice cream, one scoop of Dalaran. | ||||||||||||
Secretkeeper | Rare | Minion | Any | 1 | 1 | 2 | Whenever a Secret is played, gain +1/+1.She promises not to tell anyone about that thing you did last night with that one person. | ||||||||||||
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