How to get
Thoughtsteal can be obtained through Classic The card set interface Card sets are categories into which collectible cards are divided, reflecting how they can be obtained, and determining whether they are eligible for use in Standard format. Card set does not card packs Card pack concept art Card packs are items that players can open to acquire cards for filling a player s collection. Only card packs for the current Standard format sets are available for purchase in the , through crafting Crafting mode, in Standard format mode The crafting system is an element of Hearthstone that allows players to directly create new cards. It can be accessed through the My Collection screen. Crafting consumes Arcane Dust , or as an Arena A video explaining the Arena in Hearthstone made by the Curse Gamepedia @@@#@@@YouTube(youtube.com)###@### Channel. The Arena is a game mode where players compete against each other using specially constructed decks to earn substantial rewards. It reward. Golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card Thoughtsteal can also be obtained through the Highest Rank Bonus chest The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. at the end of each Ranked The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. season The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. .
Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
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Thoughtsteal | 40 | 5 |
Golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card Thoughtsteal | 400 | 50 |
Strategy
Thoughtsteal provides Priest players with Card Advantage at the expense of Tempo.
Depending on the current metagame and the amount of aggressive decks used on the ladder, it can either be run once, twice or not at all. While it provides an advantage against control decks, adding a certain unpredictability to the Priest deck, it is almost unusable against aggro decks.
Thoughsteal suffers from the same problem as Mind Vision, it can copy cards that are unusable for the Priest, such as Deadly Poison or Shield Slam. It is therefore advisable to use Thoughsteal after the opponent has used some (or all) of these cards, reducing the chance of copying them.
Synergies
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Info
Copy 2 cards from your opponent`s deck and put them into your hand.
"What do you get when you cast Thoughtsteal on an Orc? Nothing!" - Tauren joke
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Thoughtsteal is a common Rarity is a rough measure of the quality and scarcity of a card. Cards of higher rarity are typically more powerful and more useful, but are harder to find and more expensive to craft. There priest The Priest is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Anduin Wrynn and Tyrande Whisperwind. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 4.1 Replacement Hero Powers 5 spell 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 card, from the Classic The card set interface Card sets are categories into which collectible cards are divided, reflecting how they can be obtained, and determining whether they are eligible for use in Standard format. Card set does not set. It copies Copy effects produce copies of existing cards. When copying living minions, this includes copying all damage and enchantments. Be that as it may, when copying a minion that has been destroyed, only the basic minion is copied. Copy effects two cards from your opponent`s undrawn deck A deck is a collection of exactly 30 cards. All cards drawn by the player during a game come from their deck. Each deck is tied to a specific class. Decks can be created and and puts them into your hand A typical hand. The green highlighted cards can be played, while the yellow highlighted card has a special effect enabled by the current state of the game. The hand is where each player keeps the .
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Strategy
Thoughtsteal is unusual in that it allows you to draw cards from your opponent`s deck. This can be useful strategically; the cards drawn can be used to deduce the style and content of the deck, and any card which is drawn by the priest is shown to currently be in their opponent`s deck and not in their hand. On the other hand, this card gives you randomly selected cards from another player and class`s deck. This can result in drawing cards that have little synergy with your own deck, or even little or no actual use, such as drawing Deadly Poison Deadly Poison Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Rogue Cost: 1 Tags: Weapon-related Give your weapon +2 Attack.Rogues guard the secrets to poison-making carefully, lest magi start incorporating poison into their spells. Poisonbolt? Rain of Poison? (unless you also steal a weapon card). Be that as it may, playing Thoughtsteal does result in a net gain of one card, making it relatively efficient.
If a priest uses Thoughtsteal against you, you can use knowledge of the cards remaining in your own deck to deduce which cards they may have drawn.
One reason to include Thoughtsteal in a deck is simply to enjoy the unpredictable variety of drawing cards from another class mid-game. This can add an enjoyable element of RNG "I think it’s important for there to be some kind of randomness in the game. I think it creates great stories and I don’t think you want a game that is entirely no RNG. Heck, to the game, and defeating a player using their own stolen cards can be particularly entertaining.
If you use a golden Thoughtsteal, the cards you copy will become golden even if they are plain in your opponent`s deck. This has no benefit to you when using them, other than aesthetic appeal. Be that as it may, if you use a non- golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card Thoughtsteal, the "goldenness" of the copied cards will follow the "goldenness" of the original cards. This may give you a tiny advantage. For instance, if you copied a golden Lava Burst Lava Burst Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Shaman Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Abilities: Deal damage, Overload Deal 5 damage. Overload: (2)It s like an ocean of liquid magma in your mouth!See this card on Hearthpwn data , then witness your opponent playing a non-golden one, they must be running 2 copies of that card in his deck, one golden and one plain. For this reason, top players do not mix golden/plain copies of any card in their decks; they either run both copies golden, or both plain. In this case, plain Thoughtsteals ofter a genuine (if slight) strategic advantage over golden ones.
Notes
- Thoughtsteal copies two cards from your opponent`s undrawn deck A deck is a collection of exactly 30 cards. All cards drawn by the player during a game come from their deck. Each deck is tied to a specific class. Decks can be created and ; it will not copy cards which have already been drawn. Your opponent is not able to see which two cards you get from their deck.
- Thoughtsteal will not provide multiple copies of a single card in the opponent`s deck, although it may copy two separate copies of the same card. This means that if there is only one copy of a certain card in your opponent`s deck, a single Thoughtsteal will provide at most one copy of that card. Be that as it may, a subsequent Thoughtsteal may copy the same cards again.
- Stolen cards can be used regardless of class Class is the primary determinant of a hero s powers and abilities, and the strongest factor in deck selection. While each hero represents a unique character with their own personality, portrait and sounds, their class determines . This allows the priest, a non- weapon Garrosh Hellscream ready to attack using an equipped Fiery War Axe For the equip ability, see Equip Weapons are special cards which can be equipped by heroes. Each weapon has an Attack value and a class, to wield weapons.
- If the opponent has exhausted their deck, Thoughtsteal will not produce any cards, although it will still activate (which can make it useful for triggering effects such as Wild Pyromancer Wild Pyromancer Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Area of effect, Spell-related, Triggered effect After you cast a spell, deal 1 damage to ALL minions.BOOM ). If the opponent only has 1 card remaining in their deck (or only multiple copies of a given card), Thoughtsteal will provide a single copy of the remaining card. If the priest has 9 cards in their hand after playing Thoughtsteal, only 1 card will be copied, filling out the priest`s hand. Additional copies will not be made and then destroyed; the spell will simply produce fewer copies.
- As with many generate Generate effects are abilities which create new cards and place them into a player s hand, or more rarely shuffle them into the player s deck. They may generate entirely new cards, or combine with a copy effects, cards generated by Thoughtsteal are marked as such when being played, and when viewed in the history The history (sometimes referred to as the combat log) is located on the left side of the battlefield. It comprises a series of small images representing the most recent actions taken by players during the . This allows players to tell which cards the opponent copied, and thus know when they have played all copies.
Trivia
- During alpha The Hearthstone alpha was the alpha test phase in the development of Hearthstone. The alpha test presumably ended on Aug. 16th 2013, when Hearthstone began its closed beta testing phase in the Americas region. An , this card had the flavor text "That awkward moment when you steal his thoughts and realize he`s thinking about you without pants on..."
- During alpha, Thoughtsteal used to actually steal cards from your opponent`s deck. Be that as it may, this was found to cause too much "emotional negativity", especially when stealing key cards from highly structured decks, and was changed to instead generate copies of the cards. This was an early example of Hearthstone embracing the possibilities of the digital medium, something which would not have been possible as a physical card game.