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Ancestral Spirit is a rare shaman spell card, from the Legacy set.
Other versions
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs | The Regular version can be opened from any of these packs:  | Regular | 1~2 (random) |
| Card packs | The Golden version can be opened from any of these packs:  | Golden | 1~2 (random) |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 100  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 800 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
To edit these notes, go to Template:Ancestral Spirit notes.
- The Deathrattle granted by this spell summons a fresh copy of the original minion following its death. Any damage, enchantments or silences affecting it before its destruction will not carry over to the new copy.
- Control of the the minion is not affected by Ancestral Spirit - the spell does not grant control of the resurrected minion to the casting player.
- The Deathrattle granted by this spell activates immediately after any Deathrattles the minion already had before Ancestral Spirit was cast. Consequently:
- The copy of the minion will not receive any damage that may be caused by the Deathrattles a minion like
Abomination already had.[1] - If the minion already had a Deathrattle like
Haunted Creeper's that summons one or more minions, and they fill up the board to 7 friendly minions, then Ancestral Spirit's Deathrattle will be wasted and no copy of the minion will be summoned.[2] - If a Deathrattle which was put into play before Ancestral Spirit places the minion into the player's hand or deck, the Ancestral Spirit Deathrattle will not trigger. Currently the only example of this is
Malorne; an Ancestral Spirit will never trigger on a Malorne, since its innate Deathrattle will shuffle it into the deck, removing Ancestral Spirit before it can activate.[3]
- The copy of the minion will not receive any damage that may be caused by the Deathrattles a minion like
- The copy of the minion will be summoned at the location where the minion died, just as with Deathrattles like Harvest Golem's and Sludge Belcher's.
- If the minion already had a Deathrattle that summoned one or more minions at its location, the Ancestral Spirit copy of the minion will be summoned to the immediate left of those earlier Deathrattle-summoned minions.[4]
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Through the Dark Portal" series, for the card Ancestral Spirit.
- This card's flavor text is a reference to the Black Knight in the 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Gallery
Ancestral Spirit, full art
Patch changes
Card changes
Patch 1.1.0.6024 (2014-07-22):
- Now reads: "Give a minion "Deathrattle: Resummon this minion."" (previously: "Choose a minion. When that minion is destroyed, return it to the battlefield.")
Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
Bug fixes and other changes
Patch 21.0.0.88998 (2021-07-27):
- Fixed a bug where golden Ancestral Spirit would not summon a golden minion.
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- 2021-03-30: Moved from the Classic set to the Legacy set.
- Patch 1.0.0.3604 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
- Flavor text now reads: "It was just a flesh wound." (previously: "Death was just a setback!").
External links
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Tested by User:jerodast on 2015-02-21: Cast Ancestral Spirit on an Explosive Sheep; when it died it dealt 2 damage to all other minions and then summoned a copy of itself that had no damage.
- ↑ Tested by User:jerodast on 2015-02-21: Cast Ancestral Spirit on a Haunted Creeper with 5 other minions on the board; when it died its 2 Spectral Spiders were summoned but no copy of the Creeper appeared.
- ↑ http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/15538984032
- ↑ Tested by User:jerodast on 2015-02-21: In several repetitions of tests, Ancestral Spirit was cast on "sticky" minions including Nerubian Egg and Piloted Shredder, which were then killed. The copies of those minions always appeared to the left of the minions summoned by their regular Deathrattles.