Galakrond, the Nightmare
- For other uses of Galakrond, see Galakrond (disambiguation).
Galakrond, the Nightmare is a legendary rogue hero card, from the Descent of Dragons set.
How to get
The Regular copy of Galakrond, the Nightmare is uncraftable. It has special unlock requirements and cannot be crafted or opened from card packs.
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 3200  | Golden | 1 |
| Custom | Own a Descent of Dragons pack and go to the Open Packs menu. The card will be automatically added to your collection once you do so starting from December 5, 2019.[2] | Regular | 1 |
Ban lists
Galakrond, the Nightmare is in these ban lists:
- Galakronds and Invoke cards - Galakronds and Invoke cards are banned from all types of card generation in constructed unless the player's deck started with one of the cards in that group.
- E.T.C.'s blacklist - These cards cannot be put into
E.T.C., Band Manager's sideboard.
Upgrades into
Hero Power and weapon
Sounds
| Type | Transcript | |
|---|---|---|
| Play | ▶️ | Darken the skies, my nightmare reigns. |
| Play stinger | ▶️ | <music stinger> |
| Attack | ▶️ | <attack sound> |
| Thinking | ▶️ | <VO sound> |
| Thinking | ▶️ | Maybe... |
| Thinking | ▶️ | What if... |
| Almost out of cards | ▶️ | I am running out of cards. |
| Out of cards | ▶️ | I am out of cards! |
| Error: Need a weapon | ▶️ | I need a weapon. Or claws. |
| Error: Not enough mana | ▶️ | I need more Mana for that. |
| Error: Minion exhausted | ▶️ | That minion already attacked. |
| Error: Hero already attacked | ▶️ | I cannot attack again. |
| Error: Minion not ready | ▶️ | Give that weakling a turn to get ready. |
| Error: Hand already full | ▶️ | I have too many cards. |
| Error: Too many minions | ▶️ | My board is too full. |
| Error: Can't target Stealthed minion | ▶️ | That minion has Stealth. |
| Error: Can't play that card | ▶️ | I cannot do that. |
| Error: Not a valid target | ▶️ | I cannot target that. |
| Error: Must attack Taunt minion | ▶️ | I must attack the minion with Taunt. |
| Error: Generic | ▶️ | That is impossible. |
| Emote: Greetings [Lunar New Year] | ▶️ | Happy New Year. |
| Emote: Greetings [Holidays] | ▶️ | Happy Feast of Winter Veil... |
| Emote: Greetings [Happy New Year] | ▶️ | Happy New Year. |
| Emote: Greetings [Fire Festival] | ▶️ | Fireworks. I love those... |
| Unused: Greetings [Pirate Day] | ▶️ | Yarr! Galakrond be raidin' the skies. |
| Emote: Greetings [Happy Halloween] | ▶️ | Hallow's End... My favorite. |
| Emote: Greetings [Happy Noblegarden] | ▶️ | Noblegarden... I detest it. |
| Emote: Greetings | ▶️ | Your fear... is delectable. |
| Emote: Well Played | ▶️ | Your composure is... commendable. |
| Emote: Oops | ▶️ | That was frightening! |
| Emote: Threaten | ▶️ | Your screams delight me. |
| Emote: Thanks | ▶️ | Thanks, I will destroy you last. |
| Unused: Sorry | ▶️ | Sorry. Did I scare you? |
| Concede | ▶️ | The nightmare ends... You win. |
| Start | ▶️ | You will not wake from this nightmare. |
| Running out of time | ▶️ | The darkness wanes! |
| Selection in Choose Your Hero | ▶️ | Choosing the darkness, I see. Wise. |
| Start [Mirror] | ▶️ | I will show you a real terror. |
| Emote: Wow | ▶️ | Startling! |
| Emote: Greetings [Mirror] | ▶️ | You only scare yourself. |
Lore
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.Galakrond was a massive proto-dragon, who is known as the "progenitor of dragonkind". He was a threat which five proto-dragons of varying colors united against. It is said that from him the Titans created the Aspects, but this is a rumor the Aspects actively encouraged so as to keep the truth about Galakrond a secret from the dragonflights.
His size alone was greater than all of the Aspects combined, large enough that the only possible being Galakrond could be compared to was himself. His roar could be heard from miles around, and the flap of his wings generated powerful wind. As he continued to consume the life-energies of his fellow proto-dragons, Galakrond grew hideous mutations all over his body (such as limbs and even eyes) and his skin started to decay, almost as if he had become an undead like his victims. Galakrond was not always this large and he used to have a smoother, more streamlined appearance. His mutations were caused by cannibalizing on other proto-dragons, and as a by-product of his absorption of the proto-dragons' life essence his victims came back as undead, called the not-living.
This version of Galakrond is one of five forms he takes in Descent of Dragons, each catering to a League of E.V.I.L. member. This incarnation was reanimated by 
King Togwaggle. Fitting for a rogue, Galakrond the Nightmare appears to have venomous teeth and claws, and his quotes/emotes imply he has power over darkness and fear. His other forms are as follows:
Galakrond, the Tempest- Galakrond, the Unbreakable
- Galakrond, the Unspeakable
- Galakrond, the Wretched
Gallery
Galakrond, the Nightmare, full art
Concept art
Patch changes
Card changes
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- Now reads: "Battlecry: Draw 1 card. It costs (0). (Invoke twice to upgrade.)" (previously: "Battlecry: Draw 1 card. It costs (1). (Invoke twice to upgrade.)")
Patch 17.6.0.53261 (2020-07-14):
- Now reads: "Battlecry: Draw 1 card. It costs (1). (Invoke twice to upgrade.)" (previously: "Battlecry: Draw 1 card. It costs (0). (Invoke twice to upgrade.)")
Patch 16.0.0.37060 (2019-12-05):
- Added.
Bug fixes and other changes
Patch 31.0.0.210009 (2024-10-29):
- Now banned from all types of card generation unless the player's deck started with a Galakrond or an Invoke card.
Patch 29.0.0.195635 (2024-03-11):
- No longer globally banned from Arena drafting, however this card may still be banned in individual Arena rotations.
Patch 16.2.3.40734 (2020-02-06):
- 2020-02-13: Fixed an issue that caused Galakrond the Nightmare's cost-reduction priority to negate the cost-increase effects of cards such as
Boompistol Bully and 
Loatheb.
- 2020-02-13: Fixed an issue that caused Galakrond the Nightmare's cost-reduction priority to negate the cost-increase effects of cards such as