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Mecha'thun is a legendary neutral minion card, from The Boomsday Project set.
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs | The Regular version can be opened from any of these packs:  | Regular | 1 (random) |
| Card packs | The Golden version can be opened from any of these packs: | Golden | 1 (random) |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 1600  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 3200 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
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- Mecha'thun will destroy the enemy hero even if the controlling player has Secrets or Weapons equipped.[1]
- Destroying Mecha'thun with a
Reincarnate will successfully activate the Deathrattle effect if its condition is satisfied.[2] - Mecha'thun will destroy the enemy hero even if the controlling player controls a Permanent.[3] It is unknown whether this is a bug or intended.[4]
- Mecha'thun's effect will destroy immune heroes.
- Mecha'thun's effect still activates even if there is a friendly minion with Reborn destroyed, since Reborn effects always trigger after Deathrattles.
- If Mecha'thun is killed at the same time as a minion whose deathrattle would place cards in the player's hand or deck, such as
Shifting Shade or 
Bad Luck Albatross, Mecha'thun's deathrattle will not activate, despite the hand/deck being empty at the time of its death. It appears that the Mecha'thun deathrattle is calculated last regardless of where it is placed on the board, possibly due to mana cost priority.
Sounds[edit | edit source]
- Play
- ▶️
VO_BOT_424_Male_OldGod_Play_01.wavThe era of flesh has ended. - ▶️
MechaThun_Play_Stinger.wav<music stinger>
- Attack
- ▶️
VO_BOT_424_Male_OldGod_Attack_01.wavDeath is close. - ▶️
MechaThun_Underlay_Attack.wav<underlay sound>
- Death
- ▶️
VO_BOT_424_Male_OldGod_Death_02.wav<death sound>
Lore[edit | edit source]
As the name suggests, Mecha'thun appears to be a mechanical version of the Old God C'Thun. This version of the Old God is unique to Hearthstone. It was created as part of Dr. Boom's Boomsday Project, "for some reason".[5]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- A very early design for the card that became Mecha'thun was a doomsday scientist intent on destroying the world, with one version being a goblin called "Doctor Doomsday". Since its win condition was to destroy the whole world, it had to have a cost of 10 mana; specifically, a 10-mana 1/1 minion with the text: "Battlecry: If this is the only thing in your hand or deck or battlefield, you win". However, Blizzard then wanted to go one step further, requiring the player to have no minions in their battlefield in order to activate the card's effect, so it was changed to a Deathrattle. Having the minion be a 1/1 made it too easy to kill, and having a giant robotic Old God provided the cooler fantasy, so the minion was changed to the 10-mana 10/10 Mecha'thun.[6]
- Mecha'thun's flavor text is a reference to various famous C'Thun quotes from World of Warcraft, many of which were repurposed for C'Thun's original Hearthstone debut in Whispers of the Old Gods.
- Mecha'thun's summoning quote reminds vaguely a quote from the Animatrix [7] "Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you.", soon after that quote, there's a violent thermonuclear bombing explosion, resembling the dramatic deathrattle of this minion.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Patch changes
Patch 12.0.0.25770 (2018-08-02):
- Added.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Peter Whalen on Twitter (X). (2018-07-29).
- ↑ HysteriA (2018-08-10). Hearthstone Mythbusters 60 - BOOMSDAY SPECIAL. YouTube. Retrieved on 2018-08-11.
- ↑ HysteriA (2018-08-28). Hearthstone Mythbusters 62. YouTube. Retrieved on 2018-08-31.
- ↑ Mecha'thun + The Darkness. (2018-08-12). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
- ↑ Unused Dr. Boom boss encounter dialogue
- ↑ Cam Shea (2018-09-27). Hearthstone: Team 5 on Designing The Boomsday Project's Legendaries. IGN. Retrieved on 2018-10-02.
- ↑ animatrix.