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- You might be looking for one of these cards: Mercenaries/Molten Giant, Molten Giant (boss), Molten Giant (Classic), Molten Giant (Core).
Molten Giant is an epic neutral minion 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 400  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 1600 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
To edit these notes, go to Template:Molten Giant notes.
- The mana cost of this card is reduced by 1 for each point your hero is below its maximum Health.
- All regular heroes have a maximum Health of 30. However, some cards, such as the Ragnaros hero created by
Majordomo Executus, 
Amara, Warden of Hope, and 
Prince Renathal can modify maximum Health. Since only the Health values for the current hero will determine the cost of Molten Giant (regardless of previous damage), this makes Molten Giant impossible for Ragnaros to play without other cost-modifying effects,[1] and it can be played with a higher health total for e.g. decks with Prince Renathal.
- All regular heroes have a maximum Health of 30. However, some cards, such as the Ragnaros hero created by
- The mana cost of this card cannot be reduced below 0. However, further cost-reductions can help in countering cost-increasing effects like
Freezing Trap. - This card has an in-hand effect: it modifies its own mana cost only while in the player's hand, and not while the card is anywhere else.
Sounds
- Play
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- Attack
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EX1_620_Molten_Giant_Attack1.wav<attack sound>
- Death
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EX1_620_Molten_Giant_Death1.wav<death sound>
Lore
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.- Molten giants are a type of giant that live in warm mountains and underground. Most live in the Molten Core. Small glowing yellow eyes peer out of a massive red stone skull. In fact, this creature's entire body is formed from chunks of red stone, even what appears to be a beard or mane. Its arms and legs are thick pillars of rock, and every inch is covered with molten veins. Molten giants are the brutal and cunning front-line defenders of Ragnaros' army.
- Ragnaros pulled some of those giants from the heart of the Firelands to the Blackrock Mountain and the Molten Core. The Earthen Ring has all shamans forbidden to summon, control and direct those unpredictable and violent fire elementals. The use of such coercion could trigger an event similar to the Cataclysm, if the elements grow sufficiently angry.
Garrosh Hellscream recently ordered his dark shamans to force Molten giants into battle.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Molten Core Raid Deck" series, for the card Golemagg the Incinerator.
- Molten Giant is one of the original three Giants in Hearthstone. Several more have been added in expansions and adventure sets. All Giants are 8/8 epic minion cards, featuring a theme of their mana cost being reduced by a specific game factor.
- Molten Giant is the first card to have a nerf reverted, albeit only because it was instead restricted to Wild format.
- One reason for the change to Molten Giant with Patch 5.0.0.12574 (increasing base cost from 20 to 25) was to reduce the number of "evergreen" cards played in Handlock decks. Making Molten Giant less core forced players to look for useful cards in the other, rotating card sets, creating ongoing change in the deck.[2]
- This was also the reason behind reverting the change and instead moving to the Hall of Fame, allowing Wild players to use it forever while still spicing up the decks for Standard format.
Gallery
Molten Giant, full art
A molten giant in World of Warcraft
Patch changes
Card changes
Patch 30.0.0.203120 (2024-07-16):
- Now reads: "Costs (1) less for each Health your hero is missing." (previously: "Costs (1) less for each damage your hero has taken.")
Patch 29.4.2.200097 (2024-05-23):
- Now costs 22 (Up from 20).
Patch 11.4.0.25252 (2018-07-10):
- Minion type is now Elemental (previously: no minion type).
- Patch 11.0.0.23966 (2018-04-10):
- Now costs 20 (Down from 25).
Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24):
- Now costs 25 (Up from 20).
Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
- Now has 8 attack (Down from 10).
- Now has 8 health (Down from 10).
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
Bug fixes and other changes
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- 2021-03-30: Moved from the Hall of Fame set to the Legacy set.
- Patch 11.0.0.23966 (2018-04-10):
- Moved from the Classic set to the Hall of Fame set.
- Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Flavor text now reads: "He gets terrible heartburn. BECAUSE HE IS FULL OF LAVA." (previously: no flavor text).