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- For other uses of Prophet Velen, see Prophet Velen (disambiguation).
Prophet Velen is a legendary priest 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 (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
To edit these notes, go to Template:Prophet Velen notes.
- Prophet Velen increases the healing of and the damage dealt by your Hero Powers and spells, with only a few exceptions:
- Prophet Velen has no effect on the healing restored by
Power Word: Glory's enchantment, since the source of the Healing Event is the enchantment created by the spell, not the spell itself. - Prophet Velen has no effect on spells like
Betrayal which cause characters to do damage, since the targeted minion is considered the source of the damage, not the spell. - In-hand effects like
Cursed! that are spells are not affected by either player's Prophet Velen. - On-draw effects that are spells (such as Ancient Curse and
Burrowing Mine) are not affected by either player's Prophet Velen. - However, on-discard effects like Fist of Jaraxxus do benefit from Prophet Velen's bonuses.
- Prophet Velen boosts healing spells whether or not they are affected by Auchenai Soulpriest or
Embrace the Shadow. - Prophet Velen boosts damaging Secrets (such as Eye for an Eye and Explosive Trap), since they are spells.
- Prophet Velen boosts the damage dealt by spells that deal variable amounts of damage (such as Blade Flurry and Shield Slam).
- Prophet Velen has no effect on healing or damaging effects that are not spells or Hero Powers (like Deathrattles, Battlecries, Fatigue, Cho'gall's effect, triggered effects and combat damage).
- Prophet Velen has no effect on the healing restored by
- Multiple instances of Prophet Velen stack.
- Being a multiplicative bonus, Prophet Velen is applied after additive bonuses like Spell Damage and Fallen Hero.
- Prophet Velen doubles the healing of and the damage dealt by your Hero Powers and eligible spells. More precisely:
- Spells that deal a certain amount of damage randomly split among all characters with a given characteristic (Arcane Missiles, Spreading Madness, Avenging Wrath, Timepiece of Horror) have their total damage doubled by Prophet Velen: the spell will thus shoot an increased number of missiles, but each one will still deal 1 damage.
- All other spells and Hero Powers that heal or deal damage to one or more characters have the healing or damage dealt to each target doubled. This includes single-target spells (for example, with Prophet Velen Holy Light will restore 12 Health), area of effect spells (for example, with Prophet Velen Swipe will do 8 damage to its target and 2 damage to all other enemies), spells that damage "multiple targets" (such as Cleave and Explosive Shot) or that do a base amount of damage repeated a variable number of times (like Bouncing Blade and
Greater Arcane Missiles), and all Hero Powers that restore Health or deal damage (for example, with Prophet Velen Life Tap will deal 4 damage before drawing a card).
- Spells that deal a certain amount of damage randomly split among all characters with a given characteristic (
- Prophet Velen will double the damage of Lifesteal spells (like
Penance) and hero powers, then double the healing restored from the Lifesteal effect, resulting in double damage and quadruple heal. - For additional details, see Damage#Advanced rules and Healing#Advanced rules.
- Prophet Velen dynamically modifies the numbers printed on the text of eligible Hero Powers and spell cards in your hand accordingly.
- Example: with a Prophet Velen in play, Lesser Heal will read "Restore *4* Health.".
- Example: if you have Prophet Velen, Azure Drake and Auchenai Soulpriest in play, a Flash Heal in your hand will display the text "Restore *10* Health." but it will instead deal 12 damage to its target when cast, since Auchenai Soulpriest turned it into a damaging effect which then benefits from Azure Drake's Spell Damage bonus.
Sounds
- Play
- Attack
- ▶️
VO_EX1_350_Attack_02.wavI foresaw this.
- Death
- ▶️
VO_EX1_350_Death_03.wav<death sound>
Lore
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.- Velen has been the leader of the draenei people since their flight from Argus 13,000 years before the first orcish invasion of Azeroth. Known by his people as the Prophet, he has been granted the gift of the Sight, and — aided by the Light — rejected offers of dark power from Sargeras and has guided his people as they fled from, and later fought against, the Burning Legion and their former eredar brethren. He is first among the draenei and is the arch-nemesis (formerly best friend) of Kil'jaeden.
- Following the draenei's flight to Azeroth, they made a new home on the Azuremyst Isles and, sensing great courage in the Alliance, Velen and his followers pledged themselves to this noble faction. The strengthened Alliance then helped the draenei reclaim their former holdings from the Legion. Most recently, Velen used the heart of the naaru M'uru to sanctify the blood elves' tainted Sunwell, transforming the sacred fount into a source of holy and arcane energies.
- Although the Legion's forces in Outland have been greatly diminished and the demonic invasion of Azeroth has been driven back, Velen remains fearful of an upcoming war between light and shadow.
- "Where faith dwells, hope is never lost." - Velen
Velen is also the mentor of 
Anduin Wrynn.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card is an illustration by Wei Wang made in 2006, not created specifically for Hearthstone.
- During alpha, Velen was a 5/7 with the card text: "Battlecry: Draw a card for each undamaged character."[2][3]
- Velen's summon quote is a reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's "Not all that glitters is gold" poem from The Lord of the Rings. The line is also spoken by Velen in World of Warcraft.
Gallery
Prophet Velen, full art
Prophet Velen in World of Warcraft
Patch changes
Card changes
Patch 31.0.0.210009 (2024-10-29):
- Minion type is now Draenei (previously: no minion type).
Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Now reads: "Double the damage and healing of your spells and Hero Power." (previously: "Double the damage and healing of your spells.")
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
- Now has 7 attack (Up from 5).
- Now reads: "Double the damage and healing of your spells." (previously: "Battlecry: Draw a card for each undamaged character.")
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 17.0.0.44222 (2020-03-26):
- Moved from the Classic set to the Hall of Fame set.
Patch 12.2.0.26996 (2018-10-02):
- Unexpected Results now displays the correct information when affected by Prophet Velen.
References
- ↑ English Voice Over Wikia - Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014). Retrieved on 2023-12-30.
- ↑ Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Building the Fire (UK). (2013-03-19).
- ↑ Screenshot
