Reckless Experimenter
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Reckless Experimenter is an epic priest minion card, from the 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 | 1~2 (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
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- Reckless Experimenter uses an Aura to reduce cost, but applies an Enchantment for its destruction effect. The enchantment will kill any Deathrattle minions you play regardless of whether the Experimenter is still alive at the end of your turn.
Sounds
- Play
- ▶️
VO_BOT_566_Female_Undead_Play_03.wavMy beautiful creations!
- Attack
- ▶️
VO_BOT_566_Female_Undead_Attack_01.wavYou'll do nicely.
- Death
- ▶️
VO_BOT_566_Female_Undead_Death_01.wav<death sound>
Trivia
- During the development of The Boomsday Project, Reckless Experimenter used to cause minions to die immediately upon being played, until Chakki discovered a one turn kill combo which used Reckless Experimenter,
Knife Juggler, 
Dead Ringer, and 
Spirit of the Dead from the then-upcoming Rastakhan's Rumble set to create an infinite draw and damage engine. When Dead Ringer was played, it would immediately die due to Reckless Experimenter, causing Spirit of the Dead to shuffle a copy of Dead Ringer into the player's deck. Dead Ringer's Deathrattle would then trigger, drawing the copy. This allowed the player to play Dead Ringer over and over again, repeatedly triggering Knife Juggler's damaging effect. This led to Reckless Experimenter being changed to kill minions at the end of the turn instead of instantly.[1]
- Shortly after SN1P-SN4P was announced for the Rise of the Mech event, players noticed a potentially deadly synergy with Reckless Experimenter, which would allow a player to do unlimited early-game burst damage if they had a single Mech on the board. Blizzard responded by announcing that with the same patch, Reckless Experimenter would be modified so that it could not reduce a card's mana cost below 1.[2] After the Echo keyword was nerfed, the change was no longer needed, so Reckless Experimenter was reverted.
Gallery
Reckless Experimenter, full art
Patch changes
Card changes
Patch 25.0.0.158725 (2022-11-29):
- Minion type is now Undead (previously: no minion type).
Patch 17.0.0.44222 (2020-03-26):
- Now reads: "Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at the end of the turn." (previously: "Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at end of turn. (Cost can't be reduced below 1.)")
Patch 14.4.0.31268 (2019-06-03):
- Now reads: "Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at end of turn. (Cost can't be reduced below 1.)" (previously: "Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at the end of the turn.")
Patch 12.0.0.25770 (2018-08-02):
- Added.
Bug fixes and other changes
- Patch 14.6.0.31761 (2019-07-01):
- Fixed an issue where Reckless Experimenter's effect was being applied at a different timing than other similar cost modification effects.
External links
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Liv Breeden on reddit. (2019-07-10). Retrieved on 2019-07-16.
- ↑ Upcoming Reckless Experimenter card change