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- You might be looking for one of these cards: Mercenaries/Shadowflame, Shadowflame (Classic).
Shadowflame is a rare warlock spell 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 100  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 800 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
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- This spell has two steps:
- First, it deals its area of effect damage to all enemy minions, queuing and resolving triggers in order of play;
- Then, it marks the targeted minion as pending destroy.
- The steps should be the other way around according to the card text, so this is a bug.[1]
- Shadowflame can target any friendly minion. In particular:
- You can target a minion that has already attacked and is exhausted, a minion that just entered the battlefield, a minion with the "can't attack" ability (such as
Ancient Watcher) or any other minion whether or not it is able to attack. - This spell can be used on a minion with 0 Attack, usually dealing no damage unless you have some Spell Damage bonus.
- You can target a minion that has already attacked and is exhausted, a minion that just entered the battlefield, a minion with the "can't attack" ability (such as
- Damage dealt by Shadowflame is considered to be dealt by the spell and not by the targeted minion.[2][3] In particular:
- Any triggered effects on the targeted minion that activate from dealing damage (such as Water Elemental or
Queen of Pain) will not trigger.[2][3] - Shadowflame's damage is increased by bonuses from Spell Damage and Prophet Velen. Notice that if a minion with Spell Damage is the target of Shadowflame, it will still contribute to the total Spell Damage bonus used to calculate Shadowflame's damage.[4]
- Any triggered effects on the targeted minion that activate from dealing damage (such as
- Minions that will be damaged by Shadowflame are decided based on the casting player, not on the targeted minion: for example, if a Shadowflame you cast triggers an opponent's Spellbender, despite it targeting (and destroying) one of your opponent's minions, it will still deal damage to your opponent's minions, not to your minions.[5]
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Servants of the Betrayer" series, for the card Shadow and Flame.
Gallery
Shadowflame, full art
Patch changes
Card changes
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- Spell school is now Shadow (previously: no spell school).
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 Classic set to the Legacy set.
Patch 2.4.0.8311 (2015-03-31):
- Shadowflame can no longer target the player's own hero, causing the player to instantly lose the game.
- Using Shadowflame on a friendly 0-Attack minion while having Spell Damage will now correctly cause the spell to deal the correct amount of damage instead of 0.
- Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Flavor text now reads: "Start with a powerful minion and stir in Shadowflame and you have a good time!" (previously: no flavor text).
External links
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://github.com/HearthSim/hs-bugs/issues/690
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zeriyah on Twitter (X). (2014-12-02).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ben Brode on Twitter (X). (2014-12-09).
- ↑ Trump (2014-10-31). "Hearthstone: Spooky Cards - Happy Trumpoween (Warlock Arena)" at 21:58.
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-11-04).