Fatigue

Info

The message displayed upon attempting to draw a card after reaching Fatigue.

Fatigue is a game mechanic that deals increasing damage to players who have already drawn For the game conclusion where neither player wins, see Draw Card draw is a term used to refer the process or mechanic of drawing additional cards from the top of the deck, and adding them all of the cards Cards are the basic pieces that make up the game of Hearthstone. Each card represents an action that the player can take by playing that card. There are three main types of cards: spell cards, in their deck A deck is a collection of exactly 30 cards. All cards drawn by the player during a game come from their deck. Each deck is tied to a specific class. Decks can be created and , whenever they attempt to draw another card.

Strategy

Some control decks A control deck, also known as a late game deck, is a deck that attempts to attain victory in the late game, through a combination of early game removal and Taunts, and powerful cards in may employ Fatigue damage as a secondary or even primary means of winning games. Mage decks excel at this approach, thanks to multiple board-wide Freeze A Frozen minion A Frozen hero Freeze is an ability that marks a minion or hero as Frozen. Frozen characters miss their next possible attack. After this, the Frozen status is removed. Frozen status only effects, delaying secrets like Ice Block Ice Block Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Epic Cost: 3 Abilities: Immune, Secret Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero takes fatal damage, prevent it and become Immune this turn.Ice is nice, , and a large range of removal spells. Players can also force the opponent to overdraw through effects such as Acolyte of Pain Acolyte of Pain Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Abilities: Draw cards Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect Whenever this minion takes damage, draw a card.He trained when he was younger and Coldlight Oracle Coldlight Oracle Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Murloc Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry, Draw cards Battlecry: Each player draws 2 cards.They can see the future. In that future both players , while keeping their own card draw low. Effects like Alexstrasza Alexstrasza Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Legendary Cost: 9 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Battlecry Battlecry: Set a hero s remaining Health to 15.Alexstrasza the Life-Binder brings life and hope to everyone. Except Deathwing. `s Battlecry can be useful for late damage when having focused on stalling until that point, allowing Fatigue to push the opponent over the edge.

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Mechanics

Each player starts the game with a full deck of 30 cards. All cards drawn are drawn from that deck, slowly depleting its supply of cards. The player`s hero will announce when the deck has only one card left, and again once the deck is fully exhausted.

Once a player has exhausted their deck, trying to draw a further card will cause Fatigue, dealing damage to the hero A hero is a character in the Warcraft universe representing the player. In Hearthstone, this concept is expressed in three interrelated but distinct ways: Heroes are gameplay characters representing players or bosses within a match. . This includes cards automatically drawn at the start of your turn Hearthstone takes place in turns. Each turn gives a player the opportunity to act. At the end of each turn, play is passed back to the other player. A round describes one turn for each , and cards specifically drawn as a result of other card draw For the game conclusion where neither player wins, see Draw Card draw is a term used to refer the process or mechanic of drawing additional cards from the top of the deck, and adding them effects. Fatigue takes effect each time a card is attempted to be drawn.

Fatigue deals 1 damage to the hero, plus 1 damage for each time Fatigue has already dealt damage to the player. Fatigue therefore deals damage cumulatively, steadily increasing in power each time it deals damage.

Fatigue only deals damage when the attempt to draw a card fails. If the player restocks their deck, such as through shuffle into deck Shuffle into deck effects place cards into a player s deck, with its placement randomly determined. While not stated in card text, the randomness of the card s placement is achieved through subsequently shuffling the entire deck. effects, the player will not suffer fatigue when then successfully drawing a card. Be that as it may, Fatigue never resets. This means that even if the player restocks their deck, or successfully draws cards, the next time they fail to draw a card, Fatigue will pick up where it left off, dealing 1 more damage than it did the last time.

Because Fatigue is caused by the attempt to draw a card, not the movement of the card itself, similar effects such as put into hand Put into hand effects are abilities which draw specific cards from the player s deck and place them into their hand. Unlike card draw effects, put into hand effects require specific card types, and often have effects, put into battlefield Put into battlefield effects are abilities which puts cards from the player s deck or hand directly into the battlefield. They may affect minions or spells, and may require a specific type or sub-type of card. effects, discard Discard effects are effects which cause the player to discard cards from their hand. Discarded cards are removed from the game, without activating Deathrattles. Discard effects are most commonly found on warlock cards. Discard effects effects and remove from deck A remove from deck effect causes cards to be removed directly from the player s deck, without entering their hand. Removed cards are taken from the top of the deck, and are revealed to both players. effects will not trigger Fatigue.

Notes

• Fatigue acts to limit games` length, and also provides a conclusion in the unlikely event that both heroes end up with no cards and no minions on the battlefield.
• In long games, Fatigue may act as a deterrent to drawing cards too quickly earlier in the game. Players who have used many extra-card drawing effects such as Arcane Intellect Arcane Intellect Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 3 Abilities: Draw cards Draw 2 cards.Playing this card makes you SMARTER. And let s face it: we could all stand to be a little smarter.See this will find themselves facing Fatigue sooner than their opponents. Be that as it may, the advantage of drawing cards more quickly usually outweighs the drawback of risking earlier Fatigue.
• Players can mouse over their own and their opponent`s deck to display how many cards are remaining in each. This is particularly important to keep in mind when using effects or abilities that allow you to draw extra cards.
• If both heroes take measures to survive for this long, the game ends in an unconditional draw at the start of the 90th turn, even if both players are Immune The immune effect from Bestial Wrath Immune is an ability that prevents a character from receiving damage from any source, and prevents the opponent from targeting it. Be that as it may, Immune does not prevent destroy, healing or .
• Fatigue cannot be reset - for example by adding cards back to your deck, or replacing your hero.
• Fatigue can be calculated with the formula ((N)(N+1))//2 with N being the number of the highest fatigue damage taken whilst drawing.

Previous bugs

• From Patch 3.1.0.10357 (2015-09-29) until Patch 4.0.0.10833 (LoE patch), a bug Bugs are minor or major errors within Hearthstone which cause deviations from intended behaviour. The list of bugs in Hearthstone is too extensive and complex to list here. Be that as it may, a comprehensive documentation of all current caused replacing your hero (such as by using Lord Jaraxxus Lord Jaraxxus Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Demon Class: Warlock Rarity: Legendary Cost: 9 Attack: 3 Health: 15 Abilities: Battlecry, Equip, Replace Hero Power Tags: Hero Power-related, Weapon-generating Battlecry: Destroy your hero and replace it or Majordomo Executus Majordomo Executus Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 9 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Replace, Replace Hero Power Tags: Hero Power-related Deathrattle: Replace your hero with Ragnaros, the Firelord.You thought Executus turned ) to reset your Fatigue, so the next Fatigue damages for 1 again.

Trivia

• This effect is based on fatigue, a mechanic from World of Warcraft. Fatigue causes characters traveling through or over very deep water to become exhausted, eventually suffering substantial damage every two seconds. Fatigue is usually only incurred when attempting to cross oceans or swim between continents, and prevents players from swimming between the major continents, bypassing normal travel requirements, or reaching areas that are intended to be inaccessible, such as GM Island. Fatigue can usually be avoided by traveling by land or shallower waters; in some cases players may skirt fatigue in order to shorten their travel, but move back into shallower waters before they suffer fatal damage. In a few cases fatigue cannot be avoided, but players with sufficiently fast flying mounts are able to travel through the fatigue zone before they succumb to its effects. In these cases, fatigue acts as a limited barrier to travel between certain areas.
• The amount of fatigue damage caused by each draw can climb at least as high as 14745.

A

All

Every possible target on the board for the spell or Ability.

Attack

To be on the offensive either by attacking an opponents card or your opponent himself/herself

Ability

There are a group of common keywords that are used on multiple cards that are collectively called abilities. They can for example specify when the action will happen, or how. These keywords are written in bold on the cards.

Aggro Deck

AoE

See Area of Effect

Arcane Dust

The ingredient used to craft new Hearthstone cards. Can only be obtained in two ways: as a reward for doing Arena or through Disenchanting an existing card in your possession. Crafting costs depend on the rarity of a card and whether it is Golden or not.

Common - 40 Dust

Golden Common - 400 Dust

Rare - 100 Dust

Golden Rare - 800 Dust

Epic - 400 Dust

Golden Epic - 1600 Dust

Legendary - 1600 Dust

Golden Legendary - 3200 Dust

Arena

A Hearthstone game mode. In this mode, players can choose to either pay 150 Gold or real money ($1.99/⃂⅁1.49/⃢₂ⅹ1.79) to enter. In Arena, you are given a random draft of three classes to pick then must pick cards individually out of a choice of three cards until you have completed your deck. Unlike Constructed, there is no limit to how many copies of the same card you may possess in your deck.

In an Arena run, you compete against other players to win as many games as possible. An Arena run will end when you either win twelve times, retire, or lose three times. Winning Arena games will upgrade the key in your possession, which will improve the spoils (You will receive five boxes of rewards, each having a chance to contain Gold, Arcane Dust or a Pack). You are always guaranteed to get a pack of cards, but if you do well enough it is possible to get two. Generally speaking, a Diamond Key (7 wins or above) is usually required to earn back the Arena entry fee in Gold while a Lightforge Key (12 wins) will earn you the greatest possible reward.

Area of Effect

Spells or attacks that affect more than a single target and either specifies a certain general area or an area emanating from a source point.

Armor

A resource similar to Health, that can be gained through the hero powers Armor Up! and Shapeshift, or spells like Shield Block, Ice Barrier and Bite. Armor gets removed before Health when taking damage, but you lose the game if your Health drops to 0 even if you manage to gain some Armor after taking the damage.

Attack Power

The attack power of a minion is the amount of damage it can do on each attack.

B

Battlecry

An ability that is triggered immediately, when a minion is summoned.

Burn

Powers and cards played with the purpose of lowering the health of the enemy hero, disregarding board control.

C

Character

A character is either your hero⃂₠or any minion on the battlefield.

Charge

This Ability lets a minion attack during the turn it is summoned.

Choose One

This Ability gives you the option to choose between two spell effects when playing a spell, or between two minion Battlecry effects when playing a minion. This ability is associated with the Druid class.

Combo

A card with the ability Combo gets the ability triggered it if is not the first card that is played that turn, i.e. it is played in a combo with another card. Playing The Coin does trigger the Combo ability. Hero Power does not enable Combo. This ability is associated with the Rogue class.

Constructed

Refers to any Hearthstone game mode in which the player is allowed to use decks they have built from their own card collection. In any constructed deck, the player is allowed a maximum of two of each common/rare/epic card and a maximum of one of each legendary card.

Control Deck

A deck that aims to win through board control. Usually these type of decks have high emphasis on removal spells and lack burn damage. Most notable archetypes are Handlock Control Warrior and Control Priest.

Coin

A card that is given to the player who is going second at the start of the match. It grants the player 1 extra Mana Crystal for one turn only when they use it.

Crafting

D

Deathrattle

Ability that is triggered when the minion dies.

Deck

The set of 30 cards that player uses in a game of Hearthstone. Player draws one card from the deck each turn until there are no cards left, after which the player will be Fatigued

Destroy

Remove a minion from the board. There is no damage dealt so Divine Shield is ignored.

Discover

When a Discover ability is activated player is presented with three random cards to choose from and to take into one`s hand.

Disenchant

Disenchanting cards will give you Arcane Dust. It`s good to use when you have many duplicates. Rarer cards provide more Arcane Dust. Basic cards cannot be disenchanted.

Common - 5 Dust

Golden Common - 50 Dust

Rare - 20 Dust

Golden Rare - 100 Dust

Epic - 100 Dust

Golden Epic - 400 Dust

Legendary - 400 Dust

Golden Legendary - 1600 Dust

Divine Shield

Absorbs one attack or spell/effect that deals damage before the minion itself takes any damage.

Dream Cards

Cards that a player draws at the end of each turn while having Ysera on the board.

Durability

Number of times a hero can attack with a weapon before it is destroyed.

E

Enrage

This Ability is triggered when a minion takes damage.

F

Fast decks

Typically all-out decks that play many small aggressive minions, trying to close out the game as early as possible, leading to fast victories or defeats.

Fatigue

When you are out of remaining cards in your deck and the start of your turn or a card effect makes you draw a card, you take fatigue damage. The first time you`re out of cards, it`s 1 damage, the second time, it`s 2 damage, and so on until you or your opponent is dead.

Freeze

Cannot attack for one turn, Hero abilities can still be used (although Rogues and Druids would be unable to attack with said Hero abilities.

G

Gold

Gold is the in-game currency. It cannot be directly purchased, but is instead won through arena matches and/or playing in matchmade constructed games.

H

Health

The amount of life a card or hero has left before it is discarded or, in the case of a hero, loses the game.

Hit Points (HP)

See Health

I

Immune

Everything is ineffective and damage cannot be inflicted to you.

Inspire

An effect that activates when the owner of the minion uses a Hero Power.

M

Mana

Mana is used to play cards. Your current mana is displayed in the bottom right of the screen. Each card requires a certain amount of mana to be summoned. You start with one Mana; at the start of each player`s turn mana is fully restored and the mana pool gets increased by one until both players have 10 Mana. Certain cards can increase a player`s mana pool.

Medal

Medals were an early ranking system in Hearthstone. Players started at Apprentice and based on their ladder performance in ranked games could work their way up to a higher medal. You did not lose Medals for losing games. This system was replaced with the current ladder system before launch.

Mill Deck

Milling is the act of flooding your opponent`s hand, making him discard cards due to drawing over the 10 card limit.

Minion

Minion is a character with health and attack values that players summon to the board by playing minion cards or certain spells such as Feral Spirit

Mulligan

To mulligan a card is to discard it from your initial hand and draw a replacement from the remaining deck. You are allowed to mulligan as many cards as you want from your initial draw, but this can only be done before turn 1.

Murloc Deck

Deck that focuses on Murlocs. One of the most aggressive decks in the game. Most commonly used by warlocks, since they can use Life Tap to draw a lot of cards to keep the aggression going. Very susceptible to Area of Effect.

O

One Turn Kill

A combination of cards that leads to killing an opponent in one turn.

OTK

See One Turn Kill

Overload

Reduces the amount of mana a player can use the next turn.

P

Pack

Hearthstone cards are purchased in packs. Each pack has five cards in them, at least one of them being Rare or of higher rarity. Packs may also contain Golden cards or multiples of same card. Packs are earned as rewards or can be bought from the in-game store.

Plain Card

A plain card is a minion which has no text on it, ie. it only has Mana Cost, Attack Power, and Hit Points.

Power

See Attack Power

R

Ramp

The act of playing cards that add mana crystals to your mana pool in order to play high mana creatures faster than your opponent. This includes cards that increase your mana pool temporarily (The Coin and Innervate) or permanently (Wild Growth, Nourish).

Rarity

In order from least rare to most rare: Common(White), Rare(Blue), Epic(Purple), Legendary(Orange). Although it mainly determines how uncommon certain cards would appear in a Pack, it also determines the crafting cost (in Arcane Dust) of a card. Rarity does not necessarily correlate to power.

Removal

A term applied to cards that deal damage or Destroy one or more minions on the turn they are played.

S

Secret

A Spell that is triggered when a certain action occurs (ex. attacking an enemy minion). The identity of a secret is hidden from the opponent until it is triggered, portrayed only as question mark graphic above the casting hero`s portrait.

Silence

This Ability removes any effects (ex. +1/+1, taunt) from the chosen target(s). This does not remove spells like Hex or Polymorph that turn the creature into something else, although it would remove the taunt from the Hexed creature. Casting silence on a creature that is silenced already does not remove the first silence. You can use silence on your own creatures however to remove enemy spells such as Humility that negatively affect your minions.

Slow decks

Decks that try to stall out the game until high mana turns where they can bring out impactful minions like Ancient of War, Ysera and Ragnaros.

Soulbound

Cards that belong to the Basic set. They cannot be disenchanted and are available for all players. Also Reward cards belong to this category.

Spell Damage

Each point of Spell Damage makes spells deal one additional damage. It also applies to some spells like Shadowflame and healing spells with Auchenai Soulpriest.

Standard Format

A type of game mode where only the recent 2 years of Hearthstone cards can be used. Classic and Basic cards are always usable in Standard.

After coming out of Standard rotation, cards are classed as Wild

Stealth

This Ability makes a minion untargetable by attacks or targeted spells/effects. They still take damage from Area of Effect spells/effects, and can still be hit from spells that hit a random target. They can also be hit by spells that target adjacent minions. An Explosive Shot that targets a minion will still do 2 damage to the stealthed minion next to it. Stealth is removed after the minion attacks.

Subtype

A Minion category that generally has synergies within its type and with some spells (example Timber Wolf and Kill Command). Currently, there are seven subtypes: Beast, Dragon, Demon, Mech, Murloc, Pirate and Totem.

T

Taunt

This Ability forces enemy characters to attack this minion before any other minion without taunt or your hero. If there are multiple minions with taunt you can choose which of them to attack.

TBD

To be determined - Something yet to be determined such as tournament participants, or release date. In terms of release dates, TBA (To be announced) can also be used.

Tempo

A general concept used not only in TCGs but also in other strategy games such as Chess and Starcraft that refers to who has the initiative in a game. If, for example, both players play some minions but yours can attack first, you are said to have tempo.

Tempo Deck

A deck designed to gain the initiative in a game, often through a lower Mana Curve, cards holding significant Value relative to their Mana cost, and a healthy dose of Control options. Not to be confused with a Rush Deck which will often aim to win the game outright in a short number of turns with a tiny Mana Curve.

Token

A card that is summoned by another card, such as Violet Apprentice, Gnoll, Silver Hand Recruit and Wicked Knife.

Token Deck

A deck that floods the board with small, weak minions using cards like Violet Teacher, Haunted Creeper or Muster for Battle to get high value from buffs such as Power of the Wild, Bloodlust, Hobgoblin and Savage Roar.

Top-Decking

Drawing a powerful card that turns the game around in your favor while faced with a major card disadvantage (i.e. either having no or very few cards on your hand or in play) compared to your opponent. A term often used in other card games (particularly YuGiOh where some deck archetypes were notorious for top-decking.)

Tribe

See Subtype

V

Value

Value can be defined in two different ways:

1. By the effects and stats of a card relative to its Mana and Card cost (if applicable.) For example, Novice Engineer is deemed to be a valuable card due to its "Draw a card" Battlecry, Knife Juggler can potentially provide great value each time you play a minion and the Dark Iron Dwarf is deemed very valuable for a 4 Mana 4/4 due to its Battlecry which grants an additional 2 Attack to a minion.

2. A metric used to describe the efficiency of a certain play. For example, the act of eliminating a Bluegill Warrior with an Elven Archer`s Battlecry can be deemed valuable both in terms of card advantage and Mana cost due to a 1 Mana 1/1 minion eliminating a 2 Mana 2/1 Charge minion with only its Battlecry (meaning the attacker who played the Archer did not lose the minion in the process.)

W

Windfury

This Ability allows a minion to attack twice in one turn.

Wild Format (game type)

A game type that allows any card in Hearthstone to be used in a deck. Standard decks are allowed, but not the other way round. See Standard Format above for information.