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Resurrection effects are effects that summon For information on summoning minions, see Minion#Summoning. Summon is an ability which summons one or more minions. Distinct from regular summoning, a minion generated by the summon ability does not consume or come from an copies of minions Bloodfen Raptor, a simple minion card. A Beast-type minion, it has 3 Attack, 2 Health and a mana cost of 2. Minions are persistent creatures on the battlefield that will fight for their hero. Minion 
that have died Destroying a minion or weapon removes it from play. Only minions currently on the battlefield and weapons that are currently equipped can be destroyed. Discarding a card removes it directly from the player s hand and 
that game.
Such effects typically phrase themselves as re-summoning or resurrecting the minion that died, but the effect is in fact achieved by summoning a separate copy Copy effects produce copies of existing cards. When copying living minions, this includes copying all damage and enchantments. Be that as it may, when copying a minion that has been destroyed, only the basic minion is copied. Copy effects 
of the minion.
Strategy
Resurrection effects are effective in decks with powerful, high-value minions, as well as those with undesirable Battlecries Battlecry is an ability where a particular effect activates when the card with the Battlecry is played directly from the hand. Although mostly limited to minions, some weapons also have Battlecries. Activation of Battlecries are , such as Injured Blademaster Injured Blademaster Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 7 Abilities: Battlecry, Deal damage Battlecry: Deal 4 damage to HIMSELF.He claims it is an old war wound, but we think he 
. Random target resurrection effects are especially effective in combination with Barnes Barnes Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Copy, Summon Tags: Random Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 copy of a random minion in your deck.He used 
and to a lesser extent Herald Volazj Herald Volazj Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Class: Priest Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 5 Abilities: Battlecry, Copy, Summon Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 copy of each of your other minions.His 
, which summon 1/1 copies of other minions: once the 1/1 minion is destroyed a copy can be `resurrected` with full stats. In combination with resurrection effects Barnes also allows players to bring full-stat copies of high-cost minions into play far earlier than normally possible.
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There are two main types of resurrection effects: those that summon a specific minion when it dies ( Ancestral Spirit Ancestral Spirit Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Shaman Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Deathrattle, Summon Tags: Resurrection effect Give a minion "Deathrattle: Resummon this minion."It was just a flesh wound.See this card on Hearthpwn 
, Redemption Redemption Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Copy, Secret, Summon Tags: Death-related, Resurrection effect, Triggered effect Secret: When a friendly minion dies, return it to life with 1 Health.I am 
), and those that summon one or more minions at least partly randomly from those that have died that game (Resurrect, N`Zoth, the Corruptor N Zoth, the Corruptor Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 5 Health: 7 Abilities: Battlecry, Copy, Summon Tags: Death-related, Deathrattle-related, Resurrection effect Battlecry: Summon your Deathrattle minions that died 
). Kel`Thuzad Kel Thuzad Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 8 Attack: 6 Health: 8 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Area of effect, Death-related, Resurrection effect, Triggered effect At the end of each turn, summon all friendly minions 
is an exception, largely matching the second group but with its targets and summoning order based on order of death.
General
- The copies summoned are summoned in their base state, at full Health and without any enchantments An enchantment, or buff or debuff, is a special effect gained by a minion. Enchantments may be generated by spells, minion texts or abilities such as Battlecries, or other sources, may be temporary or permanent,
the original minions had when they died.
Random target
- Random target resurrection effects summon random minions from a list of all friendly minion deaths that game, although they sometimes have additional conditions, such as minion type Bloodfen Raptor, a simple minion card. A Beast-type minion, it has 3 Attack, 2 Health and a mana cost of 2. Minions are persistent creatures on the battlefield that will fight for their hero. Minion or ability. This includes the death of any minions which were `friendly` when they died, included those taken control Mind control effects or control effects are effects which allow a player to seize control of an enemy minion. Controlled minions are treated as belonging to the controlling player for all purposes, can be directed of by effects like Mind Control Mind Control Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Priest Cost: 10 Abilities: Take control Take control of an enemy minion.Nominated as "Spell Most Likely to Make Your Opponent Punch the Wall."See this card on Hearthpwn data and Shadow Madness Shadow Madness Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Abilities: Charge, Take control Tags: Triggered effect Gain control of an enemy minion with 3 or less Attack until end of turn.You can .
- Technically, this is achieved through the Death Event Cache, a list that is added to each time a minion dies. Rather than checking a pool of `dead` minions, resurrection effects check a list of all minion deaths, and select randomly from all eligible instances.
- As per the game`s usual rules, only minions that die while in the battlefield The battlefield (or game board) is where the action takes place, representing the board on which each game is played out. Around the battlefield are various important UI elements, such as each player s hand, deck are considered to have `died`. Minions that were transformed Transform is an ability which irreversibly transforms a minion into something else. This removes all card text, abilities and enchantments, and does not trigger any Deathrattles. Transformation is not an enchantment but rather a permanent , discarded 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 from the hand, overdrawn 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 , or removed from the 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. or other zones Tracking Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Cost: 1 Abilities: Draw cards Look at the top three cards of your deck. Draw one and discard the others.For the person who just cannot decide what card are not considered to have died, and so will not be summoned.
- Minions such as Malorne Malorne Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Druid Rarity: Legendary Cost: 7 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Shuffle into deck Deathrattle: Shuffle this minion into your deck.When Malorne isn t mauling hordes that were returned to hand A return to hand or return effect is a card effect whereby a minion, or more rarely a weapon or spell, is returned to the controlling player s hand. The target returns to its original card or shuffled back into the 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. when they died are still considered to have died, and so can be summoned by resurrection effects. Each death by any minion will also be recorded on the list separately, even if that minion already died that game.
- Minions such as Malorne Malorne Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Druid Rarity: Legendary Cost: 7 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Shuffle into deck Deathrattle: Shuffle this minion into your deck.When Malorne isn t mauling hordes
- "Resurrecting" a minion does not remove it from the list of deaths, allowing it to be "resurrected" again later. For instance, if on turn 3 you play Injured Blademaster and he then dies, on turn 4 you can play two Resurrects Resurrect Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Death-related, Random, Resurrection effect Summon a random friendly minion that died this game.I walked into the dungeon and noticed and get two Injured Blademasters.
- Because of this, such effects are more likely to summon copies of a given minion if it has died multiple times that game. For instance, if 2 War Golem War Golem Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 7 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Golems are not afraid, but for some reason they still run when you cast Fear on them. Instinct, maybe? A desire to blend , 1 Magma Rager Magma Rager Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Elemental Cost: 3 Attack: 5 Health: 1 He likes to think he is powerful, but pretty much anyone can solo Molten Core now.See this card on Hearthpwn data and 1 Salty Dog Salty Dog Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 7 Health: 4 He s recently recovered from being a "scurvy dog."See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Salty Dog is were the friendly minions that had died that game, Resurrect would have a 50% chance of summoning a War Golem, and a 25% chance of summoning a Magma Rager or a Salty Dog.
- If a player summons a copy of a Kel`Thuzad Kel Thuzad Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 8 Attack: 6 Health: 8 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Area of effect, Death-related, Resurrection effect, Triggered effect At the end of each turn, summon all friendly minions who died that turn, at the end of the turn that Kel`Thuzad will summon another copy of the original Kel`Thuzad, resulting in 2 x Kel`Thuzads for the player.
- Because of this, such effects are more likely to summon copies of a given minion if it has died multiple times that game. For instance, if 2 War Golem War Golem Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 7 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Golems are not afraid, but for some reason they still run when you cast Fear on them. Instinct, maybe? A desire to blend
- Resurrection effects like N`Zoth N Zoth, the Corruptor Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 5 Health: 7 Abilities: Battlecry, Copy, Summon Tags: Death-related, Deathrattle-related, Resurrection effect Battlecry: Summon your Deathrattle minions that died will attempt to summon a copy of each eligible minion that died that game. If there is not room on the board to summon a copy of each, N`Zoth will randomly Yogg-Saron, arguably the most random card ever released Random effects are effects which include some degree of randomness or RNG (random number generation). Random effects introduce an element of chance into Hearthstone. They can be choose which ones to summon.
Cards
Wild format
- This section contains information exclusive to Wild format Wild format or Wild is one of Hearthstone s two game formats, the other being Standard format. Wild format appears in game modes in which players are allowed to play decks without the deck restrictions of .
| Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Reincarnate Reincarnate Set: Naxxramas Type: Spell Class: Shaman Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Destroy, Summon Tags: Resurrection effect Destroy a minion, then return it to life with full Health.It s like birth, except you re an adult  | Common | Spell | Shaman | 2 | Destroy a minion, then return it to life with full Health.It`s like birth, except you`re an adult and you were just dead a second ago. | ||||||||||||||
Anyfin Can Happen Anyfin Can Happen Set: The League of Explorers Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Rare Cost: 10 Abilities: Summon Tags: Death-related, Murloc-generating, Resurrection effect Summon 7 Murlocs that died this game.Theme song by Ellie Goldfin and  | Rare | Spell | Paladin | 10 | Summon 7 Murlocs that died this game.Theme song by Ellie Goldfin and Blagghghlrlrl Harris. | ||||||||||||||
| Resurrect | Rare | Spell | Priest | 2 | Summon a random friendly minion that died this game.I walked into the dungeon and noticed a slain adventurer. In his final moments, he had scrawled out a message in the dust on the wall beside him. Two words: "rez plz" | ||||||||||||||
| Kel`Thuzad Kel Thuzad Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 8 Attack: 6 Health: 8 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Area of effect, Death-related, Resurrection effect, Triggered effect At the end of each turn, summon all friendly minions | Legendary | Minion | Any | 8 | 6 | 8 | At the end of each turn, summon all friendly minions that died this turn.Kel`Thuzad could not resist the call of the Lich King. Even when it`s just a robo-call extolling the Lich King`s virtues. | ||||||||||||
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