Triggered effect


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The lightning bolt icon, explicitly indicating a triggered effect

Triggered effects are effects that activate in response to specific events. Triggered effects may belong to 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 hearthstone , weapons Garrosh Hellscream ready to attack using an equipped Fiery War Axe For the equip ability, see Equip Weapons are special cards which can be equipped by heroes. Each weapon has an Attack value and a hearthstone or spells Fireball, a simple mage spell. It costs 4 mana, dealing 6 damage to a chosen target. Spell cards are cards that can be played to trigger a one time effect or ability, described in the hearthstone (in the form of Secrets A Secret is a spell card that is cast normally but has a delayed, hidden effect, which only takes place when a specific event occurs. When a Secret is played, a Secret icon appears on hearthstone ), as well as some boss Hero Powers Anduin Wrynn with the basic priest Hero Power Lesser Heal A Hero Power is a special ability displayed to the right of each hero s portrait. Usually Hero Powers can be used once per turn and hearthstone .

Triggered effects include named abilities A selection of minions, each with its own ability. From left to right: Divine Shield, Deathrattle, a triggered effect, and Spell Damage. Abilities are special effects, powers, or behaviors found on cards. For spell cards, hearthstone such as Battlecry 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 and Deathrattle, as well as unnamed effects such as those of Cult Master Cult Master Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Draw cards Tags: Death-related, Triggered effect Whenever one of your other minions dies, draw a card.She may be an evil hearthstone , Sword of Justice Sword of Justice Set: Classic Type: Weapon Class: Paladin Rarity: Epic Cost: 3 Attack: 1 Durability: 5 Tags: Durability-related, Summoning-related, Triggered effect After you summon a minion, give it +1/+1 and this loses 1 Durability.I hearthstone and Ragnaros the Firelord Ragnaros the Firelord Set: Hall of Fame Type: Minion Subtype: Elemental Rarity: Legendary Cost: 8 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random, Triggered effect Can t attack. At the end of your turn, deal hearthstone . All Secrets are triggered effects. Many triggered effects must first be put into play in order to become active - such as by playing the minion, equipping the weapon, or casting the Secret - while others activate when the card itself is drawn, discarded or put into play. Different types of triggered effect often share common rules for their activation.

Since the most common types of triggers are represented by keywords such as Battlecry, the term triggered effect is sometimes used more specifically to refer to those not indicated by a keyword, but instead described explicitly in their card text. Such effects are usually - but not always - denoted when in play by a small lightning bolt icon at the bottom of the card`s portrait or icon, and can usually be activated any number of times, but only while in play. Any ability that states "at the end 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 " or "at the start of your turn" is a triggered effect, as are most that state "when" or "whenever".

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See more: Advanced rulebook While most rules in Hearthstone are fairly easy to ascertain, when several effects, each with their own behaviours, are brought into conflict, things can get a little more complicated. The advanced rulebook offers a comprehensive hearthstone

The interactions and timing of multiple triggered effects are some of the most complex rules in the game. This section is only a summary:

  • When multiple triggered effects activate at once, such as at the end of a player`s turn, the effects will activate in the order in which the minions were summoned, with the minions summoned first activating their triggered effects first. Any deaths resulting from the triggers then resolve at once, followed by consequences from those deaths. Be that as it may, there are exceptions to this rule.
  • For notes on individual types of triggered effects, see the appropriate sections.

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Cards

For 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 hearthstone listings, see Triggered effect/Wild format This page lists all cards with triggered effects available in Wild format. For information on triggered effects, and card lists for Standard format, see Triggered effect. Contents 1 Cards 1.1 Using Hero Powers 1.1.1 Opponent hearthstone

Below are listed all cards which possess or grant triggered effects, divided by the type of trigger.

Using Hero Powers

Most effects which are triggered by using Hero Powers are denoted by the Inspire Inspire Inspire is a special kind of triggered effect which activates each time the controlling hero uses their Hero Power. Contents 1 Notes 2 Cards 2.1 Wild format 3 Lore 4 Trivia 5 See also hearthstone keyword. For more details on that effect, see Inspire Inspire Inspire is a special kind of triggered effect which activates each time the controlling hero uses their Hero Power. Contents 1 Notes 2 Cards 2.1 Wild format 3 Lore 4 Trivia 5 See also hearthstone . Certain other triggered effects are not marked as Inspire effects, but are activated by the use of Hero Powers.

Card-playing

Card-playing triggered effects only activate when a card of the correct type is played directly from the hand. Cards brought into play through summon or 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. hearthstone effects will not activate these effects.

Card-playing triggered effects activate immediately after the card is played, before it takes effect.

Any type of card

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Spell-casting

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`When` and `Whenever` effects trigger from the attempt to cast the spell, before any of the spell`s effects apply, and even triggers if Counterspell Counterspell Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Abilities: Counter, Secret Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your opponent casts a spell, Counter it.What s the difference between a mage playing with Counterspell hearthstone prevents it:

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After

`After` effects trigger from the spell fully resolving:

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Playing a minion from the hand

These effects trigger only when the minion is played directly from the hand. For effects which trigger from any form of minion summoning, see Minion summoning, below.

That minion

Effects which activate when the minion itself is played from the hand are denoted by specific keywords. By far the most common is Battlecry 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 , followed by the druid keyword Choose One The Choose One interface from Power of the Wild Choose One is an ability which allows a player to choose one of multiple possible effects when the card is played from the hand. Cards with hearthstone and the rogue keyword Combo Combo is an ability where the stated effect occurs if the card is not the first one played during the turn. Cards with this ability are limited to the rogue class. The term "combo" is hearthstone . All three abilities cause a special effect to activate when the minion is played from the hand, although some require certain conditions to be met.

The list of such minions is too extensive to list here - see individual pages for complete lists:

Another minion

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Specific types of card

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Minion summoning

Minion summoning triggered effects may activate at various points during the summoning sequence of events. They may occur before auras are applied to the minion; after auras are applied to the minion, but before any Battlecries are activated; after Battlecries have taken place, but before the minion summoning has resolved; or once the minion summoning has resolved. In some cases they may sometimes activate later in the summoning process, if they did not activate at the proper point.

Note that these effects are triggered by any eligible minion being summoned, even if they are not played from the hand, such as through 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 or 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. hearthstone effects. Hero powers Anduin Wrynn with the basic priest Hero Power Lesser Heal A Hero Power is a special ability displayed to the right of each hero s portrait. Usually Hero Powers can be used once per turn and hearthstone , Deathrattles A Loot Hoarder displaying the Deathrattle icon Deathrattle is an ability where the stated effect occurs when the minion or weapon is destroyed. Cards with Deathrattle appear with a skull and crossbones when in play. hearthstone , 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 and Secrets A Secret is a spell card that is cast normally but has a delayed, hidden effect, which only takes place when a specific event occurs. When a Secret is played, a Secret icon appears on hearthstone can all trigger these effects. If the summoned minion has a Battlecry, this will take place prior to the activation of any triggered effects or Secrets.

Whenever you summon

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After you summon

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Attacking

Attacking triggered effects activate before the intended combat actually takes place, although those based on surviving an attack do not trigger until afterwards. For triggers which activate when attacking and killing a minion, see Attacking and killing.

Hero attacks

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Minion attacks

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Any attack

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Character damage

Damage-triggered effects activate immediately after damage is received, but before any deaths are resolved. On-damage triggers that cause healing Healing is the restoration of Health to a damaged character. Healing a character will increase their Health by the stated amount, up to but not beyond their current maximum Health. Healing effects or Restore Health hearthstone can prevent a fatally damaged character from dying, as the game will not check for deaths until the end of the current phase is reached, and all simultaneous effects have been resolved.

Taking minion damage

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Friendly minions
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Taking hero damage

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Dealing damage

Various effects activate in response to dealing damage, either by the minion or by the player. Poison A Poisonous minion Poisonous is a minion ability that causes any minion damaged by them to be destroyed. Poisonous minions on the battlefield are marked by a bubbling vial of poison at the bottom of hearthstone effects are a type of triggered destroy effect 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 hearthstone which display a vial of bubbling poison in place of the usual lightning bolt icon, and use atypical phrasing in their card text.

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