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Blood of The Ancient One can be obtained through Whispers of the Old Gods "Now I ve got a tale to tell you... of the ones from long ago. There s an evil that s been dreaming, but now it s softly screaming! From the darkness their power will grow. Their voices are card packs Card pack concept art Card packs are items that players can open to acquire cards for filling a player s collection. Only card packs for the current Standard format sets are available for purchase in the , through crafting Crafting mode, in Standard format mode The crafting system is an element of Hearthstone that allows players to directly create new cards. It can be accessed through the My Collection screen. Crafting consumes Arcane Dust , or as an Arena A video explaining the Arena in Hearthstone made by the Curse Gamepedia @@@#@@@YouTube(youtube.com)###@### Channel. The Arena is a game mode where players compete against each other using specially constructed decks to earn substantial rewards. It reward. Golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card Blood of The Ancient One can also be obtained through the Highest Rank Bonus chest The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. at the end of each Ranked The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. season The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. .
Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
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Blood of The Ancient One | 400 | 100 |
Golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card Blood of The Ancient One | 1600 | 400 |
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If you control two of these at the end of your turn, merge them into `The Ancient One`.
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Blood of The Ancient One is an epic Rarity is a rough measure of the quality and scarcity of a card. Cards of higher rarity are typically more powerful and more useful, but are harder to find and more expensive to craft. There neutral Neutral is the term used to describe cards which are not limited to a specific class. Neutral collectible cards can be included in any deck, regardless of hero. Neutral cards use a plain, grey card minion 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 card, from the Whispers of the Old Gods "Now I ve got a tale to tell you... of the ones from long ago. There s an evil that s been dreaming, but now it s softly screaming! From the darkness their power will grow. Their voices are set.
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Strategy
Blood of the Ancient One is close to a win condition A win condition is a specific means or strategy by which a deck can achieve victory. Decks may have one or more win conditions, and a win condition may be a specific aim of the in itself. Be that as it may, getting both Bloods onto the board at the same time may present a challenge, largely due to the card`s 9 mana cost and likely targeting by enemy players.
Cost reduction effects like Emperor Thaurissan Emperor Thaurissan Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 5 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Triggered effect At the end of your turn, reduce the Cost of cards in your hand can help, as can extra mana from sources such as Innervate Innervate Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Druid Cost: 0 Tags: Mana-related Gain 2 Mana Crystals this turn only.Some druids still have flashbacks from strangers yelling "Innervate me!!" at them.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] and The Coin The Coin Set: Basic Type: Spell Cost: 0 Tags: Mana-related Gain 1 Mana Crystal this turn only.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] The Coin is a special uncollectible spell card granted at the start (at least in combination with cost reduction 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 can be extremely helpful, such as Y`Shaarj, Rage Unbound Y Shaarj, Rage Unbound Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 10 Health: 10 Abilities: Put into battlefield Tags: Random, Triggered effect At the end of your turn, put a , Varian Wrynn Varian Wrynn Set: The Grand Tournament Type: Minion Class: Warrior Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Abilities: Battlecry, Draw cards, Put into battlefield Battlecry: Draw 3 cards. Put any minions you drew directly , or 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 . If cost reduction cannot be achieved satisfactorily then hiding it behind a large Taunt is a good alternative. 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 effects like Faceless Manipulator Faceless Manipulator Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Epic Cost: 5 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Copy, Transform Battlecry: Choose a minion and become a copy of it.The Faceless Ones are servants of Yogg-Saron, and and Gang Up Gang Up Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Shuffle into deck Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 copies of it into your deck.If you are thinking about visiting can be helpful in providing extra chances to summon The Ancient One. 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 is especially effective; if played with a single Blood of The Ancient One on your board, The Ancient One will be summoned at the end of your turn, almost making Volazj a substitute Blood. Another noteworthy synergy is the Rogue`s Shadowcaster Shadowcaster Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Epic Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Copy, Generate, Modify cost Battlecry: Choose a friendly minion. Add a 1/1 copy to , which will create a 1-mana 1/1 copy of an already existing Blood that can easily be used to summon The Ancient One.
Despite its 30/30 stats, don`t forget that a simple Hex Hex Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Shaman Cost: 3 Abilities: Transform Tags: Beast-generating, Taunt-generating Transform a minion into a 0/1 Frog with Taunt.If you Hex a Murloc... it really isn t much of a change, is , Polymorph Polymorph Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 4 Abilities: Transform Tags: Beast-generating Transform a minion into a 1/1 Sheep.There was going to be a pun in this flavor text, but it just came out or Sabotage can effortlessly remove your The Ancient One, while an Entomb or worse Mind Control can turn it against you. Due to the destruction of the Bloods in its creation process, and the effort required to pull off the combo, this can leave the player in very poor position if the opponent has a good counter.
Because The Ancient One is summoned at the end of the turn, the opponent has a full turn to counter it before the player can use it to attack. Conversely, the opponent cannot directly stop the player from summoning The Ancient One, other than through Secrets, except by removing Bloods whenever they see them. With cost reduction effects or cards like Varian Wrynn, two Bloods can be put into action in a single turn, making it impossible for the opponent to prevent The Ancient One`s summoning.
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- Despite the ambiguity of the word "merge", the successful activation of this minion`s triggered effect simply results in the Blood of The Ancient Ones being immediately destroyed 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 using a Forced Death Phase, and The Ancient One The Ancient One Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Epic Cost: 9 Attack: 30 Health: 30 See this card on Hearthpwn data page] The Ancient One is an uncollectible minion card, produced being summoned 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 . All usual related effects will activate normally from this, such as 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 , 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. and Knife Juggler Knife Juggler Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random, Summoning-related, Triggered effect After you summon a minion, deal 1 damage to a random enemy.Ambitious Knife .
- At the end of the controlling player`s turn, if they have two Blood of The Ancient Ones, they will be destroyed and The Ancient One will be summoned. If the player has more than two, one The Ancient One will be summoned for each two Bloods - spare Bloods will not be affected. With multiple pairs of Bloods, multiple The Ancient Ones can be summoned.
- Because each Blood of The Ancient One has the same triggered effect 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, weapons or spells (in the form of Secrets), as , if a player has two or more Bloods on their board, in order to prevent the process from taking place each Blood would need to be Silenced For the card of the same name, see Silence (card). Silence is an ability which removes all current card text, enchantments, and abilities from the targeted minion. It does not remove damage or minion type. . This makes Silence an ineffective way of trying to prevent the summoning of The Ancient One.
- The Ancient One will not gain enchantments or properties from the generating Blood of The Ancient Ones, including Stealth A minion in Stealth Stealth is a minion ability which prevents that minion from being the target of enemy attacks, spells and effects until they attack or deal damage. They can, be that as it may, be the target .
- Additional copies of Blood of The Ancient One introduced during the end of turn phase (such as by Y`Shaarj, Rage Unbound Y Shaarj, Rage Unbound Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 10 Health: 10 Abilities: Put into battlefield Tags: Random, Triggered effect At the end of your turn, put a ), will be included in any subsequent checks to see if there are enough Bloods on the board to summon The Ancient One. Be that as it may, Bloods summoned by end of turn effects like Y`Shaarj will not activate their effects that turn. This makes order of play important.
- Example: a player first summons a Blood of The Ancient One and then (such as on a later turn) summons Y`Shaarj, with only a Blood of The Ancient One remaining in their deck. At the end of the turn the Blood activates first, finds no other friendly Bloods on the board, and fails to take effect. The Y`Shaarj then activates and puts the remaining Blood into the battlefield; its effect does not activate that turn.
- Example: a player summons Y`Shaarj, with only two Blood of The Ancient One in their deck. At the end of the first turn Y`Shaarj activates and puts a Blood into play. At the end of the second turn, Y`Shaarj activates and puts the second Blood into play, then the first Blood activates, finds the second Blood, and merges both Bloods into The Ancient One.
- A golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card The Ancient One is only summoned if both generating Blood of The Ancient Ones are golden.
Trivia
- Ben Brode explains that Blood of The Ancient One was created "to give players who like crazy deckbuilding challenges a chance to see if they could get off a truly crazy combo. ... We also knew we wanted massive horrible monsters in Whispers of the Old Gods, and trying to find a way to include a 30/30 minion was a fun challenge for us."
- As of Whispers of the Old Gods "Now I ve got a tale to tell you... of the ones from long ago. There s an evil that s been dreaming, but now it s softly screaming! From the darkness their power will grow. Their voices are , The Ancient One is the largest minion in the game by a long way, with the nearest competitor Deathwing, which had held the record since the game`s release. When asked how he felt about creating such a mammoth minion, Brode replied "Pretty good and pretty scared."