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- "Summoners from across the world have come to compete. When you cast a spell, a random minion of the same cost is summoned for you!"
The Great Summoner Competition is a Tavern Brawl The Tavern Brawl interface Tavern Brawl is one of Hearthstone s lighter game modes. A weekly event, a new Tavern Brawl begins each Wednesday (Thursday in Asian regions), ending the following Monday. Outside of these times, . It debuted on Jul. 8, 2015. For exact times, see the schedule.
Strategy
Using spell-heavy decks is preferable to minion-heavy ones, since spells are generating minions anyway. These minions are put on the battlefield before the spells take effect, so e.g. Echo of Medivh Echo of Medivh Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Epic Cost: 4 Abilities: Copy, Generate Put a copy of each friendly minion into your hand.Medivh s echo haunts Karazhan, eternally cheating at chess will copy that extra minion, Unleash the Hounds Unleash the Hounds Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Charge, Summon Tags: Battlefield-related, Beast-generating For each enemy minion, summon a 1/1 Hound with Charge.You must read the name of this may provide one less Hound Hound Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Charge ChargeSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Hound is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by the if the board is full, the spell may cause more damage, if the summoned minion increased Spell Damage A Wrath of Air Totem, with purple sparkles to signal its Spell Damage bonus Spell Damage is an ability which boosts the overall damage of spells by the listed amount. Spell Damage does not increase etc.
Summoned minions are exhausted 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 unless they have Charge For the card of the same name, see Charge (card) Charge is an ability allowing a minion to attack the same turn it is summoned. Charge is available to all classes, but is most strongly (or are granted it), and their 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 are not activated.
Expensive spells result in expensive minions being summoned, so ways of reducing spell cost e.g. Sorcerer`s Apprentice Sorcerer s Apprentice Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Ongoing effect, Spell-related Your spells cost (1) less.Apprentices are great for bossing around. "Conjure me may not work to your advantage. Similarly, playing Loatheb The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Loatheb Set: Naxxramas Type: Hero Health: 75 (Normal)99 (Heroic) Loatheb is a hideous reminder of the Plague’s effect on the creatures of in the late game may be just what your opponent needed. Very expensive spells like Pyroblast Pyroblast Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Epic Cost: 10 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 10 damage.Take the time for an evil laugh after you draw this card.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Pyroblast or 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 summon very powerful minions - either Deathwing Deathwing Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 12 Health: 12 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy, Discard Battlecry: Destroy all other minions and discard your hand.Once a noble dragon known as Neltharion, Deathwing or Sea Giant Sea Giant Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Epic Cost: 10 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Battlefield-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each other minion on the battlefield.See? Giant.See this - for free, just be sure to have space on the board.
Since there will be a lot of spells used, spell-related minions like Mana Wyrm Mana Wyrm Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, gain +1 Attack.These wyrms feed on arcane energies, and while , Burly Rockjaw Trogg Burly Rockjaw Trogg Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 5 Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever your opponent casts a spell, gain +2 Attack.He s burly because he does CrossFit.See , Stonesplinter Trogg Stonesplinter Trogg Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever your opponent casts a spell, gain +1 Attack.The only thing worse than smelling troggs , Flamewaker Flamewaker Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random, Spell-related, Triggered effect After you cast a spell, deal 2 damage randomly split among or Mana Addict Mana Addict Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, gain +2 Attack this turn.She’s trying to kick the habit, but still work well. The spells summon minions, which will be traded, so death-related cards like Flesheating Ghoul Flesheating Ghoul Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Tags: Death-related, Triggered effect Whenever a minion dies, gain +1 Attack. Flesheating is an unfair name. It s just that there s not really can be very powerful. Mind Control Tech Mind Control Tech Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Take control Tags: Random Battlecry: If your opponent has 4 or more minions, take control of one at can help to steal minions on populated boards, although it is unlikely to make a huge difference if the opponent has a significant board advantage. Due to the dominant presence of Mages in this Brawl, Kezan Mystic Kezan Mystic Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Take control Tags: Random, Secret-related Battlecry: Take control of a random enemy Secret.They pretend to be wise can be useful for taking control of an opposing Secret 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 , especially 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, .
For a turn, Millhouse Manastorm Millhouse Manastorm Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 2 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Modify cost Tags: Spell-related Battlecry: Enemy spells cost (0) next turn."I m gonna light you up, sweetcheeks!"See this card on reduces the cost of all your opponent`s Spells to 0. This can work against your opponent, forcing them to summon Wisp Wisp Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 0 Attack: 1 Health: 1 If you hit an Eredar Lord with enough Wisps, it will explode. But why?See this card on Hearthpwn data page] For the and Target Dummy Target Dummy Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Mech Rarity: Rare Cost: 0 Attack: 0 Health: 2 Abilities: Taunt TauntThe engineering equivalent of a "Kick Me" sticker.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Target with their Spells, especially if they have few cards in their hand. On the other hand, playing Millhouse also risks the opponent gaining significant momentum with their free Spells; playing Millhouse against a Mage with a playable Archmage Antonidas Archmage Antonidas Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Legendary Cost: 7 Attack: 5 Health: 7 Abilities: Generate Tags: Spell-generating, Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, put a Fireball spell into your hand.Antonidas in the hand will result in an instant loss.
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History
Tavern Brawl | Start | End |
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4 | Jul. 8, 2015 | Jul. 13, 2015 |
9 | Aug. 12, 2015 | Aug. 17, 2015 |
Overview
The Great Summoner Competition allows players to construct regular custom decks, using any class Class is the primary determinant of a hero s powers and abilities, and the strongest factor in deck selection. While each hero represents a unique character with their own personality, portrait and sounds, their class determines . Whenever a spell is cast, a random 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 minion of the same mana Mana is the resource used in Hearthstone to play cards and use Hero Powers, each of which has a mana cost that must be paid to use it. The supply of mana is represented by cost will be summoned for the player.
Success in this Brawl requires a good knowledge of the possible minions for each mana cost, as well as adaptability to many possible outcomes in each case. With the value of spells essentially doubled, decks featuring many spells will provide good opportunity to exploit the Brawl`s special mechanic.
Notes
- For a full list of collectible Collectible cards are cards which are available for players to collect and use in their decks. The majority of all playable cards are collectible cards. Players can view their collectible card collection through the collection minions, see Minion#Collectible.
- For a full list of spell-related cards, see Spell#Related cards.
- The minion summoned will always have the same cost as the amount of mana you paid for the spell. This means using cost modifying effects The mana cost of a card or Hero Power determines how much mana is required to play that card from the hand or to use that Hero Power. The number is displayed inside a blue like Sorcerer`s Apprentice Sorcerer s Apprentice Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Ongoing effect, Spell-related Your spells cost (1) less.Apprentices are great for bossing around. "Conjure me and Loatheb The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Loatheb Set: Naxxramas Type: Hero Health: 75 (Normal)99 (Heroic) Loatheb is a hideous reminder of the Plague’s effect on the creatures of to make spells cheaper or more expensive will affect what minions will be summoned upon casting those spells.
- The minion summoned appears before the On Play Phase 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 , meaning that if it triggers `whenever you play a spell` or `whenever you play a card` it will trigger on the same spell that summoned it. This means it also appears before the Spell Text Phase 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 - so summoning an Auchenai Soulpriest Auchenai Soulpriest Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Priest Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 5 Abilities: Modify Hero Power Tags: Damage-related, Healing-related, Hero Power-related, Ongoing effect Your cards and powers that restore Health now , Prophet Velen Prophet Velen Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Priest Rarity: Legendary Cost: 7 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Abilities: Modify Hero Power Tags: Damage-related, Healing-related, Hero Power-related, Ongoing effect Double the damage and healing of your spells or minion with Spell Damage +1 will modify the spell`s result, for example.
- Death processing and aura update are not run between the Brawl Rule summoned minion and the On Play Phase. For instance, if the Brawl Rule summoned minion triggers a 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 to reduce an enemy Lorewalker Cho Lorewalker Cho Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 2 Attack: 0 Health: 4 Abilities: Copy, Generate Tags: Spell-generating, Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever a player casts a spell, put a copy into the other player s to 0 Health, it still triggers and copies the spell.
Trivia
- The popularity of this Brawl inspired the creation of Summoning Stone Summoning Stone Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 5 Attack: 0 Health: 6 Abilities: Summon Tags: Cost-related, Random, Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, summon a random minion of a few months later.