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Shadow Word: Pain is a free priest spell card, from the Legacy set.

Other versions

How to get

The Regular and Golden copies of Shadow Word: Pain are uncraftable and cannot be crafted, disenchanted, or opened from card packs.
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Previous availability

Shadow Word: Pain used to be obtainable through these means.

TypeSourceQualityCount
Custom Level up priest to 36 until March 30, 2021. Golden 1
Custom Level up priest to 38 until March 30, 2021. Golden 1
Custom Unlock priest until March 30, 2021. Regular 2

Lore

Shadow Word: Pain (SW:P) is a priest spell from World of Warcraft that deals a small amount of instant damage and places a damage over time (DoT) debuff on the target. The priest class's main DoT, SW:P is a key part of Shadow priests' spell range, ideally placed on each enemy in order to deal maximum damage simultaneously to all targets, and is critical to achieving good multi-target damage. Critical ticks from SW:P also create a Shadowy Apparitions, a shadowy version of the priest that floats toward their target, dealing Shadow damage when it reaches it. SW:P is also handy for dealing instant damage while running.

Trivia

  • The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Scourgewar" series, for the card Devouring Plague.
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    Patch changes

    • Forged in the Barrens logoPatch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
      • 2021-03-30: Moved from Basic to Legacy set.
      • Now has Shadow spell school (previously: no spell school).
    • Curse of Naxxramas logo Patch 1.1.0.6024 (2014-07-22):
      • Flavor text now reads: "A step up from a spell cast by many beginning acolytes: "Shadow Word: Annoy"." (previously: "A step up from a spell cast by many beginning acolytes: "Shadow Word: Annoy".").
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.4217 (Closed beta, 2013-12-10):
      • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 36." (previously: "Unlocked at Level 32.").
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
      • Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 1." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
      • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 32." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
      • Flavor text now reads: "A step up from a spell cast by many beginning acolytes: "Shadow Word: Annoy"." (previously: "It's important to note that the amount of pain isn't specified. It's really not clear how afraid you should be.").
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
      • Added.

    External links

  • AdmiralBiat: Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death explained
  • PlayHearthstone
  • HSReplay.net
  • Hearthpwn
  • OutOf.Cards
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