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Set: | Whispers of the Old Gods |
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Type: | Minion |
Class: | Shaman |
Rarity: | Rare |
Cost: | 6 |
Attack: | 5 |
Health: | 5 |
Abilities: | Modify cost, Taunt |
Wiki tags: | In-hand effect, Ongoing effect, Totem-related |
Costs (1) less for each Totem you've summoned this game.
Just can't resist the opportunity to hang around with a bunch of totems.
Thing from Below is a rare shaman minion card, from the Whispers of the Old Gods set.
How to get
Thing from Below can be obtained through Whispers of the Old Gods card packs, or through crafting.
Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
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Thing from Below | 100 | 20 |
Golden Thing from Below | 800 | 100 |
Notes
- The mana cost of this card is reduced by 1 for each time the controlling player has summoned a Totem that game.
- The cost reduction of this card is not dependent on how the Totem was summoned (played from the hand, re-played after being returned to the hand, summoned by a Hero Power like Totemic Call or by summon effects like Tuskarr Totemic's Battlecry).[1]
- The cost reduction of this card is not dependent on the card being in the player's hand or deck[2] or even on the card existing at the time the Totem is summoned.
- Example: A Thing from Below generated by Unstable Portal takes into account prior Totem summons (if any) and immediately has its cost reduced.[3]
- Example: Returning a Thing from Below to the hand will cause its cost to immediately be reduced by the number of Totems the player has summoned that game (including those summoned while it was in the battlefield).[4]
- The mana cost of this card cannot be reduced below 0. However, further cost-reductions can help in countering cost-increasing effects like Freezing Trap.
- This card has an in-hand effect: it modifies its own mana cost only while in the player's hand, and not while the card is anywhere else.
- If the Totem played is destroyed immediately, it is not counted for this card's cost reduction.[5] This may be a bug.
Strategy
An essential card in almost every Shaman deck; with the mana cost reduction it is often possible to play Thing from Below for near to zero mana. The sturdy body and its Taunt effect can create a massive tempo swing in the shaman's favor.
Because this card synergizes with all friendly Totem-summoning, not only the use of Totemic Call, it's quite possible to use Sir Finley Mrrgglton in the same deck while still getting a good discount.
Lore
While the term "thing from below" would fit quite well for most of the creations of the Old Gods, the origins of this particular creature are unknown.
Trivia
- This card was initially suspected to be an April Fools, due to its being revealed on April 1, 2016.[6]
Artist
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Gallery
Patch changes
- Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24): Added.
References
- ↑ PlayHearthstone on Twitter. (2016-04-01).
- ↑ PlayHearthstone on Twitter. (2016-04-01).
- ↑ Whirthun on Twitter. (2015-07-24).
- ↑ PlayHearthstone on Twitter. (2016-04-01).
- ↑ HysteriA (2016-10-16). Hearthstone Mythbusters 23.
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2016-04-01).