Set: | Madness at the Darkmoon Faire |
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Type: | Minion |
Class: | Neutral |
Rarity: | Legendary |
Cost: | 10 |
Attack: | 6 |
Health: | 6 |
Abilities: | Battlecry, Deal damage, Generate, Remove from deck, Shuffle into deck, Start of Game |
Wiki tags: | Random, Spell-generating |
Artist: | Alex Horley Orlandelli |
My grandfather's deck has no useless cards!
C'Thun, the Shattered is a legendary neutral minion card, from the Madness at the Darkmoon Faire set.
How to get
C'Thun, the Shattered can be obtained through Madness at the Darkmoon Faire card packs, through crafting, or as an Arena reward.
Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
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C'Thun, the Shattered | 1600 | 400 |
Golden C'Thun, the Shattered | 3200 | 1600 |
Pieces of C'Thun
Summoned minion
Notes
- At the Start of Game, C'Thun, the Shattered is removed from player's deck. The four pieces of C'Thun, (Body of C'Thun, Eye of C'Thun, Heart of C'Thun and Maw of C'Thun) are then shuffled into the player's deck.
- After playing all four pieces successfully, C'Thun, the Shattered is shuffled into player's deck.
- C'Thun, the Shattered cannot be generated or Discovered randomly.[1]
- It is impossible to draw C'Thun, the Shattered during the mulligan stage.[2]
- If any of C'Thun's parts are Countered, you will not be able to assemble C'Thun for the rest of the match.[3]
- C'Thun, the Shattered triggers at the same time as Genn Greymane and Baku the Mooneater, with the card closer to the top of the deck triggering first. Depending on the order, this can void the condition of Genn or Baku, causing it to not trigger.[citation needed]
- All four different pieces have to be played. Recasting the same piece through copy effects will not advance the counter further.
- C'Thun pieces are tracked by the player, not by the deck. If a piece of C'Thun is stolen and played by the opponent, it will not advance the original owner's C'Thun counter.
Strategy
C'Thun, the Shattered should be put in a slow deck that expects the game to go long, especially against other similarly slow decks. C'Thun's Battlecry provides a simple win condition for decks that may not otherwise have one. He's also useful for delaying fatigue, adding up to 4 cards to your deck for no cost.
The main weakness of this card is the inefficiency of each body part. While the four cards are okay, this does force you to run four 'merely okay' 5-mana spells, which can seriously hurt your deck's consistency. You may want to lean more heavily on card draw and early game survival cards than you otherwise would when building a deck centred around C'Thun, as he will cover your midgame by himself. You should seriously avoid other 5-mana cards unless they're absolutely crucial to your deck.
Rogues can make a shuffle-based deck that's highly synergistic with C'Thun. The four shuffled pieces and C'thun can be drawn with Stowaway, and the parts give a mana discount to Malevolent Strike, giving you a 1-mana hard removal as early as the first turn.
Shamans can use Tour Guide or Lightning Bloom with Heart of Vir'naal to deal 60 damage split across all enemies, almost always resulting in a win.
Druids can make a draw-based deck that aims to assemble C'Thun as quickly as possible using large draw effects like Nourish and Overflow and cards that cheapen them like Kael'thas Sunstrider and Lunar Eclipse.
Playing Lorekeeper Polkelt with no 5 drops or more in your deck will stack all 4 pieces of C'Thun on the top of your deck. However, C'Thun, the Shattered will be shuffled into your deck, breaking Polkelt's effect and leaving you with no way to guarantee drawing him.
Always test your opponent's Secrets before playing a piece of C'Thun. Counterspell can instantly destroy a Win condition and leave you with just the 3 or less 'ok' cards with no real value. Treat this card's effects like Rin, the First Disciple. While a Mage can't get their own C'Thun, they can still throw you through a whole heap of issues should you mess up your combo.
It is worth noting that playing a C'Thun against an opponent which has enough health on board to withstand the 30 damage will USUALLY result in C'Thun wiping the board. Even fairly large minions, with 7-9 health will be unlikely to survive, as long as there's no more than a couple of them.
Quotes
- Summon
- My awakening brings a new age. Pray to your gods, that your pleas may go unanswered.
- Upon successfully playing Body of C'Thun
- I will break... your body.
- Upon successfully playing Eye of C'Thun
- I see... your weakness.
- Upon successfully playing Heart of C'Thun
- Your heart... sinks.
- Upon successfully playing Maw of C'Thun
- I taste... your fear.
- Attack
- The... END.
Lore
For general lore, see C'Thun.
This card's mechanics resemble C'Thun's original boss encounter in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. Players would have to fight his body parts individually, starting with his eye before moving onto his body and occasionally fighting inside his stomach. The Heart of C'Thun is unique to Hearthstone, but visually resembles the Heart of Y'Shaarj.
Trivia
- C'Thun, the Shattered's flavor text refers to an oft-quoted scene in the first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh!, where the protagonist Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi faces off his rival Seto Kaiba. After Kaiba mocks Yugi for using his grandfather's deck, Yugi declares, "My grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards, Kaiba." He then proceeds to draw Exodia the Forbidden One, adding, "But it does contain - the unstoppable Exodia!" The alternate win condition effect of the card then triggers, allowing Yugi to win the duel.
- C'Thun, the Shattered is similarly based on the iconic Exodia, which requires the player to draw into the shattered pieces of Exodia (represented by five cards) to instantly win the duel.
- C'Thun, the Shattered's original entry quote in pre-release was "My awakening brings upon a new age." It was presumably lengthened to match its long Battlecry animation.
Gallery
Patch changes
- Patch 19.0.0.65614 (2020-11-12): Added.
References
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on Twitter. (2020-10-22).
- ↑ [https://twitter.com/Celestalon/status/1323460172157612032 Chadd Nervig on Twitter]. (2020-11-03).
- ↑ [https://twitter.com/Celestalon/status/1324930114136666113 Chadd Nervig on Twitter]. (2020-11-06).