Corrupt

Corrupt
Upgrades in hand after you play a card that costs more.

Corrupt is an ability introduced in Madness at the Darkmoon Faire which activates when the user plays a card with a higher mana cost than the Corrupt card's cost while in hand, causing it to transform into a Corrupted card and gain additional effects.

Notes

• Corrupt triggers on the current cost of both cards. Playing a card with a reduced cost will not trigger Corrupt if you paid less than the Corrupt card's cost. Conversely, lowering a Corrupt card's cost will make Corrupting it easier.
• Corrupt triggers when a card is paid with health instead of mana, such as cards affected by G'huun the Blood God and Bloodbloom.
• Unlike other in-hand transformations, Corrupt cards keep any in-hand enchantments when they become Corrupted.
• Corrupted cards with altered stats and/or cost count as cards that didn't start in your deck, meaning cards like Leyline Manipulator and the Sticky Fingers treasure in Duels activate on them.

Cards with Corrupt

Collectible

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Dancing Cobra	Common	Minion	Beast	Hunter	2	1	5	Corrupt: Gain Poisonous. Snakes are just tentacles with fangs.
Insight	Common	Spell		Priest	2			Draw a minion. Corrupt: Reduce its Cost by (2). Shouldn't the eyes be facing backwards for insight?
Sweet Tooth	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	2	3	2	Corrupt: Gain +2 Attack and Stealth He's been eyeballing that ice cream cone all day!
Darkmoon Dirigible	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	2	Divine Shield Corrupt: Gain Rush. "It's dirigible? I don’t even know what diriging is!"
Darkmoon Statue	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	0	5	Your other minions have +1 Attack. Corrupt: This gains +4 Attack. As far as workplace injuries go, Silas is protected by his statue of limitations.
Day at the Faire	Common	Spell		Paladin	3			Summon 3 Silver Hand Recruits. Corrupt: Summon 5. Karl knew he would someday regret that turkey leg.
Faire Arborist	Common	Minion	General	Druid	3	2	2	Choose One - Draw a card; or Summon a 2/2 Treant. Corrupt: Do both. The bad apple never falls far from the treant.
Fairground Fool	Common	Minion	General	Priest	3	4	3	Taunt Corrupt: Gain +4 Health. "What did Illidan say when his rocketeer broke down on the Darkmoon racetrack? YOU ARE NOT REPAIRED!"
Insatiable Felhound	Common	Minion	Demon	Demon Hunter	3	2	5	Taunt Corrupt: Gain +1/+1 and Lifesteal. Back-to-back winner of the annual hot dog eating contest... and the judge-eating contest.
Circus Medic	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	3	4	Battlecry: Restore 4 Health. Corrupt: Deal 4 damage instead. Just be careful not to mix this with any creepy eyeballs, tentacles, or dark whispers, and you'll be fine in the morning.
Carousel Gryphon	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	5	5	5	Divine Shield Corrupt: Gain +3/+3 and Taunt. "When does this bird land in Stormwind? I've been flying for hours!"
Firework Elemental	Common	Minion	Elemental	Mage	5	3	5	Battlecry: Deal 3 damage to a minion. Corrupt: Deal 12 instead. The brightest spark can still go dark.
Fleethoof Pearltusk	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	5	4	5	Rush Corrupt: Gain +4/+4. Guest interactions may vary over the duration of the visit.
Strongman	Common	Minion	General	Any	7	6	6	Taunt Corrupt: This costs (0). Sure, it looks impressive until you realize it's a barrel of helium.
Stage Dive	Rare	Spell		Warrior	1			Draw a Rush minion. Corrupt: Give it +2/+1. The most metal trust fall.
Moontouched Amulet	Rare	Spell		Druid	3			Give your hero +4 Attack this turn. Corrupt: And gain 6 Armor. The Suntouched Amulet melted.
Pit Master	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	3	1	2	Battlecry: Summon a 3/2 Duelist. Corrupt: Summon two. If you win your duel, he'll throw in some of his famous Pit Master barbecue.
Auspicious Spirits	Rare	Spell		Priest	4			Summon a random 4-Cost minion. Corrupt: Summon a 7-Cost minion instead. "I'm not AWE-spicious, but I am a little spicious."
Dunk Tank	Rare	Spell		Shaman	4			Deal 4 damage. Corrupt: Then deal 2 damage to all enemy minions. "When I said bring a tank to the dungeon, this is not what I had in mind!"
Ring Toss	Rare	Spell		Mage	4			Discover a Secret and cast it. Corrupt: Discover 2 instead. If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it!
Don't Feed the Animals	Epic	Spell		Hunter	2			Give all Beasts in your hand +1/+1. Corrupt: Give them +2/+2 instead. They're still cleaning up the mess from the last time someone fed the basilisk a deep fried candybar.
Horrendous Growth	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Corrupt: Gain +1/+1. Can be Corrupted endlessly. Stop picking at it! You’re only making it worse.
Felsteel Executioner	Epic	Minion	Elemental	Demon Hunter	3	4	3	Corrupt: Become a weapon. "My mom said I could be anything I want."
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell		Warlock	4			Destroy a random enemy minion. Corrupt: Destroy 2. Corrupt Again: Destroy 3. Please keep all hands, arms, feet and legs inside the ride until the monster comes to a complete stop.
Carnival Clown	Epic	Minion	General	Any	9	4	4	Taunt Battlecry: Summon 2 copies of this. Corrupt: Fill your board with copies. Send in the clowns!
Tickatus	Legendary	Minion	Demon	Warlock	6	8	8	Battlecry: Remove the top 5 cards from your deck. Corrupt: Your opponent's deck instead. "These are all.... EXPIRED!"
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Uncollectible

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Horrendous Growth	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	3	3	Corrupted Corrupt: Gain +1/+1. Can be Corrupted endlessly. Stop picking at it! You’re only making it worse.
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Corrupt: Gain +2/+2.
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell		Warlock	4			Corrupted Destroy 2 random enemy minions. Corrupt: Destroy 3.
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Corrupted cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Strongman	Common	Minion	General	Any	0	6	6	Corrupted Taunt
Dancing Cobra	Common	Minion	Beast	Hunter	2	1	5	Corrupted Poisonous
Insight	Common	Spell		Priest	2			Corrupted Draw a minion. Reduce its Cost by (2).
Sweet Tooth	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	2	5	2	Corrupted Stealth
Darkmoon Dirigible	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	2	Corrupted Rush, Divine Shield
Darkmoon Statue	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	4	5	Corrupted Your other minions have +1 Attack.
Day at the Faire	Common	Spell		Paladin	3			Corrupted Summon 5 Silver Hand Recruits.
Faire Arborist	Common	Minion	General	Druid	3	2	2	Corrupted Battlecry: Summon a 2/2 Treant. Draw a card.
Fairground Fool	Common	Minion	General	Priest	3	4	7	Corrupted Taunt
Insatiable Felhound	Common	Minion	Demon	Demon Hunter	3	3	6	Corrupted Taunt, Lifesteal
Circus Medic	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	3	4	Corrupted Battlecry: Deal 4 damage.
Carousel Gryphon	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	5	8	8	Corrupted Divine Shield, Taunt
Firework Elemental	Common	Minion	Elemental	Mage	5	3	5	Corrupted Battlecry: Deal 12 damage to a minion.
Fleethoof Pearltusk	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	5	8	8	Corrupted Rush
Stage Dive	Rare	Spell		Warrior	1			Corrupted Draw a Rush minion and give it +2/+1.
Moontouched Amulet	Rare	Spell		Druid	3			Corrupted Give your hero +4 Attack this turn. Gain 6 Armor.
Pit Master	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	3	1	2	Corrupted Battlecry: Summon two 3/2 Duelists.
Auspicious Spirits	Rare	Spell		Priest	4			Corrupted Summon a random 7-Cost minion.
Dunk Tank	Rare	Spell		Shaman	4			Corrupted Deal 4 damage, then deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.
Ring Toss	Rare	Spell		Mage	4			Corrupted Discover 2 Secrets and cast them.
Don't Feed the Animals	Epic	Spell		Hunter	2			Corrupted Give all Beasts in your hand +2/+2.
Horrendous Growth	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	3	3	Corrupted Corrupt: Gain +1/+1. Can be Corrupted endlessly. Stop picking at it! You’re only making it worse.
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	4	4	Corrupted
Felsteel Executioner	Epic	Weapon		Demon Hunter	3	4	3	Corrupted
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell		Warlock	4			Corrupted Destroy 2 random enemy minions. Corrupt: Destroy 3.
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell		Warlock	4			Corrupted Destroy 3 random enemy minions.
Carnival Clown	Epic	Minion	General	Any	9	4	4	Corrupted Taunt Battlecry: Fill your board with copies of this.
Tickatus	Legendary	Minion	Demon	Warlock	6	8	8	Corrupted Battlecry: Remove the 5 top cards from your opponent's deck.
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Related cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Y'Shaarj, the Defiler	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	10	10	10	Battlecry: Add a copy of each Corrupted card you've played this game to your hand. They cost (0) this turn. Y'Shaarj made an excellent office intern, doing the copying AND defiling.
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Patch changes

• Patch 19.0.0.65614 (2020-11-12): Added.

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