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You might be looking for one of these cards: Defile (Core), Defile (Hero Power).

Defile is a rare warlock spell card, from the Knights of the Frozen Throne set.

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
Card packsOpen one of these card packs:
Knights of the Frozen Throne Pack
Wild Pack
Golden Wild
Regular
Golden
1~2 (random)
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 100 DustRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 800 DustGolden1

Notes

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  • If Defile kills a minion with Deathrattle, the Deathrattle will resolve before the next recast of Defile. That means if the Deathrattle summons more minions, they too will ultimately be damaged.
  • If Defile causes itself to be cast repeatedly, these additional "recasts" will not count as having been cast by the controlling player, and will therefore not trigger effects such as those of LegacyGadgetzan Auctioneer nor add to the spell count of Whispers of the Old GodsYogg-Saron, Hope's End.[1] Neither will it trigger LegacyArchmage Antonidas, which can be obtained, for example, through Mean Streets of GadgetzanKabal Courier.
  • Spell Damage effects on Defile will be recalculated for each subsequent recast, meaning that if a minion with Spell Damage dies from Defile, their effect will not carry over on the subsequent recasts.
  • Due to the potential for an infinite loop when combining Defile and Blackrock MountainGrim Patron, Defile can re-cast itself 13 times, after the 14th cast, it will stop.[2][3]
  • Similarly, having an Immune Knights of the Frozen ThroneNecrotic Geist and an Immune source of Spell Damage will also result in 14 recasts. With an Immune LegacyKnife Juggler, this can be used for an OTK combo [4]


Achievements

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CategoryNameDescriptionRewards
Achievement Category 2Achievement SubCategory 178 logoGameplay - Core (Wolf) - ClassesDIE, DIE, DIE!Destroy 150 minion with Defile.10 Achievement Point
Achievement Category 2Achievement SubCategory 178 logoGameplay - Core (Wolf) - ClassesDIE, DIE, DIE!Destroy 300 minion with Defile.20 Achievement Point

Lore

In World of Warcraft, "Defile" is an iconic ability used by Knights of the Frozen ThroneThe Lich King during his boss encounter in the Icecrown Citadel raid. The spell defiles the area under a random target. Anyone who enters the area takes Shadow damage and causes the defiled zone to grow.

In the World of Warcraft: Legion expansion, Defile was added as a level 100 talent for Unholy death knights. It works similarly to the Lich King version and replaces the similar death knight ability Death and Decay.

Trivia

  • With the release of Knights of the Frozen Throne, The Grand TournamentDreadsteed's Deathrattle was changed to summon the new Dreadsteed at the end of the turn instead of right after the Deathrattle triggered; the original behavior would've caused Defile to recast infinitely. This marked the first time a card in Wild format was changed due to interactions with newly released cards.
    • Despite Dreadsteed being changed specifically to prevent infinite loops, Defile stops recasting after 13 recasts as noted above.
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  • References[]

     
    1. Matt Place on Twitter. (2017-07-28). 
    2. Puffin on reddit. (2017-07-29). Retrieved on 2017-07-30.
    3. Peter Whalen on Twitter. (2017-07-30). 
    4. [1] Defile OTK Combo - YouTube
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