Gnome art

A gnomish inventor working on some mind control technology

Gnomes are a diminutive race of humanoids, known for their remarkable intellect, their engineering and mechanical prowess, and their impressive if unpredictable inventions. In Hearthstone they are best known for bringing powerful and often hard to control effects to the board, with a particular penchant for summoning and transforming minions.

The gnomes and their inventions are featured in Hearthstone's first expansion, Goblins vs Gnomes.

Lore

From Wowpedia:

"The clever, spunky, and oftentimes eccentric gnomes present a unique paradox among the civilized races of Azeroth. Brilliant inventors with an irrepressibly cheerful disposition, this race has suffered treachery, displacement, and near-genocide. It is their remarkable optimism in the face of such calamity that symbolizes the truly unshakable spirit of the gnomes."

- World of Warcraft introduction

The ingenious gnomes, masters of technology and the former denizens of Gnomeregan, are a race of diminutive humanoids who spent years in exile in Tinker Town in the dwarven capital of Ironforge before launching a partially-successful recapture of Gnomeregan. Their main base of operations is now New Tinkertown.

Gnomes are a diminutive, wiry race of tinkers who live underground. In the Second War, they built gadgets and vehicles, such as submarines and flying machines, for the Alliance to combat the Horde. They are great mechanics and inventors, renowned for their knowledge and eccentric natures. The gnomes had a city, Gnomeregan, built into Ironforge Mountain, but invading troggs destroyed it and slaughtered its citizens. Many survivors now live with the Ironforge dwarves, a few traveling with their dwarven friends to Kalimdor. The gnomes are still reeling from the destruction of their home city and are loath to leave the safety of the dwarven tunnels.

In Hearthstone

What Gnomes do, they do FOR SCIENCE! While Gnomish inventions are less likely to leave smoking craters, they are significantly more likely to turn innocent bystanders into poultry. In fact, it seems like a lot of Gnomish engineering is a combination of the wackiest technology imaginable and a hefty dose of ‘turning-things-into-other-things probably-by-accident.’ Odds are, rather than blowing something up, a Gnomish invention will usually just leave the unfortunate target wishing they’d been blown up.

Gnomes are at the heart of the first Hearthstone expansion Goblins vs Gnomes, where they represent the Alliance. They are contrasted with the explosive and volatile goblins, with the gnomes tending toward more mechanical and clockwork constructions. They are also somewhat more lawful and less chaotic than the goblins, although they still have their share of accidents. While malfunctions (and indeed correct functioning) in goblin technology tend to result in fiery explosions, gnomish technology is more likely to transform the target into a Chicken or other critter.

Thematic elements of gnome card design are RNG and transformation.

Cards

Gnomes

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Blazing Battlemage	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	2	2
Cogmaster	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	2	Has +2 Attack while you have a Mech.
Guardian Augmerchant	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	2	1	Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to a minion and give it Divine Shield.
Lab Partner	Common	Minion	General	Mage	1	1	3	Spell Damage +1
Leper Gnome	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
Leper Gnome	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
Pen Flinger	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Deal 1 damage. Spellburst: Return this to your hand.
Potion Vendor	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Restore 2 Health to all friendly characters.
Small-Time Buccaneer	Rare	Minion	Pirate	Any	1	1	1	Has +2 Attack while you have a weapon equipped.
Test Subject	Rare	Minion	General	Priest	1	0	2	Deathrattle: Return any spells you cast on this minion to your hand.
Wand Thief	Common	Minion	General		1	1	2	Combo: Discover a Mage spell.
Arcanologist	Common	Minion	General	Mage	2	2	3	Battlecry: Draw a Secret from your deck.
Belligerent Gnome	Rare	Minion	General	Any	2	1	4	Taunt Battlecry: If your opponent has 2 or more minions, gain +1 Attack.
Bug Collector	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Locust with Rush.
Cheaty Anklebiter	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	2	1	Lifesteal Battlecry: Deal 1 damage.
Gadgetzan Socialite	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Battlecry: Restore 2 Health.
Gnomeferatu	Epic	Minion	General	Warlock	2	2	3	Battlecry: Remove the top card from your opponent's deck.
Grizzled Wizard	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: Swap Hero Powers with your opponent until your next turn.
Knife Juggler	Rare	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	After you summon a minion, deal 1 damage to a random enemy.
Loot Hoarder	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	2	1	Deathrattle: Draw a card.
Millhouse Manastorm	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	2	4	4	Battlecry: Enemy spells cost (0) next turn.
Netherspite Historian	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	1	3	Battlecry: If you're holding a Dragon, Discover a Dragon.
Novice Engineer	Free	Minion	General	Any	2	1	1	Battlecry: Draw a card.
Patient Assassin	Epic	Minion	General	Rogue	2	1	1	Stealth Poisonous
Pint-Sized Summoner	Rare	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	The first minion you play each turn costs (1) less.
Recombobulator	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: Transform a friendly minion into a random minion with the same Cost.
Shrinkmeister	Common	Minion	General	Priest	2	3	2	Battlecry: Give a minion -2 Attack this turn.
Shrubadier	Common	Minion	General	Druid	2	1	1	Battlecry: Summon a 2/2 Treant.
Sneaky Delinquent	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	3	1	Stealth. Deathrattle: Add a 3/1 Ghost with Stealth to your hand.
Sorcerer's Apprentice	Common	Minion	General	Mage	2	3	2	Your spells cost (1) less.
Spectral Delinquent	None	Minion	General	Any	2	3	1	Stealth
Spellbook Binder	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: If you have Spell Damage, draw a card.
Backstreet Leper	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	3	1	Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
Bloodsail Cultist	Rare	Minion	Pirate	Warrior	3	3	4	Battlecry: If you control another Pirate, give your weapon +1/+1.
Blowtorch Saboteur	Epic	Minion	General	Any	3	3	4	Battlecry: Your opponent's next Hero Power costs (3).
Bomb Wrangler	Rare	Minion	General	Warrior	3	2	3	Whenever this minion takes damage, summon a 1/1 Boom Bot.
Commander Rhyssa	Legendary	Minion	General	Paladin	3	4	3	Your Secrets trigger twice.
Dalaran Mage	Free	Minion	General	Any	3	1	4	Spell Damage +1
Doomed Apprentice	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	3	3	2	Your opponent's spells cost (1) more.
Dune Sculptor	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	3	3	3	After you cast a spell, add a random Mage minion to your hand.
Electrowright	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	3	3	Battlecry: If you're holding a spell that costs (5) or more, gain +1/+1.
Finkle Einhorn	None	Minion	General	Any	3	3	3
Gnomeregan Infantry	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	1	4	Charge Taunt
Gnomish Experimenter	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	3	2	Battlecry: Draw a card. If it's a minion, transform it into a Chicken.
Illuminator	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	2	4	If you control a Secret at the end of your turn, restore 4 Health to your hero.
Inconspicuous Rider	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	2	2	Battlecry: Cast a Secret from your deck.
Lil' Exorcist	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	2	3	Taunt Battlecry: Gain +1/+1 for each enemy Deathrattle minion.
Microtech Controller	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	2	1	Battlecry: Summon two 1/1 Microbots.
Mind Control Tech	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	3	3	Battlecry: If your opponent has 4 or more minions, take control of one at random.
Plague Scientist	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	3	2	3	Combo: Give a friendly minion Poisonous.
Sergeant Sally	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	3	1	1	Deathrattle: Deal damage equal to the minion's Attack to all enemy minions.
Shady Dealer	Rare	Minion	General	Rogue	3	4	3	Battlecry: If you have a Pirate, gain +1/+1.
Shallow Gravedigger	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	3	1	Deathrattle: Add a random Deathrattle minion to your hand.
Sparkjoy Cheat	Rare	Minion	General	Rogue	3	3	3	Battlecry: If you're holding a Secret, cast it and draw a card.
Spellward Jeweler	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	3	4	Battlecry: Your hero can't be targeted by spells or Hero Powers until your next turn.
Tinkertown Technician	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	3	3	Battlecry: If you have a Mech, gain +1/+1 and add a Spare Part to your hand.
Tinkmaster Overspark	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	3	3	3	Battlecry: Transform another random minion into a 5/5 Devilsaur or a 1/1 Squirrel.
Twilight Elder	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	3	4	At the end of your turn, give your C'Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).
Voracious Reader	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	1	3	At the end of your turn, draw until you have 3 cards.
Arcanosmith	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	3	2	Battlecry: Summon a 0/5 minion with Taunt.
Arena Fanatic	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	Battlecry: Give all minions in your hand +1/+1.
Blood Witch	Rare	Minion	General	Warlock	4	3	6	At the start of your turn, deal 1 damage to your hero.
Chillblade Champion	Common	Minion	General	Paladin	4	3	2	Charge Lifesteal
Dragonling Mechanic	Free	Minion	General	Any	4	2	4	Battlecry: Summon a 2/1 Mechanical Dragonling.
Eager Underling	Rare	Minion	General	Warlock	4	2	2	Deathrattle: Give two random friendly minions +2/+2.
Garden Gnome	Rare	Minion	General	Druid	4	2	3	Battlecry: If you're holding a spell that costs (5) or more, summon two 2/2 Treants.
Gnomish Inventor	Free	Minion	General	Any	4	2	4	Battlecry: Draw a card.
Hapless Handler	None	Minion	General	Hunter	4	4	4
Mini-Mage	Epic	Minion	General	Any	4	4	1	Stealth Spell Damage +1
Polluted Hoarder	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	4	2	Deathrattle: Draw a card.
Wee Spellstopper	Epic	Minion	General	Mage	4	2	5	Adjacent minions can't be targeted by spells or Hero Powers.
Whizbang the Wonderful	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	4	4	5	You start the game with one of Whizbang's Wonderful Decks!
Glowstone Technician	Epic	Minion	General	Paladin	5	3	4	Battlecry: Give all minions in your hand +2/+2.
Salty Dog	Common	Minion	Pirate	Any	5	7	4
Stowaway	Rare	Minion	General	Rogue	5	4	4	Battlecry: If there are cards in your deck that didn’t start there, draw 2 of them.
Usher of Souls	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	5	5	6	Whenever a friendly minion dies, give your C'Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).
Abyssal Summoner	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	6	2	2	Battlecry: Summon a Demon with Taunt and stats equal to your hand size.
Eccentric Scribe	Common	Minion	General	Any	6	6	4	Deathrattle: Summon four 1/1 Vengeful Scrolls.
Gelbin Mekkatorque	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	6	6	6	Battlecry: Summon an AWESOME invention.
Giggling Inventor	Rare	Minion	General	Any	6	2	1	Battlecry: Summon two 1/2 Mechs with Taunt and Divine Shield.
Maxima Blastenheimer	Legendary	Minion	General	Hunter	6	4	4	Battlecry: Summon a minion from your deck. It attacks the enemy hero, then dies.
Possessed Lackey	Rare	Minion	General	Warlock	6	2	2	Deathrattle: Recruit a Demon.
Rin, the First Disciple	Legendary	Minion	General	Warlock	6	3	6	Taunt. Deathrattle: Add 'The First Seal' to your hand.
Shieldmaiden	Rare	Minion	General	Warrior	6	5	5	Battlecry: Gain 5 Armor.
Toki, Time-Tinker	Legendary	Minion	General	Mage	6	5	5	Battlecry: Add a random Legendary minion from the past to your hand.
Toshley	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	6	5	7	Battlecry and Deathrattle: Add a Spare Part card to your hand.
Wilfred Fizzlebang	Legendary	Minion	General	Warlock	6	4	4	Cards you draw from your Hero Power cost (0).
Dreampetal Florist	Epic	Minion	General	Druid	7	4	4	At the end of your turn, reduce the Cost of a random minion in your hand by (7).
Silas Darkmoon	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	7	4		Battlecry: Choose a direction to rotate all minions.
Jepetto Joybuzz	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	8	6	6	Battlecry: Draw 2 minions from your deck. Set their Attack, Health, and Cost to 1.
Mekgineer Thermaplugg	Legendary	Minion	Mech	Any	9	9	7	Whenever an enemy minion dies, summon a Leper Gnome.
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Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Backstab	Free	Spell		Rogue	0			Deal 2 damage to an undamaged minion.
First Day of School	Common	Spell		Paladin	0			Add 2 random 1-Cost minions to your hand.
Power Word: Shield	Free	Spell		Priest	0			Give a minion +2 Health.
Sacrificial Pact	Free	Spell		Warlock	0			Destroy a friendly Demon. Restore 5 Health to your hero.
Shadow of Nothing	None	Minion	General	Priest	0	0	1	Mindgames whiffed! Your opponent had no minions!
Clockwork Gnome	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	1	2	1	Deathrattle: Add a Spare Part card to your hand.
Competitive Spirit	Rare	Spell		Paladin	1			Secret: When your turn starts, give your minions +1/+1.
Dark Possession	Rare	Spell		Warlock	1			Deal 2 damage to a friendly character. Discover a Demon.
Draconic Studies	Common	Spell		Priest	1			Discover a Dragon. Your next one costs (1) less.
Felosophy	Epic	Spell			1			Copy the lowest Cost Demon in your hand. Outcast: Give both +1/+1.
Jungle Giants	Legendary	Spell		Druid	1			Quest: Summon 5 minions with 5 or more attack. Reward: Barnabus.
Mirror Image	Free	Spell		Mage	1			Summon two 0/2 minions with Taunt.
Power Overwhelming	Common	Spell		Warlock	1			Give a friendly minion +4/+4 until end of turn. Then, it dies. Horribly.
Righteous Cause	Rare	Spell		Paladin	1			Sidequest: Summon 5 minions. Reward: Give your minions +1/+1.
Soul Infusion	Rare	Spell		Warlock	1			Give the left-most minion in your hand +2/+2.
Tour Guide	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Your next Hero Power costs (0).
Toxic Reinforcements	Epic	Spell		Hunter	1			Sidequest: Use your Hero Power three times. Reward: Summon three 1/1 Leper Gnomes.
Confuse	Epic	Spell		Priest	2			Swap the Attack and Health of all minions.
Flare	Rare	Spell		Hunter	2			All minions lose Stealth. Destroy all enemy Secrets. Draw a card.
Invocation of Frost	Common	Spell		Shaman	2			Freeze an enemy. Invoke Galakrond.
Lock and Load	Epic	Spell		Hunter	2			Each time you cast a spell this turn, add a random Hunter card to your hand.
Mind Blast	Common	Spell		Priest	2			Deal 5 damage to the enemy hero.
Swindle	Common	Spell		Rogue	2			Draw a spell. Combo: And a minion.
Waxmancy	Common	Spell		Rogue	2			Discover a Battlecry minion. Reduce its Cost by (2).
Carnival Barker	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	3	3	2	Whenever you summon a 1-Health minion, give it +1/+2.
Combustion	Epic	Spell		Mage	3			Deal 4 damage to a minion. Any excess damages both neighbors.
Darkmoon Dirigible	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	2	Divine Shield Corrupt: Gain Rush.
Darkmoon Dirigible	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	2	Corrupted Rush, Divine Shield
Darkmoon Statue	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	0	5	Your other minions have +1 Attack. Corrupt: This gains +4 Attack.
Darkmoon Statue	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	4	5	Corrupted Your other minions have +1 Attack.
Flying Machine	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	1	4	Windfury
Ironclad	Common	Minion	Mech	Warrior	3	2	4	Battlecry: If your hero has Armor, gain +2/+2.
Jade Blossom	Common	Spell		Druid	3			Summon a Jade Golem. Gain an empty Mana Crystal.
Sense Demons	Common	Spell		Warlock	3			Draw 2 Demons from your deck.
Skydiving Instructor	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	2	2	Battlecry: Summon a 1-Cost minion from your deck.
Spider Tank	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	4
Auspicious Spirits	Rare	Spell		Priest	4			Summon a random 4-Cost minion. Corrupt: Summon a 7-Cost minion instead.
Auspicious Spirits	Rare	Spell		Priest	4			Corrupted Summon a random 7-Cost minion.
Balloon Merchant	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	4	3	5	Battlecry: Give your Silver Hand Recruits +1 Attack and Divine Shield.
Echo of Medivh	Epic	Spell		Mage	4			Put a copy of each friendly minion into your hand.
Enhance-o Mechano	Epic	Minion	Mech	Any	4	3	2	Battlecry: Give your other minions Windfury, Taunt, or Divine Shield (at random).
Fireball	Free	Spell		Mage	4			Deal 6 damage.
Malygos's Fireball	None	Spell		Mage	4			Deal 8 damage.
Mass Dispel	Rare	Spell		Priest	4			Silence all enemy minions. Draw a card.
Rogues Do It...	Common	Spell		Any	4			Deal 4 damage. Draw a card.
Sabotage	Epic	Spell		Rogue	4			Destroy a random enemy minion. Combo: And your opponent's weapon.
Star Student Stelina	Legendary	Minion	General	Demon Hunter	4	4	3	Outcast: Look at 3 cards in your opponent's hand. Shuffle one of them into their deck.
Walk the Plank	Common	Spell		Rogue	4			Destroy an undamaged minion.
Assassinate	Free	Spell		Rogue	5			Destroy an enemy minion.
Blessing of Authority	Rare	Spell		Paladin	5			Give a minion +8/+8. It can't attack heroes this turn.
Blingtron 3000	Legendary	Minion	Mech	Any	5	3	4	Battlecry: Equip a random weapon for each player.
Carousel Gryphon	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	5	5	5	Divine Shield Corrupt: Gain +3/+3 and Taunt.
Carousel Gryphon	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	5	8	8	Corrupted Divine Shield, Taunt
Clockwork Knight	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	5	5	5	Battlecry: Give a friendly Mech +1/+1.
Fen Creeper	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	3	6	Taunt
Mimiron's Head	Legendary	Minion	Mech	Any	5	4	5	At the start of your turn, if you have at least 3 Mechs, destroy them all and form V-07-TR-0N.
Siege Engine	Rare	Minion	Mech	Warrior	5	5	5	Whenever you gain Armor, give this minion +1 Attack.
Eureka!	Rare	Spell		Shaman	6			Summon a copy of a random minion in your hand.
Gyrocopter	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	6	4	5	Rush Windfury
Rain of Toads	Common	Spell		Shaman	6			Summon three 2/4 Toads with Taunt. Overload: (3)
Vanish	Common	Spell		Rogue	6			Return all minions to their owner's hand.
Krul the Unshackled	Legendary	Minion	Demon	Warlock	9	7	9	Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, summon all Demons from your hand.
Mass Resurrection	Rare	Spell		Priest	9			Summon 3 friendly minions that died this game.
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References

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