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Herald Volazj is a legendary priest minion card, from the Whispers of the Old Gods set.
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs | Open one of these card packs:   | Regular Golden | 1 (random) |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 1600  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 3200 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
To edit these notes, go to Template:Herald Volazj notes.
- This card's Battlecry summons 1/1 copies of each friendly minion on the battlefield.[1] Minions in the deck or hand will not be copied.
- The copied minions' stats are changed to 1/1 by an enchantment granted by Volazj. Silencing the 1/1 copies will therefore restore them to their full base stats.[2] Summoning copies of these minions, such as through
Resurrect or N'Zoth, will also see them restored to their base stats, since that process does not preserve enchantments.[3] - Due to the 7-minion limit, Herald Volazj can summon copies of at most 3 minions. Additional minions will not be copied.[4]
- The copies will have all other attached enchantments also copied (but will be set to 1/1 afterwards, it is believed). For example, if you copy a minion with Shadow Madness attached, the copy will also go back to your opponent at end of turn.[5]
- 'After you summon a minion' triggers like Sword of Justice resolve after the minion becomes a 1/1, giving you a 2/2.[6] (Prior to Patch 7.1, you would only get a 1/1.)[7][8]
Lore
- "They who dine on lost souls know only hunger." - Herald Volazj
Herald Volazj is a faceless one in service of the Old God Yogg-Saron.
This section uses content from Wowpedia.- Herald Volazj, a faceless one, is the last boss of Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom. He is located within the Fallen Temple of Ahn'kahet. He is a herald of Yogg-Saron and enemy of the nerubians.
- Quotes:
- Aggro
- Shgla'yos plahf mh'naus
- (They who dine on lost souls know only hunger.)
- Insanity
- Gul'kafh an'shel. Yoq'al shn ky ywaq nuul.
- (Gaze into the void. It is the perpetuity in which they dwell.)
- Killing a player
- Ywaq puul skshgn: on'ma yeh'glu zuq.
- (They drink your fear: it is the blood of life.)
- Ywaq ma phgwa'cul hnakf.
- (They are the whisper on the shivering wind.)
- Death
- Ywaq maq oou; ywaq maq ssaggh. Ywaq ma shg'fhn.
- (They do not die; they do not live. They are outside the cycle.)
- Iilth vwah, uhn'agth fhssh za.
- (Where one falls, many shall take its place.)
From the Dungeon Journal:
- Amid the Scourge's invasion of Azjol-Nerub, many of the kingdom's denizens tunneled underground to escape the Lich King's minions. Yet some of them dug too deep, exposing the tendrils of Yogg-Saron. Roused by this disturbance, the entity has sent one of its most ancient warriors - Herald Volazj - to cull the beleaguered nerubians and annihilate anyone foolish enough to threaten the Old God.
Trivia
- The original design for this card was "Become a copy of your opponent." The opponent's hero, minions and cards (including both hand and deck) were copied.[9]
- This card's final effect may have its origins as a Hero Power for the original Y'Shaarj, which saw any hero whose deck included Y'Shaarj replaced at the very start of the match by Y'Shaarj itself, with 15 Health and a "crazy new Hero Power".[10] Several different designs were tried for the Hero Power, including "Draw a card. If it’s a minion, put it into play as a 1/1."[11]
Gallery
  Herald Volazj, full art |
  Herald Volazj in World of Warcraft |
- Promotional
  A promotional mural in Shanghai, featuring a tentacle of Herald Volazj |
  The finished mural |
Patch changes
- Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04):
- When Herald Volazj copies a silenced minion, the copies it creates will now correctly also be silenced.
- Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24):
- Added.
References
- ↑ Stated by Frodan during the livestream.
- ↑ PlayHearthstone on Twitter. (2016-03-30).
- ↑ PlayHearthstone on Twitter. (2016-04-05).
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2016-03-20).
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4h2pib/stole_minion_with_mind_games_made_11_copy_with/
- ↑ http://imgur.com/a/DVgoh
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4yf9dd/sword_of_justice_into_barnes_makes_a_11/ Tested in Patch 6.0.0.13921 (ONiK patch)
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/522jg4/herald_volazj_and_addled_grizzly_bug/ Tested in Patch 6.0.0.13921 (ONiK patch)
- ↑ Hearthhead - Peter Whalen Interview Summary - Titans Were Axed, Herald Volazj Copied Your Opponent. (2016-05-26).
- ↑ The Angry Chicken: "The One with Iksar". (2016-05-18).
- ↑ IGN - BLIZZARD ON DESIGNING HEARTHSTONE’S OLD GODS. (2016-06-20).