Ivory Knight

Ivory Knight

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Set:	One Night in Karazhan
Type:	Minion
Class:	Paladin
Rarity:	Rare
Cost:	6
Attack:	4
Health:	4
Abilities:	Battlecry, Discover, Restore Health
Tags:	Cost-related, Spell-generating
Artist:	Zoltan Boros

Battlecry: Discover a spell. Restore Health to your hero equal to its Cost.

Do NOT call it a "horse".

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Ivory Knight is a rare paladin minion card, from the One Night in Karazhan set.

How to get

Two copies of regular Ivory Knight are obtained by defeating the Chess event, the third encounter in One Night in Karazhan's first wing, The Parlor.

As a Wild format card, both regular and golden versions of Ivory Knight can also be crafted for the following amounts:

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Ivory Knight	100	20
Golden Ivory Knight	800	100

Notes

• This card's Battlecry has two steps:
  • First, it discovers a card;
  • Then, it restores to the hero an amount of Health equal to the base mana cost of the discovered card (prior to the application of any cost-modifying effects).

Strategy

A strong choice for a control-oriented deck; while the minion's stats are sub-par for its cost, the heal provides some immediate benefit and the Discovered spell offers great flexibility.

Your opponent might know which spell you have chosen, judging by the amount of Health restored to your hero. For example, (as of the Year of the Mammoth Standard) the only 6 mana Paladin spells are Avenging Wrath and Spikeridged Steed, and the only 8 mana spell are Lay on Hands and Dinosize. However, if only missing a few Health points, you can pick a more expensive spell and leave the opponent guessing as the amount healed won't go over your hero's maximum Health.

Dwarven Archaeologist, while reducing or potentially neutralizing your Healing, will reduce the spell's cost. This will allow you to play A New Challenger... or Kangor's Endless Army at the same turn as the Ivory Knight.

Ivory Knight's strength lies in his "turning the table" effect and is another strong effect to abuse. The Glass Knight will recover her Divine Shield, while Blackguard will deal a little to heavy damage. The Healing effect can instantly reinforce Zandalari Templar and upgrading Lesser Pearl Spellstone. It may provide an extra buffing spell for Lynessa Sunsorrow or Galvadon or a strong area damage like Avenging Wrath. A New Challenger will provide a nice healing amount and a good damage wall.

A discover with healing effect can be greatly strengthened by Brann Bronzebeard. Double cards and double heal.

Possible spells

The below table lists all collectible paladin spells in Standard format, representing the range of possible spells generated by Ivory Knight. For Wild format listings, see Paladin/Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Class	Cost	Description
Blessing of Might	Free	Paladin	1	Give a minion +3 Attack. "As in, you MIGHT want to get out of my way." - Toad Mackle, recently buffed.
Hand of Protection	Free	Paladin	1	Give a minion Divine Shield. This spell has been renamed so many times, even paladins don’t know what it should be called anymore.
Humility	Free	Paladin	1	Change a minion's Attack to 1. This card makes something really damp. Oh wait. That's "Humidity."
Holy Light	Free	Paladin	2	Restore 6 Health. If you are often bathed in Holy Light, you should consider wearing sunscreen.
Blessing of Kings	Free	Paladin	4	Give a minion +4/+4. (+4 Attack/+4 Health) Given the number of kings who have been assassinated, are you sure you want their blessing?
Consecration	Free	Paladin	4	Deal 2 damage to all enemies. Consecrated ground glows with Holy energy. But it smells a little, too.
Hammer of Wrath	Free	Paladin	4	Deal 3 damage. Draw a card. A good paladin has many tools. Hammer of Wrath, Pliers of Vengeance, Hacksaw of Justice, etc.
First Day of School	Common	Paladin	0	Add 2 random 1-Cost minions to your hand. "Report to the bookstore to buy your books, the alchemist to buy your potions, and then get your wands at the… wandryroom?"
Blessing of Wisdom	Common	Paladin	1	Choose a minion. Whenever it attacks, draw a card. Apparently with wisdom comes the knowledge that you should probably be attacking every turn.
Eye for an Eye	Common	Paladin	1	Secret: When your hero takes damage, deal that much damage to the enemy hero. Justice sometimes takes the form of a closed fist into a soft cheek.
Never Surrender!	Common	Paladin	1	Secret: When your opponent casts a spell, give your minions +2 Health. But sometimes concede.
Noble Sacrifice	Common	Paladin	1	Secret: When an enemy attacks, summon a 2/1 Defender as the new target. We will always remember you, "Defender!"
Redemption	Common	Paladin	1	Secret: When a friendly minion dies, return it to life with 1 Health. I am not sure how you get demptioned the first time. It’s a mystery!
Repentance	Common	Paladin	1	Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, reduce its Health to 1. Repentance often comes in the moment before obliteration. Curious.
Sand Breath	Common	Paladin	1	Give a minion +1/+2. Give it Divine Shield if you're holding a Dragon. After Uldum, EVERYONE had sand breath.
Shield of Honor	Common		1	Give a damaged minion +3 Attack and Divine Shield. "Sir, this shield would've been more helpful last turn!"
Wave of Apathy	Common		1	Set the Attack of all enemy minions to 1 until your next turn. "Flavor text? Eh. Can’t be bothered."
Hand of A'dal	Common	Paladin	2	Give a minion +2/+2. Draw a card. When it meets the Hand of Gul'dan, they're SHAKING.
Lightforged Blessing	Common	Paladin	2	Twinspell Give a friendly minion Lifesteal. Some might call this a lightforgery.
Subdue	Common	Paladin	2	Set a minion's Attack and Health to 1. Like humility but more humiliating.
Libram of Justice	Common	Paladin	5	Equip a 1/4 weapon. Change the Health of all enemy minions to 1. Proper justice. Throw the book at him!
Desperate Measures	Rare	Paladin	1	Twinspell Cast a random Paladin Secret. Desperate times call for disparate secrets.
Righteous Cause	Rare	Paladin	1	Sidequest: Summon 5 minions. Reward: Give your minions +1/+1. "And I hereby dub thee a cadet of the Explorer’s League! NEXT!"
Air Raid	Rare	Paladin	2	Twinspell Summon two 1/1 Silver Hand Recruits with Taunt. It's difficult to get an air raid together. You have to get twenty-five people, and they all want to play a paladin!
Libram of Wisdom	Rare	Paladin	2	Give a minion +1/+1 and "Deathrattle: Add a 'Libram of Wisdom' spell to your hand." The best wisdom is passed on.
Call to Adventure	Rare	Paladin	3	Draw the lowest Cost minion from your deck. Give it +2/+2. Even the smallest minion can change the outcome of the game.
Gift of Luminance	Rare		3	Give a minion Divine Shield, then summon a 1/1 copy of it. You get a small version of yourself in a snow globe to remember the moment.
Equality	Rare	Paladin	4	Change the Health of ALL minions to 1. We are all special unique snowflakes... with 1 Health.
Blessed Champion	Rare	Paladin	5	Double a minion's Attack. This card causes double the trouble AND double the fun.
Blessing of Authority	Rare	Paladin	5	Give a minion +8/+8. It can't attack heroes this turn. A paladin fights with honor! We don't go face... until next turn!
Holy Wrath	Rare	Paladin	5	Draw a card and deal damage equal to its cost. C'mon Molten Giant!!
Righteousness	Rare	Paladin	5	Give your minions Divine Shield. Shield yourself in righteousness! It feels like a warm fuzzy blanket.
Pharaoh's Blessing	Rare	Paladin	6	Give a minion +4/+4, Divine Shield, and Taunt. Life hack: Sneeze near a pharaoh.
Commencement	Rare		7	Summon a minion from your deck. Give it Taunt and Divine Shield. "Remember, graduates—you carry a heavy weight on your shoulders now."
Sanctuary	Epic	Paladin	2	Sidequest: Take no damage for a turn. Reward: Summon a 3/6 minion with Taunt. Few quests are completed by cowering under a table.
Duel!	Epic	Paladin	5	Summon a minion from each player's deck. They fight! If you don't fight to the death, it's Duel Yielding.
Avenging Wrath	Epic	Paladin	6	Deal 8 damage randomly split among all enemies. Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham!
Lay on Hands	Epic	Paladin	8	Restore 8 Health. Draw 3 cards. A grammatically awkward life saver.
Tip the Scales	Epic	Paladin	8	Summon 7 Murlocs from your deck. Hold on, I need to get some murlocs to weigh in on this.
Libram of Hope	Epic	Paladin	9	Restore 8 Health. Summon an 8/8 Guardian with Taunt and Divine Shield. "Think you got lethal? Libram of NOPE!"
Making Mummies	Legendary	Paladin	1	Quest: Play 5 Reborn minions. Reward: Emperor Wraps. "I do say, this gives me the vapors every single time!"
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Gallery

Ivory Knight, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.0.13921 (2016-08-09): Added.