Lackey

Lackey
Lackeys are 1-Cost minions with Battlecries.

What is a villain without an army of disposable henchcreatures? As a promising villain in training you will have access to lackeys, 1/1 minions with devious battlecries.

Lackeys are uncollectible minion cards generated by certain cards in the Year of the Dragon. They are mostly restricted to Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, and Warrior.

Notes

• All Lackey are 1/1 minions that cost 1 mana with powerful Battlecries.
• Generation of Lackeys is always random. Thus if multiple Lackeys are generated at once, it is possible that they will be duplicates.
• All Invoke cards also generate a Lackey when used by Rogue.
• Kabal Lackey and Possessed Lackey are not Lackeys and will not trigger Lackey-relate effects. Nor is Grand Lackey Erkh, despite its Lackey-related ability, itself a Lackey either.

Cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Draconic Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Discover a Dragon.
Ethereal Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Discover a spell.
Faceless Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Summon a random 2-Cost minion.
Goblin Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Give a friendly minion +1 Attack and Rush.
Kobold Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Deal 2 damage.
Titanic Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Give a friendly minion +2 Health and Taunt.
Witchy Lackey	None	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Transform a friendly minion into one that costs (1) more.
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Generating cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Galakrond's Guile	None	Hero Power		Rogue	2			Hero Power Add a Lackey to your hand.
Whispers of EVIL	Common	Spell		Priest	0			Add a Lackey to your hand. Madame Lazul’s ASMR program is off to a promising start!
Boom Squad	Common	Spell		Warrior	1			Discover a Lackey, Mech, or Dragon. Discover the meaning of squad goals.
Improve Morale	Common	Spell		Warrior	1			Deal 1 damage to a minion. If it is survives, add a Lackey to your hand. "The beatings will continue until MY morale improves."
Sinister Deal	Common	Spell		Warlock	1			Discover a Lackey. "So, what's in the sack?" "Something... sinister." "Okay, it's a deal."
EVIL Cable Rat	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	2	1	1	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand. Gradually driven to darkness by the promise of unobtainable cheese.
EVIL Conscripter	Common	Minion	General	Priest	2	2	2	Deathrattle: Add a Lackey to your hand. Kobold! There's a place you can handle I said kobold! When you're short in the candle Cast a spell with the E! V! I! L!
EVIL Genius	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	2	2	2	Battlecry: Destroy a friendly minion to add 2 random Lackeys to your hand. You do not want to be on the business end of this intellect!
EVIL Totem	Common	Minion	Totem	Shaman	2	0	2	At the end of your turn, add a Lackey to your hand. A lot of people blame the parents when a totem goes bad.
EVIL Miscreant	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	3	1	4	Combo: Add two random Lackeys to your hand. Because there are no G.O.O.D. Miscreants.
EVIL Quartermaster	Common	Minion	General	Warrior	3	2	3	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand. Gain 3 Armor. He trained for a whole year to become quarter-master. Three more, and he'll be a full-master.
Sludge Slurper	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	1	2	1	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand. Overload: (1) You can't stop slurping this delicious sludge!
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand.
Livewire Lance	Epic	Weapon		Warrior	3	2	2	After your Hero attacks, add a Lackey to your hand. The lance is heavy but it’s the battery pack that really does a number on the shoulders.
Grand Lackey Erkh	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	After you play a Lackey, add a Lackey to your hand. Esteemed leader of Rafaam's Inhuman Resources department.
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Related cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
EVIL Recruiter	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	3	3	3	Battlecry: Destroy a friendly Lackey to summon a 5/5 Demon. I'm starting to think the lackeys aren't evil, just taken advantage of.
Weaponized Wasp	Rare	Minion	Beast	Shaman	3	3	3	Battlecry: If you control a Lackey, deal 3 damage. Dr. Boom had one simple request: wasps with flippin' laser beams attached to their heads.
Grand Lackey Erkh	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	After you play a Lackey, add a Lackey to your hand. Esteemed leader of Rafaam's Inhuman Resources department.
Dark Pharaoh Tekahn	Legendary	Minion	General	Warlock	5	4	4	Battlecry: For the rest of the game, your Lackeys are 4/4. He'll get that League of Explorers and their little murloc too!
Heistbaron Togwaggle	Legendary	Minion	General	Rogue	6	5	5	Battlecry: If you control a Lackey, choose a fantastic treasure. A staunch ally of Rafaam, at least while the shinies keep flowing.
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Lore

Each of the Lackeys introduced in Rise of Shadows are based on the members of the League of E.V.I.L,, and have mechanics that hearken back to their masters or the set they originated in.

• Ethereal Lackey serves Arch-Villain Rafaam and is based on Ethereal Conjurer.
• Faceless Lackey serves Madame Lazul and is based on Faceless Summoner.
• Goblin Lackey serves Blastmaster Boom, and might be inspired by his ability to grant minions Rush.
• Kobold Lackey serves Heistbaron Togwaggle, and while not based on any specific minion, its brute-force effect fits well with kobold mentality. As seen on Kobold Zug, the effect was originally based on Kobold Apprentice.
• Witchy Lackey serves Swampqueen Hagatha, and is based on various Shaman Evolve mechanics, especially Master of Evolution. Additionally, it looks similar to the boss-exclusive Crowskin Faithful.

Lackey-generating cards creating random Lackeys represents the League's united goals, with them all sharing lackeys between each other.

Trivia

• Titanic Lackey was a new type of Lackey added with the Saviors of Uldum expansion.
• Draconic Lackey was a new type of Lackey added with the Descent of Dragons expansion.

Patch changes

• Patch 14.0.0.29933 (2019-04-04): Added.

References

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