Mech

Mech is a type of minion, depicting mechanical constructs ranging from piloted vehicles to fully sentient mechanical beings.

For a list of cards featuring mechanical constructs, see Mechanical art.

Background

Mechs are mechanical constructs. They may exhibit intelligence and apparent sentience, including complex personalities and emotions. Usually constructed by either goblins or gnomes, Mechs are at the heart of the Goblins vs Gnomes expansion.

Official

Goblins and gnomes are notorious inventors who create incredible mechanized constructs by combining their keen intellect, some spare parts, and a little elbow grease. While goblin mechanical constructs may have a penchant for exploding and gnomish devices may turn you into a chicken, sometimes these pint-sized inventors manage to get something functioning as intended. Inconceivable!

From harvest golems to fel-spewing cannons, these “mechs” that have been engineered by both goblins and gnomes play a vital role in the struggle to see which diminutive race of engineers ultimately comes out on top. The top of what remains to be seen.

If there’s one thing goblins and gnomes do well, it’s making sure their individual mechs are compatible with the other mechs they build, regardless of what the end result may look like.

Notes

• There is no reward for collecting all Mech cards.

• There is currently no negative Mech synergy in the game, meaning the presence of a friendly Mech will not grant the opponent any special advantage or opportunity to counter, outside of mind control effects.

Strategy

Many Mech cards feature substantial synergy, generally granting the player additional effects if they already own a Mech. In contrast to "swarming" synergies such as Murloc or Beast, where it is often desirable to have as many minions of that type on the board as possible (e.g. Timber Wolf, Starving Buzzard, Old Murk-Eye), Mech synergy generally only requires a single friendly Mech. This makes it easier to add Mech synergy into decks without major alterations.

Mech cards

Collectible

For Wild format listings, see Mech/Wild format

Collectible minions can be collected by players and added to decks.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Harvest Golem	Common	Mech	Any	3	2	3	Deathrattle: Summon a 2/1 Damaged Golem. "Overheat threshold exceeded. System failure. Wheat clog in port two. Shutting down."
Psych-o-Tron	Common	Mech	Any	5	3	4	Taunt Divine Shield "Annoyinger-o-Tron" was just too unwieldy. And accurate.
Zoobot	Common	Mech	Any	3	3	3	Battlecry: Give a random friendly Beast, Dragon and Murloc +1/+1. The Murloc is taking the picture.
Alarm-o-Bot	Rare	Mech	Any	3	0	3	At the start of your turn, swap this minion with a random one in your hand. WARNING. WARNING. WARNING.
Corrupted Healbot	Rare	Mech	Any	5	6	6	Deathrattle: Restore 8 Health to the enemy hero. Not so much "corrupted" as "has terrible aim".
Demolisher	Rare	Mech	Any	3	1	4	At the start of your turn, deal 2 damage to a random enemy. Laying siege isn't fun for anyone. It's not even all that effective, now that everyone has a flying mount.
Meat Wagon	Epic	Mech	Any	4	1	4	Deathrattle: Summon a minion from your deck with less Attack than this minion. Necromancers call it "Meals on Wheels."
Wind-up Burglebot	Epic	Mech	Any	6	5	5	Whenever this attacks a minion and survives, draw a card. Don't blame the bot for his crimes... Blame whoever keeps winding him up!
The Curator	Legendary	Mech	Any	7	4	6	Taunt Battlecry: Draw a Beast, Dragon, and Murloc from your deck. The Curator guards Azeroth’s deadliest creatures, but it’s secretly terrified of squirrels.
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Uncollectible

For Wild format listings, see Mech/Wild format

Uncollectible minions cannot be collected by players or directly placed into decks. However, they can be obtained during play through the effects of other cards.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Damaged Golem	Common	Mech	Any	1	2	1
Mechanical Dragonling	Common	Mech	Any	1	2	1
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Cards that generate Mechs

For Wild format listings, see Mech/Wild format

These cards bring new Mechs into play through their card text.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Dragonling Mechanic	Free	Minion	General	Any	4	2	4	Battlecry: Summon a 2/1 Mechanical Dragonling. She is still working on installing the rocket launcher add-on for Mr. Bitey.
Harvest Golem	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	2	3	Deathrattle: Summon a 2/1 Damaged Golem. "Overheat threshold exceeded. System failure. Wheat clog in port two. Shutting down."
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Related cards

For Wild format listings, see Mech/Wild format

Trivia

The Mech type was introduced with the Goblins vs Gnomes expansion in 8th December 2014. As well as introducing 45 new Mechs, the expansion also saw 9 cards converted from general minions to Mechs: Harvest Golem, Damaged Golem, Alarm-o-Bot, Demolisher, Mechanical Dragonling, and all of Gelbin Mekkatorque's inventions: Repair Bot, Emboldener 3000, Homing Chicken and Poultryizer.

Patch changes

• Patch 2.0.0.7234 (2014-12-04): Type added, along with many new Mech minions. Several previously typeless minions have also been converted to Mechs.

References

	Cards
By type	Hero card Minion Spell Weapon
By class	Druid Hunter Mage Paladin Priest Rogue Shaman Warlock Warrior
By minion type	Beast Demon Dragon Elemental Mech Murloc Pirate Totem General
By ability	Adapt Auto-Attack Auto-cast Battlecry Cast spell Charge Choose One Combo Copy Deal damage Deathrattle Destroy Discard Discover Divine Shield Draw cards Elusive Enrage Equip Forgetful Freeze Gain Armor Generate Immune Inspire Joust Lifesteal Mega-Windfury Modify cost Overload Permanent Poisonous Put into battlefield Put into hand Quest Refresh Mana Remove from deck Replace Restore Health Return to hand Secret Shuffle into deck Silence Spell Damage Spend mana Stealth Summon Taunt Take control Transform Unlimited attacks Windfury
By effect type	Area of effect In-deck effect In-hand effect On-draw effect On-discard effect Ongoing effect Positional effect Random effect Triggered effect
By card set	Basic Classic Whispers of the Old Gods One Night in Karazhan Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Journey to Un'Goro
	Blackrock Mountain Grand Tournament The League of Explorers Goblins vs Gnomes Naxxramas Hall of Fame
By rarity	Free Common Rare Epic Legendary