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Mecha'thun is a legendary neutral minion card, from The Boomsday Project set.

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
Card packsOpen one of these card packs:
The Boomsday Project Pack
Wild Pack
Golden Wild
Regular
Golden
1 (random)
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 1600 DustRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 3200 DustGolden1

Notes

To edit these notes, go to Template:Mecha'thun notes.

  • Mecha'thun will destroy the enemy hero even if the controlling player has Secrets or Weapons equipped.[1]
  • Destroying Mecha'thun with a NaxxramasReincarnate will successfully activate the Deathrattle effect if its condition is satisfied.[2]
  • Mecha'thun will destroy the enemy hero even if the controlling player controls a Permanent.[3] It is unknown whether this is a bug or intended.[4]
  • Mecha'thun's effect will destroy immune heroes.
  • Mecha'thun's effect still activates even if there is a friendly minion with Reborn destroyed, since Reborn effects always trigger after Deathrattles.
  • If Mecha'thun is killed at the same time as a minion whose deathrattle would place cards in the player's hand or deck, such as Whispers of the Old GodsShifting Shade or Descent of DragonsBad Luck Albatross, Mecha'thun's deathrattle will not activate, despite the hand/deck being empty at the time of its death. It appears that the Mecha'thun deathrattle is calculated last regardless of where it is placed on the board, possibly due to mana cost priority.


Sounds[]

Play
  • ▶️ VO_BOT_424_Male_OldGod_Play_01.wav The era of flesh has ended.
  • ▶️ MechaThun_Play_Stinger.wav <music stinger>
Attack
  • ▶️ VO_BOT_424_Male_OldGod_Attack_01.wav Death is close.
  • ▶️ MechaThun_Underlay_Attack.wav <underlay sound>
Death
  • ▶️ VO_BOT_424_Male_OldGod_Death_02.wav <death sound>

Lore[]

As the name suggests, Mecha'thun appears to be a mechanical version of the Old God Whispers of the Old GodsC'Thun. This version of the Old God is unique to Hearthstone. It was created as part of Dr. Boom's Boomsday Project, "for some reason".[5]

Trivia[]

  • A very early design for the card that became Mecha'thun was a doomsday scientist intent on destroying the world, with one version being a goblin called "Doctor Doomsday". Since its win condition was to destroy the whole world, it had to have a cost of 10 mana; specifically, a 10-mana 1/1 minion with the text: "Battlecry: If this is the only thing in your hand or deck or battlefield, you win". However, Blizzard then wanted to go one step further, requiring the player to have no minions in their battlefield in order to activate the card's effect, so it was changed to a Deathrattle. Having the minion be a 1/1 made it too easy to kill, and having a giant robotic Old God provided the cooler fantasy, so the minion was changed to the 10-mana 10/10 Mecha'thun.[6]
  • Mecha'thun's flavor text is a reference to various famous C'Thun quotes from World of Warcraft, many of which were repurposed for C'Thun's original Hearthstone debut in Whispers of the Old Gods.
  • Mecha'thun's summoning quote reminds vaguely a quote from the Animatrix [7] "Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you.", soon after that quote, there's a violent thermonuclear bombing explosion, resembling the dramatic deathrattle of this minion.

Gallery[]

Mecha'thun full

Mecha'thun, full art

Patch changes

References[]

 
  1. Peter Whalen on Twitter. (2018-07-29). 
  2. HysteriA (2018-08-10). Hearthstone Mythbusters 60 - BOOMSDAY SPECIAL. YouTube. Retrieved on 2018-08-11.
  3. HysteriA (2018-08-28). Hearthstone Mythbusters 62. YouTube. Retrieved on 2018-08-31.
  4. Mecha'thun + The Darkness. (2018-08-12). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  5. Unused Dr. Boom boss encounter dialogue
  6. Cam Shea (2018-09-27). Hearthstone: Team 5 on Designing The Boomsday Project's Legendaries. IGN. Retrieved on 2018-10-02.
  7. animatrix
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