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You might be looking for one of these cards: Mind Control Tech (Classic).

Mind Control Tech is a rare neutral minion card, from the Legacy set.

Other versions

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
Card packsOpen one of these card packs:
Classic Pack
Golden Classic Pack
Wild Pack
Golden Wild
Regular
Golden
1~2 (random)
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 100 DustRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 800 DustGolden1

Notes

To edit these notes, go to Template:Mind Control Tech notes.

  • Because Mind Control Tech's Battlecry is untargeted (unlike LegacyCabal Shadow Priest), you are not required to have a free space on the board for the minion it would steal when you play Mind Control Tech. Because of this, if the summoning of Mind Control Tech itself makes your board full, leaving no room for the stolen minion, the minion it attempts to steal will instead die, and any Deathrattle will be triggered for your opponent.[1]
    • Because of this, playing Mind Control Tech with a The League of ExplorersBrann Bronzebeard on the board will result in two separate minions potentially being taken control of (assuming the opponent has at least 5). This again assumes you have two space on your side of the board; if you have no spaces both minions will be destroyed, and if you have 1 space then 1 minion will be captured and the other destroyed.
    • However, if you have no space for both minions, they will both be killed, but this happens even if your opponent has 4 minions (even if only one should die)


Sounds

Play
  • ▶️ VO_EX1_085_Play_01.wav Engaging TC-130 Mental Dislocator!
Attack
Death

Lore

Mind Control Tech is clearly inspired by the Gnomish Mind Control Cap from World of Warcraft. Using the cap allows its wearer to "engage in mental combat with a humanoid target to try and control their mind." Gnomes are known for their inventiveness, as well as for the unpredictability of their inventions, as reflected in this card.

Trivia

  • The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Wrathgate" series, for the card Crusade Engineer Spitzpatrick.
  • The card art depicts Crusade Engineer Spitzpatrick, a gnome quest giver that appears in the Valley of Echoes in Icecrown.
  • The attack quote of Mind Control Tech is a leftover from when he swapped places with an enemy minion.
  • Gallery

    Patch changes

    • Forged in the Barrens logoPatch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
    • Ashes of Outland logoPatch 17.0.0.44222 (2020-03-26):
    • Rastakhan's Rumble logo Patch 13.0.3.28329 (2018-12-19):
      • Banned from Arena drafting.
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
      • Flavor text now reads: "Mind Control technology is getting better, but that's not saying much." (previously: no flavor text).
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3388 (Alpha, 2013-06-22):
      • Now reads: Battlecry: If your opponent has 4 or more minions, take control of one at random. (previously: Battlecry: Swap this with a random enemy minion.)
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
      • Added.
      • Text changed from "Battlecry: Swap this with a random enemy minion. That minion can't attack this turn." to "Battlecry: Swap this with a random enemy minion."

    External links

  • PlayHearthstone
  • HSReplay.net
  • Hearthpwn
  • OutOf.Cards
  • References[]

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