Nozdormu

Regular
Golden

Artist: James Ryman

Collectible • Elite

Players only have 15 seconds to take their turns.

Cost:

9

Attack:

8

Health:

8

Minion type:

Dragon

Full tags
`RARITY=5` `CLASS=12` `COLLECTIBLE=1` `ELITE=1` `COST=9` `HEALTH=8` `ATK=8` `CARDTYPE=4` `CARDRACE=24` `FACTION=3` `AttackVisualType=3` `ENCHANTMENT_BIRTH_VISUAL=0` `ENCHANTMENT_IDLE_VISUAL=0`

Wiki tags
Ongoing effect, Turn-related

Availability

Formats

Wild
Duels

Flavor

Time to write some flavor text.

Card set:

Legacy

Rarity:

Legendary

Race:

Dragon

dbfId:

411

Card id:

EX1_560

You might be looking for one of these cards: Battlegrounds/Nozdormu, Nozdormu (Book of Heroes), Nozdormu (Classic), Nozdormu (dormant), Nozdormu (Tavern Brawl, dormant), Nozdormu (Tavern Brawl).

Nozdormu is a legendary neutral minion card, from the Legacy set.

Other versions

Classic

How to get

Type	Source	Quality	Count
Card packs	Open one of these card packs:	Regular Golden	1 (random)
Crafting	Craft a Regular copy for 1600	Regular	1
Crafting	Craft a Golden copy for 3200	Golden	1

Ban lists

Nozdormu is in these ban lists:

Dream Portal bans - Due to unintended side effects, Nozdormu cannot be generated by Dream Portal.

Notes

To edit these notes, go to Template:Nozdormu notes.

Fixed: Destroying Nozdormu will immediately cancel his effect, restoring time to the round.
After the release of TGT, some players built decks to combine Nozdormu with Joust cards to exploit the length of the jousting animation to force their opponent to skip their turns, hence winning the game.^[1] This was eventually hotfixed.^[2]
Nozdormu is able to be used to skip an opponent's entire turn.^[3]
If Nozdormu is being placed on the board via Put into battlefield effects such as Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound, its "Sandstorm" visual effect will not get activated. Recruiting Nozdormu by Dragonhatcher will trigger the "Sandstorm" visual effect.
At some point during the Year of the Raven some transformation effects such as Polymorph or Hex were not removing the "Sandstorm" visual effect, but this has been fixed with the release of Rise of Shadows or some unspecified earlier revision.
Solo Adventures do not normally feature a turn timer; however, Nozdormu's effect is able to introduce a turn timer.
- For example, in Practice mode, Nozdormu introduces a refreshed turn timer of 40 seconds when played, 30 seconds for turns after a turn in which the player presses the "End Turn" button, and 20 seconds for turns after a turn in which the player does not press the "End Turn" button.^[4]
- Nozdormu also introduces a longer turn timer when played in some adventures. For example, in the One Night in Karazhan Class Challenges, Nozdormu introduces a 100 second turn timer when played, and for turns after a turn in which the player does not press the "End Turn" button, the turn timer is 70 seconds.^[5]

Sounds

Play

▶️ VO_EX1_560_Play_01.wav Just in time.
▶️ Nozdormu_Play_Stinger.wav <music stinger>

Attack

▶️ VO_EX1_560_Attack_02.wav Your time is up!

Death

▶️ VO_EX1_560_Death_03.wav <death sound>

Lore

Nozdormu the Timeless One is the Aspect of Time one of the five Dragon Aspects and leader of the bronze dragonflight, the "time police" of the Warcraft universe who ensure that time flows its proper direction.

This section uses content from Wowpedia.

Nozdormu the Timeless One is one of the five Great Aspects empowered by the titans to watch over Azeroth. He fought against the demons during the War of the Ancients. Following this intervention, he retreated into seclusion, immersing himself in his duties. He emerges only infrequently, when events require his direct presence. He intervened in the defeat of Deathwing at the hands of Krasus and his allies, one of the few times he has been seen in the skies of Azeroth.

Nozdormu reappears in Descent of Dragons as Nozdormu the Timeless.

Trivia

The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "War of the Elements" series, for the card Nozdormu the Timeless.

Ben Brode states that Nozdormu was a particularly difficult card for the team to create, mostly due to bugs with the card's effect.^[6]

Gallery

Nozdormu, full art
Nozdormu in World of Warcraft
Nozdormu in humanoid form

Patch changes

Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- 2021-03-30: Moved from Classic to Legacy set.
Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04):
- Sandstorm visual will no longer persist if he is returned to a player’s hand.
Patch 3.0.0.9786 (2015-08-18):
- Has a new musical stinger.
Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Has a new visual effect.
Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
- Flavor text now reads: "Time to write some flavor text." (previously: no flavor text).
Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.