Positional effect

Positional effects are effects which are partly determined by the position of minions on the battlefield.

Notes

The vast majority of effects are not affected by minion position. They may affect only the targeted minion(s), or affect an area of effect. Positional effects are the exception, and serve to make minion placement a strategically significant choice.

Players can choose where to place a minion when summoning it. However, once the minion has been summoned it cannot be moved, potentially making this initial placement an important choice. Players can plan for positional effects by placing their minions in an ideal formation. For example, when playing against a rogue, it may be wise to place a high attack minion on the end of the row, rather than between other minions, to minimise the impact of Betrayal. Conversely, warlocks may wish to place powerful minions next to each other in preparation for Void Terror.

Cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Flametongue Totem	Free	Minion	Totem	Shaman	3	0	3	Adjacent minions have +2 Attack. Totemsmiths like to use the rarest woods for their totems. There are even rumors of totems made of Ironbark Protectors.
Shooting Star	Common	Spell		Mage	1			Deal 1 damage to a minion and the minions next to it. Literally starstruck.
Betrayal	Common	Spell		Rogue	2			Force an enemy minion to deal its damage to the minions next to it. Everyone has a price. Gnomes, for example, can be persuaded by stuffed animals and small amounts of chocolate.
Dalaran Librarian	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Silence adjacent minions. Don't make her raise her "shush"!
Dire Wolf Alpha	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	2	2	2	Adjacent minions have +1 Attack. We are pretty excited about the upcoming release of Dire Wolf Beta, just repost this sign for a chance at a key.
Cone of Cold	Common	Spell		Mage	4			Freeze a minion and the minions next to it, and deal 1 damage to them. Magi of the Kirin Tor were casting Cubes of Cold for many years before Cones came into fashion some 90 years ago.
Gloop Sprayer	Common	Minion	General	Druid	7	4	4	Battlecry: Summon a copy of each adjacent minion. "Are you sure that's enough gloop?" "Hold on."
Neferset Ritualist	Rare	Minion	General	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Restore adjacent minions to full Health. The Neferset are great—they'll always make sure their friends are feline fine.
Sunfury Protector	Rare	Minion	General	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Give adjacent minions Taunt. She carries a shield, but only so she can give it to someone she can stand behind.
Sweeping Strikes	Rare	Spell		Warrior	2			Give a minion "Also damages minions next to whomever this attacks." Infinitely preferable to mopping strikes.
Void Terror	Rare	Minion	Demon	Warlock	3	3	3	Battlecry: Destroy the minions on either side of this minion and gain their Attack and Health. If you put this into your deck, you WILL lose the trust of your other minions.
Ancient Mage	Rare	Minion	General	Any	4	2	5	Battlecry: Give adjacent minions Spell Damage +1. Sometimes he forgets and just wanders into someone else's game.
Defender of Argus	Rare	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	Battlecry: Give adjacent minions +1/+1 and Taunt. You wouldn’t think that Argus would need this much defending. But it does.
Explosive Shot	Rare	Spell		Hunter	5			Deal 5 damage to a minion and 2 damage to adjacent ones. Pull the pin, count to 5, then shoot. Then duck.
Snapjaw Shellfighter	Epic	Minion	General	Any	5	3	8	Whenever an adjacent minion takes damage, this minion takes it instead. Nonono, the turtle is the Shellfighter.
Supercollider	Epic	Weapon		Warrior	5	1	3	After you attack a minion, force it to attack one of its neighbors. Boom's Second Law of Motion: HIT IT VERY HARD!
Turncoat Contract	Epic	Spell		Rogue	6			Destroy a minion. It deals its damage to adjacent minions.
Zentimo	Legendary	Minion	General	Shaman	3	1	3	Whenever you target a minion with a spell, cast it again on its neighbors. Serenity. Peace. Many frogs.
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Wild format

 This section contains information exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Shadowmourne	None	Weapon		Warrior	8	4	3	Also damages the minions next to whomever your hero attacks.
Grievous Bite	Common	Spell		Hunter	2			Deal 2 damage to a minion and 1 damage to adjacent ones. Ooh. I'll have a bite of this, and of this, and of this...
Sudden Betrayal	Common	Spell		Rogue	2			Secret: When a minion attacks your hero, instead it attacks one of its neighbours. You thought he was your bro-bold, but turns out he's your foe-bold.
Cave Hydra	Common	Minion	Beast	Hunter	3	2	4	Also damages the minions next to whomever this attacks. Can be upgraded into a Cave Lurker.
Fungalmancer	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	2	2	Battlecry: Give adjacent minions +2/+2. Fungalmancy is the easy major for those who can't cut it at Waxmancy.
Sunborne Val'kyr	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	5	4	Battlecry: Give adjacent minions +2 Health. Bring valor to Odyn's halls, Champion!
Powershot	Rare	Spell		Hunter	3			Deal 2 damage to a minion and the minions next to it. pow POW pow
Avalanche	Rare	Spell		Shaman	4			Freeze a minion and deal 3 damage to adjacent ones. One of our more snowbally cards.
Grimestreet Protector	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	7	6	6	Taunt Battlecry: Give adjacent minions Divine Shield. Some new asphalt should do the trick.
Magnataur Alpha	Epic	Minion	General	Warrior	4	5	3	Also damages the minions next to whomever he attacks. Playing him also gets you into the Magnataur Beta.
Wee Spellstopper	Epic	Minion	General	Mage	4	2	5	Adjacent minions can't be targeted by spells or Hero Powers. Bane of spellcasters and spelling bees everywhere.
Meteor	Epic	Spell		Mage	6			Deal 15 damage to a minion and 3 damage to adjacent ones. When you absolutely, positively, have to kill all the dinosaurs.
Crushing Walls	Epic	Spell		Hunter	7			Destroy your opponent's left and right-most minions. "It could be worse!" "It's worse."
Foe Reaper 4000	Legendary	Minion	Mech	Any	8	6	9	Also damages the minions next to whomever it attacks. Foe reaping is really not so different from harvest reaping, at the end of the day.
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