| Set: |  The League of Explorers |
|---|---|
| Type: | Spell |
| Spell school: | Holy |
| Class: |  Paladin |
| Rarity: |  Common |
| Cost: | 1  |
| Abilities: | Destroy, Secret |
| Wiki tags: | Battlefield-related, Summoning-related, Triggered effect |
| Artist: | Zoltan Boros |
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Sacred Trial is a paladin spell card, from the League of Explorers set.
How to get
Two copies of regular Sacred Trial are obtained by defeating Temple Escape, the third encounter in The League of Explorers's first wing, the Temple of Orsis.
As a Wild-format card, both regular and golden versions of Sacred Trial can also be crafted for the following amounts:
| Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Trial | 40 | 5 |
| Golden Sacred Trial | 400 | 50 |
Notes
- Like the other Secrets that trigger when your opponent plays a minion from their hand (
Mirror Entity, Snipe, 
Repentance), Sacred Trial triggers in the After Play Phase following the Battlecry Phase. This means that all effects and death processing related to the minion's Battlecry resolve before the game queues and resolves Secrets such as Sacred Trial. For example, if you have one minion and play Dr. Boom, an enemy Sacred Trial will trigger.[1]
- Sacred Trial, Mirror Entity, Snipe, Repentance and Potion of Polymorph all trigger in order of play.
- Sacred Trial triggers if the minion is mortally wounded (such as by Snipe) or pending destroy (such as by Snipe + Acidmaw). This is probably a bug.[2]
- Repentance does not trigger if Sacred Trial sets the minion pending destroy before it.[3] (Before Patch 7.0, it would trigger even though the minion will die anyway.)[4]
- Snipe does not trigger if Sacred Trial sets the minion pending destroy before it.[5]
- Mirror Entity does not trigger if Sacred Trial sets the minion pending destroy before it.[6] (Before Patch 7.0, Mirror Entity would make a copy - that survives!)[7]
- Potion of Polymorph does not trigger if Sacred Trial sets the minion pending destroy before it.[8]
- Sacred Trial,
- If you have Sacred Trial in play, and your opponent has 3 or more minions and plays Lord Jaraxxus, Sacred Trial triggers after the Battlecry finishes and destroys the Lord Jaraxxus hero, ending the game.[9][10]
- As of Patch 9.2.0.21517 this interaction has been removed from the game, and Lord Jaraxxus will no longer trigger Sacred Trial.
Strategy
Best used in a control deck as if you use a quicker deck your enemy will often trade their board to yours thus not giving ideal conditions for this card to trigger. Has synergy with 
Mysterious Challenger and 
Mad Scientist.
Lore
Sacred Trial represents "a hallway filled with holy lasers and swinging axes", which the worthy can stroll through unscathed, while the unworthy are destroyed.[11] It is original to Hearthstone.
Trivia
- This card is a reference to the trials at the end of the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. (See also: Harrison Jones.)
Gallery
Sacred Trial, full art
Patch changes
- Patch 4.2.0.12051 (2016-03-14): Now reads "After your opponent" instead of "When your opponent".
- Patch 4.0.0.10833 (2015-11-10): Added.
References
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/3skp21/til_sacred_trial_kills_dr_boom_if_one_minion_is/ Tested in Patch 4.0.0.10833 (LoE patch)
- ↑ https://github.com/HearthSim/hs-bugs/issues/698
- ↑ https://github.com/HearthSim/hs-bugs/issues/698
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh8t3DDteGs Tested in Patch 4.0.0.10833 (LoE patch)
- ↑ https://github.com/HearthSim/hs-bugs/issues/698
- ↑ https://github.com/HearthSim/hs-bugs/issues/698
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpwrQkFoPx0 Tested in Patch 4.0.0.10833 (LoE patch)
- ↑ https://github.com/HearthSim/hs-bugs/issues/698
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTROehLWNlE Tested in Patch 4.2.0.10956 (2016-03-14)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMojP2lLFb0 Tested in Patch 4.2.0.10956 (2016-03-14)
- ↑ Blizzcon 2015 Hearthstone League of Explorers Panel – 1080p. (2015-11-07).