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Shadow Ascendant is a common priest minion card, from the Knights of the Frozen Throne set.

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
Card packsOpen one of these card packs:
Knights of the Frozen Throne Pack
Wild Pack
Golden Wild
Regular
Golden
1~2 (random)
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 40 DustRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 400 DustGolden1

Sounds[]

Play
  • ▶️ VO_ICC_210_Female_Undead_Play_01.wav You are the shadow's puppet!
  • ▶️ ShadowMagic_Play_Underlay.wav <underlay sound>
Attack
  • ▶️ VO_ICC_210_Female_Undead_Attack_01.wav Do my bidding!
  • ▶️ ShadowMagic_Attack_Underlay.wav <underlay sound>
Death
  • ▶️ VO_ICC_210_Female_Undead_Death_01.wav <death sound>
  • ▶️ ShadowMagic_Death_Underlay.wav <underlay sound>

Lore[]

The concept of a "Shadow Ascendant" originates from the non-canonical World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, specifically the source book Horde Player's Guide.

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The Forgotten Shadow is a powerful religion that sweeps through the Forsaken. A devotee may throw off the shackles of their zombie-like body, becoming one with the Shadow. Those who succeed become shadow ascendants. Outsiders do not understand the process that fuels the ascendant's evolution from a physically powerful but slow corpse to a quick and deadly shadow. The Cult of Forgotten Shadow, however preaches that all Forsaken are born from the Shadow, and that they carry a portion of the Shadow within them. By strengthening their ties to death and undeath, the ascendant manifests their inner Shadow, bonding with it until they becomes a living shadow, the ultimate manifestation of the Shadow from which they were born.

However, the Roleplaying Game and all of its associated material were deemed non-canonical in 2011, and as such they do not have any bearing on canon lore. Hearthstone's Shadow Ascendant may represent the first time that a non-canonical RPG concept has been appropriated for Hearthstone.

In the web comic Freedom, the undead Hero SkinsAnduin Wrynn can be seen sending forth a shadowy ascendant to empower one of his undead soldiers into a hulking monstrosity.

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

Shadow Ascendant full

Shadow Ascendant, full art

Patch changes

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