Changes: Silas Darkmoon

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Silas Darkmoon

Regular

Gold

Set:	Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
Type:	Minion
Class:	Neutral
Rarity:	Legendary
Cost:	7
Attack:	4
Health:	4
Abilities:	Battlecry, Take control
Wiki tags:	Positional effect
Artist:	Ivan Fomin

Battlecry: Choose a direction to rotate all minions.

Flavor text

"You might remember me from such attractions as 'Being Shot out of a Cannon' or 'That Carousel Ate My Friend.'"

External links

Data page • PlayHearthstone • Hearthpwn

Silas Darkmoon is a legendary neutral minion card, from the Madness at the Darkmoon Faire set.

How to get

Regular Silas Darkmoon automatically given to each player the first time they log into Hearthstone starting from October 22, 2020.

Golden Silas Darkmoon is given to each player, who has purchased the Darkmoon Faire Rewards Track Tavern Pass.

Regular and golden Silas Darkmoon are Uncraftable (cannot be crafted or disenchanted).

Choice cards

Notes

Silas rotates all minions in the chosen direction, identical to The Haunted Carousel tavern brawl. The outermost minions switch control. This can include Silas himself.
If a Dormant minion is on the edge of the board, it will be ignored and the next adjacent minion will swap instead.
If Silas is rotated with Brann Bronzebeard on board or Heart of Vir'naal active, the second rotation will be random.
"This Way" rotates clockwise (right), while "That Way" rotates counter-clockwise (left).

Bugs

If Silas is played with a opponent's board full of Dormant minions, the maximium of 7 minions can be passed. This bug is still not fixed yet.

Strategy

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Generally, you want to ensure what you give your opponent is much worse than what you take from them. For example, paladins can trade a Silver Hand Recruit for a larger threat. Be mindful of your outermost minions. Even on an empty board, Silas will trade himself away, although this can still be used to steal high-impact minions like Rattlegore and Obsidian Statue.

Silas can also be used similar to a neutral Treachery, giving your opponent an undesirable minion. Warriors can give an opponent a Soulbound Ashtongue and cast Shield Slam on it for an OTK.

While you might lose some value of Silas from this, stealing an opponent's minion buffed with spells like Libram of Wisdom or just combo pieces like Gadgetzan Auctioneer can prove to be useful, with the former disrupting potential Libram and Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate strategies and the latter hurting decks like Miracle Rogue or decks based on C'Thun, the Shattered.

Quotes

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Lore

This section uses content from Wowpedia.

Silas Darkmoon is the founder and leader of the Darkmoon Faire, an exotic bunch of wandering showmen, who together celebrate the wondrous and mysterious idiosyncrasies found in Azeroth. Previously operating in Mulgore and Elwynn Forest, his Faire has since the time of Deathwing's fall moved to Darkmoon Island.

Trivia

Silas Darkmoon was the seventh card available in Play mode before the release of the expansion it belonged to.
When inspected in the Collection manager before Patch 19.0.0.65614, Silas had no flavour text. This has been fixed.
- Silas Darkmoon's flavor text is a reference to The Simpsons character Troy McClure.
- His flavor text could also reference Maxima Blastenheimer and Revolve respectively.
The flavor of Silas' Battlecry references the Darkmoon Carousel in the Faire. His theme also comes from the Darkmoon Carousel's music.

Gallery

Silas Darkmoon full — Silas Darkmoon, full art

Silas Darkmoon WoW — Silas in *World of Warcraft*.

Patch changes

Patch 18.6.0.63160 (2020-10-22): Added.

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 ==How to get==
 Regular Silas Darkmoon automatically given to each player the first time they log into ''Hearthstone'' starting from October 22, 2020.
+Golden Silas Darkmoon is given to each player, who has purchased the Darkmoon Faire Rewards Track Tavern Pass.
 Regular and golden Silas Darkmoon are [[Uncraftable]] (cannot be crafted or disenchanted).
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 * If a [[Dormant]] minion is on the edge of the board, it will be ignored and the next adjacent minion will swap instead.
 * If Silas is rotated with [[Brann Bronzebeard]] on board or [[Heart of Vir'naal]] active, the second rotation will be random.
+* "This Way" rotates clockwise (right), while "That Way" rotates counter-clockwise (left).
 == Bugs ==
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 Silas can also be used similar to a neutral [[Treachery]], giving your opponent an undesirable minion. Warriors can give an opponent a [[Soulbound Ashtongue]] and cast [[Shield Slam]] on it for an OTK.
-While you might lose some value of Silas from this, stealing an opponent's minion buffed with spells like [[Libram of Wisdom]] or just combo pieces like [[Gadgetzan Auctioneer]] can prove to be useful, with the former disrupting potential [[Libram]] and [[Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate]] strategies and the ladder hurting decks like [[Miracle Rogue]] or decks based on [[C'Thun, the Shattered]].
+While you might lose some value of Silas from this, stealing an opponent's minion buffed with spells like [[Libram of Wisdom]] or just combo pieces like [[Gadgetzan Auctioneer]] can prove to be useful, with the former disrupting potential [[Libram]] and [[Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate]] strategies and the latter hurting decks like [[Miracle Rogue]] or decks based on [[C'Thun, the Shattered]].
 ==Quotes==
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 * Silas Darkmoon was the seventh card available in [[Play mode]] before the release of the expansion it belonged to.
 * When inspected in the [[Collection manager]] before [[Patch 19.0.0.65614]], Silas had no flavour text. This has been fixed.
- * His flavor text could reference [[Maxima Blastenheimer]] and [[Revolve]] respectively.
+** Silas Darkmoon's flavor text is a reference to ''The Simpsons'' character Troy McClure.
+** His flavor text could also reference [[Maxima Blastenheimer]] and [[Revolve]] respectively.
 * The flavor of Silas' Battlecry references the {{wow|Darkmoon Faire#Merry-Go-Round|Darkmoon Carousel}} in the Faire. His theme also comes from the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqj-p6zEgy8 Darkmoon Carousel's music].