Silver Vanguard

Silver Vanguard

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Set:	Kobolds and Catacombs
Type:	Minion
Rarity:	Common
Cost:	7
Attack:	3
Health:	3
Abilities:	Deathrattle, Put into battlefield, Recruit, Summon
Tags:	Cost-related
Artist:	Alex Garner

Deathrattle: Recruit an 8-Cost minion.

Float like a Faerie Dragon, sting like a Hivequeen.

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Silver Vanguard is a common neutral minion card, from the Kobolds & Catacombs set.

How to get

Silver Vanguard can be obtained through Kobolds & Catacombs card packs, or through crafting.

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Silver Vanguard	40	5
Golden Silver Vanguard	400	50

Strategy

While Silver Vanguard's stats are pitiful for its cost, it has an enormously powerful Deathrattle, allowing it to Recruit an 8-Cost minion. When including Silver Vanguard in your deck, you want to make sure you include 8-Cost minions that would benefit from being summoned straight from the deck; while minions with a positive Battlecry like Tortollan Primalist and Kalimos, Primal Lord would decrease in value, those with persistent effects such as The Lich King and Rotface, or even those with negative Battlecries like Charged Devilsaur would be more beneficial. Be wary of Silence effects, as they will render Silver Vanguard nearly worthless. Spiritsinger Umbra and N'Zoth, the Corruptor synergize fantastically with her.

Silver Vanguard can be used to create a nearly infinite loop with Da Undatakah. If Da Undatakah is given the Deathrattles of Immortal Prelate and this card and you have two copies, it will repeatedly resummon itself until there are no more copies processing death sequence. This can be used to generate huge amounts of armor with Plated Beetle or/and deal high damage to your opponent with Leper Gnome.

8-cost minions

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Ironbark Protector	Free	General	Druid	8	8	8	Taunt I dare you to attack Darnassus.
Bonemare	Common	General	Any	8	5	5	Battlecry: Give a friendly minion +4/+4 and Taunt. Attacks her job with unbridled enthusiasm.
Cauldron Elemental	Common	Elemental	Any	8	7	7	Your other Elementals have +2 Attack. Decorating tip: Unused cauldrons can make a lovely elemental display.
Deranged Doctor	Common	General	Any	8	8	8	Deathrattle: Restore 8 Health to your hero. Unfortunately, his doctorate is in Murloc Literature.
Eldritch Horror	Common	General	Any	8	6	10	Often wonders what path his life might have taken if he wasn't named, you know, "Eldritch Horror".
Force-Tank MAX	Common	Mech	Any	8	7	7	Divine Shield There is a factory in Tanaris for crafting force-tanks, but it only ever made two, because of cost overruns.
Fossilized Devilsaur	Common	General	Any	8	8	8	Battlecry: If you control a Beast, gain Taunt. This was the only job he could get after the dinosaur theme park debacle.
Heroic Innkeeper	Common	General	Any	8	4	4	Taunt. Battlecry: Gain +2/+2 for each other friendly minion. We reserve the right to refuse service to any 1/1.
Mosh'ogg Enforcer	Common	General	Any	8	2	14	Taunt Divine Shield Can’t break the rules if you can’t read ‘em.
Pit Crocolisk	Common	Beast	Any	8	5	6	Battlecry: Deal 5 damage. PIT! Not PET!
Plagued Protodrake	Common	Dragon	Any	8	8	8	Deathrattle: Summon a random 7-Cost minion. "What’s in the drake?! WHAT’S IN THE DRAKE?"
Supreme Abyssal	Common	Demon	Any	8	12	12	Can't attack heroes. Yet, you still feel attacked.
Twin Tyrant	Common	Dragon	Any	8	4	10	Battlecry: Deal 4 damage to two random enemy minions. They can never agree on whether it's too hot or too cold.
Violet Wurm	Common	Beast	Any	8	7	7	Deathrattle: Summon seven 1/1 Grubs. It's wurms all the way down.
Walking Fountain	Common	Elemental	Shaman	8	4	8	Lifesteal, Rush, Windfury The weirdest part is that it doesn't have legs.
Arcane Devourer	Rare	Elemental	Any	8	5	5	Whenever you cast a spell, gain +2/+2. Likes her magic with a pinch of salt.
Coilfang Warlord	Rare	General	Demon Hunter	8	9	5	Rush Deathrattle: Summon a 5/9 Warlord with Taunt. Prepare for the staunch conch launch!
Doomcaller	Rare	General	Any	8	7	9	Battlecry: Give your C'Thun +2/+2 (wherever it is). If it's dead, shuffle it into your deck. "Hello, is Doom there? No? Can I leave a message?"
Enhanced Dreadlord	Rare	Demon	Warlock	8	5	7	Taunt Deathrattle: Summon a 5/5 Dreadlord with Lifesteal. Photo actually taken across the street in the reflection of a doorknob.
Gilnean Royal Guard	Rare	General	Any	8	3	8	Divine Shield, Rush Each turn this is in your hand, swap its Attack and Health. Admittedly, they kind of dropped the ball with Prince Liam.
Grizzled Guardian	Rare	Beast	Druid	8	3	5	Taunt Deathrattle: Recruit 2 minions that cost (4) or less. Favorite sandwich? Grizzled cheese.
Hulking Overfiend	Rare	Demon	Demon Hunter	8	5	10	Rush. After this attacks and kills a minion, it may attack again. To hulk, perhaps, to fiend: ay, there's the rub.
Tomb Warden	Rare	Mech	Warrior	8	3	6	Taunt Battlecry: Summon a copy of this minion. Also known as an ancient copy machine.
Troublemaker	Rare	General	Warrior	8	6	8	At the end of your turn, summon two 3/3 Ruffians that attack random enemies. "Prepare for trouble!" "Make it double!"
Batterhead	Epic	General	Any	8	3	12	Rush. After this attacks and kills a minion, it may attack again. When it comes to problem-solving, he always uses his head.
Charged Devilsaur	Epic	Beast	Any	8	7	7	Charge Battlecry: Can't attack heroes this turn. What happens when a dinosaur mixes soda and pop rocks.
Flesh Giant	Epic	General		8	8	8	Costs 1 less for each time your hero's Health changed during your turns. "A BIG mistake."
Giant Sand Worm	Epic	Beast	Hunter	8	8	8	Whenever this attacks and kills a minion, it may attack again. Banned from every all-you-can-eat buffet on Azeroth.
Grand Archivist	Epic	General	Any	8	4	7	At the end of your turn, cast a spell from your deck (targets chosen randomly). Qualifications: Found pointy hat.
Mana Giant	Epic	Elemental	Mage	8	8	8	Costs (1) less for each card you've played this game that didn't start in your deck. Spell more and save more with a GIANT discount!
Naga Sea Witch	Epic	General	Any	8	5	5	Your cards cost (5). If she had studied harder, she would have been a C+ witch.
Primordial Drake	Epic	Dragon	Any	8	4	8	Taunt Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all other minions. Before he became a rap artist.
Splitting Festeroot	Epic	General	Any	8	4	4	Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Splitting Saplings. No use crying over split Festeroot.
Tortollan Pilgrim	Epic	General	Mage	8	5	5	Battlecry: Discover a spell in your deck and cast it with random targets. A tortollan made it to the desert!
Tortollan Primalist	Epic	General	Any	8	5	4	Battlecry: Discover a spell and cast it with random targets. I see pizza in my future.
Whirlwind Tempest	Epic	Elemental	Any	8	6	6	Your minions with Windfury have Mega-Windfury. And your minions with mega-windfury get... dizzy.
Akali, the Rhino	Legendary	Beast	Warrior	8	5	5	Rush, Overkill: Draw a Rush minion and give it +5/+5. Most trolls only get to “AAAAHHH!” and don’t make it to the “kali” part.
Al'Akir the Windlord	Legendary	Elemental	Shaman	8	3	5	Windfury, Charge, Divine Shield, Taunt He is the weakest of the four Elemental Lords. And the other three don't let him forget it.
Anomalus	Legendary	Elemental	Mage	8	8	6	Deathrattle: Deal 8 damage to all minions. That's short for "Anomnomnomnomalus".
Archwitch Willow	Legendary	General	Warlock	8	5	5	Battlecry: Summon a random Demon from your hand and deck. One of the demons will do all the work while the other gets the same grade.
Beastmaster Leoroxx	Legendary	General	Hunter	8	5	5	Battlecry: Summon 3 Beasts from your hand. Father of Rexxar, Champion of the Horde, and Flexxar, Champion of the Gym.
Captain Hooktusk	Legendary	Pirate	Rogue	8	6	3	Battlecry: Summon 3 Pirates from your deck. Give them Rush. "You three! Get in the cannon!"
Catrina Muerte	Legendary	General	Priest	8	6	8	At the end of your turn, summon a friendly minion that died this game. She always manages to lift your spirits.
Chromaggus	Legendary	Dragon	Any	8	6	8	Whenever you draw a card, put another copy into your hand. Left head and right head can never agree about what to eat for dinner, so they always end up just eating ramen again.
Da Undatakah	Legendary	General	Any	8	8	5	Battlecry: Gain the Deathrattle effects of 3 friendly minions that died this game. First Deathrattle: Draw a card. Second: Draw 2 cards. Third: Throw Mon'kind off a steel cage and plummet sixteen feet through an announcer’s table.
Deathwing, Mad Aspect	Legendary	Dragon	Warrior	8	12	12	Battlecry: Attack ALL other minions. Bite that one, bite that other one, claw this one, swallow that one whole....
Fel Lord Betrug	Legendary	Demon	Warlock	8	5	7	Whenever you draw a minion, summon a copy with Rush that dies at end of turn. Nobody else likes rush hour.
Foe Reaper 4000	Legendary	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.
Geosculptor Yip	Legendary	General	Warrior	8	4	8	At the end of your turn, summon a random minion with Cost equal to your Armor (up to 10). Once crafted a gauntlet out of earwax and pure ambition.
Grommash Hellscream	Legendary	General	Warrior	8	4	9	Charge Has +6 Attack while damaged. Grommash drank the tainted blood of Mannoroth, dooming the orcs to green skin and red eyes! Maybe not his best decision.
Gruul	Legendary	General	Any	8	7	7	At the end of each turn, gain +1/+1 . He's Gruul "the Dragonkiller". He just wanted to cuddle them… he never meant to…
Hex Lord Malacrass	Legendary	General	Mage	8	5	5	Battlecry: Add a copy of your opening hand to your hand (except this card). Extremely awkward cousin of Hex Lord Malaclass.
Hir'eek, the Bat	Legendary	Beast	Warlock	8	1	1	Battlecry: Fill your board with copies of this minion. REPEL’S EFFECT WORE OFF.
Jepetto Joybuzz	Legendary	General	Any	8	6	6	Battlecry: Draw 2 minions from your deck. Set their Attack, Health, and Cost to 1. "I'm a real toy now!"
Kalimos, Primal Lord	Legendary	Elemental	Shaman	8	7	7	Battlecry: If you played an Elemental last turn, cast an Elemental Invocation. All that's missing is a little heart.
Kathrena Winterwisp	Legendary	General	Hunter	8	6	6	Battlecry and Deathrattle: Recruit a Beast. She’s not one of those treehugger elves – but she does like the occasional cuddle.
Kel'Thuzad	Legendary	General	Any	8	6	8	At the end of each turn, summon all friendly minions that died this turn. Kel'Thuzad could not resist the call of the Lich King. Even when it's just a robo-call extolling the Lich King's virtues.
King Togwaggle	Legendary	General	Any	8	5	5	Battlecry: Swap decks with your opponent. Give them a Ransom spell to swap back. Management of the Kobold Empire requires a careful balance between a lack of social services and fiscal irresponsibility.
Lucentbark	Legendary	General	Druid	8	4	8	Taunt Deathrattle: Go Dormant. Restore 5 Health to awaken this minion. Always feels refreshed after a little dirt nap.
Marin the Fox	Legendary	General	Any	8	6	6	Battlecry: Summon a 0/8 Treasure Chest for your opponent. (Break it for awesome loot!) My name is Marin the Fox. You took my treasure. Prepare to die.
Medivh, the Guardian	Legendary	General	Any	8	7	7	Battlecry:Equip Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian. If you think the party's great now, just wait 'til he invites the orcs over!
Murozond the Infinite	Legendary	Dragon	Priest	8	8	8	Battlecry: Play all cards your opponent played last turn. "Well, I'm glad YOU knew what I should be doing this turn."
Natalie Seline	Legendary	General	Priest	8	8	1	Battlecry: Destroy a minion and gain its Health. She discovered Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire, a terrible weapon of shadow magic that could both swallow a soul and cut a mean julienne.
Octosari	Legendary	Beast	Any	8	8	8	Deathrattle: Draw 8 cards. Eight arms of sand-flinging, foe-wringing, card-slinging fury!
Princess Talanji	Legendary	General	Priest	8	7	5	Battlecry: Summon all minions from your hand that didn't start in your deck. Everyone wants to be a princess, but nobody ever considers the size of the hat.
Ragnaros the Firelord	Legendary	Elemental	Any	8	8	8	Can't attack. At the end of your turn, deal 8 damage to a random enemy. Ragnaros was summoned by the Dark Iron dwarves, who were eventually enslaved by the Firelord. Summoning Ragnaros often doesn’t work out the way you want it to.
Ragnaros, Lightlord	Legendary	Elemental	Paladin	8	8	8	At the end of your turn, restore 8 health to a damaged friendly character. What happens when you try and corrupt a corrupted firelord? DOUBLE NEGATIVE, INSECT!
Rhonin	Legendary	General	Mage	8	7	7	Deathrattle: Add 3 copies of Arcane Missiles to your hand. A masterless shamurai.
Rotface	Legendary	General	Warrior	8	4	6	Whenever this minion survives damage, summon a random Legendary minion. Daddy! I think I made a Legendary!
Sindragosa	Legendary	Dragon	Mage	8	8	8	Battlecry: Summon two 0/1 Frozen Champions. "I recognize your effort but I think your magic still has room for improvement." - Sindragosa after taking a class on giving constructive feedback.
Sneed's Old Shredder	Legendary	Mech	Any	8	5	7	Deathrattle: Summon a random Legendary minion. When Sneed was defeated in the Deadmines, his shredder was sold at auction to an anonymous buyer. (Probably Hogger.)
Splintergraft	Legendary	General	Druid	8	8	8	Battlecry: Choose a friendly minion. Add a 10/10 copy to your hand that costs (10). We're going to need some bigger tweezers.
Tess Greymane	Legendary	General	Rogue	8	6	6	Battlecry: Replay every card from another class you've played this game (targets chosen randomly). Those who cannot remember their card history are doomed to repeat it.
The Boogeymonster	Legendary	General	Any	8	6	7	Whenever this attacks and kills a minion, gain +2/+2. Has 20 years of training in classical ballet, but ALLLLLL he ever gets asked to do is boogie.
The Lich King	Legendary	General	Any	8	8	8	Taunt At the end of your turn, add a random Death Knight card to your hand. "All that I am: anger, cruelty, vengeance, 8 attack - I bestow upon you, my chosen knight."
Tirion Fordring	Legendary	General	Paladin	8	6	6	Divine Shield. Taunt. Deathrattle: Equip a 5/3 Ashbringer. If you haven't heard the Tirion Fordring theme song, it's because it doesn't exist.
Turalyon, the Tenured	Legendary	General	Paladin	8	3	12	Rush. Whenever this attacks a minion, set the defender's Attack and Health to 3. "Let evil flee before righteousness; let the innocent live in peace. Let the day come when none need fear. For that day, I give my life gladly."
Zzeraku the Warped	Legendary	Dragon	Warlock	8	4	12	Whenever your hero takes damage, summon a 6/6 Nether Drake. The extra Z is for "zesty."
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Quotes

Summon

No walls can hold me!

Attack

Punch first.

Trivia

• This card's flavor text is a reference to a famous quote by American boxer Muhammad Ali: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
• Faerie Dragon and Emerald Hive Queen are referenced in the flavor text.

Gallery

Silver Vanguard, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0.22611 (2017-12-06): Added.