Skelemancer

Skelemancer

Set:	Knights of the Frozen Throne
Type:	Minion
Rarity:	Common
Cost:	5
Attack:	2
Health:	2
Abilities:	Deathrattle, Summon
Artist:	Matt Dixon

Deathrattle: If it's your opponent's turn, summon an 8/8 Skeleton.

What do you mean there's no such thing as "Skelemancy?" But "Dinomancy" is ok?

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Skelemancer is a common neutral minion card, from the Knights of the Frozen Throne set.

How to get

Skelemancer can be obtained through Knights of the Frozen Throne card packs purchased online from the Battle.net shop, or through crafting.

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Skelemancer	40	5
Golden Skelemancer	400	50

Summoned minions

Strategy

This card comes with extremely low stats, but its true power comes from its Deathrattle. While it can't be activated during your turn, it is effective at deterring enemy board clearing AoE effects. It is best used in zoo decks since those decks are countered by board clears. Skelemancer is a good card for securing tempo and keeping the pressure on the opponent because they will also need a strong single-target removal to destroy the 8/8 Skeleton. It is also a great minion to give Taunt to with cards like Bonemare. As a downside, it is helpless against Taunts and is vulnerable to Potion of Madness (even if the opponent doesn't get the 8/8 Skeleton) and Cabal Shadow Priest.

In Arena, this is a decent card for the same reason. It is able to counter common board clears in Arena such as Volcanic Potion and Primordial Drake. However, it is only good if you have an aggressive deck and are ahead on board, or else your opponent can just easily ignore a 5 mana 2/2.

Quotes

Summon

Over my undead body!

Attack

Drop dead!

Trivia

• The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Assault on Icecrown Citadel Treasure" series, for the card Fel Trade.

Gallery

Skelemancer, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.0.20457 (2017-08-08): Added.