- You might be looking for one of these cards: Battlegrounds/Tad, Battlegrounds/Tad (87062).
Tad is a boss that can be encountered during the Dungeon Run.
Hero Power
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Special cards
Deck
The below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on the boss' use of the cards during the battle.
| Class | Card | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Boss |  Starving Crab |
1 |
| Druid |  Tyrantus |
1 |
| Shaman |  Flamewreathed Faceless |
1 |
 Earth Elemental |
1 | |
| Hunter | Swamp King Dred |
1 |
| King Krush |
1 | |
| Neutral | Emerald Hive Queen |
1 |
| Millhouse Manastorm |
1 | |
| Cairne Bloodhoof |
1 | |
| Ragnaros the Firelord |
1 |
Strategy
Tad has no hand, plays no cards, and will not draw anything, so he will not be subject to any fatigue damage. His Hero Power, although described as randomly pulling out a minion from his deck, actually pulls out a minion matching his current mana crystal count. Hence, the minions coming out of his deck are in a pre-determined order, and you can prepare your plays accordingly.
Order in which the minions are summoned:
- 1 Mana -
Emerald Hive Queen - 2 Mana - Millhouse Manastorm
- 3 Mana - Starving Crab
- 4 Mana - Flamewreathed Faceless
- 5 Mana - Earth Elemental
- 6 Mana - Cairne Bloodhoof
- 7 Mana - Swamp King Dred
- 8 Mana - Ragnaros the Firelord
- 9 Mana - King Krush
- 10 Mana - Tyrantus
If you manage to survive through ten turns of his minions without doing any damage to this boss, it will summon one last minion - a 0/1 Sunken Chest that causes Tad to immediately lose once it is destroyed. Breaking this Chest will also reward you with Tad's Pole, a 1-mana 0/1 weapon that summons minions from the opponent's deck. It is crucial that Tad does not take any damage if you want the Pole, so you have to be prepared to kill the Starving Crab at first opportunity. Tad's Pole will remain in your deck for the remainder of the run.
If you are not interested in getting the Tad's Pole, just try to quickly do most of the damage early while keeping the Starving Crab alive. Finish it off with spells because an earth elemental pops at the 5th turn. Because he plays no cards, you can easily use Sap or 
Mulch on his more troublesome minions without any downsides.
While all of Tad's minions appear to be standard Hearthstone cards, they are specifically made only to be used by him and can have various buggy interactions when stolen, including dying immediately on play or being untargetable by both the player and Tad if already on the board.
Dialogue
Introduction
- Tad
- ...
Emote response
- Tad
- ...?!
Summoning Starving Crab
- Tad
- ...!!
Summoning Flamewreathed Faceless
- Tad
- ...?
Summoning Swamp King Dred
- Tad
- ...!
- Tad
- ...
Defeat
- Tad
- ...! ...?
Lore
Tad is unique to Hearthstone.
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Gallery
Tad, full art
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