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Ancestral Spirit is a rare shaman spell card, from the Legacy set.

Other versions

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
Card packsOpen one of these card packs:
Classic Pack
Golden Classic Pack
Wild Pack
Golden Wild
Regular
Golden
1~2 (random)
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 100 DustRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 800 DustGolden1

Notes

To edit these notes, go to Template:Ancestral Spirit notes.

  • The Deathrattle granted by this spell summons a fresh copy of the original minion following its death. Any damage, enchantments or silences affecting it before its destruction will not carry over to the new copy.
  • Control of the the minion is not affected by Ancestral Spirit - the spell does not grant control of the resurrected minion to the casting player.
  • The Deathrattle granted by this spell activates immediately after any Deathrattles the minion already had before Ancestral Spirit was cast. Consequently:
    • The copy of the minion will not receive any damage that may be caused by the Deathrattles a minion like LegacyAbomination already had.[1]
    • If the minion already had a Deathrattle like NaxxramasHaunted Creeper's that summons one or more minions, and they fill up the board to 7 friendly minions, then Ancestral Spirit's Deathrattle will be wasted and no copy of the minion will be summoned.[2]
    • If a Deathrattle which was put into play before Ancestral Spirit places the minion into the player's hand or deck, the Ancestral Spirit Deathrattle will not trigger. Currently the only example of this is Goblins vs GnomesMalorne; an Ancestral Spirit will never trigger on a Goblins vs GnomesMalorne, since its innate Deathrattle will shuffle it into the deck, removing Ancestral Spirit before it can activate.[3]
  • The copy of the minion will be summoned at the location where the minion died, just as with Deathrattles like LegacyHarvest Golem's and NaxxramasSludge Belcher's.
    • If the minion already had a Deathrattle that summoned one or more minions at its location, the Ancestral Spirit copy of the minion will be summoned to the immediate left of those earlier Deathrattle-summoned minions.[4]


Trivia

  • The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Through the Dark Portal" series, for the card Ancestral Spirit.
  • This card's flavor text is a reference to the Black Knight in the 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
  • Gallery

    Patch changes

    • Forged in the Barrens logoPatch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
    • Curse of Naxxramas logo Patch 1.1.0.6024 (2014-07-22):
      • Now reads: Give a minion "Deathrattle: Resummon this minion." (previously: Choose a minion. When that minion is destroyed, return it to the battlefield.)
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
      • Flavor text now reads: "It was just a flesh wound." (previously: "Death was just a setback!").
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
      • Added.

    External links

  • PlayHearthstone
  • HSReplay.net
  • Hearthpwn
  • OutOf.Cards
  • References

     
    1. Tested by User:jerodast on 2015-02-21: Cast Ancestral Spirit on an Goblins vs GnomesExplosive Sheep; when it died it dealt 2 damage to all other minions and then summoned a copy of itself that had no damage.
    2. Tested by User:jerodast on 2015-02-21: Cast Ancestral Spirit on a NaxxramasHaunted Creeper with 5 other minions on the board; when it died its 2 Spectral Spiders were summoned but no copy of the Creeper appeared.
    3. http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/15538984032
    4. Tested by User:jerodast on 2015-02-21: In several repetitions of tests, Ancestral Spirit was cast on "sticky" minions including NaxxramasNerubian Egg and Goblins vs GnomesPiloted Shredder, which were then killed. The copies of those minions always appeared to the left of the minions summoned by their regular Deathrattles.
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