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Embrace the Shadow

Embrace the Shadow

Embrace the Shadow is a 2 Mana Cost Epic Priest Spell card from the Whispers of the Old Gods set!

Card Text

This turn, your healing effects deal damage instead.

Flavor Text

For when your Auchenai Soulpriests call in sick.

Type
Spell
Rarity
Epic
Set
Whispers of the Old Gods
Class
Priest
Cost
2
Spell School
Shadow
Minion Type
Mechanics
Artist
Rafael Zanchetin
Collectible
Yes

30 Comments

  1. Turboisa

    maybe a one of for lethal combos, but otherwise auchenai is just better

  2. LordLukste

    Funny, it says healing effects. Not Spells and hero power... I hope this isn't a bad sign.

    1. jordon carmen

      It means anything with the effect of healing

  3. M

    It doesn't seem too bad.

  4. Ghoster

    A lot questions, is effect permanent? does it affect whole deck?

    1. Evident

      It's not permanent, it says "this turn".

  5. For better hs

    Why all cards are epic?! Its so expansive, and new players will use only c'thun deck because c'thun is free and cultist are common or rare

    1. Bling

      I think they just want to show off the new sexy cards

  6. Inst4ntKarma

    So this is what we combo with Corrupted Healbot!

  7. Ernest

    BM master useing this and Reno :)

  8. Xander Raidon

    I can only see this card played in an OTK Heal deck alongside "Prophet Vellen", "Flash Heal" and "Mind Blast".

    Other than that, Auchenai is strictly better because it does a lot more into a Fatigue/Control match up than this card. (and I don't see any reason to play this against Aggro)

    1. Xander Raidon

      Ohh, and this card would've been pretty good if it cost 8 mana and was Permanent. Then you could combo it with "Justicar Trueheart" for some Insane Control/Fatigue Hero Power.

      1. lennon255

        They can't do that because Shadowform exists.

    2. Ismiel

      Priests play Auchenai mostly for the effect, not for the body. With this card they get the effect 2 mana cheaper, which means Embrace the Shadow - Circle of Healing is 2 mana cheaper than Auchenai - Circle of Healing. This is huge, especially against aggro, and every self-respecting Control priest will play it, not just Burst priests.

  9. Financial Healer

    I guess you can use it with circle and save auchenai for later...
    Also you could even slam down an 7-8 mana legendary after clearing with this and circle!

    Yes i do like it. Yes i will try it out in a heal heavy deck. No i don't think it looks very powerful.

    1. Xander Raidon

      Hmm.. I guess a Tempo Priest deck where you out-tempo your opponent with this card + Circle of Death + Big Minion combo might be a thing, but if he has an answear to your big minion, you're screwed xD

      Also, it costs 2 mana so you can't combo it with Confessor + hero power, unless you Thaurissan first.

      I am waiting for the Trolden video where a Druid or Shaman gets this out of "Nexus-Champion Saraad" or "Spellslinger".

  10. Foodbeard

    It's easy to make an unfavorable comparison to Auchenai Soulpriest, but you have to take a few critical things into account:

    1. Auchenai Soulpriest rarely survives your opponent's turn. In my experience it usually eats a removal or gets traded into. (And if you Circle'd, it only has 1 HP--easy pickings.) If you're lucky, you MIGHT get two turns out of it, or once in a blue moon more than that. So a lot of the time, Soulpriest might as well be a spell.

    2. Embrace the Shadow costs (2) less than Soulpriest. If you're running a OTK deck, that is an enormous advantage. I run a Burst Priest deck sometimes and I cannot tell you how many times I'm just short of lethal because Soulpriest is kind of expensive.

    3. You could run this AND Soulpriest in the same deck. I could see running 2x Embrace and 1x Soulpriest to help with consistency, or vice versa.

    All in all, I see this as a solid alternative to or addition to Soulpriest. OTK decks would probably favor Emrace, and other decks would probably lean toward the Soulpriest.

    1. Foodbeard

      Another thought is that this kind of comes down to tempo vs. value--Soulpriest is better value because you also get a body out of it that the opponent will scramble to remove, and Embrace is better tempo because it costs less and makes it more likely you can do other things on the turn you cast it.

    2. Nightfall

      embrace of shadows is also much better because I saw a tournament fight once and the guy lost because he couldn't heal because of the ouchenai soulpriest. this card gives you control over when you can heal and when not so you are able to control the effect.

      1. Foodbeard

        Also true! Sometimes your Soulpriest hangs around in a really inconvenient way.

  11. thascout1

    ET turn 6 with Velen, 2 Flash Heals, this card, and 1 Mind Blast is an OTK on turn 7

    1. lennon255

      That's 8 mana bro. Good luck with that.

      1. Frey

        Nope. 6 mana Velen, Flash heal 0 mana, mind blast 1 mana.

        1. Beaumains1

          And this card one mana

  12. FFyuan

    baron rivendare(4) + zombie(1)*2 + flash heal(1)*2 + circle(0) + this card(2)
    deals 5*2*2 + 5*2=30 damage, cost 10

    1. Safari

      Despite you depend of many cards, that's really amazing!! (wild format only)

  13. lagaristis

    Good card I can see it in my priest control using the circle .in turn 2 rather than going with alchenai magician in turn 4

  14. shiang

    good card, just think of this + circle of healing + hero power. Sure auchenai is better if you have the mana but you might want to use the mana for something else.

  15. Ethelolz

    Hi guys, this is my deck based on Embrace the Shadow. Check this out!

    http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/otk-embrace-the-shadow-priest/

  16. Mundus

    This card sucks, HARD. Soulpriest is a lot better, hell even freaking shadowform is and that sucks.

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