Magtheridon
Magtheridon is a 4 Mana Cost Legendary Neutral Minion card from the Ashes of Outland set!
Card Text
Dormant. Battlecry: Summon
three 1/3 enemy Warders.
When they die, destroy all
minions and awaken.
Flavor Text
Came from another world to invade Outland and bend it to his will… only to be overthrown by an elf from another world who invaded Outland and bent it to his will.
- Type
- Minion
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Set
- Ashes of Outland
- Class
- Neutral
- Cost
- 4
- Attack
- 12
- Health
- 12
- Minion Type
- Demon
- Mechanics
- Battlecry, Destroy Minion, Dormant, Summon
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Collectible
- Yes
- Rating
- 3.9/5 (521 votes)
Card Review & Interactions
You need to summo and kill ALL THREE Warders for the effect to go off. If your opponent has 5 or more minions and you don't summon all three, it won't be able to wake up. Similarly, if your opponent transforms one of the Warders (e.g. with Polymorph), it also won't wake up. However, Silencing Warders does not stop Magtheridon from waking up. (Source)
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40 Comments
DeadlyBlinke
Damn a full board clear and a 12/12 for 4 mana. Very insane card 6/5stars!
TallJake26
This + Hellfire = Deathwing without discarding your hand for 8 mana
hANSN
Wtf is this? ????
Stranger
Very good card but you guys are over estimating it. 4/5
Jebus
can you get this by evolving minions?
and if you can will it be dormant?
essexmcintosh
Look, it is a very powerful card, but it gives your opponent all of the initiative.
If they need a board wipe, they just run all their wardens into your minion. They probably have saved a single target removal for your free 12/12 if you unleash it.
1/5 stars, I hope this sees play.
Axior
Lock triggers this with plague, making this a 5 mana play. 5 mana kill all minions and drop a 12-12 demon.
Enemy
Not only is it a crazy card, but its also neutral.
droqqa
Says "when they die", so it seems that if a warder is removed from the board otherwise or transformed, it can never awaken.
albionflux
this set seems more and more like something that would be created in custom hearthstone
Scarecrow72
I hope they change Sac Pact so it can't target enemy demons, because with that many demons this expansion Warlock is gonna be broken af
Thraben
What happens if enemy has full board and you play this? Will it just instantly awaken or will it stay dormant forever as no wardens were created?
MegaHenzoid
Just tried it - comes in dormant, nothing spawns, and it just sits there. FeelsBadMan.
Astgouv
Pit Commander seems to be getting worse
Astgouv
I guess it'll stay dormant forever.
Also if the opponent has 6 minions I guess you only have to destroy 1 Warder.
WangFeiYang
Nope, you have to destroy three warders no matter what.
Lluadian
Evolvers meet The Darkness 2.0 he's easier to summon but without the battlecry trigger he's a wasted minion slot that can't be removed.
And yes this is exactly like The Darkness which required opponent drawing 3 candles from the deck.
You can combo play to summon this in same turn but it has one weakness darkness didn't have. If just 1 of those 3 minions were to be morphed it would automatically make this a dead card since needs all 3 to die. And by the time you could combo and kill them in same turn most classes could have a hard removal card to kill this.
Goley
Play this on turn 4 into the new demon hunter 5 mana aoe spell on turn 5 is gonna be nasty
sonriks6
You can play it safe on turn 8 into Hellfire. This could be a Warlock card.
sonriks6
You need some Imps or minions on your side to activate properly the Plague of Flames to play this on T5 with Warlock.
ShadowMurloc101
I don't understand how this can be balanced, makes no sense, blatantly too good.
Tyub1234
wait what happens if a warder is polymoprhed or hexed?
trollguy119
I can't reply to any comments. Is this just a glitch on my end?
hANSN
Can‘t reply either
JadeBuddha
Does anyone have the exact text on a Warder (or better yet, an image of the token)? Everything about how good or bad this is seems like speculation without having one of those to look at.
Lluadian
Anyone that's seen The Darkness will have an idea how this works.
Without it's battlecry it's worthless so if it got cheated to board from hand or deck it's a dead minion slot. while a minion is dormant it basically has full immunity.
So evolve needs to be careful going to 4 Mana big issue for the standard rogue witch lackeying the 3 cost lackey generator also if any of the minions summoned disappears from the board it would nullify the minion. For this note it's doubtful to see much play at 4 Mana since a morph or kick back card can nullify its effect. Also because of the 2 cost 2/4 making minions take double dmg from spells this could be killed for 6 Mana by a mage fireball.
Overall likely won't see much play outside of a late game combo that can pop off all 3 minions or potentially from mid game players that can clear the mob.
This might potentially see play in quest shaman. Load opponents board with 1/3s reduces chance they can nullify it. Also if run dragons Lightning breath could see play since for 3 Mana it can do 4 dmg to a minion and the adjacent minions. To bad shudder rotating he could have allowed refill of the 1/3s.
Lluadian
Going to toss out another strategy this goes really well with Teron Gorefiend in the late game.
Summon this card get the 3 1/3 minions out knock off however many need with your board minions to finish last one with weapon or a spell. Play Teron kill the last minion Magtheridon wipes the board and procs Teron to bring other minions back 1/1 stronger. Cost 7 Mana not counting having a weapon or spell to knock off the last minion.
Kethcup
Only deck this could be good in is Galakrond Warrior (though in that deck it could be auto include, Scion instapops this, Galak perfectly hits each minion, etc.)
2/5, y'all seem to forget ur giving ur opponent 3/9 for free
WangFeiYang
A 3/9 and three 1/3's are as different as Hir'eek and a 7/7.
Defner
With full mana you can combine this with Flik. Thought depends heavily on board whether it’s worth it. And you might like to get Flik back too but can’t in this scenario.
CountrClockwrk
Yeah. Its a better case with hellfire since its 2 mana cheaper and wont kill off your poor flik.
Digidindi
This combined with devolve = win?
Bagern
does not work
Digidindi
Nvm, need to kill all 3, meaning Hellfire seems to be the best bet.
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Well if you already have a board with three 3/x minions the n you don't need to combo it with anything to activate it on turn 4. Otherwise you are going to need to wait to play it. So it is mostly a turn 7 play for most classes and requires a wasted spell to activate it without the risk of having a part of your own board permanently removed.
Still though a 12/12 on turn 4-7 is good even though it requires some set up. Still most classes can handle this on turn three too five so it is far from OP. For druid it is a good removal if nothing else and I wonder what happens if I get out three off this on my board. I wonder if three will be enough for all (Like darkness) or if each one needs it's own there Warders.
Bisalissy
Honestly I think it would've been better to have Magtheridon at 5 or 6 Mana, but with "No Warders -> Awaken"-Mechanic. Meaning Devolve, Polymorph, too many minions on opponent's side, ectr. actually awaken him.
EksSkellybur
8 Mana 12/12 Hellfire. I see nothing wrong. 5 Stars.
sonriks6
I'm reflexing on this card. The full board clear is insane limited to enemy board space. Awaweking it on T4 is a bit tricky and risky if you don't kill the Wardens the same turn but if you know well the oponent's deck and don't have options to play around could be safe..
WangFeiYang
Magtheridon + Bladestorm = 7 cost 12/12 + Board clear. Nice
WangFeiYang
or Magtheridon + Lightning Breath
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