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Auchenai Soulpriest and Lifesteal Synergy Update

Greetings!

In Knights of the Frozen Throne, we’re introducing a new keyword, Lifesteal, that summarizes the previously existing card text “damage dealt by this also heals your hero”. We’re looking forward to showing off more new cards with the Lifesteal keyword in the coming weeks.

Two cards currently exist with the Lifesteal ability in their text box: Wickerflame Burnbristle and Mistress of Pain. In Knights of the Frozen Throne, we’ll be updating their card text to say “Lifesteal” rather than their current “damage dealt by this minion also heals your hero” text. You can check out what that will look like by clicking the links above!

Stop Hitting Yourself

Auchenai Soulpriest and Mistress of Pain have had a very interesting relationship. Their current interaction results in a continuous loop of healing and damage that results in a rather grisly end to the current game. In Knights of the Frozen Throne, we will be changing the interaction between Auchenai Soulpriest and all minions with Lifesteal so that the Auchenai Soulpriest ability will only trigger once.

We hope you are looking forward to our next chilling expansion!

Keganbe

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Would be interesting to see what they do for this. i know in MTG some lifesteal abilities got keyworded but some didn't. the one's that didn't were able to stack (granting double life) but having two lifesteal keywords didn't stack.

We actually just discussed this! If we changed Hallazeal to say "Your spells have Lifesteal", it would not stack if you have two Hallazeal on the board. We're currently planning on leaving the text as-is, so if you happen to have two Hallazeal on the board, you will reap the benefits of his ability triggering twice.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

you'll gain health equal to the damage it deals, 3.

you'll gain zero from hitting a divine shield.

These are both correct. We are not changing Holy Fire, Drain Life, and Tidal Surge into Lifesteal since the heals would then scale with Spell Damage.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

So if a Priest casts [[Thoughtsteal]] and it lands on an opponent's Hero card, upon playing the card, does the Priest become the opponent's Hero? Thanks in advance.

The Priest would become the Hero on the Hero card that they Thoughtstole.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

So things like discover a 6 cost card(if the player was a hunter) and discover a hunter card would be able to discover Deathstalker Rexxar.

I don't believe there's a card that discovers a 6-cost card on live, but if you played Grimestreet Informant you would have a chance to discover Deathstalker Rexxar.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Will Jarraxus become a Hero card? Consistency etc....

No, Lord Jaraxxus has not been changed.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Would a "discover a minion" or "discover a spell" card be able to discover the hero cards?

No, they are their own card type and not considered a minion or a spell.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

Can I draft a Deathknight in the Arena if I get very, very lucky?

Yep, they'll be in the Arena pool.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

This is unrelated to this thread, but will the hero cards be able to be generated from random effects and discover?

Yes, they can be generated randomly and discovered.
Puffin

Posted 8 years, 6 months ago (Source)

What about Embrace The Shadows?

This change affects Embrace the Shadow as well!

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Would be interesting to see what they do for this. i know in MTG some lifesteal abilities got keyworded but some didn't. the one's that didn't were able to stack (granting double life) but having two lifesteal keywords didn't stack.</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>We actually just discussed this! If we changed Hallazeal to say "Your spells have Lifesteal", it would not stack if you have two Hallazeal on the board. We're currently planning on leaving the text as-is, so if you happen to have two Hallazeal on the board, you will reap the benefits of his ability triggering twice.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxdwaj">Keganbe</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>you'll gain health equal to the damage it deals, 3.</p>

<p>you'll gain zero from hitting a divine shield.</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>These are both correct. 
We are not changing Holy Fire, Drain Life, and Tidal Surge into Lifesteal since the heals would then scale with Spell Damage. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjsbf">Puffin</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>So if a Priest casts [[Thoughtsteal]] and it lands on an opponent's Hero card, upon playing the card, does the Priest become the opponent's Hero? Thanks in advance.</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>The Priest would become the Hero on the Hero card that they Thoughtstole. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjmus">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>So things like discover a 6 cost card(if the player was a hunter) and discover a hunter card would be able to discover Deathstalker Rexxar.</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>I don't believe there's a card that discovers a 6-cost card on live, but if you played Grimestreet Informant you would have a chance to discover Deathstalker Rexxar. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjldu">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Will Jarraxus become a Hero card? Consistency etc....</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>No, Lord Jaraxxus has not been changed. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjbw3">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Would a "discover a minion" or "discover a spell" card be able to discover the hero cards? </p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>No, they are their own card type and not considered a minion or a spell. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxfedz">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Can I draft a Deathknight in the Arena if I get very, <em>very</em> lucky?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Yep, they'll be in the Arena pool. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxfds3">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>This is unrelated to this thread, but will the hero cards be able to be generated from random effects and discover?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Yes, they can be generated randomly and discovered. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxe17i">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>What about Embrace The Shadows?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>This change affects Embrace the Shadow as well!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxcrn0">Puffin</a>)
<hr/>

<p><div class="md"><p>We actually just discussed this! If we changed Hallazeal to say "Your spells have Lifesteal", it would not stack if you have two Hallazeal on the board. We're currently planning on leaving the text as-is, so if you happen to have two Hallazeal on the board, you will reap the benefits of his ability triggering twice.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxdwaj">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>These are both correct. 
We are not changing Holy Fire, Drain Life, and Tidal Surge into Lifesteal since the heals would then scale with Spell Damage. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjsbf">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>The Priest would become the Hero on the Hero card that they Thoughtstole. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjmus">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>I don't believe there's a card that discovers a 6-cost card on live, but if you played Grimestreet Informant you would have a chance to discover Deathstalker Rexxar. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjldu">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>No, Lord Jaraxxus has not been changed. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxjbw3">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>No, they are their own card type and not considered a minion or a spell. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxfedz">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Yep, they'll be in the Arena pool. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxfds3">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Yes, they can be generated randomly and discovered. </p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxe17i">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>This change affects Embrace the Shadow as well!</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/6lx282/auchenai_soulpriest_and_lifesteal_synergy_update/djxcrn0">Source</a>)</p>
    
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