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Another batch of blues with a lot of card clarifications from our favourite Hearthstone CM, Zeriyah. Read on!

Card Clarification Needed

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Wild Growth: If you already have 10 mana crystals what happens if you play it, is it useless
If you cast Wild Growth at 10 Mana, you will gain "Excess Mana" which will allow you to draw a card.

Innervate: If you cast it with 10 mana crystal do you get temporary 12 crystals allowing you to summon a sea giant or mountain giant without requirements
You cannot cast Innervate at 10 mana. Try spending some mana first!

Void Terror (and other adjacent buffers) :Do we get to choose where to put him or does he go next in line or just random
You can choose where you place minions in relation to each other in the battlefield.

Demonfire: Can it be used on Lord Jaraxxus
No, Lord Jaraxxus replaces your hero and is no longer a minion, so he cannot be buffed by Demonfire.

Armorsmith: Everyone assumes the armor is added to you but I just want it official as the wording is not clear. I still believe we might be fooled and it gives armor to itself (which would be bizarre I know but still)
The armor is given to your hero.

Captain Greenskin: Does attack with your hero also include dmging spells
No.

Twilight Drake: Since battlecry takes effect when you play it not when you summon it does it count itself when played giving it +1/+1 even if it was the only card in hand
Twilight Drake does not count itself as a card in your hand when played.

Deadly poison

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Does Deadly Poison's +2 attack last permanently (as long as the weapon is up) or does it fade after the turn is over?
Deadly Poison is a permanent buff until the weapon is destroyed.

Ancestral Spirit vs Silence, Mass Dispel, etc

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Is Ancestral Spirit considered a 'Deathrattle' effect to the original card, so no matter what happens prior to it's death it returns in it's original form? Or will Silence and Mass Dispel remove it, thus making it a lost buff to the card?
Silence effects will negate Ancestral Spirit. If a minion is Polymorphed and Ancestral Spirit is cast on it and the minion dies, it will be reborn! ....as a sheep again. Maybe the minion shouldn't have been so baa-d in a past life.

Sylvanas Windrunner Clarification

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

If my opponent plays Sylvanas Windrunner or any other card that causes them to gain control of one of my minions and I play an ability like Vanish that states "Return all minions to their owners hand", will my opponent gain control of the swapped minion or will the swapped minion return to me?
Cards that control other minions, like Sylvanas' Deathrattle effect, changes who their "owners" are. If you are currently in control of an opponent's minion and someone casts Vanish, that minion you mind controlled will go back to your hand and won't go back to your opponent!

You don't get to keep the card at the end of the game though. ;)

This touches on a question I've been wondering for a while. If there are minions on the battlefield that were created by other effects, such as Cenarius' Treants or Spirit Wolves, and a Vanish is played, do the "created" minions go to their owner's hand? Can they be played again (as in, do they have a mana cost)?
The created minions return to your hand and can be replayed for a mana cost. This cost varies depending on what token was returned to your hand.

Interesting, so any minion, including summoned ones are returned to your hand. How would this work with hand limit? What happens if I don't have room in my hand for all minions?
BOOM! They get destroyed! :)

Ask Zeriyah

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

If i play Faceless Manipulator----> Battlecry: Choose a minion and become a copy of it. and I chose a minion that is buffed or damaged will the [Faceless Manipulator] become a copy of the BASE-STATS from the Minion I chose or the ( Buffed and or damaged stats) example my Enemy has a Buffed Sheep with 7/3 will the [Faceless Manipulator] become a 1/1 sheep or a 7/3 sheep?
Faceless Manipulator is such a fun card. Mr. Manipulator will become a perfect copy of that minion he targets. This includes any buffs currently on that minion! He will copy it exactly in its current state, whether it's happily eating grass as a sheep, has taken damage, or is buffed. Choose wisely!

If [Faceless Manipulator] Copy a Minion with Battlecry----> (Battlecry-''does something when you play it from your hand.'' - The listed effect occurs when the minion is summoned) The Battlecry effect from the copyed minion will not occurs right???
Nope! Battlecry only triggers when the card is played from your hand.

Buf if I Copy for example [Cenarius]---->Choose One - Give all friendly minions +2/+2; or summon two 2/2 Treants with Taunt. The Effect will occurs right??? cause its Choose One---> When some condition is met,the controlling player may choose which of a number of effects activates
Copied minions will not retrigger their effects. For example, Cenarius will not have the chance to use his ability. Ragnaros will, however, since his effect happens at the end of your turn.

If i play Void Terror----> Battlecry: Destroy the minions on either side of this minion and gain their Attack and Health. same question here if i destroy a buffed minion with the void terror did he get the buffed or the base stats from the killed unit?
Buffed! Nom nom nom.

Shaman Ability Clarification

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Can the shaman ability summon more than one totem of the same kind?
You're not limited to having one totem of any particular kind. You can have two Flametongue Totem out at the same time. Keep in mind that totems aren't separated into groups like "Fire Totem" or "Water Totem", totems are just "Totem" and aren't limited in any way. They do count Minions, so you can't go over the max number of Minions you can have out.

The Shaman Hero power will bring forth one random totem from a pool of four Totems. The Hero power won't summon the same Totem twice if that Totem is already in play. If you manage to summon all four Hero power Totems, you won't be able to summon any more Totems with the Hero power unless one of those Totems dies.

TLDR: Play ALL THE TOTEMS

Ancestral Spirit and Battlecry

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

If Ancestral Spirit is cast on a minion with a Battlecry effect, does the mechanic trigger? I assume not but I'd just like some clarification.
No, Battlecry effects only trigger when the cards are played from your hand.