Cleave
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- You might be looking for one of these cards: Cleave (Classic), Cleave (Nefarian Rises! 4 damage spell), Cleave (Nefarian Rises! 7 damage spell), Cleave (tutorial).
Cleave is a free warrior spell card, from the Legacy set.
Other versions
How to get
The Regular and Golden copies of Cleave are uncraftable. They have special unlock requirements and cannot be crafted, disenchanted, or opened from card packs:Type | Source | Quality | Count |
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Legacy | Unlock Wild format | Regular, Golden | 2 |
Previous availability
Cleave used to be obtainable through these means.
Type | Source | Quality | Count |
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Custom | Level up warrior to 40 until March 30, 2021. | Golden | 1 |
Custom | Level up warrior to 42 until March 30, 2021. | Golden | 1 |
Custom | Level up warrior to 2 until March 30, 2021. | Regular | 2 |
Notes
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- Cleave can be cast and will function if there is only one enemy minion on the board. The enemy minion takes 2 damage.
- Cleave deals damage to both affected minions before queuing and resolving triggers.
Lore
- "Two bodies are better than one."
Cleave is a warrior ability from World of Warcraft. It is a melee attack that instantly deals a small amount of damage to the target and one additional nearby target. Cleave plays the role of a multi-target 'rage dump', allowing the warrior to burn off their excess rage using the ability, rather than simply wasting it. As such, Cleave is an inefficient attack, but is not on the global cooldown, allowing it to be used in-between other attacks in the warrior's rotation. Heroic Strike is a single-target alternative to Cleave, and is preferable for use on single targets.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Heroes of Azeroth" series, for the card Cleave.
- As of Patch 14.6.0.31761, multi-target cards are eligible to be played even if there is only one viable target on the board. Previously, multi-target cards were ineligible to be played if there were less than two viable targets.
Gallery
Patch changes
- Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- Patch 14.6.0.31761 (2019-07-01):
- Now can be cast even if there is only one viable target on the board.
- Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04):
- Rarity is now Free (previously: Common).
- Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 2." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 40." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
- Flavor text now reads: "Hey you two…could you stand next to each other for a second…" (previously: no flavor text).
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
- Alpha patch (unknown date, pre-May 2013):