First Day of School

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First Day of School is a common paladin spell card, from the Scholomance Academy set.

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
Card packsThe Regular version can be opened from any of these packs:

Scholomance Academy
Year of the Phoenix
Wild
Regular1~2 (random)
Card packsThe Golden version can be opened from any of these packs:

Scholomance Academy
Golden Scholomance Academy
Year of the Phoenix
Wild
Golden Wild
Golden Year of the Phoenix
Golden1~2 (random)
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 40 Dust.pngRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 400 Dust.pngGolden1

Generated cards

First Day of School uses these card pools to generate cards:

Generated cards

A list of collectible 1-Cost minions in Standard and Wild can be found here.

History

First Day of School was initially a 0-cost spell that added two 1-cost minions to the hand. It saw near-ubiquitous play in Paladin decks, being a splashable card that made up for Paladin's otherwise lackluster early game while essentially functioning like a  Fire Fly with highroll potential. While always strong during the Year of the Phoenix, the introduction of the Core set in 2021 made the card much more problematic. With almost every low roll removed from Standard, this card became an efficient tempo and value card in the dominant Secret Paladin deck.

This card was eventually reworked to a 1 mana spell that added three 1-drops to the hand, with the hopes of pushing it towards value over tempo. While it was cut from some lists, First Day of School continued to be used in aggro decks, now providing a lot of fuel for a 1-mana spell. With the release of Wailing Caverns, First Day of School was once again nerfed to only add two minions to the hand, making one of the few cards to have a compensative buff reverted.

Gallery

Patch changes

  • Forged in the Barrens Mini-set logo.pngPatch 20.4.0.84593 (2021-06-03):
    • Now reads: Add 2 random 1-Cost minions to your hand. (previously: Add 3 random 1-Cost minions to your hand.).
  • Forged in the Barrens logo.pngPatch 20.2.2.82994 (2021-05-12):
    • Now costs 1 (Up from 0).
    • Now reads: "Add 3 random 1-Cost minions to your hand." (previously: "Add 2 random 1-Cost minions to your hand.")
  • Scholomance Academy logo.pngPatch 18.0.0.54613 (2020-07-30):
    • Added.

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