Mortal Coil
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Mortal Coil is a free warlock spell card, from the Legacy set.
Other versions
How to get
The Regular and Golden copies of Mortal Coil are uncraftable. They have special unlock requirements and cannot be crafted, disenchanted, or opened from card packs:| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | Unlock Wild format | Regular, Golden | 2 |
Previous availability
Mortal Coil used to be obtainable through these means.
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom | Level up warlock to 43 until March 30, 2021. | Golden | 1 |
| Custom | Level up warlock to 44 until March 30, 2021. | Golden | 1 |
| Custom | Level up warlock to 4 until March 30, 2021. | Regular | 2 |
Notes
To edit these notes, go to Template:Mortal Coil notes.
- This spell has two steps:
- First it deals damage, queuing and resolving all on-damage triggers;
- Then, if its condition is satisfied, it draws a card, queuing and resolving triggers.[1] Notice that minions that have been set pending destroy, such as by
Acidmaw, are considered to be dying, and the condition will thus be satisfied.[2]
- Notice that, despite the text of the card uses the word kills, this spell's drawing effect does not actually activate in response to the minion being killed (which will happen only during the Death Creation Step following the end of the current outermost Phase), but rather it requires the minion to be mortally wounded (i.e., with 0 or less current Health) or pending destroy (i.e., hit by a destroy effect such as Acidmaw). As a result, the player will draw a card before the minion actually dies: for example, if your hand is full and you cast Mortal Coil on a
Clockwork Gnome, you will draw a card from your deck but will fail to draw a Spare Part due to your hand being full again.[3]
Lore
Mortal Coil is a talented warlock spell from World of Warcraft. It causes the target to run in horror for 3 seconds, and restores a portion of the warlock's health. It is very useful as a form of crowd control, as well as a regular method of maintaining health levels.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Crown of the Heavens" series, for the card Despair of Undeath.
- This card may have been named "Death Coil" during the game's alpha. Death Coil was the predecessor to the World of Warcraft ability Mortal Coil, but was replaced with Mists of Pandaria.
Gallery
Mortal Coil, full art
Patch changes
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04):
- Rarity is now Free (previously: Common).
Patch 1.0.0.4217 (Closed beta, 2013-12-10):
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 43." (previously: "Unlocked at Level 42.").
- Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 4." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 42." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Patch 1.0.0.3388 (Alpha, 2013-06-22):
- Name is now Mortal Coil (previously: Death Coil).
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
External links
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWPF-DezC3Y Tested in Patch 3.1.0.10357 (2015-09-29)
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/4imesc/til_that_mortal_coil_will_draw_a_card_when_a/
- ↑ Tested by User:Taohinton, 2015-02-22. Clockwork Gnome died with a full hand; Deathrattle triggered but had no effect.