Naga Sea Witch
Naga Sea Witch is an epic neutral minion card, from the League of Explorers set.
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Defeat  Lady Naz'jar in The League of Explorers 3rd wing - The Ruined City | Regular | 2 |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 400  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 1600 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
To edit these notes, go to Template:Naga Sea Witch notes.
- This card's ongoing effect sets the mana cost of the all cards in its controller's hand to 5, regardless of the original mana cost of those cards.
- This card's effect modifies the base cost of cards before any other cost increase or reduction is applied, regardless of the play order, unlike most other Mana cost modifiers which are based on order of play.
History[edit | edit source]
This card saw limited play (and no competitive play) for most of its existence from release until 2017. The effect, while very unique, did not fit any particular archetype. However, the consistency update around Knights of the Frozen Throne gave rise to a new style of deck, limited to Wild format.
The archetype played multiple Giants, typically 
Mountain Giant, Sea Giant, Molten Giant, and 
Clockwork Giant, as well as occasionally 
Arcane Giant. The deck tried to draw a handful of giants, then play Naga Sea Witch on turn 5 and fill the board with 0-cost 8/8 minions. This card package was entirely neutral, but the most consistent build turned out to be Giant Hunter thanks to 
Stitched Tracker easily searching for Naga Sea Witch and 
King's Elekk for a powerful generic draw card. A variant of Handlock also used this build effectively.
This eventually led to Blizzard increasing Naga Sea Witch's cost from 5 to 8, killing the competitive viability of this card. Notably, this was the first ever nerf to a Wild-only card.
Sounds[edit | edit source]
- Play
- ▶️
VO_LOE_038_Play_01.wavI will not be trifled with.
- Attack
- ▶️
VO_LOE_038_Attack_02.wavFor the empress.
- Death
- ▶️
VO_LOE_038_Death_03.wav<death sound>
Lore[edit | edit source]
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.- The serpentine Naga are some of the most formidable villains of Azeroth. Masters of sorcery, the naga were formerly night elves, members of Queen Azshara's court in the War of the Ancients. They were transformed into naga by the Old Gods, and now haunt the seas of Azeroth building a great civilization on the ocean floor.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Throne of the Tides" series, for the card Idra'kess Enchantress.
- Naga Sea Witch's flavor text refers to academic grading systems that follow a scale of letter grades.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Patch changes
Patch 23.0.0.135540 (2022-04-05):
- Minion type is now Naga (previously: no minion type).
Patch 11.1.1.24589 (2018-05-22):
- Cost increased from 5 to 8.
Patch 9.0.0.20457 (2017-08-08):
- (Undocumented) Mana cost modifier from this card is now applied before other mana cost modifiers.
Patch 7.0.0.15590 (2016-11-29):
- Artist is now Benjamin Zhang (previously: Ben Zhang).
Patch 4.1.0.10956 (2015-12-04):
- Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked in The Ruined City, in the League of Explorers adventure." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Crafting unlocked in The Ruined City, in the League of Explorers adventure." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Patch 4.0.0.10833 (2015-11-10):
- Added.