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Poison Seeds is a common druid spell card, from the Curse of Naxxramas set.
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Complete the Druid's class challenge in Curse of Naxxramas | Regular | 2 |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 40  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 400 | Golden | 1 |
Related cards
Notes
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- The Treants summoned by this spell are exhausted, and unable to attack on the turn they are summoned, even if the minions they replaced were ready to attack. This prevents the card from being useful for immediately bypassing Taunts (unless further minions with Charge are summoned), and strongly encourages the druid to make use of any available minions before using Poison Seeds. Also, note that the opponent's Treants will be able to attack immediately upon their turn.
- Note that this spell's Summon effect takes place following the destruction of the minions. This means that Deathrattles will resolve while there are no minions on the board, reducing or entirely countering the effects of minions such as
Abomination and Sylvanas Windrunner.
Order of events
- Along with
Mimiron's Head, 
Reincarnate and 
Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, these cards utilize the Forced Death Phase mechanic to resolve deaths in the middle of a Phase, rather than at the end of the Phase.[1] This is in order to make room for the Treants to be summoned. If Poisons Seeds obeyed the normal card rules, due to the 7 minion limit, a player who had 5 minions before Poison Seeds was played would gain only 2 Treants, while a player with 7 minions on the board would gain none. Poisons Seeds therefore destroys minions immediately, before then summoning Treants.
- However, any Deathrattles will still activate before Treants are summoned.[2] This can cause minions such as Haunted Creeper to summon new minions, reducing available board space for Treants. Due to the 7 minion board limit, it is possible to waste potential Treants due to having minions such as Haunted Creeper on the board when Poison Seeds is played.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Wrathgate" series, for the card Stranglevine.
- This card was specifically designed to interact with minions' Deathrattles rather than simply transforming them.[3]
Gallery
Poison Seeds, full art
Patch changes
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
- Nature spell school added.
Patch 13.0.3.28329 (2018-12-19):
- No longer banned from Arena drafting.
Patch 6.1.1.14366 (2016-09-15):
- Banned from Arena drafting.
Patch 4.2.0.12051 (2016-03-14):
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Crafting unlocked in The Arachnid Quarter, in the Naxxramas adventure." (previously: "Can be crafted after completing the Druid Class Challenge in Naxxramas.").
- Patch 4.1.0.10956 (2015-12-04):
- Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked in The Arachnid Quarter, in the Naxxramas adventure." (previously: "Unlocked by completing the Druid Class Challenge in Naxxramas.").
Patch 1.1.0.6024 (2014-07-22):
- Added.
External links
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Ben Brode on Reddit. (2014-11-26).
- ↑ Zeriyah on Twitter (X). (2014-12-02).
- ↑ ChanManV (2014-04-24). Value Town #27 w/ ChanManV, Trump, Gnimsh, and Ben Brode Pt. 1.