Reborn
- Reborn
Resurrects with 1 Health the first time it dies.
Reborn is an ability that causes a minion to be resummoned with 1 Health the first time it's destroyed. It was introduced in the Saviors of Uldum expansion and became an evergreen keyword in March of the Lich King.
Reborn is represented by a cracked blue glow around the minion.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The best way to think about Reborn is that it functions similarly to Divine Shield.[1] It is both an ability of a minion and an effect on the minion.[2]
- When the minion is first destroyed, it loses the visual effect but retains the keyword. The keyword is then functionally meaningless.
- If a minion that has been Reborn is returned to the hand and played again, it will regain its Reborn effect.
- If a Reborn minion is Silenced, it loses its Reborn effect.
- Similar to Divine Shield, the Reborn effect does not stack.
- Reborn minions keep the max health of the original minion.
- A minion that is resummoned by Reborn will not keep any enchantments it had.
- Each Reborn minion is considered its own unique copy of that minion. Any copy resurrected will return with full Health and the Reborn effect active.[3]
- The Reborn effect is considered summoning and will interact with on-summon triggers like Khadgar and
Knife Juggler. - Deathrattles are resolved before Reborn, regardless of the order in which the cards were played. Normally for Deathrattle cards, their effect goes off in the order in which the cards were played.
- Example: The opponent has a
Khartut Defender. The player plays a Sylvanas Windrunner and plays Shadowflame on it. The Khartut Defender is reborn, but Sylvanas does not steal it.
- Example: The opponent has a
- Reborn is especially associated with Undead minions.
Cards with Reborn
- For Wild format listings, see Reborn/Wild format.
Collectible
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Uncollectible
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Sources of Reborn
- For Wild format listings, see Reborn/Wild format.
Reborn-generating cards
This section lists cards which generate Reborn minions.
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Reborn-granting cards
This section lists cards which grant the Reborn ability to other minions or to itself.
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History[edit | edit source]
Reborn was added during the first few weeks of development for Saviors of Uldum and immediately saw a lot of design space. Some of the early work came in the form of figuring out how exactly to value minions with the keyword.[4] "Reborn" was originally intended to only be a temporary name used during testing. However, as the developers pitched other names for the ability, they ultimately found that Reborn was the one that was easiest to understand[5] and that people could instantly guess what it did when shown the keyword for the first time,[6] leading to Reborn being the name that they shipped with.[5] Other names that were considered during development included:
- Mummy or Mummified - Felt more like a minion type than a keyword, didn't quite lead players to understand what it did at first glance, and would've pigeon-holed the developers into making all minions with the ability into mummies.
- Embalmed - While this name had a great thematic vibe, it was harder to predict what the ability did on first read.
- Ankh - Felt more like an item than a keyword and also didn't indicate that the ability was a one-time effect.[6]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Reborn is the first expansion-specific keyword to be reintroduced and made into an evergreen keyword at a later date.
Achievements[edit | edit source]
| Category | Name | Description | Rewards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Gameplay - General - Neutral Keywords | The Reborn Identity | Play 10 minions with Reborn. | 10  |
| Gameplay - General - Neutral Keywords | The Reborn Identity | Play 30 minions with Reborn. | 10 |
| Gameplay - General - Neutral Keywords | The Reborn Identity | Play 100 minions with Reborn. | 10 |
| Gameplay - General - Neutral Keywords | The Reborn Identity | Play 300 minions with Reborn. | 10 |
| Gameplay - General - Neutral Keywords | The Reborn Identity | Play 1000 minions with Reborn. | 20 |
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
Patch 25.0.0.158725 (2022-11-29): Changed to an evergreen keyword.
Patch 15.0.0.32708 (2019-08-01): Added.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Peter Whalen on Twitter (X). (2019-07-13).
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on Twitter (X). (2019-07-01).
- ↑ Peter Whalen on Twitter (X). (2019-07-03).
- ↑ Alec Dawson on reddit. (2019-07-09). Retrieved on 2019-07-16.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Puffin on reddit. (2019-07-10). Retrieved on 2019-07-16.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Puffin on reddit. (2019-07-10). Retrieved on 2019-07-16.
