Shadow Word: Pain
- You might be looking for one of these cards: Shadow Word: Pain (Classic), Shadow Word: Pain (Core).
Shadow Word: Pain is a free priest spell card, from the Legacy set.
Other versions
How to get
The Regular and Golden copies of Shadow Word: Pain 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
Shadow Word: Pain used to be obtainable through these means.
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom | Level up priest to 36 until March 30, 2021. | Golden | 1 |
| Custom | Level up priest to 38 until March 30, 2021. | Golden | 1 |
| Custom | Unlock priest until March 30, 2021. | Regular | 2 |
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Lore
Shadow Word: Pain (SW:P) is a priest spell from World of Warcraft that deals a small amount of instant damage and places a damage over time (DoT) debuff on the target. The priest class's main DoT, SW:P is a key part of Shadow priests' spell range, ideally placed on each enemy in order to deal maximum damage simultaneously to all targets, and is critical to achieving good multi-target damage. Critical ticks from SW:P also create a Shadowy Apparitions, a shadowy version of the priest that floats toward their target, dealing Shadow damage when it reaches it. SW:P is also handy for dealing instant damage while running.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Scourgewar" series, for the card Devouring Plague.
Gallery
Shadow Word: Pain, full art
Patch changes
Patch 29.0.3.197064 (2024-03-28):
- Rarity is now Free (previously: Common).
- Patch 29.0.0.195635 (2024-03-11):
- Rarity is now Common (previously: Free).
- The rarity change was accidental, and was reverted in the next patch.
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
Patch 1.1.0.6024 (2014-07-22):
- Flavor text now reads: "A step up from a spell cast by many beginning acolytes: "Shadow Word: Annoy"." (previously: "A step up from a spell cast by many beginning acolytes: "Shadow Word: Annoy".").
Patch 1.0.0.4217 (Closed beta, 2013-12-10):
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 36." (previously: "Unlocked at Level 32.").
- Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
- Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 1." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 32." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
- Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12):
- Flavor text now reads: "A step up from a spell cast by many beginning acolytes: "Shadow Word: Annoy"." (previously: "It's important to note that the amount of pain isn't specified. It's really not clear how afraid you should be.").
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.