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Thoughtsteal is a common priest spell card, from the Legacy set.
Other versions
How to get
| Type | Source | Quality | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card packs | The Regular version can be opened from any of these packs:  | Regular | 1~2 (random) |
| Card packs | The Golden version can be opened from any of these packs:  | Golden | 1~2 (random) |
| Crafting | Craft a Regular copy for 40  | Regular | 1 |
| Crafting | Craft a Golden copy for 400 | Golden | 1 |
Notes
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- Thoughtsteal copies two cards from your opponent's undrawn deck; it will not copy cards which have already been drawn. Your opponent is not able to see which two cards you get from their deck.
- Thoughtsteal will not provide multiple copies of a single card in the opponent's deck, although it may copy two separate copies of the same card. This means that if there is only one copy of a certain card in your opponent's deck, a single Thoughtsteal will provide at most one copy of that card. However, a subsequent Thoughtsteal may copy the same cards again.
- Stolen cards can be used regardless of class. This allows the priest, a non-weapon class, to wield weapons.
- If the opponent has exhausted their deck, Thoughtsteal will not produce any cards, although it will still activate (which can make it useful for triggering effects such as
Wild Pyromancer). If the opponent only has 1 card remaining in their deck (or only multiple copies of a given card), Thoughtsteal will provide a single copy of the remaining card. If the priest has 9 cards in their hand after playing Thoughtsteal, only 1 card will be copied, filling out the priest's hand. Additional copies will not be made and then destroyed; the spell will simply produce fewer copies. - As with many generate effects, cards generated by Thoughtsteal are marked as such when being played, and when viewed in the history. This allows players to tell which cards the opponent copied, and thus know when they have played all copies.
Lore
While Thoughtsteal does not appear in Warcraft lore, it is similar to the Spellsteal mage spell from World of Warcraft in that it allows you to 'steal' spells from your opponent and use them as your own.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Drums of War" series, for the card Lose Control.
- During alpha, this card had the flavor text "That awkward moment when you steal his thoughts and realize he's thinking about you without pants on..."[1]
- During alpha, Thoughtsteal used to actually steal cards from your opponent's deck. However, this was found to cause too much "emotional negativity", especially when stealing key cards from highly structured decks, and was changed to instead generate copies of the cards.[2] This was an early example of Hearthstone embracing the possibilities of the digital medium, something which would not have been possible as a physical card game.[2]
Gallery
Thoughtsteal, full art
Patch changes
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
Patch 17.0.0.44222 (2020-03-26):
- Now costs 2 mana (Down from 3).
Patch 12.0.0.25770 (2018-08-02):
- The copied cards now retain enchantments.
Patch 1.0.0.3388 (Alpha, 2013-06-22):
- Flavor text now reads: ""What do you get when you cast Thoughtsteal on an Orc? Nothing!" - Tauren joke" (previously: no flavor text).
- Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
- Added.
- Now reads: "Copy 2 cards from your opponent's deck and put them into your hand." (previously: "Draw 2 cards from your opponent's deck.")
External links
- AdmiralBiat - Thoughtsteal and Mindvision video guide
- PlayHearthstone
- HSReplay.net
- Hearthpwn
- OutOf.Cards
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Building the Fire (UK). (2013-03-19).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hearthstone: 10 Bits of Design Wisdom, Eric Dodds, Game Developer's Conference 2014, 29m10s of the video