A comprehensive list ofHearthstone’s most powerful spells could fill several lists, so narrowing this one down to just eleven was a challenging task. There are definitely some powerful candidates that didn’t quite make it. Still, the spells that did are an impressive bunch.
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As longtime players will expect, our list contains quite a few Quests and Questlines, which are basically designed to fundamentally alter any game they appear in. However, a few ‘normal’ spells were strong enough to find their way into the mix as well. Here are some of the greatest spells Hearthstone has ever seen.
11The Caverns Below
When The Caverns Below was first unleashed upon the Hearthstone meta, it was an absolute terror. If you couldn’t end the game before the Quest Rogue was fully operational, you were doomed.
But, even back then, the deck was somewhat of a coin flip; whether you won or lost often depended on if you queued into a deck fast enough to kill you. And even though new cards have made The Caverns Below more consistent now than they once were, the rise in power level of other decks has kept Quest Rogue from dominating Wild.
10Frostwyrm’s Fury
Your reward for committing three Runes to being a FrostDeath Knight, Frostwyrm’s Fury is worth the effort. Seven mana is a high price for a spell, but you get a lot for that cost: Frostwyrm’s Fury locks down the opposing board, deals damage, and summons a 5/5 that is relatively likely to survive thanks to the Freeze effect.
If the spell had just two of these abilities, it would still be decent, but, with all of them combined, Frostwyrm’s Fury becomes the ultimate finishing tool, especially when you chain several of them together.
9The Demon Seed
The Demon Seed was a powerful Standard card, seeing consistent meta play. But its real dominance came in Wild, where it was outright banned for a while. Thanks to the support cards available in the format, like Stealer of Souls, you were able to complete the Questline and kill your opponent before they could even react.
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Eventually, The Demon Seed was reintroduced to Wild with a series of nerfs. But, despite that significant reduction in power, it still sees play in the format. Sure, it doesn’t come online as quickly, but those who have been on the receiving end of it know it can still finish you off at pace.
8Solid Alibi
Solid Alibi being nerfed from two to three mana obviously made it worse. However, it didn’t do anything to change what makes the card so frustrating to play against. Solid Alibi basically shuts down your opponent for a turn (though it doesn’t keep them from killing you entirely).
Few things in Hearthstone feel more helpless than sending what would normally be a lethal amount of damage at your opponent’s face and seeing it reduced to almost nothing. Even worse, there aren’t any counters.Secretscan be destroyed,TauntsSilenced; but, once Solid Alibi is in play, the Mage’s opponent is out of luck.
7Shadowstep
Shadowstep is one of the greatest shenanigan-enablers Hearthstone has ever seen. The fact that it costs nothing and has a mana-reduction effect already suggests its power, but combining those effects with the ability to return a minion to your hand is what makes this spell special.
Whether it’s pulling a Charge minion like Leeroy Jenkins back for another attack, getting a second trigger of a powerful Battlecry, or just continuing a combo chain, Shadowstep has been a key piece of a wide variety of Rogue decks since Hearthstone’s launch.
6Final Showdown
If the last decade or so of Hearthstone has proven anything, it’s that cheating mana is good. And Final Showdown reduces the cost of your cards at every step of the Questline, with the final reward giving you a mana discount for the rest of the game.
And unlike many classes, Demon Hunter has more than enough card draw to race through those steps. As a result, Final Showdown has seen play in decks ranging from OTK Combo lists to more Tempo-focused ones. Basically, any Wild Demon Hunter deck that isn’t all-out aggressive strongly considers including this Questline.
5Innervate
Innervate is extremely versatile. It allows you to accelerate your development in the early game, either by building an overpowered early board, getting access to your mana ramp tools and big minions even faster than usual, or allowing you to play more than ten mana worth of cards in a turn in the late game.
And that’s all in the card’s current state. If Innervate still gave two mana, like it did when Hearthstone first launched, it might sit at the top of this list. As it stands, the card is solid proof that the Coin would see consistent play if you could actually put it into your deck.
4Secret Passage
Secret Passage basically gives you a one-mana mulligan. It allows you to fully reload, either because your hand is empty, or just because it isn’t particularly strong. Considering that many Rogue cards (especially the good ones) range in cost from ‘cheap’ to ‘free,’ you’ll be able to play several of the cards in your new hand even at a relatively low mana total.
And while the cards Secret Passage drew go back into your deck if you don’t play them, you keep any cards they create. You’re basically generating value from nothing.
3Preparation
Zero-mana cards are always potentially dangerous in Hearthstone, but Rogue is especially fond of them. The class has many cards that benefit from playing multiple other cards in a single turn. Preparation is both a free card and makes the next spell you play cost two less (and it used to be three).
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As a result, it will often be the first link in a chain that ends with a massive tempo swing. The card that actually finishes the combo will often take the spotlight, but you wouldn’t be able to get to that point without Preparation.
2Command The Elements
The rewards you get along the way to finishing the Command the Elements Questline aren’t anything spectacular. But the prize at the end of it is something else.
The notion of any deck getting double the effect of their spells is frankly terrifying. But Shaman is a particularly dangerous threat, given how much damage the class is capable of dealing even without the Questline’s help. Basically, if a Shaman playing Command the Elements finishes the Questline, it won’t be long before their opponent is reduced to zero life.
