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| Set: | Naxxramas "Whispers of an ancient tomb… holding horrors in every room. Ghastly ghouls, poisons galore… but in the shadows lurks something more. Knights of death and abominations… cleaving your bits for new creations. And if by  |
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| Type: | Hero A hero is a character in the Warcraft universe representing the player. In Hearthstone, this concept is expressed in three interrelated but distinct ways: Heroes are gameplay characters representing players or bosses within a match.  |
| Health: | 40 (Normal) 55 (Heroic) |
Someone must train the Death Knights brought to life in Naxxramas, and who better than Razuvious?
Instructor Razuvious is a boss Bosses are unique computer-controlled heroes encountered in adventures, the tutorial, and some Tavern Brawls. Each boss presents a unique encounter, featuring their own Hero Power and decks. Bosses use a combination of regular cards and 
found in the Curse of Naxxramas "Whispers of an ancient tomb… holding horrors in every room. Ghastly ghouls, poisons galore… but in the shadows lurks something more. Knights of death and abominations… cleaving your bits for new creations. And if by adventure Choosing an adventure Game formats Each Standard year, any adventures released prior to the previous calendar year are marked as Wild format. The adventures are removed from the Shop, and players will be unable to 
. He is the first boss of the adventure`s third wing, the Military Quarter "Whispers of an ancient tomb… holding horrors in every room. Ghastly ghouls, poisons galore… but in the shadows lurks something more. Knights of death and abominations… cleaving your bits for new creations. And if by .
Strategy
You start the game with Mind Control Crystal The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Mind Control Crystal Set: Naxxramas Type: Spell Cost: 1 Activate the Crystal to control the Understudies!See this card on Hearthpwn data page] 
in hand.
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Hero Power
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Normal
Heroic
Deck
Instructor Razuvious used the same deck in both Normal and Heroic mode, with the exception of Massive Runeblade, which has separate Normal and Heroic versions.
Note that the classes in the left hand column are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on Razuvious`s use of the cards in the encounter.
| Class | Card | Quantity |
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| Neutral | Abusive Sergeant Abusive Sergeant Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Battlecry Battlecry: Give a minion +2 Attack this turn.ADD ME TO YOUR DECK, MAGGOT!See this card on Hearthpwn data page]  | 2x |
| Boss | Deathcharger The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Deathcharger Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Abilities: Charge, Deal damage, Deathrattle Charge. Deathrattle: Deal 3 | 2x |
| Neutral | Master Swordsmith Master Swordsmith Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Tags: Random, Triggered effect At the end of your turn, give another random friendly minion +1 Attack.He s currently trying to craft  | 2x |
| Warrior | Cleave Cleave Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random Deal 2 damage to two random enemy minions.Hey you two…could you stand next to each other for a second…See this card  | 2x |
| Neutral | Dancing Swords Dancing Swords Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deathrattle, Draw cards Deathrattle: Your opponent draws a card.They like to dance to reggae.See this card on Hearthpwn data page]  | 2x |
| Neutral | Deathlord Deathlord Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 8 Abilities: Deathrattle, Put into battlefield, Taunt Tags: Random Taunt. Deathrattle: Your opponent puts a minion from their deck into the battlefield."Rise from  | 2x |
| Neutral | Acolyte of Pain Acolyte of Pain Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Abilities: Draw cards Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect Whenever this minion takes damage, draw a card.He trained when he was younger  | 2x |
| Boss | Massive Runeblade The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Massive Runeblade Set: Naxxramas Type: Weapon Cost: 3 Attack: 5 Durability: 2 Deals double damage to heroes.See this card on Hearthpwn data (Heroic) | 4x |
| Boss | Necroknight The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Necroknight Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 5 Health: 6 Abilities: Deathrattle, Destroy Tags: Positional effect Deathrattle: Destroy the | 2x |
| Neutral | Wailing Soul Wailing Soul Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 5 Abilities: Battlecry, Silence Tags: Area of effect Battlecry: Silence your other minions.This soul just wails on you. Dang, soul, let up  | 2x |
| Neutral | Spiteful Smith Spiteful Smith Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 6 Abilities: Enrage Tags: Weapon-related Enrage: Your weapon has +2 Attack.She ll craft you a sword, but you ll need to bring her 5  | 2x |
| Neutral | Spectral Knight Spectral Knight Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 6 Abilities: Elusive Can t be targeted by spells or Hero Powers.What do Faerie Dragons and Spectral Knights have in common? They both  | 2x |
| Warrior | Brawl Brawl Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Rarity: Epic Cost: 5 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect, Random Destroy all minions except one. (chosen randomly)Do you know the first rule of Brawl Club?See this card  | 2x |
| Paladin | Avenging Wrath Avenging Wrath Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Paladin Rarity: Epic Cost: 6 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random Deal 8 damage randomly split among all enemies.Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham!See this card on  | 1x |
| Neutral | The Black Knight The Black Knight Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 4 Health: 5 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy Tags: Taunt-related Battlecry: Destroy an enemy minion with Taunt.He was sent by the Lich King to disrupt  | 1x |
Heroic mode
The main reason why this boss is challenging is his Massive Runeblade The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Massive Runeblade Set: Naxxramas Type: Weapon Cost: 3 Attack: 5 Durability: 2 Deals double damage to heroes.See this card on Hearthpwn data , which he has 4 copies of in his deck. The Understudies The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Understudy Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Cost: 2 Attack: 0 Health: 7 Abilities: Taunt TauntSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Understudy is are given to you to hold until the moment when you can fight back.
The suggested class for defeating Instructor Razuvious in heroic mode is priest. Your main goal is to steal the Massive Runeblade with Thoughtsteal Thoughtsteal Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Copy, Generate Tags: Random Copy 2 cards from your opponent s deck and put them into your hand."What do you get when you cast 
or Mind Vision Mind Vision Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Priest Cost: 1 Abilities: Copy, Generate Tags: Random Put a copy of a random card in your opponent s hand into your hand.I see what you did there.See this 
. To stabilize and survive until then you may run Divine Spirit Divine Spirit Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Priest Cost: 2 Double a minion s Health.Double the trouble. Double the fun!See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Divine Spirit is a priest spell card, from the Basic 
and Inner Fire Inner Fire Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Change a minion s Attack to be equal to its Health.Good idea: Buffing your minions. Bad idea: Starting a conversation in the Barrens.See this 
due to its synergy with the Understudies, and Acidic Swamp Ooze Acidic Swamp Ooze Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 2 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy Tags: Weapon-related Battlecry: Destroy your opponent s weapon.Oozes love Flamenco. Don t ask.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Acidic Swamp 
to destroy the Massive Runeblade, making it less effective. You also want to run any relatively cheap taunts The shield-like Taunt visual effect Taunt is a minion ability which forces the opposing player to direct any melee attacks toward enemy targets with this ability. Minions with Taunt (commonly referred to as Taunts) serve 
, so you don`t take 20 damage if Razuvious kills the Understudies. Note that Razuvious runs Brawl Brawl Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Rarity: Epic Cost: 5 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect, Random Destroy all minions except one. (chosen randomly)Do you know the first rule of Brawl Club?See this card and The Black Knight The Black Knight Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 4 Health: 5 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy Tags: Taunt-related Battlecry: Destroy an enemy minion with Taunt.He was sent by the Lich King to disrupt so don`t make plays that are weak against these cards. Always remember that Razuvious can deal 24 damage from hand with Massive Runeblade and Hero Power The subject of this article is part of the Curse of Naxxramas adventure Unbalancing Strike Set: Naxxramas Type: Hero Power Cost: 1 Hero PowerDeal 4 damage.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Unbalancing Strike is if you have no taunts on the field. If you are able to steal the Massive Runeblade, you probably win, along with extra damage from Inner Fired Understudies, Mind Blast Mind Blast Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Priest Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 5 damage to the enemy hero.This spell blasts you directly in the MIND.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Mind Blast 
and Holy Fire Holy Fire Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Rare Cost: 6 Abilities: Deal damage, Restore Health Deal 5 damage. Restore 5 Health to your hero.Often followed by Holy Smokes!See this card on Hearthpwn data 
.
Decklists
- Hearthpwn.com - The Military Quarter Heroic Boss Deck Guides
- Hearthhead.com - Decks for defeating Heroic Instructor Razuvious
Videos
Rewards
Dialogue
- Opening remark
- You should have stayed home!
- Hero power
- Yieea!
- Special (upon using the Mind Control Crystal)
- No! No! My students! Give them back!
- Emotes
- Haha! I am just getting warmed up!
- Defeat
- Ugh... an honorable death.
Kel`Thuzad
- Introduction
- Please ignore the Mind Control stones next to Razuvious.
- Defeat
- Who will train my Death Knights now?! I can`t do it myself, I`m SUPER busy.
Curse of Naxxramas
Instructor Razuvious is the trainer of the Death Knights, the fiercest and most loyal of the Lich King⃢₀ₙs servants. His strikes are sure and deadly, and it is rumoredit has not yet been confirmed that only students under his tutelage can withstand even a single blow of his deadly runeblade.
In World of Warcraft
- "Pay attention. This is Instructor Razuvious, Kel`Thuzad`s appointed trainer of all death knights. It is said that his own technique is so potent, only a disciple of his could possibly withstand his might."
- - Commander Eligor Dawnbringer
Trivia
Senior UI Designer Derek Sakamoto Derek Sakamoto Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 1 Attack: 3 Health: 1 The notorious Footclapper.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Derek Sakamoto is Senior UI Designer on the Team 5 Hearthstone development team. He 
shared the following unused flavor text for Instructor Razuvious:
- "Instructor Razuvious: After tutoring and subbing at many death knight academies, he finally got a full-time position in the Military Quarter."
