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Set: | The League of Explorers "We ve traversed the tombs of Naxxramas; we ve climbed every cliff on Blackrock. Now, the world cries out for heroes, as a new evil rises. There will be danger! There will be doom! There will be |
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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: | 30 (Normal) 30 (Heroic) |
Armor: | 15 (Heroic) |
Help Reno find the first piece of the staff. WAIT, RENO! DON`T RUB THE LAMP!
Zinaar 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 League of Explorers "We ve traversed the tombs of Naxxramas; we ve climbed every cliff on Blackrock. Now, the world cries out for heroes, as a new evil rises. There will be danger! There will be doom! There will be 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 first wing, Temple of Orsis "We ve traversed the tombs of Naxxramas; we ve climbed every cliff on Blackrock. Now, the world cries out for heroes, as a new evil rises. There will be danger! There will be doom! There will be .
Strategy
Wish for Companionship is a special Wish that has a chance to be granted to the player if they are a hunter - other classes will not receive it. It allows the hunter to choose from the three animal companions - Leokk, Huffer and Misha. Each costs 3 mana and unlike when summoned by Animal Companion must be played from the hand.
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Hero Power
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As all Wishes count as spells, mage Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 5 Strategy and gameplay 5.1 Common deck types 5.2 Counters 6 Spells 6.1 Uncollectible 7 Minions 7.1 Uncollectible 8 Leveling rewards 8.1 Starting cards 8.2 and rogue Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 4.1 Unique mechanics 5 Strategy 5.1 Countering a rogue 6 Spells 6.1 Uncollectible 7 Minions 7.1 Uncollectible 8 Weapons 8.1 Uncollectible 9 Leveling rewards 9.1 can be very effective classes to take on Zinaar with. The 0-Cost Wishes will easily trigger a Flamewaker Flamewaker Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random, Spell-related, Triggered effect After you cast a spell, deal 2 damage randomly split among , Mana Wyrm Mana Wyrm Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, gain +1 Attack.These wyrms feed on arcane energies, and while and Violet Teacher Violet Teacher Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 5 Abilities: Summon Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, summon a 1/1 Violet Apprentice.If you don t pay attention, you `s effect and spread damage on Zinaar`s field, and rogue cards that make use of the Combo Combo is an ability where the stated effect occurs if the card is not the first one played during the turn. Cards with this ability are limited to the rogue class. The term "combo" is mechanic will likewise benefit. If a rogue receives Wishes for spells and uses them, they can benefit from additional access to Combo and removal cards they might not already have in their deck, such as Kidnapper Kidnapper Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Epic Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 3 Abilities: Combo, Return to hand Combo: Return a minion to its owner s hand.He just wants people to see his vacation and Betrayal Betrayal Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Attack-related, Positional effect Force an enemy minion to deal its damage to the minions next to it.Everyone has a price. .
Since Zinaar`s Hero Power always triggers, forcing him to draw from his deck, a Mill The Fel Reaver has a strong negative milling effect Milling is a term used in Hearthstone to refer to a range of phenomena related to card draw. The term may refer to the rapid drawing strategy can be very effective. Mill rogues can make use of Sap Sap Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Rogue Cost: 2 Abilities: Return to hand Return an enemy minion to your opponent s hand.Rogues love sappy movies.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Sap is a rogue spell , Vanish Vanish Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Rogue Cost: 6 Abilities: Return to hand Tags: Area of effect Return all minions to their owner s hand.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Vanish is a rogue spell and other removal techniques to prevent Zinaar from gaining momentum while he wastes his deck away, in addition to the minions and spells Discovered Discover in action Discover is an ability that allows the player to choose from three different pseudo-randomly selected cards, with the chosen option generated and added to their hand. Some Discover effects offer random Hero via Wishes. Zinaar`s Desert Camel Desert Camel Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Put into battlefield Tags: Cost-related, Random Battlecry: Put a 1-Cost minion from also forces him to summon a 1-Cost minion from his deck, wasting it further.
Note that Zinaar`s Wishes will take up space in your hand and replace themselves with a Discovered card when used. It may be prudent to Discover cards with cheap costs so they can be played to avoid clogging your hand and wasting your draws at the start of your turn.
Heroic
Most of Zinaar`s minions are not particularly strong, though his increased mana gain means that he can start playing more costly and powerful minions during the early game, such as Anubisath Sentinel Anubisath Sentinel Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deathrattle Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion +3/+3.He s actually a 1/1 who picked up the hammer from .
Mill rogue remains a decent choice to use, although you will need your cheap removal spells to deal with his stronger minions.
Tempo mage is also a good choice because of cards like Flamewaker Flamewaker Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random, Spell-related, Triggered effect After you cast a spell, deal 2 damage randomly split among , Mana Wyrm Mana Wyrm Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 3 Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, gain +1 Attack.These wyrms feed on arcane energies, and while and Violet Teacher Violet Teacher Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 5 Abilities: Summon Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, summon a 1/1 Violet Apprentice.If you don t pay attention, you . Also his wishes are useful because you can get whole bunch of removal like Flamestrike Flamestrike Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 7 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Area of effect Deal 4 damage to all enemy minions.When the ground is on fire, you should not stop, drop, and roll.See and Blizzard Blizzard Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 6 Abilities: Deal damage, Freeze Tags: Area of effect Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions and Freeze them.This spell can be very Entertaining.See this .
Deck
Note that the below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on Zinaar`s use of the cards in the encounter.
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Class | Card | Quantity |
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Neutral | Wisp Wisp Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 0 Attack: 1 Health: 1 If you hit an Eredar Lord with enough Wisps, it will explode. But why?See this card on Hearthpwn data page] For the | 2 |
Young Dragonhawk Young Dragonhawk Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Windfury WindfuryThey were the inspiration for the championship Taurenball team: The Dragonhawks.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] | 2 | |
Jeweled Scarab Jeweled Scarab Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Battlecry, Discover Tags: Cost-related Battlecry: Discover a (3)-Cost card.It s amazing what you can do with | 1 | |
Dragonhawk Rider Dragonhawk Rider Set: The Grand Tournament Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Inspire, Windfury Tags: Hero Power-related Inspire: Gain Windfury this turn.Check it out. You can do barrel rolls on | 2 | |
Earthen Ring Farseer Earthen Ring Farseer Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Restore Health Battlecry: Restore 3 Health.He can see really far, and he doesn t use a telescope like those | 2 | |
Anubisath Sentinel Anubisath Sentinel Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deathrattle Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion +3/+3.He s actually a 1/1 who picked up the hammer from | 2 | |
Hunter | Desert Camel Desert Camel Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Put into battlefield Tags: Cost-related, Random Battlecry: Put a 1-Cost minion from | 2 |
Mage | Forgotten Torch Forgotten Torch Set: The League of Explorers Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Deal damage, Generate, Shuffle into deck Tags: Spell-generating Deal 3 damage. Shuffle a (6 damage for 3 mana card) | 2 |
Rogue | Pit Snake Pit Snake Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 2 Health: 1 Abilities: Destroy, Poisonous Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect PoisonousIt could be worse. It could be | 2 |
Shaman | Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Shaman Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Overload Deal 3 damage. Overload: (1)Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Lightning bolt is | 1 |
Dust Devil Dust Devil Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Elemental Class: Shaman Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 3 Health: 1 Abilities: Overload, Windfury Windfury. Overload: (2)Westfall is full of dust devils. And buzzards. And crazed golems. And | 2 | |
Lava Shock Lava Shock Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Shaman Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Mana-related, Overload-related Deal 2 damage.Unlock your Overloaded Mana Crystals.Chocolate lava cake is shockingly delicious.See this card on Hearthpwn | 2 | |
Whirling Zap-o-matic | 2 | |
Unbound Elemental Unbound Elemental Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Elemental Class: Shaman Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Tags: Overload-related, Triggered effect Whenever you play a card with Overload, gain +1/+1.Unlike bound elementals, Unbound ones | 2 | |
Windspeaker Windspeaker Set: Basic Type: Minion Class: Shaman Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Windfury Battlecry: Give a friendly minion Windfury.Is there anything worse than a Windspeaker with halitosis?See this card on Hearthpwn data | 2 | |
Warrior | Fierce Monkey Fierce Monkey Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Warrior Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 4 Abilities: Taunt TauntFierce monkey. That funky monkey.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Fierce | 2 |
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Class | Card | Quantity |
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Neutral | Leper Gnome Leper Gnome Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.He really just wants to be your friend, but the | 2 |
Huge Toad Huge Toad Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Tags: Random Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to a random enemy.Deals damage when | 2 | |
Ironbeak Owl Ironbeak Owl Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 1 Abilities: Battlecry, Silence Battlecry: Silence a minion.Their wings are silent but their screech is... whatever the opposite of silent | 2 | |
Anubisath Sentinel Anubisath Sentinel Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Deathrattle Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion +3/+3.He s actually a 1/1 who picked up the hammer from | 2 | |
Stormwind Champion | 2 | |
Druid | Mounted Raptor | 2 |
Hunter | Desert Camel Desert Camel Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry, Put into battlefield Tags: Cost-related, Random Battlecry: Put a 1-Cost minion from | 2 |
Mage | Forgotten Torch Forgotten Torch Set: The League of Explorers Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Deal damage, Generate, Shuffle into deck Tags: Spell-generating Deal 3 damage. Shuffle a (6 damage for 3 mana card) | 2 |
Rogue | Pit Snake Pit Snake Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 2 Health: 1 Abilities: Destroy, Poisonous Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect PoisonousIt could be worse. It could be | 2 |
Shaman | Rockbiter Weapon | 2 |
Whirling Zap-o-matic | 2 | |
Dunemaul Shaman | 2 | |
Fireguard Destroyer | 2 | |
Fire Elemental | 2 | |
Warlock | Darkbomb | 2 |
Notes
- Zinaar will continue to automatically cast his Hero Power at the start of his turn even if you change it to Lightning Jolt via a Charged Hammer given to Zinaar by Blingtron 3000.
Decklists
- HearthPwn.com - Zinaar boss guide
- HearthPwn.com - Decks for defeating Zinaar.
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Rewards
Encounter selection
- Elise Starseeker
- Reno`s nearly to the rod but he just *had* to rub the shiny lamp he found.
Encounter
Introduction
- Zinaar
- Finally free! Your reward will be a quick death!
Turn 1
- Reno Jackson
- Adventurer! I’m Reno Jackson, world renowned archaeologist, explorer, and treasure hunter.
- Elise Starseeker
- With the self-control of a magpie.
Emote response
- Zinaar
- Phenomenal cosmic power!
Making a wish
- Reno Jackson
- It’s nice that he’s willing to grant wishes while trying to kill us.
Making a wish for more wishes
- Reno Jackson
- Wow, I can`t believe that worked.
Turn 4
- Reno Jackson
- So, did I ever tell you about the time I infiltrated the ogres of Dire Maul in disguise?
- Elise Starseeker
- Yes.
Turn 5
- Reno Jackson
- How about sneaking through the Blackrock Lyceum to acquire…
- Elise Starseeker
- Yes.
Turn 7
- Reno Jackson
- Imagine, explorer, the Rod of the Sun! It’s worth thousands!
- Elise Starseeker
- We’re not selling it.
Death
- Zinaar
- Back into the lamp, nooooooo...
Victory
- Reno Jackson
- Onward! The rod lies just down that hall!
Trivia
- The emote response quote "Phenomenal cosmic power!" is a direct quote from the Genie from the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, voiced by (and visually modelled upon) Robin Williams.
- Zinaar shares the same art as Siamat from the WoW TCG.