Bear Trap

Bear Trap is a common hunter spell card, from the Grand Tournament set.

Summoned minions
Although not specifically named in the card text, this Secret summons an Ironfur Grizzly.

Previous bugs

 * Prior to Patch 4.0.0.10833 (LoE patch) Bear Trap would trigger and do nothing if your board was full.

Strategy
A strong card for midrange and control hunter. This is a 3/3 Taunt for 2 mana (that comes out slow) that can give you time to regain board presence. While it doesn't block the triggering attack itself, the Taunt can prevent further attacks. Note that if a player plans to attack with several minions that turn, the first will succeed; but this will trigger the Trap, meaning they may be forced to trade their other minion/s. Order of attack can therefore be very significant when testing for Bear Trap.

Lore
Bear Trap's comical design (see Trivia) is distinctly Hearthstone. However, Bear Trap was first a card in the , albeit with a far more conventional effect.

Trivia

 * Bear Trap's design is an intentional inversion of expectations. A real life is a powerful, sharpened metal contraption designed to trap bears. However, Bear Trap is instead a trap which sets a Bear upon the person who triggers it. Senior Producer Yong Woo described the card's concept: "Sometimes you trap the bear. Sometimes the bear traps you."
 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "War of the Elements" series, for the card Noxious Trap.

Patch changes
Added.