Nightmare

Nightmare is an uncollectible spell card, generated by Ysera's triggered effect and Ysera the Dreamer's Battlecry.

Lore
As a tendril from the, this card depicts the influence of Yogg-Saron.


 * ''The (or the Nightmare for short) is a mobile area of corruption within the.


 * During the, it was revealed that the was under the rule of a figure known as the Nightmare Lord, who in fact was really Malfurion Stormrage's old nemesis Xavius. However, it was also revealed that Xavius himself was a minion of a powerful yet ancient evil, residing in the , and possibly also beneath Azeroth's oceans.


 * The origins of the Nightmare stretch back to 4,500 years before the First War. took branches from, the World Tree, and planted them over  that had begun to appear across the world, including a particularly large source of saronite in the . Unfortunately, its roots went deep enough that they touched the prison of the Old God Yogg-Saron, corrupting the tree and spreading madness throughout the nearby wildlife. The druids sorrowfully destroyed the world tree, believing that this act would halt Yogg-Saron's corruption. What they did not know, however, was that Yogg-Saron had used the world tree to spread his corruption into the Emerald Dream itself.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Throne of the Tides" series, for the card Tendrils of Darkness.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Classic to Legacy set.
 * Now gives +4/+4 (Down from +5/+5).