Swamp King Dred

Swamp King Dred is a legendary hunter minion card, from the Journey to Un'Goro set.

Strategy
With its immense size (9/9) for mere 7 mana, this minion can be devastating. Its triggered effect activates after the opponent plays a minion, causing Swamp King Dred to immediately attack that minion whatever it was, even if it's Stealthed. This will make it difficult for the opponent to build their board while Dred is in play.

Some caution is warranted when playing this minion however. Dred is particularly vulnerable to Poisonous minions played by your opponent, destroying it for a typically less cost than hard removal. They can also play Deathrattle minions that are normally hard to activate to kill it instantly, such as Devilsaur Egg and Hadronox. When a minion with Divine Shield is played, Dred will attack, removing the shield but leaving the minion alive, which can result in a bad trade.

Minions that are summoned but not played will not be attacked by Dred. Example, the opponent plays Animal Companion; the summoned minion will not be attacked by Dred.

Its huge body is worth Recruiting with Kathrena Winterwisp.

Lore
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 * From the World of Warcraft Adventure Guide
 * King Dred is a legend amongst the Drakkari. Stories tell of a troll hunting party locating a mighty beast that thrived in a habitat saturated with plague. The trolls tamed the devilsaur, believing that he alone held an antidote for the savage disease devastating their people.

How this version of Dred ended up in is unclear.

Trivia

 * This minion's triggered effect is reminiscent of the Auto-Attack ability encountered in various Tavern Brawls and the Chess encounter in One Night in Karazhan, in that it attacks enemies without the player having control over the action.
 * This card is inspired by Ultimate Tyranno from Yu-Gi-Oh!

Patch changes

 * Added.