Shadow Madness

Shadow Madness is a rare priest spell card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic set.

Previous availability

 * Regular Shadow Madness could also be obtained as a first-time reward for first time reaching Silver 10 and Gold 10 in Ranked mode from April 1, 2020 to March 25, 2021 (or as a reward of Climbing the Ranks (2/10) and (4/10) achievements).

Strategy
Shadow Madness is a very tactical card, capable of being used to great effect. Unlike permanent mind control effects like Mind Control, minions that are affected by this card are not exhausted, but can be used by the priest that same turn.

One common tactic is to use the controlled minion to attack another, hopefully destroying both minions. This effectively grants removal for two minions with only one card.

This card is can be used to steal valuable minions from the opponent which will generate more powerful minions, like Direhorn Hatchling.

When using return cards such as Ancient Brewmaster to permanently seize control of a Shadow Madness'd minion, the target can ideally be used to attack before being returned to the hand, since any damage taken by it will be cancelled when it leaves the battlefield.

Can also be very useful for removing a powerful taunt minion in order to allow your minions to directly attack the enemy hero or an important minion.

As with all mind control effects, any abilities or events that occur while the minion is controlled will treat the controlling player as the minion's owner. This includes deathrattles and other card text effects.

Trivia

 * During the game's alpha, this card was named "Dark Command".
 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Servants of the Betrayer" series, for the card.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Classic to Legacy set.
 * Name changed from "Dark Command" to "Shadow Madness".
 * Name changed from "Dark Command" to "Shadow Madness".
 * Name changed from "Dark Command" to "Shadow Madness".