Reborn

Reborn is an ability that causes a minion to be resummoned with 1 Health the first time it's destroyed. It was introduced in the Saviors of Uldum expansion.

Reborn is represented by a cracked blue glow around the minion.

Reborn-generating cards
This section lists cards which generate Reborn minions.

Reborn-granting cards
This section lists cards which grant the Reborn ability to other minions or to itself.

History
Reborn was added during the first few weeks of development for Saviors of Uldum and immediately saw a lot of design space. Some of the early work came in the form of figuring out how exactly to value minions with the keyword. "Reborn" was originally intended to only be a temporary name used during testing. However, as the developers pitched other names for the ability, they ultimately found that Reborn was the one that was easiest to understand and that people could instantly guess what it did when shown the keyword for the first time, leading to Reborn being the name that they shipped with. Other names that were considered during development included:


 * Mummy or Mummified - Felt more like a minion type than a keyword, didn't quite lead players to understand what it did at first glance, and would've pigeon-holed the developers into making all minions with the ability into mummies.
 * Embalmed - While this name had a great thematic vibe, it was harder to predict what the ability did on first read.
 * Ankh - Felt more like an item than a keyword and also didn't indicate that the ability was a one-time effect.

Patch changes

 * Added.