Sacrificial Pact

Sacrificial Pact is a warlock spell card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Basic set.

Strategy
Sacrificial Pact gives Warlocks healing, a valuable resource to Warlocks, for the price of a demon. Ideally, it should target a puny 1/1 imp or a dying minion, such as one affected by Power Overwhelming. Another excellent target is a deathrattle minion. Although healing is useful, unless you have convenient ways to generate small inconsequential demons to sacrifice, such as Dreadsteed or Galakrond, the Wretched, it's cumbersome to use and its lack of influence on the board makes it a poor card to include in most decks.

Lore
In World of Warcraft, is a talented ability that allows warlocks to sacrifice a portion of their minion's health to create a temporary shield for themselves.

The unusual relationship between warlocks and their summoned demons is well-documented.


 * Warlocks command the obedience of mighty demons, summoning and dismissing them at will, using them as they see fit and sacrificing them the moment it serves the warlock's interests. Even the mighty infernals bow before the will of the warlock.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Fields of Honor" series, for the card Dimzer the Prestidigitator.
 * During the game's alpha this spell was called "Grimoire of Sacrifice". This name was later reused for a collectible card in the Forged in the Barrens set.
 * Sacrificial Pact was removed for selection in Arena on September 15, 2016 but was reinstated on December 9, 2018.
 * Prior to Sacrificial Pact's nerf to only target friendly Demons on April 20, 2020, Sacrificial Pact was a notable tech card against Demons and was notably infamous for being able to destroy the Lord Jaraxxus hero, resulting in any Jaraxxus player being at risk of an immediate loss through a single card. Zephrys the Great was also able to give Sacrificial Pact to any hero if the enemy hero was Lord Jaraxxus. After the update, Zephrys had been updated to acknowledge the nerf.
 * Also prior to its nerf, Sacrificial Pact could target Malchezaar in One Night in Karazhan 's Free Medivh! encounter. Sacrificial Pact would be Countered, triggering the dialogue "Hahaha! That could never work on a true Eredar Lord!" However, if cast by cards like Yogg-Saron or Tortollan Primalist, it would successfully kill off Malchezaar.
 * After Sacrificial Pact's nerf, the card can now be used by the player to destroy themselves if they have been transformed into Lord Jaraxxus, as another way of conceding.
 * In the golden version of the card's artwork, the pages being turned seem to be pages of a then-current version of Hearthstone's official site, PlayHearthstone.com.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Basic to Legacy set.
 * Destroy a Demon. Restore 5 health to your hero. [0 mana, Common]
 * Renamed from "Grimoire of Sacrifice" to "Sacrificial Pact".
 * Previously: Destroy a Demon. Restore 5 health to your hero. [2 mana, Common]
 * Renamed from "Grimoire of Sacrifice" to "Sacrificial Pact".
 * Previously: Destroy a Demon. Restore 5 health to your hero. [2 mana, Common]