Mortal Coil

Mortal Coil is a warlock spell card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Basic set.

Strategy
In addition to the obvious removal potential, it is important to note that this spell can be cast at your own minion in order to draw a card (particularly useful in decks that are designed to draw as many cards as possible). It can also be played as a last ditch effort to draw a card that could save you from losing (such as a taunt) when at low life.

This card is best played on targets with 1 Health, but can also be useful for removing Divine Shield or simply dealing damage where necessary.

It is very helpful to increase spell damage for Mortal Coil in particular, as it will allow it to take out medium sized minions such as Shattered Sun Cleric and draw a card for a mere 1 mana.

Lore
is a talented warlock spell from World of Warcraft. It causes the target to run in horror for 3 seconds, and restores a portion of the warlock's health. It is very useful as a form of crowd control, as well as a regular method of maintaining health levels.

Trivia

 * This card may have been named "Death Coil" during the game's alpha. was the predecessor to the World of Warcraft ability Mortal Coil, but was replaced with .
 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Crown of the Heavens" series, for the card Despair of Undeath.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Basic to Legacy set.
 * Name changed from "Death Coil" to "Mortal Coil".
 * Name changed from "Death Coil" to "Mortal Coil".