Shifter Zerus

Shifter Zerus is a legendary neutral minion card, from the Whispers of the Old Gods set.

Advanced

 * Shifter Zerus's transformation is a trigger in the Start of Turn Phase.
 * Because this is before the Draw Phase at the start of each turn, a normally drawn Shifter Zerus will not transform until your next turn begins.
 * Because of the Quad Queue Model, Shifter Zerus's first transformation will queue and resolve after in-play Start of Turn Phase triggers (for example, a Shifter Zerus drawn by Nat Pagle immediately transforms), and Shifter Zerus's later transformations (which occur due to an attached enchantment, which is considered in play) will queue and resolve during in-play Start of Turn Phase triggers and before in-hand Start of Turn Phase triggers (such as Nerubian Prophet).

Strategy
The random and unpredictable nature of Shifter Zerus means there is almost always a better card to choose for any given deck. Zerus can help with flexibility, providing an early game minion if drawn early or a late game minion if drawn late, but even then the resulting minion will likely lack desired synergies and be a poorer choice than cards the player might have included in its place.

Shifter Zerus can be a good pick for Zoolocks from Dark Peddler - especially in the late game, where Shifter Zerus can provide a large minion such as Boulderfist Ogre in place of the 1 mana cards normally produced by the Dark Peddler's Discover effect.

Lore
Shifter Zerus is original to Hearthstone.


 * ''The n'raqi, commonly known as the faceless ones or the faceless, are a monstrous race that arose from the organic matter that seeped from the Old Gods' blighted forms during the primordial era of . Cunning and intelligent, they serve their eldritch masters with fanatical loyalty.

Patch changes

 * Added.