Dread Raven

Dread Raven is an epic neutral minion card, from the Descent of Dragons set.

Strategy
Similarly to Pogo-Hopper, Dread Raven's main gimmick involves becoming stronger by creating multiple copies of it. However, Dread Raven needs to have all of its copies on the field in order to work. This is best achieved by the hunter or rogue classes, with the former having many Beast-centric copying cards such as Dire Frenzy, Hunting Party and Ramkahen Wildtamer, while Rogue can use Gang Up, Lab Recruiter or Togwaggle's Scheme in a similar fashion to how a Pogo-Hopper deck would play, but Shadow of Death is compatible unlike Pogo-Hopper since Dread Raven's ability is an ongoing effect instead of a Battlecry. However, they are vulnerable to Flik Skyshiv and area of effect removals such as Flamestrike. Scarlet Webweaver and Tundra Rhino will allow you to summon multiple Dread Ravens and deal damage with them at the same time.

The formula that the total amount of Attack that a group of unbuffed Dread Ravens will have is calculated as 3 × number of friendly Dread Ravens², since all Dread Ravens will receive the Attack buff simultaneously, squaring the number.


 * 2 Dread Ravens: 3 × 2² = 12
 * 3 Dread Ravens: 3 × 3² = 27
 * 4 Dread Ravens: 3 × 4² = 48
 * 5 Dread Ravens: 3 × 5² = 75
 * 6 Dread Ravens: 3 × 6² = 108
 * 7 Dread Ravens: 3 × 7² = 147

Lore

 * The s are the children of the Raven God, as the are to  and the s were to . Long ago, after a battle with Sethe, Anzu was cursed never to fly again. He disappeared into the shadows, later to become the patron God of many flightless . His children, the dangerous and shadowy dread ravens, still populate the  to this day. Fiercely strong and surprisingly intelligent, dread ravens are dangerous when their territory is breached, particularly if their hatchlings are jeopardized. They are a grave threat on land and even more terrifying when they strike from above. Adventurers should be wary of their powerful headbutt or deafening screech. Stronger dread ravens use their wings as weapons, buffeting explorers with winds that threaten to blow them off the spires' high cliffs.  is the current leader of the dread ravens; Anzu left her to watch over them when he retreated into a world of darkness.

Patch changes

 * Added.