Haunted Creeper

Haunted Creeper is a common neutral minion card, from the Naxxramas set. Its Deathrattle summons two Spectral Spiders.

Strategy
Though weak by itself, the Haunted Creeper's Deathrattle will spawn two Spectral Spiders to take its place. This discourages opponents from destroying it, or from using AoE removal while it remains on the field. Haunted Creeper is therefore an effective anti-removal minion, useful for ensuring the player will have something left on the board even in the face of a complete board wipe.

As a "sticky" 1/2 for 2 mana, Haunted Creeper trades tempo for persistent board presence and potentially card advantage. It excels in decks seeking a constant or large board presence, such as for use with Sea Giant, Defender of Argus or Savage Roar, as well as initially benefiting from Beast synergy.

Cards such as Knife Juggler can take advantage of the Deathrattle.

Lore
Creepers are a type of large, fearsome spiders found throughout Azeroth.

History
Haunted Creeper was originally named "Dread Creeper" and was a 3 Mana 3/2 minion. It's deathrattle originally summoned "1/1 Spiderlings" which were originally also Beasts, but this was found to be too strong for hunters' Beast synergy. They were conceptually changed to be undead in order to make the lack of a Beast type "less awkward".

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "The Hunt for Illidan" series, for the card Webster.

Patch changes

 * Flavor text now reads "Arachnofauxbia: Fear of fake spiders." Previously "Arachnafauxbia: Fear of fake spiders."
 * Added.