Elite Tauren Chieftain

Elite Tauren Chieftain is a legendary neutral minion card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from Hall of Fame and Promo sets.

How to get
Regular Elite Tauren Chieftain can be obtained through crafting only.

Golden Elite Tauren Chieftain is uncraftable and cannot be crafted or disenchanted.

Previous availability

 * Golden Elite Tauren Chieftain could only be obtained as a promotion from purchasing a ticket or virtual ticket to Blizzcon 2013.

Strategy
Elite Tauren Chieftain grants each player one of three possible 'Power Chord' cards. All Power Chord cards are 4 mana spell cards.

I Am Murloc
This is a great card for any deck featuring minion buffs, especially murloc buffs, but is very weak against AoE. At least three 1/1 murlocs are guaranteed.

Power of the Horde
Summons a single minion for the player. Possible minions summoned are:
 * Cairne Bloodhoof
 * Frostwolf Grunt
 * Tauren Warrior
 * Thrallmar Farseer
 * Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * Silvermoon Guardian

This is by far the most unpredictable option, with the potential to be one of the strongest or the weakest of the Power Chords.

Rogues Do It...
A reliable option, serving as combined damage and card draw. Good for removal, this card can also be useful for finishing the enemy hero.

Trivia

 * Elite Tauren Chieftain summoning features one of the most extensive animations in the game, at the time of its addition rivalled only by Twisting Nether. The individual Power Chords were also the first spells to be added to produce significant ongoing sounds during their target selection stage; rather than simple effects such as the sound of a spell preparing to be cast, short pieces of music, featuring drums, bass and lead guitar, are played repeatedly until a target is chosen. Some of the card's animations and effects can be seen here.
 * is a real-life band comprised of employees, known for performing their own hard-rocking material with lyrics set in the Warcraft universe. Elite Tauren Chieftain often perform at BlizzCon and have released several singles. They also feature in-game in, at the Darkmoon Faire and in Blackrock Depths' Grim Guzzler. See  for details.
 * The three different spells generated by Elite Tauren Chieftain in Hearthstone are all named and themed after songs by the ETC band: ' (2003), ' (2007) and  (2007).
 * Elite Tauren Chieftain's entry theme is sampled from I Am Murloc itself.
 * Elite Tauren Chieftain has the exact same Rarity, Cost, Attack and Health as the debug card DEBUG. The two cards also share the exact same ID (682).

Video

 * YouTube - Elite Tauren Chieftain Rocks Hearthstone!

Patch changes

 * Moved from Hall of Fame to Legacy set.
 * Moved to the Hall of Fame set.
 * The golden version of the Elite Tauren Chieftain has been added to collections of those who attended BlizzCon 2013 or who purchased a Virtual Ticket.