Holy Nova

Holy Nova is a priest spell card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Basic set. It generates a combined AoE healing and damage effect, affecting all characters.

Strategy
Holy Nova is an efficient board clear comparable to Consecration and, coupled with its Health regeneration, is the cornerstone of many popular priest sustain decks.

In Wild, Holy Nova can be extremely effective for card draw when combined with Northshire Cleric and several damaged friendly minions.

Lore
Holy Nova is a priest spell from World of Warcraft. It is an instant AoE healing and damage spell with a 10-yard range, healing the 5 lowest-health allies and dealing damage to all enemies within range. Holy Nova is mostly used for dealing instant AoE damage, such as when dealing with a hunter's Snake Trap, or when attempting to flush a rogue out of stealth, and unlike its Hearthstone incarnation, is generally ineffectual for achieving substantial healing or damage. Due largely to its disuse, with Mists of Pandaria Holy Nova was made into a glyph, removing it from priests' basic ability roster.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "March of the Legion" series, for the card.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Basic to Legacy set.