Bethekk, the Panther

Bethekk, the Panther was a legendary shaman minion card originally planned to appear in Rastakhan's Rumble but which was cut prior to release.

This card was conceptualized at a time when the shaman team in Rastakhan's Rumble were planned to be themed around, the panther. However, Team 5 ultimately decided to shift the shaman team to instead be themed around Krag'wa, the Frog as they felt that they already had a lot of big cats with Halazzi and Shirvallah and frogs were "a little bit sillier and funnier than panthers". On the gameplay side of things, the effect that was designed for Bethekk was deemed too extreme, and Krag'wa was designed to instead have a more midrange-focused card-generating ability.

Lore

 * '', the panther, is one of the in the troll pantheon. Like the other loa of the, Bethekk was held in  against her will during the time when the  were attempting to resurrect Hakkar the Soulflayer.


 * ''She is represented on through a champion of her choosing, a position held by . Kilnara is the sister of the previous champion,, who was killed several years earlier prompting Bethekk to choose her sister as her next mortal champion.

Trivia

 * The temporary placeholder artwork for this card depicts, the wolf , as seen in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "War of the Ancients" series. The artwork would later be used to represent Goldrinn himself with the release of the Battlegrounds mode.