Faceless Manipulator

Faceless Manipulator is an epic neutral minion card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic set.

Previous availability

 * Regular Faceless Manipulator could also be obtained as a first-time reward for first time reaching Platinum 10 and Diamond 10 in Ranked mode from April 1, 2020 to March 25, 2021 (or as a reward of Climbing the Ranks (6/10) and (8/10) achievements).

Strategy
Faceless Manipulator can be used to copy powerful minions belonging to either the player or the opponent. This can be useful for duplicating the presence of legendary minions, or simply as a wildcard which can be changed into whichever target best serves the situation. When copying enemy minions, one strategy is to use the Faceless Manipulator to copy a valuable minion, before destroying or Silencing the target. This allows the player to effectively steal the opponent's minion.

Faceless Manipulator can be used on friendly targets to create large amounts of Spell Damage. For example, copying a friendly Malygos will create an additional 5 Spell Damage.

Lore
Faceless Manipulator is a faceless one.


 * ''The n'raqi, commonly known as the faceless ones or the faceless, are a monstrous race that arose from the organic matter that seeped from the Old Gods' blighted forms during the primordial era of . Cunning and intelligent, they serve their eldritch masters with fanatical loyalty.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Throne of the Tides" series, for the card Commander Ulthok.
 * The card art depicts, the second boss in the dungeon.
 * In May 2015, Senior Game Designer Ben Brode stated they had designed Faceless Manipulator "over 6 years ago". This would suggest the card was designed in early 2009, at least 5 years before Hearthstone was eventually released.
 * Faceless Manipulator was the only example of Old God art in Hearthstone prior to the release of Whispers of the Old Gods (aside from the uncollectible Nightmare). Faceless Manipulator was used to tease the coming expansion when it was included in a promotional selection of cards on the official site in the days prior to the expansion's announcement.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Classic to Legacy set.