Mindgames

Mindgames is an epic priest spell card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic set.

Previous availability

 * Regular Mindgames 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).

Summoned minions
If you play Mindgames and your opponent has no minions left in their deck, you will summon a Shadow of Nothing to the field.

Strategy
Mindgames can be used to grant you some strategic knowledge of your opponent. For example, any minion copied by Mindgames is currently in your opponent's deck, waiting to be drawn. Outside of arena, this means that if they have already played one of this minion, or if the minion is a legendary, you can be sure that they do not have one of that minion in their hand, while if they have only a few cards remaining, you can be certain that that minion will be drawn soon. If the Shadow of Nothing is summoned, this lets you know that they have no more minions to draw, which can be tactically critical. However, remember they may still have minions left in their hand.

For 4 mana, this card will most likely copy a minion with a lower cost, unless the opponent's deck's mana curve has an atypical skew. (Usually decks have positive mana cost skew. See .)

One of the best possible minions to summon is Ragnaros the Firelord since it can immediately deal damage. This can be devastating in the early game because it will be hard for the opponent to remove.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Drums of War" series, for the card Precognition.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Classic to Legacy set.
 * The summoned minion now retains enchantments from the original card in deck.
 * Shadow of Nothing no longer destroys itself at end of turn.
 * Shadow of Nothing no longer destroys itself at end of turn.