Sword of Justice

Sword of Justice is an epic paladin weapon card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic set.

Previous availability

 * Regular Sword of Justice 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
The Sword of Justice has the unique ability of buffing any summoned minions with +1/+1 at the cost of one of point of the weapon's Durability. This weapon synergizes extremely well with the paladin's Reinforce Hero Power and other summoning effects; such as Silver Hand Knight, Imp Master, and Hogger.

It is usually best not to use the weapon to attack with directly, to allow all of the durability to be used for the buffs. The exception is when not attacking with it could result in the loss of a minion of equal or greater value than the buff granted. For instance, it is certainly worth sacrificing +1/+1 to a 4/4 Nightblade in order to kill a Magma Rager, which otherwise would have killed the Nightblade outright, buff and all (assuming the paladin has enough health to take 5 damage without great risk of quick death, of course).

If combined with Muster for Battle, the Sword of Justice will use up 3 charges to buff the Silver Hand Recruits before the Light's Justice created by the ability replaces it. It is inefficient to use Muster for Battle when the Sword has more than 3 charges remaining, even if that means attacking with the Sword to avoid wasting one (since an attack from the Sword of Justice does the same damage as one from the Light's Justice that will replace it).

Lore
The is a two handed sword found in World of Warcraft. The sword required level 80 and featured the same twin bladed look.


 * This item can be found inside the Tribunal Chest in on heroic mode.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Wrathgate" series, for the card Sword of Justice.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Classic to Legacy set.
 * Expending Sword of Justice's durability as it is played will no longer grant +1 attack for the rest of the game
 * "Whenever" changed to "After", correcting the card's text to match its function.
 * Unknown patch (Goblins vs Gnomes or earlier): Sword of Justice is now an After Summon Phase trigger, triggering after a minion enters play, rather than a Presummon trigger, triggering before a minion enters play.
 * Now activates after you summon a minion, rather than after you play a minion.