Nightscale Matriarch

Nightscale Matriarch is a rare priest minion card, from the The Witchwood set.

Strategy
Nightscale Matriarch can be a powerful late-game option for most Priest decks. The Nightscale Whelps it summons provide a large amount of board presence and can be tricky to remove; if this card is kept alive, they can easily get out of control. Cards like Circle of Healing and Divine Hymn, when cast with multiple wounded minions on board, can be used to flood the board with Whelps; alternatively, Squashling can be used to heal a single minion repeatedly. This card's high health lets it comfortably trade into minions and survive to be healed, spawning more Whelps in the process, and combos well with Inner Fire and Lady in White.

As a Dragon, Nightscale Matriarch can be used as an activator for cards such as Duskbreaker, Wyrmguard, and Scaleworm.

Lore
Nightscale Matriarch appears to be a member of the, similar to Twilight Drake, Twilight Guardian, Twilight Whelp, and Duskbreaker.


 * ''The twilight dragonflight is a created by the results of magical experiments carried out by  upon dragon eggs. Using ancient dragon artifacts and the powers of the, Sintharia created a new breed of dragons that feed vampirically on all forms of mystical energy. The first encounter of these dragons with the outside world was by , , and the draenei priestess . Iridi thought of their appearance not as shadow, but more akin to the day turning to night, like twilight as experienced on . She thus dubbed them twilight dragons.


 * While Sintharia's experiments resulted in very unstable twilight drakes, and Nefarian's experiments resulted in infertile or deformed, their efforts paved the way for Deathwing to perfect the process of breeding and artificially aging twilight dragons. These draconic aberrations were first seen in-game in ', and became major antagonists in '. The twilight dragonflight is now nearly extinct, most being killed in the .

Trivia
Her flavor text is a reference to Grim Patron's effect triggering quote "Everyone, get in here!".

Patch changes

 * Added.