Earth Elemental


 * ''For the boss card in Book of Heroes, see Earth Elemental (boss).

Earth Elemental is an epic shaman minion card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic set.

Previous availability

 * Regular Earth Elemental 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
As a 5 mana 7/8 minion with Taunt the Earth Elemental provides both strong defensive and offensive abilities. However its drawback is the hefty 2 mana Overload cost, which can come back to haunt you if the Earth Elemental gets immediately countered. Be cautious about playing it while your opponent still has cards and removal options remaining.

The combo of dropping the Earth Elemental and buffing him with Windfury the next turn makes for a swift game-changer.

Lore

 * ''s are creatures made of the rock, and energy of the earth itself. Their home/domain on the  is known as  and the leader of the earth elementals is . The s rule Deepholm under Therazane. Each of their personalities seems to embody a different aspect of earth. Not all earth elementals are minions of the elemental lords and princes, some are minions of the elemental spirits of.

Trivia

 * The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Through the Dark Portal" series, for the card.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Classic to Legacy set.
 * Text updated to have a line break between the keywords.
 * Text changed from "Taunt. Recall (3)" to "Taunt. Overload (3)"
 * Text changed from "Taunt. Recall (3)" to "Taunt. Overload (3)"
 * Text changed from "Taunt. Recall (3)" to "Taunt. Overload (3)"