Prince Keleseth

Prince Keleseth is a legendary neutral minion card, from the Knights of the Frozen Throne set.

Strategy
Prince Keleseth is a card that has a powerful effect, but a deck-building restriction that requires a deck to be built to accommodate it. Being able to buff all future minions is a very powerful effect, especially early on in the game in a deck like Zoolock, that carries a lot of small minions. The restriction can be detrimental, and not drawing Prince Keleseth can significantly lower the winrate of decks choosing to build this way.

Unlike The Mistcaller, Prince Keleseth does not buff minions in the hand, and therefore can not be used to gain an immediate advantage, instead requiring you to draw the buffed minions from your deck.

Rogues can use Shadowstep to activate Keleseth's Battlecry multiple times even on curve, making him a game-winning card if this combo is used early on.

Lore

 * '' (pronounced (KEHL-eh-seth) was a member of the who served as the ruler of the southeastern reaches of  — specifically as  overlord of  — and as a representative to the.


 * ''Keleseth claimed to have traveled across the world and made several interesting discoveries, such as the fact that with the proper amount of "encouragement" one can extract all the truths that a man dares hide.


 * In, Keleseth first appeared in on the second floor. Later, his brother, Prince Valanar, instructed fledgling s to seek Keleseth out at the . Keleseth instructed the death knight to assassinate , mayor of , and retrieve his town registry. He then ordered the death knight to use torture tools to extract information about the so-called "" from members of the Scarlet Crusade. Finally, he directed the death knight to report to  at the .


 * ''In a vision in the, Keleseth was seen resurrecting alongside Valanar,  and.


 * ''The Lich King deployed Keleseth to in hopes of harnessing the 's potential for destruction. Upon arriving, the ambassador found a people who were more than eager to assist the Scourge, and the keep proved to be an excellent staging point for terrorizing the . Keleseth acted as the Lich King's eyes and ears in the Howling Fjord, and his primary residence was Utgarde, where he assisted  in organizing raids on the surrounding territory.


 * ''After the 's victory over the 's in the Howling Fjord, Keleseth appeared at  with four  vrykul to taunt  and invite the Forsaken to rejoin the Scourge. Anselm ordered his archers to fire at Keleseth, but the blood prince teleported behind the vrykul so that the arrows killed them instead of him. He then used his magic to drain the souls of Anselm's troops before vanishing. Anselm proceeded to send s to kill Keleseth inside Utgarde Keep. During the assault on Utgarde, Keleseth was slain by the invading heroes.


 * Keleseth, along with his brother Valanar and Prince Taldaram from, were later raised into undeath yet again by the Lich King to form the . Their duty was to avenge themselves on the heroes that slew them and to protect Blood-Queen Lana'thel, the blood-queen of the San'layn. This new position proved to have the same outcome as Keleseth's previous one, and the blood princes were defeated once again.

Trivia

 * The flavor text for the Blood Princes is seemingly a reference to the 1993 song "" by.

Patch changes

 * Added.