Arfus

Arfus

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Gold

Set:	Knights of the Frozen Throne
Type:	Minion
Minion type:	Beast
Rarity:	Legendary
Cost:	4
Attack:	2
Health:	2
Abilities:	Deathrattle, Generate
Tags:	Random, Shadow-generating, Spell-generating, Weapon-generating
Artist:	Zoltan Boros

Deathrattle: Add a random Death Knight card to your hand.

There must always be a Lick King.

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

How to get

Arfus can be obtained through Knights of the Frozen Throne card packs, or through crafting.

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Arfus	1600	400
Golden Arfus	3200	1600

Generated cards

Notes

• Arfus' Death Knight cards are considered to belong to their own Death Knight class. Because of this, they will receive a discount when Ethereal Peddler is played and can be copied by Tess Greymane.

Strategy

Arfus is a very understatted minion, so its primary use is giving you a powerful card. Arfus' relative cheapness compared to The Lich King can give you access to a Death Knight card far earlier in the game, potentially swinging the game in your favor faster. Because the Death Knight card is gained earlier in the game, the randomness is less important since it's easier to hold the card for a long time until the perfect moment.

Being a Deathrattle with a very strong effect, Arfus benefits greatly from Deathrattle synergies like Play Dead or resurrection effects like Eternal Servitude, giving you additional Death Knight cards.

Take care when playing this against mind control effects, and especially against Priests. A Potion of Madness, Shadow Madness or Cabal Shadow Priest can snatch Arfus away.

As Arfus is a Beast, it works well with Beast-based cards such as Houndmaster and Kill Command. This also means it has a chance to show up as an option for Build-a-Beast.

For specific strategies on each of the Death Knight cards, see The Lich King.

Lore

"He is a good boy."

− Mike Donais

Arfus is an undead puppy unique to Hearthstone.

Trivia

• "Arfus" is a pun on "Arthas" and "arf", an onomatopoiea for a dog's bark.
• Arfus may be a reference to Argus, Odysseus's dog in Homer's Odyssey.
• Arfus appears to be the first minion to be categorized as a Beast despite clearly being undead. Other undead animals, such as Unearthed Raptor and Spectral Spider, as well as Bonemare from the very same set as Arfus, have typically not been classified as Beasts.

Gallery

Arfus, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 9.0.0.20457 (2017-08-08): Added.