Babbling Book

Babbling Book

Regular

Gold

Set:	One Night in Karazhan
Type:	Minion
Class:	Mage
Rarity:	Rare
Cost:	1
Attack:	1
Health:	1
Abilities:	Battlecry, Generate
Wiki tags:	Class-related, Random, Spell-generating
Artist:	A.J. Nazzaro

Battlecry: Add a random Mage spell to your hand.

Flavor text

His idol is the Green Hills of Stranglethorn, and he won't shut up about it.

External links

Data page • PlayHearthstone • Hearthpwn

Babbling Book is a rare mage minion card, from the One Night in Karazhan set.

Other versions

Core

Removed

• Wild Event

How to get

Two copies of regular Babbling Book are obtained by completing the mage Class Challenge in One Night in Karazhan, unlocked upon completing third wing, The Menagerie.

As a Wild format card, both regular and golden versions of Babbling Book can also be crafted for the following amounts:

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Babbling Book	100	20
Golden Babbling Book	800	100

Core set

Two copies of regular Babbling Book (Core) are obtained for raising mage to level 5.

Two copies of golden Babbling Book (Core) are obtained for winning 100 games as mage.

Babbling Book (Core) is uncraftable and cannot be crafted or disenchanted.

Strategy

Great to fill the last empty slots in any Mage deck. Not only for a chance of another powerful Fireball or Frostbolt, but also to boost cards such as Mana Wyrm, Arcane Giant and Yogg-Saron, Hope's End.

Possible spells

The below table lists all collectible Mage spells in Standard format, representing the range of possible spells generated by Babbling Book. For Wild format listings, see Mage/Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	School	Class	Cost	Description
Flurry (Rank 1)	Rare	Frost	Mage	0	Freeze a random enemy minion. (Upgrades when you have 5 Mana.)
Arcane Missiles	Free	Arcane	Mage	1	Deal 3 damage randomly split among all enemies.
Brain Freeze	Rare	Frost		1	Freeze a minion. Combo: Also deal 3 damage to it.
Devolving Missiles	Epic	Arcane		1	Shoot three missiles at random enemy minions that transform them into ones that cost (1) less.
Font of Power	Rare	Arcane	Mage	1	Discover a Mage minion. If your deck has no minions, keep all 3.
Primordial Studies	Common	Arcane		1	Discover a Spell Damage minion. Your next one costs (1) less.
Shooting Star	Common	Arcane	Mage	1	Deal 1 damage to a minion and the minions next to it.
Snap Freeze	Common	Frost	Mage	1	Freeze a minion. If it's already Frozen, destroy it.
Arcane Explosion	Free	Arcane	Mage	2	Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions.
Astral Rift	Rare	General	Mage	2	Add 2 random minions to your hand.
Conjure Mana Biscuit	Common	Arcane	Mage	2	Add a Biscuit to your hand that refreshes 2 Mana Crystals.
Cram Session	Rare	Arcane	Mage	2	Draw 1 card (improved by Spell Damage).
Evocation	Legendary	Arcane	Mage	2	Fill your hand with random Mage spells. At the end of your turn, discard them.
Incanter's Flow	Common	Arcane	Mage	2	Reduce the Cost of spells in your deck by (1).
Runed Orb	Common	Arcane	Mage	2	Deal 2 damage. Discover a spell.
Wildfire	Epic	Fire	Mage	2	Increase the damage of your Hero Power by 1.
Arcane Intellect	Common	Arcane	Mage	3	Draw 2 cards.
Combustion	Epic	Fire	Mage	3	Deal 4 damage to a minion. Any excess damages both neighbors.
Cone of Cold	Common	Frost	Mage	3	Freeze a minion and the minions next to it, and deal 1 damage to them.
Counterspell	Rare	Arcane	Mage	3	Secret: When your opponent casts a spell, Counter it.
Ice Barrier	Common	Frost	Mage	3	Secret: When your hero is attacked, gain 8 Armor.
Mirror Entity	Common	Arcane	Mage	3	Secret: After your opponent plays a minion, summon a copy of it.
Netherwind Portal	Common	Arcane	Mage	3	Secret: After your opponent casts a spell, summon a random 4-Cost minion.
Oasis Ally	Common	Frost	Mage	3	Secret: When a friendly minion is attacked, summon a 3/6 Water Elemental.
Rigged Faire Game	Epic	General	Mage	3	Secret: If you didn't take any damage during your opponent's turn, draw 3 cards.
Shattering Blast	Rare	Frost	Mage	3	Destroy all Frozen minions.
Deck of Lunacy	Legendary	General	Mage	4	Transform spells in your deck into ones that cost (3) more. (They keep their original Cost.)
Fireball	Common	Fire	Mage	4	Deal 6 damage.
Potion of Illusion	Epic	Arcane		4	Add 1/1 copies of your minions to your hand. They cost (1).
Ring Toss	Rare	General	Mage	4	Discover a Secret and cast it. Corrupt: Discover 2 instead.
Apexis Blast	Epic	General	Mage	5	Deal 5 damage. If your deck has no minions, summon a random 5-Cost minion.
Refreshing Spring Water	Common	General	Mage	5	Draw 2 cards. Refresh 2 Mana Crystals for each spell drawn.
Flamestrike	Epic	Fire	Mage	7	Deal 5 damage to all enemy minions.
Mask of C'Thun	Rare	General	Mage	7	Deal 10 damage randomly split among all enemies.
Deep Freeze	Rare	Frost	Mage	8	Freeze an enemy. Summon two 3/6 Water Elementals.
Grand Finale	Rare	Fire	Mage	8	Summon an 8/8 Elemental. Repeat for each Elemental you played last turn.
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Quotes

Summon

• ▶️You want to cast a spell? I want to cast a spell.
• ▶️<summon sound>

Attack

• ▶️Spells are fun. So fun!
• ▶️<attack sound>

Death

• ▶️The end.
• ▶️<death sound>

Lore

This appears to be a rather talkative book from Karazhan's legendary libraries.

Trivia

• After Pavel won the 2016 Hearthstone World Championship partly due to two consecutive very lucky Babbling Books, the card got nicknamed "Paveling Book".

Gallery

Babbling Book, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.0.13921 (2016-08-09): Added.