Corrupt

Corrupt
Upgrades in hand after you play a card that costs more.

Corrupt is an ability introduced in Madness at the Darkmoon Faire which activates when the user plays a card with a higher mana cost than the Corrupt card's cost while in hand, causing it to transform into a Corrupted card and gain additional effects.

Notes

• Corrupt triggers on the current cost of both cards. Playing a card with a reduced cost will not trigger Corrupt if you paid less than the Corrupt card's cost. Conversely, lowering a Corrupt card's cost will make Corrupting it easier.
• Corrupt triggers when a card is paid with health instead of mana, such as cards affected by G'huun the Blood God and Bloodbloom.
• Unlike other in-hand transformations, Corrupt cards keep any in-hand enchantments when they become Corrupted.
• Corrupted cards with altered stats and/or cost count as cards that didn't start in your deck, meaning cards like Leyline Manipulator and the Sticky Fingers treasure in Duels activate on them.
  • As Corrupted cards with altered stats or cost count as different cards from their base forms, they do not keep the deck returning effect of Secret Passage though other Corrupted cards with unaltered stats will be returned.

Cards with Corrupt

Uncollectible

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Stage Dive	Rare	Spell	General	Warrior	1			Draw a Rush minion. Corrupt: Give it +2/+1.
Dancing Cobra	Common	Minion	Beast	Hunter	2	1	5	Corrupt: Gain Poisonous.
Don't Feed the Animals	Epic	Spell	General	Hunter	2			Give all Beasts in your hand +1/+1. Corrupt: Give them +2/+2 instead.
Horrendous Growth	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Corrupt: Gain +1/+1. Can be Corrupted endlessly.
Horrendous Growth	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	3	3	Corrupted Corrupt: Gain +1/+1. Can be Corrupted endlessly.
Insight	Common	Spell	Shadow	Priest	2			Draw a minion. Corrupt: Reduce its Cost by (2).
Nitroboost Poison	Common	Spell	Nature		2			Give a minion +2 Attack. Corrupt: And your weapon.
Sweet Tooth	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	2	3	2	Corrupt: Gain +2 Attack and Stealth.
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Corrupt: Gain +2/+2.
Darkmoon Dirigible	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	2	Divine Shield Corrupt: Gain Rush.
Darkmoon Statue	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	0	5	Your other minions have +1 Attack. Corrupt: This gains +4 Attack.
Day at the Faire	Common	Spell	General	Paladin	3			Summon 3 Silver Hand Recruits. Corrupt: Summon 5.
Dreaming Drake	Common	Minion	Dragon	Druid	3	3	4	Taunt Corrupt: Gain +2/+2.
Faire Arborist	Common	Minion	General	Druid	3	2	2	Choose One - Draw a card; or Summon a 2/2 Treant. Corrupt: Do both.
Fairground Fool	Common	Minion	General	Priest	3	4	3	Taunt Corrupt: Gain +4 Health.
Felsteel Executioner	Epic	Minion	Elemental	Demon Hunter	3	4	3	Corrupt: Become a weapon.
Insatiable Felhound	Common	Minion	Demon	Demon Hunter	3	2	5	Taunt Corrupt: Gain +1/+1 and Lifesteal.
Luckysoul Hoarder	Rare	Minion	General		3	3	4	Battlecry: Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck. Corrupt: Draw a card.
Moontouched Amulet	Rare	Spell	General	Druid	3			Give your hero +4 Attack this turn. Corrupt: And gain 6 Armor.
Pit Master	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	3	1	2	Battlecry: Summon a 3/2 Duelist. Corrupt: Summon two.
Auspicious Spirits	Rare	Spell	Shadow	Priest	4			Summon a random 4-Cost minion. Corrupt: Summon a 7-Cost minion instead.
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell	General	Warlock	4			Destroy a random enemy minion. Corrupt: Destroy 2. Corrupt Again: Destroy 3.
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell	General	Warlock	4			Corrupted Destroy 2 random enemy minions. Corrupt: Destroy 3.
Circus Medic	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	3	4	Battlecry: Restore 4 Health. Corrupt: Deal 4 damage instead.
Dunk Tank	Rare	Spell	Nature	Shaman	4			Deal 4 damage. Corrupt: Then deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.
Ring Toss	Rare	Spell	General	Mage	4			Discover a Secret and cast it. Corrupt: Discover 2 instead.
Carousel Gryphon	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	5	5	5	Divine Shield Corrupt: Gain +3/+3 and Taunt.
Firework Elemental	Common	Minion	Elemental	Mage	5	3	5	Battlecry: Deal 3 damage to a minion. Corrupt: Deal 12 instead.
Fleethoof Pearltusk	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	5	4	5	Rush Corrupt: Gain +4/+4.
Tickatus	Legendary	Minion	Demon	Warlock	6	8	8	Battlecry: Remove the top 5 cards from your deck. Corrupt: Your opponent's deck instead.
Libram of Judgment	Common	Weapon		Paladin	7	5	3	Corrupt: Gain Lifesteal.
Strongman	Common	Minion	General	Any	7	6	6	Taunt Corrupt: This costs (0).
Carnival Clown	Epic	Minion	General	Any	9	4	4	Taunt Battlecry: Summon 2 copies of this. Corrupt: Fill your board with copies.
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Corrupted cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Strongman	Common	Minion	General	Any	0	6	6	Corrupted Taunt
Stage Dive	Rare	Spell	General	Warrior	1			Corrupted Draw a Rush minion and give it +2/+1.
Dancing Cobra	Common	Minion	Beast	Hunter	2	1	5	Corrupted Poisonous
Don't Feed the Animals	Epic	Spell	General	Hunter	2			Corrupted Give all Beasts in your hand +2/+2.
Horrendous Growth	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	3	3	Corrupted Corrupt: Gain +1/+1. Can be Corrupted endlessly.
Insight	Common	Spell	Shadow	Priest	2			Corrupted Draw a minion. Reduce its Cost by (2).
Nitroboost Poison	Common	Spell	Nature		2			Corrupted Give a minion and your weapon +2 Attack.
Sweet Tooth	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	2	5	2	Corrupted Stealth
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	4	4	Corrupted
Darkmoon Dirigible	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	2	Corrupted Rush, Divine Shield
Darkmoon Statue	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	4	5	Corrupted Your other minions have +1 Attack.
Day at the Faire	Common	Spell	General	Paladin	3			Corrupted Summon 5 Silver Hand Recruits.
Dreaming Drake	Common	Minion	Dragon	Druid	3	5	6	Corrupted Taunt
Faire Arborist	Common	Minion	General	Druid	3	2	2	Corrupted Battlecry: Summon a 2/2 Treant. Draw a card.
Fairground Fool	Common	Minion	General	Priest	3	4	7	Corrupted Taunt
Felsteel Executioner	Epic	Weapon		Demon Hunter	3	4	3	Corrupted
Insatiable Felhound	Common	Minion	Demon	Demon Hunter	3	3	6	Corrupted Taunt, Lifesteal
Luckysoul Hoarder	Rare	Minion	General		3	3	4	Corrupted Battlecry: Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck and draw a card.
Moontouched Amulet	Rare	Spell	General	Druid	3			Corrupted Give your hero +4 Attack this turn. Gain 6 Armor.
Pit Master	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	3	1	2	Corrupted Battlecry: Summon two 3/2 Duelists.
Auspicious Spirits	Rare	Spell	Shadow	Priest	4			Corrupted Summon a random 7-Cost minion.
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell	General	Warlock	4			Corrupted Destroy 2 random enemy minions. Corrupt: Destroy 3.
Cascading Disaster	Epic	Spell	General	Warlock	4			Corrupted Destroy 3 random enemy minions.
Circus Medic	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	3	4	Corrupted Battlecry: Deal 4 damage.
Dunk Tank	Rare	Spell	Nature	Shaman	4			Corrupted Deal 4 damage, then deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.
Ring Toss	Rare	Spell	General	Mage	4			Corrupted Discover 2 Secrets and cast them.
Carousel Gryphon	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	5	8	8	Corrupted Divine Shield, Taunt
Firework Elemental	Common	Minion	Elemental	Mage	5	3	5	Corrupted Battlecry: Deal 12 damage to a minion.
Fleethoof Pearltusk	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	5	8	8	Corrupted Rush
Tickatus	Legendary	Minion	Demon	Warlock	6	8	8	Corrupted Battlecry: Remove the 5 top cards from your opponent's deck.
Libram of Judgment	Common	Weapon		Paladin	7	5	3	Corrupted Lifesteal
Carnival Clown	Epic	Minion	General	Any	9	4	4	Corrupted Taunt Battlecry: Fill your board with copies of this.
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Sources of Corrupt

Corrupt-generating cards

This section lists cards which generate Corrupt minions.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	This has different effects based on which game board you're on.
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Related cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Dark Inquisitor Xanesh	Legendary	Minion	General	Priest	5	3	5	Battlecry: Reduce the Cost of all Corrupt and Corrupted cards in your hand and deck by (2).
Y'Shaarj, the Defiler	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	10	10	10	Battlecry: Add a copy of each Corrupted card you've played this game to your hand. They cost (0) this turn.
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Achievements

	Category	Name	Description	Rewards
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	Embrace the Void	Play 15 Corrupted Cards.	10
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	Embrace the Void	Play 50 Corrupted Cards.	10
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	Embrace the Void	Play 150 Corrupted Cards.	10
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	Embrace the Void	Play 500 Corrupted Cards.	20
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	F2PBTW	Play a 0-Cost Corrupted card.	10
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	F2PBTW	Play a 0-Cost Corrupted card, 10 times.	10
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	F2PBTW	Play a 0-Cost Corrupted card, 30 times.	10
	Gameplay - Darkmoon Faire - Neutral	F2PBTW	Play a 0-Cost Corrupted card, 100 times.	20

Patch changes

• Patch 19.4.0.71003 (2021-01-21): Fixed a visual bug where Corrupted minions appeared to respawn on the board after being destroyed.
• Patch 19.0.0.65614 (2020-11-12): Added.

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