Deathrattle is an ability where the stated effect occurs when the minion or weapon is destroyed. Cards with Deathrattle appear with a skull and crossbones when in play and Deathrattle can be removed from minions with silences. Minions may benefit from multiple Deathrattles at the same time.
Notes
Deathrattle effects occur after battle damage has been calculated and minions destroyed. Additional effects caused by damaging spells such as 
Bane of Doom will also take place before any Deathrattles.
Like triggered effects, Deathrattles cannot be targeted. While the developers' policy is to explicitly state when a visible target of a Deathrattle is random, this may in some cases be left unstated, in order to simplify the card text.
Order of multiple Deathrattles
When two minions with Deathrattle die at once, both Deathrattles will take place. The intended mechanic is that Deathrattles take place in the order in which the possessing minions were summoned.
For example, if a Sylvanas Windrunner attacks another Sylvanas Windrunner, destroying both minions, the Deathrattle of the Sylvanas which was summoned first will take place first, followed by the Deathrattle of the Sylvanas which was summoned second. Order of minion summoning can therefore be extremely significant.
However, it has been widely observed and confirmed by Senior Game Designer Ben Brode that the mechanic is currently bugged,[1] with the order often unpredictable and out of line with the above rule. Brode has stated that this should be fixed with Curse of Naxxramas.[2]
Cards
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References
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-05-22).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-06-14).
