Hagatha the Witch

Hagatha the Witch

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Set:	The Witchwood
Type:	Hero card
Class:	Shaman
Rarity:	Legendary
Cost:	8
Armor:	5
Abilities:	Battlecry, Deal damage, Gain Armor, Replace Hero Power
Tags:	Area of Effect, Hero Power-related
Artist:	Alex Horley

Battlecry: Deal 3 damage to all minions.

Curse-bringer, tree-twister, mother of wretched things…Hanzo main.

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For Hagatha's other appearances, see Hagatha the Witch (disambiguation).

Hagatha the Witch is a legendary shaman hero card, from The Witchwood set.

How to get

Hagatha the Witch can be obtained through The Witchwood card packs, or through crafting.

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Hagatha the Witch	1600	400
Golden Hagatha the Witch	3200	1600

Generated Hero Power

Notes

• For information about the functionality of hero cards in general, see Hero card#Notes.

Strategy

Hagatha's Battlecry is a strong AoE board clear. It does affect your own minions as well, so be careful. The Battlecry can be replicated by Shudderwock for further usage, but once again be careful about the double-edged effect, especially due to the random order of Shudderwock's mimicking.

Hagatha's passive hero power gives up the board presence of the shaman's totems, in return for constant and unpredictable value. Random Shaman spells generally include burst damage and finishers (Bloodlust, Windfury, Lava Burst) or board clears and strong removal (Hex, Lightning Storm, Volcano), among more specialised utility. However, there is also a risk of getting dead spells like Ice Fishing or Totemic Might; in this cases these spells should be played with excess mana. Most of the randomness can be avoided as more minions are played, allowing you to average out for a variety of effects. In longer games, keeping low cost minions until Hagatha is played first can be important.

One of the risks of this card is overdrawing cards thanks to her Hero Power. Playing Hagatha with a hand of several minions can often lead to your hand being flooded, with each minion played requiring a spell afterwards in order to free space. It can get worse with minions or spells that draw or generate additional cards, or being forced to Overload and limit what you can play next turn. Try to play Hagatha only when you have a medium-sized hand or a few spells you can reliably drop.

Quotes

Summon

• ▶️Dark spirits

Attack

• <attack sound>

Death

• ▶️<death sound>

Others

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Emotes

Each hero has their own selection of audio and written emotes that are produced in response to specific events. For more information, see Emote.

Type	Emote
Greetings	Welcome to my domain.
Mirror Greetings	Let us go then, you and I.
Well Played	Well played.
Thanks	Thank you.
Wow	By the night!
Oops	Unwise.
Threaten	The curse take you!
Attack	My curse on you!
Thinking [1]	Hmm...
Thinking [2]	Perplexing...
Thinking [3]	A path dimly lit...
Concede	You win this time.
Running out of time	I must decide!
Almost out of cards	I'm almost out of cards!
Out of cards	I'm out of cards!

Lore

For the lore of this card, see Hagatha the Witch (Disambiguation).

Trivia

• Hagatha was first teased at the end of The Witchwood announcement video, with Dave Kosak fearing the sudden appearance of "Hagatha the Witch" and mentioning "We cannot make that card" twice with a frightened expression while Ben Brode says that "It's too OP" before the three of them (Dave Kosak, Ben Brode and Ben Thompson) run away in fear. The camera they dropped then focuses on the Hagatha the Witch hero card, whose sinister laughter is heard at the end of the video.
• Hagatha originated from a concept drawn by Jomaro Kindred, who has described the character as "a lot of things I like and a lot of things that I'm afraid of at the same time".
• Hagatha's mirror greeting refers to the opening line of T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
• Hagatha's flavor text references the Overwatch character Hanzo, as well as the "Hanzo main" meme.
• Hagatha's name is likely a reference to the Marvel comics character Agatha Harkness.

Gallery

Hagatha the Witch, full art

A shot at the end of the announcement trailer teasing Hagatha.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.0.23966 (2018-04-10): Added.