Lackey

Lackey
Lackeys are 1-Cost minions with Battlecries.

What is a villain without an army of disposable henchcreatures? As a promising villain in training you will have access to lackeys, 1/1 minions with devious battlecries.

Lackeys are uncollectible minion cards generated by certain cards in the Year of the Dragon. They are mostly restricted to Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, and Warrior.

Notes

• All Lackey are 1/1 minions that cost 1 mana with powerful Battlecries.
• Generation of Lackeys is always random. Thus if multiple Lackeys are generated at once, it is possible that they will be duplicates.
• All Invoke cards also generate a Lackey when used by Rogue.
• Kabal Lackey and Possessed Lackey are not Lackeys and will not trigger Lackey-related effects. Nor is Grand Lackey Erkh, despite its Lackey-related ability, itself a Lackey either.

Cards

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Draconic Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Discover a Dragon.
Ethereal Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Discover a spell.
Faceless Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Summon a random 2-Cost minion.
Goblin Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Give a friendly minion +1 Attack and Rush.
Kobold Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Deal 2 damage.
Titanic Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Give a friendly minion +2 Health and Taunt.
Witchy Lackey		Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Transform a friendly minion into one that costs (1) more.
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Generating cards

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Whispers of EVIL	Common	Spell	General	Priest	0			Add a Lackey to your hand.
Boom Squad	Common	Spell	General	Warrior	1			Discover a Lackey, Mech, or Dragon.
Improve Morale	Common	Spell	General	Warrior	1			Deal 1 damage to a minion. If it is survives, add a Lackey to your hand.
Sinister Deal	Common	Spell	General	Warlock	1			Discover a Lackey.
Sludge Slurper	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	1	2	1	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand. Overload: (1)
EVIL Cable Rat	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	2	1	1	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand.
EVIL Conscripter	Common	Minion	General	Priest	2	2	2	Deathrattle: Add a Lackey to your hand.
EVIL Genius	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	2	2	2	Battlecry: Destroy a friendly minion to add 2 random Lackeys to your hand.
EVIL Totem	Common	Minion	Totem	Shaman	2	0	2	At the end of your turn, add a Lackey to your hand.
Galakrond's Guile		Hero Power		Rogue	2			Hero Power Add a Lackey to your hand.
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand.
EVIL Miscreant	Common	Minion	General	Rogue	3	1	4	Combo: Add two random Lackeys to your hand.
EVIL Quartermaster	Common	Minion	General	Warrior	3	2	3	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand. Gain 3 Armor.
Livewire Lance	Epic	Weapon		Warrior	3	2	2	After your Hero attacks, add a Lackey to your hand.
Grand Lackey Erkh	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	After you play a Lackey, add a Lackey to your hand.
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Related cards

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
EVIL Recruiter	Common	Minion	General	Warlock	3	3	3	Battlecry: Destroy a friendly Lackey to summon a 5/5 Demon.
Weaponized Wasp	Rare	Minion	Beast	Shaman	3	3	3	Battlecry: If you control a Lackey, deal 3 damage.
Grand Lackey Erkh	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	4	2	3	After you play a Lackey, add a Lackey to your hand.
Dark Pharaoh Tekahn	Legendary	Minion	General	Warlock	5	4	4	Battlecry: For the rest of the game, your Lackeys are 4/4.
Heistbaron Togwaggle	Legendary	Minion	General	Rogue	6	5	5	Battlecry: If you control a Lackey, choose a fantastic treasure.
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Lore

Each of the Lackeys introduced in Rise of Shadows are based on the members of the League of E.V.I.L,, and have mechanics that hearken back to their masters or the set they originated in.

• Ethereal Lackey serves Arch-Villain Rafaam and is based on Ethereal Conjurer.
• Faceless Lackey serves Madame Lazul and is based on Faceless Summoner.
• Goblin Lackey serves Blastmaster Boom, and might be inspired by his ability to grant minions Rush.
• Kobold Lackey serves Heistbaron Togwaggle, and while not based on any specific minion, its brute-force effect fits well with kobold mentality. As seen on Kobold Zug, the effect was originally based on Kobold Apprentice.
• Witchy Lackey serves Swampqueen Hagatha, and is based on various Shaman Evolve mechanics, especially Master of Evolution. Additionally, it looks similar to the boss-exclusive Crowskin Faithful.

Lackey-generating cards creating random Lackeys represents the League's united goals, with them all sharing lackeys between each other.

Trivia

• Titanic Lackey was a new type of Lackey added with the Saviors of Uldum expansion.
• Draconic Lackey was a new type of Lackey added with the Descent of Dragons expansion.

Patch changes

• Patch 14.0.0.29933 (2019-04-04): Added.

References

	Cards
By type	Hero card Minion (Permanent) Spell Weapon
By class	Demon Hunter Druid Hunter Mage Paladin Priest Rogue Shaman Warlock Warrior Death Knight Neutral Multi-class
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By ability	Evergreen keywords	Battlecry Choose One Combo Deathrattle Discover Divine Shield Freeze Lifesteal Outcast Overload Poisonous Rush Secret Silence Spell Damage Stealth Taunt Windfury
	Other keywords	Adapt Casts When Drawn Charge Choose Twice Corrupt Dormant Echo Frenzy Honorable Kill Immune Inspire Invoke Jade Golem Lackey Magnetic Mega-Windfury Overkill Passive Quest (Questline • Sidequest) Reborn Recruit Spare Part Spellburst Start of Game Tradeable Twinspell
	Other abilities	Can't attack Cast spell Copy Deal damage Destroy Discard Draw cards Elusive Enrage Equip Force attack Forgetful Gain Armor Generate Highlander Joust Modify cost Put into battlefield Put into hand Recurring Refresh Mana Remove from deck Replace Restore Health Return to hand Shuffle into deck Spend mana Steal Summon Take control Transform Unlimited attacks Upgradable
	Non-Constructed	Auto-Attack Auto-cast Shrine Start of Combat
By effect type	Area of effect In-deck effect In-hand effect On-discard effect On-draw effect Ongoing effect Positional effect Random effect Resurrection effect Triggered effect
By card set	Standard	Core Ashes of Outland Scholomance Academy Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Forged in the Barrens United in Stormwind Fractured in Alterac Valley
	Wild	Legacy Curse of Naxxramas Goblins vs Gnomes Blackrock Mountain Grand Tournament The League of Explorers Whispers of the Old Gods One Night in Karazhan Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Journey to Un'Goro Knights of the Frozen Throne Kobolds & Catacombs The Witchwood The Boomsday Project Rastakhan's Rumble Rise of Shadows Saviors of Uldum Descent of Dragons Galakrond's Awakening Demon Hunter Initiate
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