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Type: | Minion |
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Cost: | 8 ![]() |
Attack: | 8 ![]() |
Health: | 8 ![]() |
Artist: | Qinghao Wu |
You're not hardcore unless you died hardcore.
BATTLECRY
COLLECTIBLE
ELITE
Mordresh Fire Eye is a legendary mage minion card, from the Forged in the Barrens set.
How to get[]
Type | Source | Premium | Q. |
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Card packs | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Regular, Golden | 1~2 |
Crafting | 1600 ![]() | Regular | 1 |
Crafting | 3200 ![]() | Golden | 1 |
Run | Completing an Arena or Heroic Duels run | Regular | 1 |
Strategy[]
Mordresh is your biggest payoff card for running Hero Power support in Forged in the Barrens. Given that his condition is met, his Battlecry will more than likely clear your opponent's board, effectively Pyroblast their hero, and leave behind a threatening 8/8 body afterwards.
In Standard play, your main tools for enabling Mordresh are Wildfire and
Reckless Apprentice. The former effectively halves the number of times you need to use your Hero Power, and the latter can rack up damage quickly with a single card (assuming your opponent has a board). Used in tandem, these cards can very easily meet Mordresh's requirement.
Fallen Hero and
Coldarra Drake are also options, albeit less reliable ones.
In Wild, Mordresh can be used with Genn Greymane in Even Mage, and he is the main power play in some versions of this deck (note that
Reckless Apprentice is also even-costed). Variants of Hero Power Mage that don't run
Genn Greymane or
Baku the Mooneater have the full repertoire of support cards at their disposal, including
Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk and
Wildfire, which also has a powerful effect for a similar condition. (While this archetype is fun, know that Wild's high power level means that these decks are nowhere near a match for top-tier decks in that format.)
Sounds[]
- Summon
- Attack
- ▶️Now, dance!
- Death
- ▶️<death sound>
Lore[]

- Mordresh Fire Eye is a level 45 elite skeleton found in Razorfen Downs.
- Through necromantic magic
Death Speaker Blackthorn was able to rekindle the flames of Mordresh Fire Eye's soul, returning him to undeath. As a former shaman, Mordresh has exerted his twisted control over the elements. He burns and scorches all those who threaten the Death Speaker's work.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The flavor text references a song from the movie School of Rock called "The Legend of the Rent" with the line
"You're not hardcore Unless you live hardcore"
Patch changes[]
Patch 21.3.0.93849 (2021-09-21):
- Now costs 8 mana (Down from 10).
- Now has 8 Attack (Down from 10).
- Now has 8 Health (Down from 10).
Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25): Added.