Murloc

Murlocs are a type of minion, best known for their swarming gameplay and board-wide synergy. Relatively weak in isolation, their low mana cost allows them to quickly flood the board, with their synergistic effects causing them to grow in strength as each new Murloc arrives.

Murlocs are available to all classes, but have a special connection with the paladin and shaman classes.

For a list of card art featuring murlocs, see Murloc art.

Background

This section uses content from Wowpedia.

The murlocs are a bipedal, amphibious humanoid race residing along coastlines, lakeshores, and riverbeds. Murlocs possess bulbous bodies, large mouths lined with rows of sharp fangs, and slime-coated skin. Individuals range in coloration from turquoise to darkish grey, while their heights vary from 3-1/2 feet to 6 feet. Depending on the variety, murlocs may lean towards a closer resemblance to frogs or to fish; the iconic green murloc, for example, has coloration similar to the Cuban tree frog.

Murlocs tend to dwell in amply-populated coastal settlements, and it is unusual to find individuals wandering too far from their compatriots. Players looking to engage murlocs should be wary of their surroundings; the creatures often lurk out of sight beneath the surface of the water. This tendency, coupled with their large social aggro radius, can often lead to larger pulls.

Strategy

Due to their reasonably low mana cost, building a deck around Murloc cards can give you a very early board advantage by overwhelming your opponent with minions. Early game dominance and setting up your Murloc army will be your main objective. Most Murloc cards benefit from having other Murlocs on the field with them. For example, you could play Murloc Tidecaller and then Murloc Tidehunter in order to turn your Murloc Tidecaller into a 3/2 minion instead of a 1/2. Many other combinations exist as well.

Many classes can lend their unique strengths to the Murloc deck:

• The Shaman class possesses highly efficient removal spells; Rockbiter Weapon, Stormforged Axe and Lightning Bolt can keep the board clear, while Earth Shock and Hex gets rid of Taunt and other threats. In addition, Bloodlust serves as an excellent finisher that synergizes with the swarming nature of murloc decks. Shamans are also one of the only four classes to have class-specific cards that have synergy with Murlocs (Siltfin Spiritwalker, Neptulon, Everyfin is Awesome, and Primalfin Totem) and have a Quest card dedicated to them (Unite the Murlocs).
• Paladins can work favorably with aggro decks, buffing their Murlocs with cheap spells such as Blessing of Might to pile on damage, buff them in bulk with cards such as Sword of Justice and Competitive Spirit, while also trading with other minions with Divine Shield. Paladins are the only class besides Shaman and Warlock to have class-specific Murloc synergy cards (Murloc Knight, Anyfin Can Happen, Vilefin Inquisitor, Grimscale Chum, and Hydrologist).
• Warlock Murloc decks (known as "Wurloc" or "Murlock" decks) are highly popular because of their Life Tap ability. This allows them to draw more cards and fill their board with Murlocs in the same manner as zoo decks, speeding up a Murloc deck's ramp up time. Cards like Voidwalker are a strong early defense to keep Murlocs alive, while Soulfire and Shadow Bolt provide cheap removal of enemy threats. With the addition of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, they have gained a class-exclusive Murloc, Seadevil Stinger.
• Druids have Innervate to help put out more Murlocs in the early game, Power of the Wild and Mark of the Wild to buff their Murlocs cheaply, and Wrath, Claw and Naturalize for cheap removal. Moreover, since the finisher Savage Roar is relatively cheap, it can be played twice in a turn for large damage burst before their opponent can stabilize.
• Mage doesn't have any class-specific cards but does have some options regarding a weakness Murloc decks tend to have: card advantage. Book of Specters and Aluneth in addition to burn spells like Frostbolt and Fireball are often enough to keep a sizable hand as well as finish a game fast enough.

Minions and spells that buff or are more useful with more minions on the field synergize well with Murloc decks such as Raid Leader, Reliquary Seeker, and Frostwolf Warlord.

Counters

Spells that target all enemies, such as Arcane Explosion, Fan of Knives or other field-wide damage cards, are strong against Murloc decks due to their low health and swarm nature. Taunt cards are useful against Murloc decks because they force the Murlocs to attack them before the hero can be targeted, possibly dying in the process.

It is recommended to remove any Murloc on the field as soon as possible, especially high-priority targets such as Murloc Warleader or Murloc Tidecaller, because of the increasing difficulty in killing Murlocs as more and more are put on the field. Be sure not to exhaust your options too early; using a Blizzard or Consecration on only a few Murlocs may leave you defenseless when they summon even more. Gauge the situation and see if waiting a turn is the better option.

Priests can effectively counter Murlocs by having Northshire Clerics out early and buffing them with Power Word: Shield. After that they can clear weak Murlocs using Clerics and heal Clerics to keep their hand full while suffocating the Murloc player.

Also, Hungry Crab is a direct early-game counter to Murlocs. If played early enough, its ability to destroy a Murloc when summoned plus the subsequent attack and health buff could be used to halt a Murloc deck from snowballing past its initial phases. If you know you will be going up against a Murloc deck, adding two Hungry Crabs should make it much easier to deal with.

Murloc cards

Collectible

For Wild format listings, see Murloc/Wild format

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Felfin Navigator	Common	Murloc	Any	4	4	4	Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1.
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Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Murloc Raider	Free	Murloc	Any	1	2	1
Murloc Tidecaller	Rare	Murloc	Any	1	1	2	Whenever you summon a Murloc, gain +1 Attack.
Toxfin	Common	Murloc	Any	1	1	2	Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc Poisonous.
Murloc Tidehunter	Free	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Murloc Scout.
Rockpool Hunter	Common	Murloc	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc +1/+1.
Coldlight Seer	Rare	Murloc	Any	3	2	3	Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2 Health.
Murloc Warleader	Epic	Murloc	Any	3	3	3	Your other Murlocs have +2 Attack.
Old Murk-Eye	Legendary	Murloc	Any	4	2	4	Charge. Has +1 Attack for each other Murloc on the battlefield.
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Uncollectible

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Murloc Tinyfin	Common	Murloc	Any	0	1	1
Diremuck Tinyfin		Murloc	Shaman	1	1	1
Imprisoned Sungill	Rare	Murloc	Paladin	1	2	1	Dormant for 2 turns. When this awakens, summon two 1/1 Murlocs.
Murloc Scout	Common	Murloc	Any	1	1	1
Murloc Tidecaller	Rare	Murloc	Any	1	1	2	Whenever you summon a Murloc, gain +1 Attack.
Spawnpool Forager	Common	Murloc	Shaman	1	1	2	Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Tinyfin.
Sungill Streamrunner		Murloc	Paladin	1	1	1
Crabrider	Common	Murloc	Any	2	1	4	Rush Battlecry: Gain Windfury this turn only.
Firemancer Flurgl	Legendary	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	3	After you play a Murloc, deal 1 damage to all enemies.
Furious Felfin	Rare	Murloc	Demon Hunter	2	3	2	Battlecry: If your hero attacked this turn, gain +1 Attack and Rush.
Lushwater Murcenary	Common	Murloc	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: If you control a Murloc, gain +1/+1.
Lushwater Scout	Common	Murloc	Any	2	1	3	After you summon a Murloc, give it +1 Attack and Rush.
Murgur Murgurgle	Legendary	Murloc	Paladin	2	2	1	Divine Shield Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Murgurgle Prime' into your deck.
Murloc Tidehunter	Common	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Murloc Scout.
Prize Vendor	Common	Murloc	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Both players draw a card.
Redgill Razorjaw	Common	Murloc	Any	2	3	1	Rush
Redscale Dragontamer	Common	Murloc	Paladin	2	2	3	Deathrattle: Draw a Dragon.
South Coast Chieftain	Common	Murloc	Shaman	2	3	2	Battlecry: If you control another Murloc, deal 2 damage.
Coldlight Seer	Rare	Murloc	Any	3	2	3	Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2 Health.
Magicfin	Epic	Murloc	Shaman	3	3	4	After a friendly Murloc dies, add a random Legendary minion to your hand.
Fishy Flyer	Common	Murloc	Any	4	4	3	Rush. Deathrattle: Add a 4/3 Ghost with Rush to your hand.
Spectral Flyer		Murloc	Any	4	4	3	Rush
Mutanus the Devourer	Legendary	Murloc	Any	7	4	4	Battlecry: Eat a minion in your opponent's hand. Gain its stats.
Murgurgle Prime		Murloc	Paladin	8	6	3	Divine Shield Battlecry: Summon 4 random Murlocs. Give them Divine Shield.
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Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Murloc		Murloc	Any	0	1	1
Murloc Tinyfin	Common	Murloc	Any	0	1	1
Deadscale Knight	Common	Murloc	Any	1	1	1	Lifesteal
Grimscale Chum	Common	Murloc	Paladin	1	2	1	Battlecry: Give a random Murloc in your hand +1/+1.
Grimscale Oracle	Free	Murloc	Any	1	1	1	Your other Murlocs have +1 Attack.
Hench-Clan Squire		Murloc	Any	1	1	1
Murloc Razorgill		Murloc	Shaman	1	1	1
Murmy	Common	Murloc	Any	1	1	1	Reborn
Primalfin		Murloc	Any	1	1	1
Silver Hand Murloc		Murloc	Paladin	1	1	1
Sir Finley Mrrgglton	Legendary	Murloc	Any	1	1	3	Battlecry: Discover a new basic Hero Power.
Sludge Slurper	Rare	Murloc	Shaman	1	2	1	Battlecry: Add a Lackey to your hand. Overload: (1)
Vilefin Inquisitor	Epic	Murloc	Paladin	1	1	3	Battlecry: Your Hero Power becomes 'Summon a 1/1 Murloc.'
Bilefin Tidehunter	Common	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Ooze with Taunt.
Blowgill Sniper	Common	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Deal 1 damage.
Bluegill Warrior	Free	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Charge
Brrrloc	Common	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	2	Battlecry: Freeze an enemy.
Fishflinger	Common	Murloc	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: Add a random Murloc to each player's hand.
Ghost Light Angler	Common	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	2	Echo
Hydrologist	Common	Murloc	Paladin	2	2	2	Battlecry: Discover a Secret.
Primalfin Champion	Epic	Murloc	Paladin	2	1	2	Deathrattle: Return any spells you cast on this minion to your hand.
Puddlestomper	Common	Murloc	Any	2	3	2
Sir Finley of the Sands	Legendary	Murloc	Paladin	2	2	3	Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, Discover an upgraded Hero Power.
Tasty Flyfish	Common	Murloc	Any	2	2	2	Deathrattle: Give a Dragon in your hand +2/+2.
Underbelly Angler	Rare	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	3	After you play a Murloc, add a random Murloc to your hand.
Coldlight Oracle	Rare	Murloc	Any	3	2	2	Battlecry: Each player draws 2 cards.
Primalfin Lookout	Common	Murloc	Any	3	3	2	Battlecry: If you control another Murloc, Discover a Murloc.
Murloc Knight	Common	Murloc	Paladin	4	3	4	Inspire: Summon a random Murloc.
Murloc Tastyfin	Rare	Murloc	Any	4	3	2	Deathrattle: Draw 2 Murlocs from your deck.
Scargil	Legendary	Murloc	Shaman	4	4	4	Your Murlocs cost (1).
Seadevil Stinger	Rare	Murloc	Warlock	4	4	2	Battlecry: The next Murloc you play this turn costs Health instead of Mana.
Siltfin Spiritwalker	Epic	Murloc	Shaman	4	2	5	Whenever another friendly Murloc dies, draw a card. Overload: (1)
Finja, the Flying Star	Legendary	Murloc	Any	5	2	4	Stealth. Whenever this attacks and kills a minion, summon 2 Murlocs from your deck.
Megafin		Murloc	Shaman	5	8	8	Battlecry: Fill your hand with random Murlocs.
Skyfin	Epic	Murloc	Any	5	3	3	Battlecry: If you're holding a Dragon, summon 2 random Murlocs.
Corrupted Seer	Rare	Murloc	Any	6	2	3	Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all non-Murloc minions.
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Cards that generate Murlocs

These cards bring new Murlocs into play through their card text.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Imprisoned Sungill	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Paladin	1	2	1	Dormant for 2 turns. When this awakens, summon two 1/1 Murlocs.
Spawnpool Forager	Common	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	1	1	2	Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Tinyfin.
Murgur Murgurgle	Legendary	Minion	Murloc	Paladin	2	2	1	Divine Shield Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Murgurgle Prime' into your deck.
Murloc Tidehunter	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Murloc Scout.
Underlight Angling Rod	Epic	Weapon		Paladin	3	3	2	After your Hero attacks, add a random Murloc to your hand.
Fishy Flyer	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	4	4	3	Rush. Deathrattle: Add a 4/3 Ghost with Rush to your hand.
Envoy Rustwix	Legendary	Minion	Demon	Warlock	5	5	4	Deathrattle: Shuffle 3 random Prime Legendary minions into your deck.
Murgurgle Prime		Minion	Murloc	Paladin	8	6	3	Divine Shield Battlecry: Summon 4 random Murlocs. Give them Divine Shield.
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Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Unite the Murlocs	Legendary	Spell	General	Shaman	1			Quest: Summon 10 Murlocs. Reward: Megafin.
Fishflinger	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: Add a random Murloc to each player's hand.
Hench-Clan Hogsteed	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	2	2	1	Rush Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Murloc.
Murloc Tidehunter	Free	Minion	Murloc	Any	2	2	1	Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Murloc Scout.
Primalfin Totem	Rare	Minion	Totem	Shaman	2	0	3	At the end of your turn, summon a 1/1 Murloc.
Soul of the Murloc	Common	Spell	General	Shaman	2			Give your minions "Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Murloc."
The Tidal Hand		Hero Power		Paladin	2			Hero Power Summon a 1/1 Silver Hand Murloc.
Underbelly Angler	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	3	After you play a Murloc, add a random Murloc to your hand.
Plague of Murlocs	Epic	Spell	General	Shaman	3			Transform all minions into random Murlocs.
Primalfin Lookout	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	3	3	2	Battlecry: If you control another Murloc, Discover a Murloc.
Call in the Finishers	Common	Spell	General	Shaman	4			Summon four 1/1 Murlocs.
I Am Murloc		Spell	General	Any	4			Summon three, four, or five 1/1 Murlocs.
Murloc Knight	Common	Minion	Murloc	Paladin	4	3	4	Inspire: Summon a random Murloc.
Megafin		Minion	Murloc	Shaman	5	8	8	Battlecry: Fill your hand with random Murlocs.
Skyfin	Epic	Minion	Murloc	Any	5	3	3	Battlecry: If you're holding a Dragon, summon 2 random Murlocs.
Neptulon	Legendary	Minion	Elemental	Shaman	7	7	7	Battlecry: Add 4 random Murlocs to your hand. Overload: (3)
Sated Threshadon	Common	Minion	Beast	Any	7	5	7	Deathrattle: Summon three 1/1 Murlocs.
Anyfin Can Happen	Rare	Spell	General	Paladin	10			Summon 7 Murlocs that died this game.
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Related cards

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Murloc Tidecaller	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Any	1	1	2	Whenever you summon a Murloc, gain +1 Attack.
Firemancer Flurgl	Legendary	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	3	After you play a Murloc, deal 1 damage to all enemies.
Lushwater Murcenary	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	2	3	2	Battlecry: If you control a Murloc, gain +1/+1.
Lushwater Scout	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	2	1	3	After you summon a Murloc, give it +1 Attack and Rush.
South Coast Chieftain	Common	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	2	3	2	Battlecry: If you control another Murloc, deal 2 damage.
Tinyfin's Caravan	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	2	1	3	At the start of your turn, draw a Murloc.
Coldlight Seer	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Any	3	2	3	Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2 Health.
Magicfin	Epic	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	3	3	4	After a friendly Murloc dies, add a random Legendary minion to your hand.
Nofin Can Stop Us	Rare	Spell	General	Shaman	3			Give your minions +1/+1. Give your Murlocs an extra +1/+1.
Felfin Navigator	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	4	4	4	Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1.
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Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Grimscale Chum	Common	Minion	Murloc	Paladin	1	2	1	Battlecry: Give a random Murloc in your hand +1/+1.
Grimscale Oracle	Free	Minion	Murloc	Any	1	1	1	Your other Murlocs have +1 Attack.
Hungry Crab	Epic	Minion	Beast	Any	1	1	2	Battlecry: Destroy a Murloc and gain +2/+2.
Murloc Tidecaller	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Any	1	1	2	Whenever you summon a Murloc, gain +1 Attack.
Toxfin	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	1	1	2	Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc Poisonous.
Unite the Murlocs	Legendary	Spell	General	Shaman	1			Quest: Summon 10 Murlocs. Reward: Megafin.
Ice Fishing	Common	Spell	Frost	Shaman	2			Draw 2 Murlocs from your deck.
Rockpool Hunter	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	2	2	3	Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc +1/+1.
Underbelly Angler	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	2	2	3	After you play a Murloc, add a random Murloc to your hand.
Coldlight Seer	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Any	3	2	3	Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2 Health.
Murloc Warleader	Epic	Minion	Murloc	Any	3	3	3	Your other Murlocs have +2 Attack.
Primalfin Lookout	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	3	3	2	Battlecry: If you control another Murloc, Discover a Murloc.
Zoobot	Common	Minion	Mech	Any	3	3	3	Battlecry: Give a random friendly Beast, Dragon and Murloc +1/+1.
Gentle Megasaur	Epic	Minion	Beast	Any	4	5	4	Battlecry: Adapt your Murlocs.
Murloc Tastyfin	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Any	4	3	2	Deathrattle: Draw 2 Murlocs from your deck.
Old Murk-Eye	Legendary	Minion	Murloc	Any	4	2	4	Charge. Has +1 Attack for each other Murloc on the battlefield.
Scargil	Legendary	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	4	4	4	Your Murlocs cost (1).
Seadevil Stinger	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Warlock	4	4	2	Battlecry: The next Murloc you play this turn costs Health instead of Mana.
Siltfin Spiritwalker	Epic	Minion	Murloc	Shaman	4	2	5	Whenever another friendly Murloc dies, draw a card. Overload: (1)
Finja, the Flying Star	Legendary	Minion	Murloc	Any	5	2	4	Stealth. Whenever this attacks and kills a minion, summon 2 Murlocs from your deck.
Menagerie Magician	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	4	4	Battlecry: Give a random Beast, Dragon and Murloc +2/+2.
Scalelord	Rare	Minion	Dragon	Paladin	5	5	6	Battlecry: Give your Murlocs Divine Shield.
Corrupted Seer	Rare	Minion	Murloc	Any	6	2	3	Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all non-Murloc minions.
Everyfin is Awesome	Rare	Spell	General	Shaman	7			Give your minions +2/+2. Costs (1) less for each Murloc you control.
The Curator	Legendary	Minion	Mech	Any	7	4	6	Taunt Battlecry: Draw a Beast, Dragon, and Murloc from your deck.
Tip the Scales	Epic	Spell	General	Paladin	8			Summon 7 Murlocs from your deck.
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Achievements

	Category	Name	Description	Rewards
	Collection - Classic -	Mrglglglgl!	Collect all 4 Rare and Epic Classic Murlocs.	20 , ID 155
	Gameplay - General - Minion Types	Up To My Gills	Summon 10 Murlocs.	10
	Gameplay - General - Minion Types	Up To My Gills	Summon 30 Murlocs.	10
	Gameplay - General - Minion Types	Up To My Gills	Summon 100 Murlocs.	10
	Gameplay - General - Minion Types	Up To My Gills	Summon 300 Murlocs.	10
	Gameplay - General - Minion Types	Up To My Gills	Summon 1000 Murlocs.	20
	Gameplay - Barrens - Shaman	Murlockdown	Destroy 50 enemies with Murlocs as Shaman.	20

History

Murlocs originally featured a number of minion type synergy effects that activated from or benefited "ALL" Murlocs, including the opponent's. This included cards like Murloc Warleader, Coldlight Seer and Grimscale Oracle granting bonuses to not only friendly but also enemy Murlocs, Murloc Tidecaller activating from either player summoning a Murloc, and Old Murk-Eye drawing power from even the opponent's Murlocs. However, these disadvantages only existed in the presence of a Murloc mirror match, in which case both opponents stood to gain from the common type-orientation. According to Ben Brode, this synergy was added to the Murloc type "mostly to make it feel really different from other minion types".

With Patch 6.2.0.15181 (2016-10-20) this behaviour was removed from all of the above cards except for Old Murk-Eye, with the effects now strictly confined to friendly Murlocs. The patch notes state that the changes were made in order to "improve the Murloc mirror-match"; Ben Brode later clarified that such matches tended to be determined mostly by "whoever played the first murloc". It should be noted that Murloc mirror matches were very rarely seen at this period (as well as for some time beforehand), but the changes may also have been made with future releases in mind, opening up design space for the type. Hungry Crab and Corrupted Seer's negative effects were unchanged, as was Old Murk-Eye, which the developers discussed but "decided against" changing.

An earlier change came with Whispers of the Old Gods. Prior to this the Murloc legendary Old Murk-Eye was not craftable but had to be earned through collecting each Basic and Classic Murloc. The quest "Mrglglglgl!" awarded 1 regular copy to the player upon collecting regular copies of all Classic Murlocs, while "Golden Mrglglglgl!" awarded 1 golden copy to the player upon collecting golden versions of all Basic and Classic Murlocs. The accompanying patch removed the quests, and made Old Murk-Eye craftable instead. The change accompanied the similar removal of the quest to earn the Captain's Parrot reward for collecting Pirates.

Trivia

Journey to Un'Goro sketches of various primal murlocs, a showcase of "the murloc test".

• Murlocs have a special relationship with Hearthstone, which has arguably provided a greater platform for the race than World of Warcraft: while in the latter game murlocs are a relatively minor annoyance, swarming mobs encountered during questing, especially in lower level areas, in Hearthstone they are a substantial and fearsome threat, with whole decks built around the race. Hearthstone has also seen the first murloc capable of speaking Common - the indubitable Sir Finley Mrrgglton - as well as the first true murloc 'hero', Morgl the Oracle, both of which are original to Hearthstone. Other Hearthstone murloc firsts include the first murloc ninja (and murloc martial art "Finjitsu"), the first true murloc paladins, and the first murloc with a moustache. The fact that the first three original Hearthstone characters to feature in World of Warcraft were all murlocs - Sir Finley, Morgl the Oracle and Giantfin - appears to confirm the former game's position as champion of the race.
• Concept Artist Jomaro Kindred comments, "On the Hearthstone team we ... have this murloc test. We kinda throw a murloc in everything - just to see how it feels." Concept Artist Jerry Mascho confirms, "With each new expansion, we do what we call a 'Murloc Test'", resulting in concepts for murlocs designed to fit the expansion's themes.
• According to an official infographic, players summoned a total of 5,829,905,234 Murlocs in 2016 (equal to nearly 80% of the human population of the earth at the end of 2016).

Patch changes

• Patch 6.2.0.15181 (2016-10-20): Changes were made to several Murlocs - Grimscale Oracle, Coldlight Seer, Murloc Tidecaller and Murloc Warleader - to now only activate from and/or benefit friendly Murlocs.
• Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24): The "Mrglglglgl!" and "Golden Mrglglglgl!" quests have been removed. Old Murk-Eye is now craftable instead.

References

	Cards
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By class	Demon Hunter Druid Hunter Mage Paladin Priest Rogue Shaman Warlock Warrior Death Knight Neutral Multi-class
By minion type	All Beast Demon Dragon Elemental Mech Murloc Pirate Quilboar Totem General
By spell school	Arcane Fel Fire Frost Holy Nature Shadow General
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 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
	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
By rarity	Free Common Rare Epic Legendary