Naga Sea Witch is an epic neutral minion card, from the League of Explorers set.
History[]
This card saw limited play (and no competitive play) for most of its existence from release until 2017. The effect, while very unique, did not fit any particular archetype. However, the consistency update around Knights of the Frozen Throne gave rise to a new style of deck, limited to Wild format.
The archetype played multiple Giants, typically Mountain Giant, Sea Giant, Molten Giant, and Clockwork Giant, as well as occasionally Arcane Giant. The deck tried to draw a handful of giants, then play Naga Sea Witch on turn 5 and fill the board with 0-cost 8/8 minions. This card package was entirely neutral, but the most consistent build turned out to be Giant Hunter thanks to Stitched Tracker easily searching for Naga Sea Witch and King's Elekk for a powerful generic draw card. A variant of Handlock also used this build effectively.
This eventually led to Blizzard increasing Naga Sea Witch's cost from 5 to 8, killing the competitive viability of this card. Notably, this was the first ever nerf to a Wild-only card.
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Lore[]
This section uses content from Wowpedia.- The serpentine Naga are some of the most formidable villains of Azeroth. Masters of sorcery, the naga were formerly night elves, members of Queen Azshara's court in the War of the Ancients. They were transformed into naga by the Old Gods, and now haunt the seas of Azeroth building a great civilization on the ocean floor.
Trivia[]
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Throne of the Tides" series, for the card Idra'kess Enchantress.
- Naga Sea Witch's flavor text refers to academic grading systems that follow a scale of letter grades.
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Naga Sea Witch, full art