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Onyx Bishop
Regular
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Gold
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Set:One Night in KarazhanOne Night in Karazhan
Type:Minion
Class:PriestPriest
Rarity:RareRare
Cost:5 Mana icon
Attack:3 Attack icon
Health:4 Health
Abilities:Battlecry, Copy, Summon
Wiki tags:Death-related, Random, Resurrection effect
Artist:Arthur Gimaldinov
Battlecry: Summon a friendly minion that died this game.
Flavor text

B4 is a nice place to visit, but he wouldn't want to live there.

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Onyx Bishop is a rare priest minion card, from the One Night in Karazhan set.

How to get

Two copies of regular Onyx Bishop are obtained by defeating One Night in KarazhanJulianne, the first boss in One Night in Karazhan's second wing, The Opera.

As a Wild-format card, both regular and golden versions of Onyx Bishop can also be crafted for the following amounts:

Card Crafting cost Disenchanting
Onyx Bishop 100 20
Golden Onyx Bishop 800 100

Notes

  • This minion's Battlecry functions the same as Blackrock MountainResurrect.[1] For detailed notes, see Resurrection effect.
  • Although not stated in its card text, the minion summoned by Onyx Bishop's Battlecry is randomly selected from all friendly minions that have died that game.
  • Since this minion's effect is a Battlecry, it is thus affected by cards such as The League of ExplorersBrann Bronzebeard, which will allow it to resurrect two random minions in one turn, or potentially two copies of one minion. However, this will only happen if Brann is already present on the board when the Onyx Bishop is played. If it resurrects Brann, its Battlecry will not activate a second time.

Strategy

Essentially a 3 drop (with a decent 3/4 body) with a Blackrock MountainResurrect effect attached to it. Often a good choice for tempo and board presence when played immediately on turn 5, as many popular early game priest minions often have important effects attached to them. Minions such as LegacyNorthshire Cleric, LegacyWild Pyromancer, LegacyAcolyte of Pain, and LegacyAuchenai Soulpriest are all popular early game priest cards that can alter the state of the board.

It is also worth noting that like Resurrect, Onyx Bishop revives the minion at full Health and without any enchantments, thus cards such as LegacyInjured Blademaster or The Grand TournamentInjured Kvaldir will be revived with their full base Health and not have their Battlecry trigger. This can prove a rather advantageous as the player will have essentially a 7/11 minion or a 5/8 minion on board for only 5 mana.

This card also has some synergy with One Night in KarazhanBarnes, and to an extent, Whispers of the Old GodsHerald Volazj as well. Since the 1/1 summoned copies are actual minions but with a 1/1 enchanment placed on them, Onyx Bishop will later on revive them with their full base stats. This opens up many possibilities of being able to play important late game cards several turns early. An example would be for Barnes to summon a 1/1 copy of LegacySylvanas Windrunner (which quickly dies or is removed), thus allowing for Onyx Bishop a chance of reviving a regular copy of Sylvanas, complete with 5/5 stats.

Sounds

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Gallery

Onyx Bishop full

Onyx Bishop, full art

Patch changes

References

 
  1. Yong Woo on Twitter. (2016-08-06). 
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