Prophet Velen

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Prophet Velen

Regular

Gold

Set:	Legacy
Type:	Minion
Class:	Priest
Rarity:	Legendary
Cost:	7
Attack:	7
Health:	7
Abilities:	Modify Hero Power
Wiki tags:	Damage-related, Healing-related, Hero Power-related, Ongoing effect

Double the damage and healing of your spells and Hero Power.

Flavor text

He's been exiled from his home, and all his brothers turned evil, but otherwise he doesn't have a lot to complain about.

External links

Data page • PlayHearthstone • Hearthpwn

Prophet Velen is a legendary priest minion card, from the Classic set.

How to get

Prophet Velen can be obtained through Classic card packs, through crafting, or as an Arena reward. Regular Prophet Velen can also be obtained as a first-time reward for first time reaching Legend in Ranked mode.

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Prophet Velen	1600	400
Golden Prophet Velen	3200	1600

As a Classic class legendary, Prophet Velen also has a chance to be awarded as part of the Welcome Bundle.

Notes

• Prophet Velen increases the healing of and the damage dealt by your Hero Powers and spells, with only a few exceptions:
  • Prophet Velen has no effect on the healing restored by Power Word: Glory's enchantment, since the source of the Healing Event is the enchantment created by the spell, not the spell itself.
  • Prophet Velen has no effect on spells like Betrayal which cause characters to do damage, since the targeted minion is considered the source of the damage, not the spell.
  • In-hand effects like Cursed! that are spells are not affected by either player's Prophet Velen.
  • On-draw effects that are spells (such as Ancient Curse and Burrowing Mine) are not affected by either player's Prophet Velen.
  • However, on-discard effects like Fist of Jaraxxus do benefit from Prophet Velen's bonuses.
  • Prophet Velen boosts healing spells whether or not they are affected by Auchenai Soulpriest or Embrace the Shadow.
  • Prophet Velen boosts damaging Secrets (such as Eye for an Eye and Explosive Trap), since they are spells.
  • Prophet Velen boosts the damage dealt by spells that deal variable amounts of damage (such as Blade Flurry and Shield Slam).
  • Prophet Velen has no effect on healing or damaging effects that are not spells or Hero Powers (like Deathrattles, Battlecries, Fatigue, Cho'gall's effect, triggered effects and combat damage).
• Multiple instances of Prophet Velen stack.
• Being a multiplicative bonus, Prophet Velen is applied after additive bonuses like Spell Damage and Fallen Hero.
• Prophet Velen doubles the healing of and the damage dealt by your Hero Powers and eligible spells. More precisely:
  • Spells that deal a certain amount of damage randomly split among all characters with a given characteristic (Arcane Missiles, Spreading Madness, Avenging Wrath, Timepiece of Horror) have their total damage doubled by Prophet Velen: the spell will thus shoot an increased number of missiles, but each one will still deal 1 damage.
  • All other spells and Hero Powers that heal or deal damage to one or more characters have the healing or damage dealt to each target doubled. This includes single-target spells (for example, with Prophet Velen Holy Light will restore 12 Health), area of effect spells (for example, with Prophet Velen Swipe will do 8 damage to its target and 2 damage to all other enemies), spells that damage "multiple targets" (such as Cleave and Explosive Shot) or that do a base amount of damage repeated a variable number of times (like Bouncing Blade and Greater Arcane Missiles), and all Hero Powers that restore Health or deal damage (for example, with Prophet Velen Life Tap will deal 4 damage before drawing a card).
• For additional details, see Damage#Advanced rules and Healing#Advanced rules.
• Prophet Velen dynamically modifies the numbers printed on the text of eligible Hero Powers and spell cards in your hand accordingly.

Example: with a Prophet Velen in play, Lesser Heal will read "Restore *4* Health.".

Example: if you have Prophet Velen, Azure Drake and Auchenai Soulpriest in play, a Flash Heal in your hand will display the text "Restore *10* Health." but it will instead deal 12 damage to its target when cast, since Auchenai Soulpriest turned it into a damaging effect which then benefits from Azure Drake's Spell Damage bonus.

Strategy

Prophet Velen can dramatically increase the priest's effectiveness in the late-game. His passive affects the priest's spells as well as their Hero Power.

This bonus works with all Hero Powers, including doubling the damage of Steady Shot, Fireblast, Life Tap, and DIE, INSECT!, as well as the Hero Powers granted by Justicar Trueheart, Shadowform and Charged Hammer. Note that the doubled damage on Life Tap is usually a bad thing.

This card should be considered to have a soft taunt. Your enemy will go to great lengths to kill Velen due to the power he brings in the late game. Be prepared to protect him with taunt minions, healing or divine shields.

Quotes

Summon

Not all who wander are lost.

Attack

I foresaw this.

Lore

This section uses content from Wowpedia.

Velen has been the leader of the draenei people since their flight from Argus 25,000 years before the first orcish invasion of Azeroth. Known by his people as the Prophet, he has been granted the gift of Sight, and — aided by the Light — has guided his people as they fled from, and later fought against, the Burning Legion who had ensnared their eredar brethren. He is first among the draenei and is the arch-nemesis (formerly best friend) of Kil'jaeden.

Following the draenei's flight to Azeroth, and sensing great courage in the Alliance, Velen and his followers pledged themselves to this noble faction. The strengthened Alliance then helped the draenei reclaim their former holdings from the Legion. Most recently, Velen used the heart of a fallen naaru to sanctify the blood elves’ tainted Sunwell, transforming the sacred fount into a source of holy and arcane energies.

Although the Legion’s forces in Outland have been greatly diminished and the demonic invasion of Azeroth has been driven back, Velen remains fearful of an upcoming war between light and shadow.

"Where faith dwells, hope is never lost." - Velen

Velen is also the mentor of Anduin Wrynn.

Trivia

• During alpha, Velen was a 5/7 with the card text: "Battlecry: Draw a card for each undamaged character."

• Velen's summon quote is a reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's "All that is gold does not glitter" poem from The Lord of the Rings. The line is also spoken by Velen in World of Warcraft.

Artist

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Gallery

File:Prophet Velen (art).jpg Prophet Velen, full art

Prophet Velen in World of Warcraft.

Patch changes

• Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02): Now also affects the priest's Hero Power. Double the damage and healing of your spells and Hero Power. [7 mana, 7 attack, 7 health, Legendary]
• Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013): Stats changed from 5/7 to 7/7.
• Unknown alpha patch: Text now reads: Double the damage and healing of your spells.
• Previously: Battlecry: Draw a card for each undamaged character. [7 mana, 5 Attack, 7 Health, Legendary]