Reborn

Reborn
Resurrects with 1 Health the first time it dies.

A Bone Wraith with Reborn next to a post-rebirth Grandmummy

Reborn is an ability that causes a minion to be resummoned with 1 Health the first time it's destroyed. It was introduced in the Saviors of Uldum expansion.

Reborn is represented by a cracked blue glow around the minion.

Notes

• The best way to think about Reborn is that it functions similarly to Divine Shield. It is both an ability of a minion and an effect on the minion.
  • When the minion is first destroyed, it loses the visual effect but retains the keyword. The keyword is then functionally meaningless.
  • If a minion that has been Reborn is returned to the hand and played again, it will regain its Reborn effect.
  • If a Reborn minion is Silenced, it loses its Reborn effect.
  • Similar to Divine Shield, the Reborn effect does not stack.
• Reborn minions keep the max health of the original minion.
• A minion that is resummoned by Reborn will not keep any enchantments it had.
• Each Reborn minion is considered its own unique copy of that minion. Any copy resurrected will return with full Health and the Reborn effect active.
• The Reborn effect is considered summoning and will interact with on-summon triggers like Khadgar and Knife Juggler.
• Deathrattles are resolved before Reborn, regardless of the order in which the cards were played. Normally for Deathrattle cards, their effect goes off in the order in which the cards were played.
  • Example: The opponent has a Khartut Defender. The player plays a Sylvanas Windrunner and plays Shadowflame on it. The Khartut Defender is reborn, but Sylvanas does not steal it.

Cards with Reborn

Collectible

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Murmy	Common	Minion	Murloc	Any	1	1	1	Reborn
Grandmummy	Rare	Minion	General	Priest	2	1	2	Reborn Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion +1/+1.
Micro Mummy	Epic	Minion	Mech	Paladin	2	1	2	Reborn At the end of your turn, give another random friendly minion +1 Attack.
Shotbot	Common	Minion	Mech	Paladin	2	2	2	Reborn
Temple Berserker	Common	Minion	General	Any	2	1	2	Reborn Has +2 Attack while damaged.
Candletaker	Common	Minion	General	Any	3	3	2	Reborn
Generous Mummy	Rare	Minion	General	Any	3	5	4	Reborn Your opponent's cards cost (1) less.
Ancestral Guardian	Common	Minion	General	Paladin	4	4	2	Lifesteal Reborn
Bone Wraith	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	2	5	Taunt Reborn
Restless Mummy	Common	Minion	General	Warrior	4	3	2	Rush Reborn
Wasteland Assassin	Common	Minion	General	Any	5	4	2	Stealth Reborn
Khartut Defender	Rare	Minion	General	Any	6	3	4	Taunt, Reborn Deathrattle: Restore 3 Health to your hero.
Winged Guardian	Rare	Minion	Beast	Druid	7	6	8	Taunt, Reborn Can't be targeted by spells or Hero Powers.
Wrapped Golem	Rare	Minion	General	Any	7	7	5	Reborn At the end of your turn, summon a 1/1 Scarab with Taunt.
Colossus of the Moon	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	10	10	10	Divine Shield Reborn
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Uncollectible

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	Reborn
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Sources of Reborn

Reborn-generating cards

This section lists cards which generate Reborn minions.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Transfer Student	Epic	Minion	General	Any	2	2	2	This has different effects based on which game board you're on.
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Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Pharaoh Cat	Common	Minion	Beast	Rogue	1	1	2	Battlecry: Add a random Reborn minion to your hand.
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Reborn-granting cards

This section lists cards which grant the Reborn ability to other minions or to itself.

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Embalming Ritual	Common	Spell		Priest	1			Give a minion Reborn.
Psychopomp	Epic	Minion	General	Priest	4	3	1	Battlecry: Summon a random friendly minion that died this game. Give it Reborn.
Mortuary Machine	Epic	Minion	Mech	Any	5	8	8	After your opponent plays a minion, give it Reborn.
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Related cards

Wild format

This section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Making Mummies	Legendary	Spell		Paladin	1			Quest: Play 5 Reborn minions. Reward: Emperor Wraps.
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History

Reborn was added during the first few weeks of development for Saviors of Uldum and immediately saw a lot of design space. Some of the early work came in the form of figuring out how exactly to value minions with the keyword. "Reborn" was originally intended to only be a temporary name used during testing. However, as the developers pitched other names for the ability, they ultimately found that Reborn was the one that was easiest to understand and that people could instantly guess what it did when shown the keyword for the first time, leading to Reborn being the name that they shipped with. Other names that were considered during development included:

• Mummy or Mummified - Felt more like a minion type than a keyword, didn't quite lead players to understand what it did at first glance, and would've pigeon-holed the developers into making all minions with the ability into mummies.
• Embalmed - While this name had a great thematic vibe, it was harder to predict what the ability did on first read.
• Ankh - Felt more like an item than a keyword and also didn't indicate that the ability was a one-time effect.

Patch changes

• Patch 15.0.0.32708 (2019-08-01): Added.

References

	Cards
By type	Hero card Minion (Permanent) Spell Weapon
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 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 Reborn Recruit Sidequest Spare Part Spellburst Start of Game 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	Basic Classic Rise of Shadows Saviors of Uldum Descent of Dragons Galakrond's Awakening Demon Hunter Initiate Ashes of Outland Scholomance Academy Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
	Wild	Hall of Fame 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
By rarity	Free Common Rare Epic Legendary