Savagery

Savagery

Regular

Gold

Set:	Legacy
Type:	Spell
Class:	Druid
Rarity:	Rare
Cost:	1
Abilities:	Deal damage
Wiki tags:	Attack-related, Targeted
Artist:	Dave Rapoza

Deal damage equal to your hero's Attack to a minion.

Flavor text

It is true that some druids are savage, but others still enjoy a quiet moment and a spot of tea.

External links

Data page • PlayHearthstone • Hearthpwn

Savagery is a rare druid spell card, from the Classic set.

How to get

Savagery can be obtained through Classic card packs, through crafting, or as an Arena reward. Regular Savagery can also be obtained through the Highest Rank Bonus chest at the end of a Ranked season, or as a first-time reward for first time reaching Silver 10 or Gold 10 in Ranked mode.

Card	Crafting cost	Disenchanting
Savagery	100	20
Golden Savagery	800	100

Notes

• This spell's damage is increased by bonuses from Spell Damage and Prophet Velen.
• This spell can be used if your hero has 0 Attack, usually dealing no damage unless you have some Spell Damage bonus.

Strategy

In most cases, Druids will need to gain Attack in some way to deal damage with this card. This is easily done with Shapeshift, but generally dealing 2 damage for 3 Mana total is very inefficient. Cards that give Attack like Claw, Bite, and Pounce as well as alternate Hero Powers like Dire Shapeshift and Plague Lord are more efficient ways to gain Attack.

The alternative method of gaining Attack is to equip a weapon. Druids are limited to Twig of the World Tree and Atiesh, which have very low attack. Other unreliable ways to gain better weapons is from The Lich King/Arfus (1/8 chance) or from Blingtron 3000 (random results).

Overall, Savagery is a very poor card. In most cases it needs to be comboed with other cards to even be usable, and being limited to targeting minion makes it less versatile. Druids have much better cheap spells for damage or removal, like Moonfire, Lesser Jasper Spellstone, Living Roots, and Crystal Power.

Trivia

• Savagery was removed for selection in Arena on September 15, 2016 but was reinstated on December 9, 2018.
• The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Tomb of the Forgotten" series, for the card Raso'jin.

Gallery

Savagery, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02): Text changed to: "Deal damage equal to your hero's Attack to a minion." Mana cost reduced to 1, from 3.
• Patch 1.0.0.3645 (Alpha, 2013-08-12): Mana cost increase to 3, from 2.
• Previously: Deal damage equal to your hero's Attack to all enemy minions. [2 mana, Rare]