Shuffle into deck
Shuffle into deck effects place cards into a player's deck, with its placement randomly determined. While not stated in card text, the randomness of the card's placement is achieved through subsequently shuffling the entire deck.[1]
Shuffle into deck effects may act upon existing cards, or be combined with generate effects to shuffle entirely new cards into the deck. Existing cards are usually shuffled into the currently controlling player's deck, but some shuffle into deck effects like Entomb act as mind control effects, by transferring ownership of a card to the other player. Return effects perform a similar function to shuffle into deck effects, but place a minion into the player's hand instead of their deck.
In addition to those explicitly stated on cards, all Joust effects include shuffle into deck effects; once a Joust is concluded, the Jousting minions are shuffled back into their respective decks.[2][3] These are assumed to function identically to explicit shuffle into deck effects.
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- When a card is shuffled into the deck, the entire deck is shuffled.[4][5][6] This is to mimic real life shuffling of a card into a deck. This means that cards which were previously added to a specific place in the deck by effects like Sightless Watcher, Timeway Wanderer, Sphere of Sapience, or Lorekeeper Polkelt will be relocated randomly once a shuffle occurs.
- The shuffle animation only shows a card being inserted without any shuffling animation. The developers did not want to implement a shuffle animation because they did not want to bog things down for the player.[7]
- If a card says "shuffle", it shuffles; otherwise, it does not shuffle.[8] In almost all cases, this is true; however, there are a few exceptions.
- For example, Dr. Morrigan and Madam Goya[verification requested] strictly swap cards and do not shuffle the deck.
- For example, Sightless Watcher does not shuffle the two cards not chosen by the player. The two cards are kept in their original positions in the deck.
- For example, Secret Passage shuffles the deck at the end of the turn when cards are put back into the deck, despite its card text not containing the word "shuffle".
- All decks have a predefined order on the server.[9]
- It is not possible to predict where a shuffled card will be placed in the deck. The visual display of the card going into the deck does not indicate order or placement in any way.[10]
- Shuffling a minion on the battlefield into the deck does not destroy it. This means Deathrattles are not triggered.[11][12]
- While most shuffle into deck effects place the stated card into the player's deck, some such as Recycle actually generate a copy of the card and shuffle that into the deck.[verification requested]
- It is possible for shuffle into deck effects to target cards currently in players' decks, at least by accident, as with Weasel Tunneler + Baron Rivendare.[13]
Cards that shuffle into deck[edit | edit source]
Listed below are all cards with explicit shuffle into deck effects. For a list of cards with Joust effects, see Joust.
Collectible[edit | edit source]
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Reliquary of Souls | Legendary | Minion | General | Priest | 1 | 1 | 3 | Lifesteal Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Reliquary Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Safety Inspector | Rare | Minion | General | Any | 1 | 1 | 3 | Battlecry: Shuffle the lowest-Cost card from your hand into your deck. Draw a card. | |||||||||||
Secret Passage | Epic | Spell | Rogue | 1 | Replace your hand with 4 cards from your deck. Swap back next turn. | ||||||||||||||
Spirit Jailer | Common | Minion | Demon | 1 | 1 | 3 | Battlecry: Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck. | ||||||||||||
Sunscale Raptor | Rare | Minion | Beast | Hunter | 1 | 1 | 3 | Frenzy: Shuffle a Sunscale Raptor into your deck with permanent +2/+1. | |||||||||||
Astromancer Solarian | Legendary | Minion | General | Mage | 2 | 3 | 2 | Spell Damage +1 Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Solarian Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Kanrethad Ebonlocke | Legendary | Minion | General | Warlock | 2 | 3 | 2 | Your Demons cost (1) less. Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Kanrethad Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Murgur Murgurgle | Legendary | Minion | Murloc | Paladin | 2 | 2 | 1 | Divine Shield Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Murgurgle Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Soul Shear | Rare | Spell | 2 | Deal 3 damage to a minion. Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck. | |||||||||||||||
Akama | Legendary | Minion | General | Rogue | 3 | 3 | 4 | Stealth Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Akama Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Archspore Msshi'fn | Legendary | Minion | General | Druid | 3 | 3 | 4 | Taunt Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Msshi'fn Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Educated Elekk | Epic | Minion | Beast | Any | 3 | 3 | 4 | Whenever a spell is played, this minion remembers it. Deathrattle: Shuffle the spells into your deck. | |||||||||||
Lady Vashj | Legendary | Minion | General | Shaman | 3 | 4 | 3 | Spell Damage +1 Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Vashj Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Luckysoul Hoarder | Rare | Minion | General | 3 | 3 | 4 | Battlecry: Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck. Corrupt: Draw a card. | ||||||||||||
Mankrik | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 3 | 3 | 4 | Battlecry: Help Mankrik find his wife! She was last seen somewhere in your deck. | |||||||||||
School Spirits | Common | Spell | Warlock | 3 | Deal 2 damage to all minions. Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck. | ||||||||||||||
Ticket Master | Rare | Minion | General | Rogue | 3 | 4 | 3 | Deathrattle: Shuffle 3 Tickets into your deck. When drawn, summon a 3/3 Plush Bear. | |||||||||||
Zixor, Apex Predator | Legendary | Minion | Beast | Hunter | 3 | 2 | 4 | Rush Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Zixor Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Glide | Rare | Spell | Demon Hunter | 4 | Shuffle your hand into your deck. Draw 4 cards. Outcast: Your opponent does the same. | ||||||||||||||
Kargath Bladefist | Legendary | Minion | General | Warrior | 4 | 4 | 4 | Rush Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Kargath Prime' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Marrowslicer | Common | Weapon | Demon Hunter | 4 | 4 | 2 | Battlecry: Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck. | ||||||||||||
Star Student Stelina | Legendary | Minion | General | Demon Hunter | 4 | 4 | 3 | Outcast: Look at 3 cards in your opponent's hand. Shuffle one of them into their deck. | |||||||||||
Envoy Rustwix | Legendary | Minion | Demon | Warlock | 5 | 5 | 4 | Deathrattle: Shuffle 3 random Prime Legendary minions into your deck. | |||||||||||
C'Thun, the Shattered | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 10 | 6 | 6 | Start of Game: Break into pieces. Battlecry: Deal 30 damage randomly split among all enemies. | |||||||||||
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Forged in the Barrens
The below cards are planned for release with Forged in the Barrens, coming March 30th, 2021.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Dire Frenzy | Common | Spell | Hunter | 4 | Give a Beast +3/+3. Shuffle 3 copies into your deck with +3/+3. | ||||||||||||||
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Wild format

Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Jade Idol | Rare | Spell | Druid | 1 | Choose One - Summon a Jade Golem; or Shuffle 3 copies of this card into your deck. | ||||||||||||||
Kingsbane | Legendary | Weapon | Rogue | 1 | 1 | 3 | Always keeps enchantments. Deathrattle: Shuffle this into your deck. | ||||||||||||
Raptor Hatchling | Rare | Minion | Beast | Hunter | 1 | 2 | 1 | Deathrattle: Shuffle a 4/3 Raptor into your deck. | |||||||||||
Spirit of the Dead | Rare | Minion | General | Priest | 1 | 0 | 3 | Stealth for 1 turn. After a friendly minion dies, shuffle a 1-Cost copy of it into your deck. | |||||||||||
Togwaggle's Scheme | Rare | Spell | Rogue | 1 | Choose a minion. Shuffle 1 copy of it into your deck. (Upgrades each turn!) | ||||||||||||||
Weasel Tunneler | Epic | Minion | Beast | Any | 1 | 1 | 1 | Deathrattle: Shuffle this minion into your opponent's deck. | |||||||||||
Baleful Banker | Epic | Minion | General | Any | 2 | 2 | 2 | Battlecry: Choose a friendly minion. Shuffle a copy of it into your deck. | |||||||||||
Dead Man's Hand | Epic | Spell | Warrior | 2 | Shuffle a copy of your hand into your deck. | ||||||||||||||
Gang Up | Common | Spell | Rogue | 2 | Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 copies of it into your deck. | ||||||||||||||
Immortal Prelate | Epic | Minion | General | Paladin | 2 | 1 | 3 | Deathrattle: Shuffle this into your deck. It keeps any enchantments. | |||||||||||
Lab Recruiter | Common | Minion | General | Rogue | 2 | 3 | 2 | Battlecry: Shuffle 3 copies of a friendly minion into your deck. | |||||||||||
Plot Twist | Rare | Spell | Warlock | 2 | Shuffle your hand into your deck. Draw that many cards. | ||||||||||||||
Augmented Elekk | Epic | Minion | Beast | Any | 3 | 3 | 4 | Whenever you shuffle a card into a deck, shuffle in an extra copy. | |||||||||||
Bad Luck Albatross | Rare | Minion | Beast | Any | 3 | 4 | 3 | Deathrattle: Shuffle two 1/1 Albatross into your opponent's deck. | |||||||||||
Beneath the Grounds | Epic | Spell | Rogue | 3 | Shuffle 3 Ambushes into your opponent's deck. When drawn, you summon a 4/4 Nerubian. | ||||||||||||||
Clockwork Goblin | Rare | Minion | Mech | Warrior | 3 | 3 | 3 | Battlecry: Shuffle a Bomb into your opponent's deck. When draw, it explodes for 5 damage. | |||||||||||
Forgotten Torch | Common | Spell | Fire | Mage | 3 | Deal 3 damage. Shuffle a (6 damage for 3 mana card) into your deck. | |||||||||||||
Manic Soulcaster | Epic | Minion | General | Mage | 3 | 3 | 4 | Battlecry: Choose a friendly minion. Shuffle a copy into your deck. | |||||||||||
Academic Espionage | Epic | Spell | Rogue | 4 | Shuffle 10 cards from your opponent's class into your deck. They cost (1). | ||||||||||||||
Ancient Shade | Rare | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 7 | 4 | Battlecry: Shuffle an 'Ancient Curse' into your deck that deals 7 damage to you when drawn. | |||||||||||
Astral Tiger | Epic | Minion | General | Druid | 4 | 3 | 5 | Deathrattle: Shuffle a copy of this minion into your deck. | |||||||||||
Body Wrapper | Epic | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 4 | 4 | Battlecry: Discover a friendly minion that died this game. Shuffle it into your deck. | |||||||||||
Conjured Mirage | Rare | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 3 | 10 | Taunt At the start of your turn, shuffle this minion into your deck. | |||||||||||
Dire Frenzy | Common | Spell | Hunter | 4 | Give a Beast +3/+3. Shuffle 3 copies into your deck with +3/+3. | ||||||||||||||
Elise Starseeker | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 3 | 5 | Battlecry: Shuffle the 'Map to the Golden Monkey' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Fal'dorei Strider | Epic | Minion | General | Rogue | 4 | 4 | 4 | Battlecry: Shuffle 3 Ambushes into your deck. When drawn, summon a 4/4 Spider. | |||||||||||
Impbalming | Rare | Spell | Fel | Warlock | 4 | Destroy a minion. Shuffle 3 Worthless Imps into your deck. | |||||||||||||
Portal Keeper | Rare | Minion | Demon | Any | 4 | 5 | 2 | Battlecry: Shuffle 3 Portals into your deck. When drawn, summon a 2/2 Demon with Rush. | |||||||||||
Shadow of Death | Epic | Spell | Rogue | 4 | Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 'Shadows' into your deck that summon a copy when drawn. | ||||||||||||||
The Darkness | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 20 | 20 | Starts Dormant. Battlecry: Shuffle 3 Candles into the enemy deck. When drawn, this awakens. | |||||||||||
Wrenchcalibur | Epic | Weapon | Warrior | 4 | 3 | 2 | After your hero attacks, shuffle a Bomb into your opponent's deck. | ||||||||||||
Deck of Wonders | Epic | Spell | Arcane | Mage | 5 | Shuffle 5 Scrolls into your deck. When drawn, cast a random spell. | |||||||||||||
Direhorn Hatchling | Rare | Minion | Beast | Warrior | 5 | 3 | 6 | Taunt Deathrattle: Shuffle a 6/9 Direhorn with Taunt into your deck. | |||||||||||
Elise the Trailblazer | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 5 | 5 | 5 | Battlecry: Shuffle a sealed Un'Goro pack into your deck. | |||||||||||
Excavated Evil | Rare | Spell | Priest | 5 | Deal 3 damage to all minions.
Shuffle this card into your opponent's deck. | ||||||||||||||
Prince Malchezaar | Legendary | Minion | Demon | Any | 5 | 5 | 6 | Start of Game: Add 5 extra Legendary minions to your deck. | |||||||||||
Seaforium Bomber | Epic | Minion | General | Any | 5 | 5 | 5 | Battlecry: Shuffle a Bomb into your opponent's deck. When drawn, it explodes for 5 damage. | |||||||||||
Waxadred | Legendary | Minion | Dragon | Rogue | 5 | 7 | 5 | Deathrattle: Shuffle a Candle into your deck that resummons Waxadred when drawn. | |||||||||||
White Eyes | Legendary | Minion | General | Shaman | 5 | 5 | 5 | Taunt Deathrattle: Shuffle 'The Storm Guardian' into your deck. | |||||||||||
Dr. Morrigan | Legendary | Minion | General | Warlock | 6 | 5 | 5 | Deathrattle: Swap this with a minion from your deck. | |||||||||||
Entomb | Common | Spell | Priest | 6 | Choose an enemy minion.
Shuffle it into your deck. | ||||||||||||||
Iron Juggernaut | Legendary | Minion | Mech | Warrior | 6 | 6 | 5 | Battlecry: Shuffle a Mine into your opponent's deck. When drawn, it explodes for 10 damage. | |||||||||||
Madam Goya | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 6 | 4 | 3 | Battlecry: Choose a friendly minion. Swap it with a minion in your deck. | |||||||||||
Portal Overfiend | Epic | Minion | Demon | Any | 6 | 5 | 6 | Battlecry: Shuffle 3 Portals into your deck. When drawn, summon a 2/2 Demon with Rush. | |||||||||||
Recycle | Rare | Spell | Druid | 6 | Shuffle an enemy minion into your opponent's deck. | ||||||||||||||
Archbishop Benedictus | Legendary | Minion | General | Priest | 7 | 4 | 6 | Battlecry: Shuffle a copy of your opponent's deck into your deck. | |||||||||||
Malorne | Legendary | Minion | Beast | Druid | 7 | 9 | 7 | Deathrattle: Shuffle this minion into your deck. | |||||||||||
Psychic Scream | Epic | Spell | Priest | 7 | Shuffle all minions into your opponent's deck. | ||||||||||||||
Doomcaller | Rare | Minion | General | Any | 8 | 7 | 9 | Battlecry: Give your C'Thun +2/+2 (wherever it is). If it's dead, shuffle it into your deck. | |||||||||||
Sathrovarr | Legendary | Minion | Demon | Any | 9 | 5 | 5 | Battlecry: Choose a friendly minion. Add a copy of it to your hand, deck and battlefield. | |||||||||||
Ysera, Unleashed | Legendary | Minion | Dragon | Druid | 9 | 4 | 12 | Battlecry: Shuffle 7 Dream Portals into your deck. When drawn, summon a random Dragon. | |||||||||||
Hakkar, the Soulflayer | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 10 | 9 | 6 | Deathrattle: Shuffle a Corrupted Blood into each player's deck. | |||||||||||
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Uncollectible[edit | edit source]
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Luckysoul Hoarder | Rare | Minion | General | 3 | 3 | 4 | Corrupted Battlecry: Shuffle 2 Soul Fragments into your deck and draw a card. | ||||||||||||
Body of C'Thun | None | Spell | Any | 5 | Piece of C'Thun (0/4) Summon a 6/6 C'Thun's Body with Taunt. | ||||||||||||||
Eye of C'Thun | None | Spell | Any | 5 | Piece of C'Thun (0/4) Deal 7 damage randomly split among all enemies. | ||||||||||||||
Heart of C'Thun | None | Spell | Any | 5 | Piece of C'Thun (0/4) Deal 3 damage to all minions. | ||||||||||||||
Maw of C'Thun | None | Spell | Any | 5 | Piece of C'Thun (0/4) Destroy a minion. | ||||||||||||||
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Wild format

Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Corrupted Blood | None | Spell | Any | 1 | Casts when Drawn Take 3 damage. After you draw, shuffle two copies of this into your deck. | ||||||||||||||
Map to the Golden Monkey | None | Spell | Any | 2 | Shuffle the Golden Monkey into your deck. Draw a card. | ||||||||||||||
Queen Carnassa | None | Minion | Beast | Hunter | 5 | 8 | 8 | Battlecry: Shuffle 15 Raptors into your deck. | |||||||||||
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Lore[edit | edit source]
Shuffle into deck effects tend to represent the card being buried, hidden or thrown out of the mortal realm. Beneath the Grounds and Iron Juggernaut explicitly cause cards to burrow beneath the ground, popping up to ambush the player as they are drawn. Entomb seals a minion away, with the possibility of them emerging again on the opposite side of the battlefield, while Recycle and Malorne seem to throw the minion back to an earlier point in the cycle of life and death, to be reborn later that game. Elise Starseeker and Forgotten Torch involve seeking something which is hidden, while Ancient Shade and Excavated Evil seem to set in motion a shadowy sequence of events. Gang Up is a thematic exception, apparently involving a call for reinforcements, as well as Weasel Tunneler which seems to "tunnel" itself into the opponent's deck. Another theme exists with Raptor Hatchling and Direhorn Hatchling, where their Deathrattle effects appearing to represent its parent coming to protect or avenge its offspring.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The phrasing of shuffle into deck effects does not explicitly mention the reshuffling of the player's deck, likely in order to keep the card text as short as possible. However, this is believed to be functionally insignificant since it is not possible for the player to see the order of cards in their deck without drawing them. Those effects which draw directly from the player's deck do so randomly and thus are not affected by the order of cards within the deck.[14][15]
- However, with the addition of cards like Lorekeeper Polkelt, Sightless Watcher and Sphere of Sapience, players have the ability to know where certain cards are in their deck. Having a card shuffled into your deck after playing Lorekeeper Polkelt will once again cause the cards to be in a random order.
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
Patch 2.0.0.7234 (2014-12-04): Added, with the new Recycle, Iron Juggernaut and Malorne cards.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2016-01-19).
- ↑ Whirthun on Twitter. (2015-08-06).
- ↑ Whirthun on Twitter. (2015-08-06).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2016-01-18).
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on Twitter. (2020-04-09).
- ↑ HysteriA (October 5, 2019). Hearthstone Mythbusters 90 - Can You Survive Mechathun?! (03:05). YouTube. Retrieved on 2019-10-05.
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on Twitter. (2020-04-11).
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on Twitter. (2020-07-24).
- ↑ Chadd Nervig on Twitter. (2020-07-24).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-12-20).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-12-05).
- ↑ PlayHearthstone on Twitter. (2015-11-09).
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZr5Sa7Bms&t=0m52s
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2015-01-19).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2015-02-16).
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