Spellburst

Spellburst
A one-time effect after you cast a spell.

Spellburst icon

Spellburst is an ability that causes a minion or weapon to do something the first time you cast a spell with it in play, and only the first time. It was introduced in the Scholomance Academy expansion.

Spellburst is represented by a sparkle that appears under the card's portrait. This graphic is also represented for Frenzy.

Notes

• When the minion is first played, Spellburst acts as an 'after spell cast' Triggered effect. Once a spell is cast, it loses the Spellburst graphic and effect, but retains the functionally meaningless keyword.
• Like other keyword enchantments, returning a used Spellburst minion or your hand or resurrecting it will return its Spellburst ability.
• The minion must survive for the Spellburst to trigger. However, if the minion is destroyed by a triggered Secret, such as Pressure Plate, the Spellburst effect will still trigger after the Secret resolves.^{[citation needed]}

Cards with Spellburst

Collectible

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Gibberling	Common	Minion	General	Druid	1	1	1	Spellburst: Summon a Gibberling.
Glacier Racer	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	1	1	3	Spellburst: Deal 3 damage to all Frozen enemies.
Intrepid Initiate	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	2	Spellburst: Gain +2 Attack.
Pen Flinger	Common	Minion	General	Any	1	1	1	Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to a minion. Spellburst: Return this to your hand.
Diligent Notetaker	Rare	Minion	General	Shaman	2	2	3	Spellburst: Return the spell to your hand.
Ceremonial Maul	Epic	Weapon			3	2	2	Spellburst: Summon a Student with Taunt and stats equal to the spell's Cost.
Enchanted Cauldron	Epic	Minion	General	Any	3	1	6	Spellburst: Cast a random spell of the same Cost.
Firebrand	Common	Minion	General	Mage	3	3	4	Spellburst: Deal 4 damage randomly split among all enemy minions.
Goody Two-Shields	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	3	4	2	Divine Shield Spellburst: Gain Divine Shield.
Imprisoned Celestial	Rare	Minion	General	Paladin	3	4	5	Dormant for 2 turns. Spellburst: Give your minions Divine Shield.
Speaker Gidra	Legendary	Minion	General		3	1	4	Rush, Windfury Spellburst: Gain Attack and Health equal to the spell's Cost.
Cabal Acolyte	Epic	Minion	General	Priest	4	2	4	Taunt Spellburst: Gain control of a random enemy minion with 2 or less Attack.
Crimson Hothead	Common	Minion	Dragon	Any	4	3	6	Spellburst: Gain +1 Attack and Taunt.
Krolusk Barkstripper	Epic	Minion	Beast	Hunter	4	3	5	Spellburst: Destroy a random enemy minion.
Reaper's Scythe	Rare	Weapon		Warrior	4	4	2	Spellburst: Also damages adjacent minions this turn.
Shifty Sophomore	Rare	Minion	General	Rogue	4	4	4	Stealth Spellburst: Add a Combo card to your hand.
Wretched Tutor	Common	Minion	General	Any	4	2	5	Spellburst: Deal 2 damage to all other minions.
Wyrm Weaver	Rare	Minion	General	Mage	4	3	5	Spellburst: Summon two 1/2 Mana Wyrms.
Headmaster Kel'Thuzad	Legendary	Minion	General	Any	5	4	6	Spellburst: If the spell destroys any minions, summon them.
High Abbess Alura	Legendary	Minion	General		5	3	6	Spellburst: Cast a spell from your deck (targets this if possible).
Keywarden Ivory	Legendary	Minion	General		5	4	5	Battlecry: Discover a dual-class spell from any class. Spellburst: Get another copy.
Forest Warden Omu	Legendary	Minion	General	Druid	6	5	4	Spellburst: Refresh your Mana Crystals.
Onyx Magescribe	Common	Minion	Dragon	Any	6	4	9	Spellburst: Add 2 random spells from your class to your hand.
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Sources of Spellburst

Spellburst-generating cards

This section lists cards which generate Spellburst minions.

Name / Desc	Rarity	Type	Subtype	Class	Cost	Atk	HP	Description
Gibberling	Common	Minion	General	Druid	1	1	1	Spellburst: Summon a Gibberling.
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Patch changes

• Patch 18.2.0.58213 (2020-09-08): Fixed a visual bug where Spellburst icons could disappear while the minion had not activated its Spellburst.
• Patch 18.0.0.54613 (2020-07-30): 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