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Summoning Stone is a rare neutral minion card, from the League of Explorers set.

How to get

TypeSourceQualityCount
CraftingCraft a Regular copy for 100 DustRegular1
CraftingCraft a Golden copy for 800 DustGolden1
AdventureDefeat The League of ExplorersSun Raider Phaerix in The League of Explorers 1st wing - Temple of OrsisRegular2

Notes

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  • This card's triggered effect summons a minion randomly selected from all collectible minions with a base mana cost equal to the mana cost of the triggering spell, regardless of class.
  • The final mana cost of the triggering spell is used to determine the selection, including any cost-modification effects.
Example: If a player uses NaxxramasLoatheb to increase the mana cost of the opponent's spells, and the opponent then plays LegacyFrostbolt with a Summoning Stone on the board, they will summon a random 7-Cost minion.[1]
Example: Playing spells following an opponent's LegacyMillhouse Manastorm will produce only 0-Cost minions.
  • In particular, if Cho'Gall's effect is used to play a spell spending Health instead of mana, Summoning Stone will still summon a minion matching the spell's cost.
Example: Suppose you have Summoning Stone in play, One Night in KarazhanAtiesh equipped, and a LegacyShadowflame in hand with mana cost reduced to 1 by Blackrock MountainEmperor Thaurissan. If you play Whispers of the Old GodsCho'gall and use its effect to play the Shadowflame for 1 Health, you will spend no mana but both Summoning Stone and Atiesh will summon a 1-Cost minion.[2]
  • If there is no minion matching the final mana cost of the triggering spell (for example, a 15-mana Whispers of the Old GodsDOOM! due to NaxxramasLoatheb's effect played through Whispers of the Old GodsCho'gall), no minions will be summoned.
  • If the triggering spell is countered by LegacyCounterspell, no minion will be summoned.


Sounds[]

Play
  • ▶️ LOE_086_SummoningStone_Play.wav <summon sound>
Attack
  • ▶️ LOE_086_SummoningStone_Attack.wav <attack sound>
Death
  • ▶️ LOE_086_SummoningStone_Death.wav <death sound>

Lore[]

In World of Warcraft Summoning Stones (also known as Meeting Stones) are placed outside dungeons and raids to let adventurers (players) summon their friends to the instance, in order to do battle there together. It takes 2 people to summon others with a Summoning Stone.

Prior to the advent of the Dungeon Finder system, Summoning Stones were instrumental in allowing players to form groups to tackle instanced content. Players could communicate globally in the /LFG channel, but travelling to the instance in question could take a long time, especially if the player was on another continent. Usually the two closest players would travel to the instance, where they would channel the Summoning Stone's effect to teleport the other group members to the location one by one.

Because of this functionality, and due especially to the long delays that were often involved in finding a full group, and waiting for invitees to sell junk, repair armor, purchase supplies and otherwise prepare to be summoned, players would often spend quite a while waiting around or near Summoning Stones. As such, they were often hotspots for world PvP. When players from one faction approached a Stone to summon their allies, they would often find players of the other faction already there, and fighting would ensue. This was exacerbated by the fact that the Stones are usually placed close to the entrance to the instance, meaning players leaving the instance would also travel past the Stone on their way back out, leading to even greater traffic and thus greater potential for conflict.

With the Dungeon Finder system offering a far more convenient way of finding groups, few players now bother to use the Summoning Stones, although they remain in place. They can still be useful for players seeking to tackle older content, which is not included in the Dungeon Finder system.

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

File:Summoning Stone full.png

Summoning Stone, full art

Summoning Stone WoW

A Summoning Stone in World of Warcraft

Patch changes

  • Mean Streets of Gadgetzan logo Patch 7.1.1.17994 (2017-03-09):
    • (Assumed patch): Fixed a bug where if you played Whispers of the Old GodsCho'gall before playing a spell, Summoning Stone would summon a 0-Cost minion, since the spell cost Health and not mana. (Source, Tested by culinko in Patch 5.2.2.13807)
  • Whispers of the Old Gods logo Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24):
    • Fixed a bug where if you played LegacyPreparation, then Summoning Stone, and then played a spell, you paid the Preparation-discounted cost but Summoning Stone summoned a minion according to the undiscounted cost. (Source).
  • The League of Explorers logo Patch 4.1.0.10956 (2015-12-04):
    • Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked in the Temple of Orsis, in the League of Explorers adventure." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
    • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Crafting unlocked in the Temple of Orsis, in the League of Explorers adventure." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
  • The League of Explorers logo Patch 4.0.0.10833 (2015-11-10):
    • Added.

References[]

 
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