Untapped Potential

Untapped Potential is a legendary druid spell card, from the Saviors of Uldum set.

Generated Hero Power

Transformed minions

When a card with two Choose One options involving transform or specific summon effects is played while controlling Ossirian Tear, a unique minion will be produced that combines the effects of both options.

Cards

Resulting minions

Lore

Ossirian Tear is unique to Hearthstone, but its name ostensibly refers to Ossirian the Unscarred, the final boss of the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj raid in World of Warcraft.

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During the War of the Shifting Sands, as the anubisath constructs crumbled under the bronze dragonflight's assault, a single anubisath did the seemingly impossible — he found a way to fight back.

Ossirian targeted one of the leaders, the massive dragon Grakkarond, and hurled his obsidian sword through the beast's wing. The crippled wyrm descended, crushing the qiraji as it fell. The dragon mauled Ossirian nearly to death, but the remaining anubisaths and qiraji now had a target on the ground to focus on, and they swiftly converged and overwhelmed the noble dragon.

Ossirian's beaten body was dragged back to the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj following the battle, where he should by all rights have perished. It is whispered that Ossirian found the favor of the malevolent force that reigns over the qiraji, for in spite of his wounds, the construct survived.

When the mighty anubisath awoke, he found himself transformed, his strength bolstered and his wounded head bound in the visage of a hawk. Emperor Vek'nilash himself explained what had occurred: Where all others — including the qiraji General Rajaxx — had failed to find a way to counterattack, the Anubisath had succeeded. For that he received a gift; Ossirian's essence had been bound to several ancient crystals of distant origin, which would grant the Anubisath champion near invulnerability. There was a price for this boon however; Ossirian's life was maintained by the crystals, and if he should ever stray too far from them, the Anubisath would swiftly die.

As others learned of Ossirian's survival, the Anubisaths began to refer to him as the "Unscarred", revering him as a nearly invincible hero.

The legends say that Vek'nilash secretly entrusted Ossirian with the responsibility of maintaining a watch on General Rajaxx, to ensure that the commander would never fail again.

Ossirian serves the Emperors to the best of his ability, despite the frustration of being eternally bound to a single location. The bones of Grakkarond have become a sacred site to the Anubisaths; a testimony to their ability to defeat even the most powerful of enemies.

Ossirian Tear and the crystals seen in Untapped Potential's card art bear a strong resemblance to the Ossirian Crystals to which Ossirian's life essence is bound and which serve an important role in the boss fight against the Unscarred.

Trivia

• This card's art depicts Elise the Enlightened.

Gallery

Untapped Potential, full art