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* Everything about the Shudderwock is some kind of ''Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}'' reference.


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* One of Druid's new cards is a spell called "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Embiggen]]" with the flavor text "[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Did you set it to 'wumbo?']]"
* Shudderwock from ''The Witchwood'' is joined by his little brother Bandersmosh, named after the "Literature/{{Jabberwocky fruminous Bandersnatch".
* Shaman gets the card Cumulo-Maximus, with the flavor text "[[Film/{{Gladiator}} Are your clouds not entertained?!]]"
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* The Plauge Lords and the fact that they are in an Egyptian setting appear to be references to [[Literature/TheBible the Ten Plauges of Egypt]], with four of them even drawing parallels to some of the Plauges themselves.

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* The Plauge Plague Lords and the fact that they are in an Egyptian setting appear to be references to [[Literature/TheBible the Ten Plauges Plagues of Egypt]], with four of them even drawing parallels to some of the Plauges Plagues themselves.
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* The Plauge Lords and the fact that they are in an Egyptian setting appear to be references to [[Literature/TheBible the Ten Plauges of Egypt]], with four of them even drawing parallels to some of the Plauges themselves.
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* Evolve's flavor text paraphrases the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles']] song "Revolution".




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* Witchy Lackey's quotes are, once again, taken from the witches in ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.




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* Hyena Alpha: "[[Disney/TheLionKing Everything the sun touches is ours - as long as it's already dead.]]" Bonus points for its Battlecry summoning two more hyenas.
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* EVIL Conscripter: [[Music/VillagePeople "Kobold! There's a place you can handle/I said kobold! When you're short in the candle/Cast a spell with the E! V! I! L!"]]



* [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir The Cloud Prince of Skywall]]: ""In West Cloudidelphia, born and raised; flinging lightning for the rest of my days."

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* [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir The Cloud Prince of Skywall]]: ""In "In West Cloudidelphia, born and raised; flinging lightning for the rest of my days."




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* Plague of Flames: "[[Webcomic/{{Gunshow}} This is fine.]]"

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* If you run through all of the artifacts in the FinalBoss fight against Rafaam and start getting Boom Bots, Reno tells you to "FINISH HIM!" in almost the exact same tone as the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' announcer.




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* As an 8-mana 7/7 creature that summons seven 1/1 tokens on death, the resemblance between [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Violet_Wurm Violet Wurm]] and ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's'' [[https://scryfall.com/card/vma/236/symbiotic-wurm Symbiotic Wurm]] has not gone unnoticed.




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* High Priest Amet: "[[Literature/AnimalFarm All minions are equal, but some minions are more equal than others.]]"
* Kobold Sandtrooper looks a lot like a kobold [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Deckard Cain]] and wants you to "Stay awhile, take candle."

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* Activate the Obelisk's text is "A one-eyed, one stone, towering purple minion healer", based on a certain Sheb Wooley song.
* Weaponized Wasp was a request from Dr. Boom for [[Film/AustinPowers wasps with flippin' laser beams attached to their (flippin') heads]].
* Sandstorm Elemental (predictably) gets an onomatopoeic rendition of the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] "Sandstorm" by Music/{{Darude}}.
* Diseased Vulture: "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket! THIS IS AN EX-VULTURE!]]" Just in case you thought [[RunningGag Blizzard was done with Monty Python]].

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* [[Music/BritneySpears I'm addicted to him, but I know he's Toxfin.]]
* Exotic Mountseller: [[MemeticMutation *Taps roof of mammoth* “You can fit so many squirrels in this thing!”]]



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* [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/File:Frightened_Flunky_full.jpg Frightened Flunky]] looks mighty similar to a certain [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy Rogers]].
* Pyschopomp offers you to [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay come with him if you want to re-live]].
* [[Music/{{ABBA}} Oooh, see that wasp! Watch that sting! Dig in the Sandwasp Queen!]]
* [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir The Cloud Prince of Skywall]]: ""In West Cloudidelphia, born and raised; flinging lightning for the rest of my days."
** Possibly double-duty, considering Could Prince is an air elemental, and [[Film/Aladdin2019 genies]] in [=WoW=] are air elementals as well.



* The first Tavern Brawl of 2017 pits the player against an AI-controlled Dark Wanderer, who starts with three Secrets in play. Trigger all of them, and a portal is summoned that, on the next turn, transforms him into the [[VideoGame/DiabloII Cow King]], heralded by "You have made it to the Secret Level!"

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* The first Tavern Brawl of 2017 pits pitted the player against an AI-controlled Dark Wanderer, who starts started with three Secrets in play. Trigger Triggering all of them, and them summoned a portal is summoned that, on the next turn, transforms transformed him into the [[VideoGame/DiabloII Cow King]], heralded by "You have made it to the Secret Level!"
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* The bartender encounters from The Great Dalaran Heist: "Sometimes [[Series/{{Cheers}} you want to go where everybody knows your deck.]]"

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* The Glass Knight is a [[Film/YoungSherlockHolmes knight come to life from a stained glass window]], which also happens to sport [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus's color scheme]].


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* Arcane Fletcher: "[[Film/MeanGirls Stop trying to make fletch happen. It's not going to happen.]]"
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* Zul'jin's text claims that "[[Film/{{Dodgeball}} If you can dodge an axe, you can dodge a ball.]]"

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* Zul'jin's text claims that "[[Film/{{Dodgeball}} "[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory If you can dodge an axe, you can dodge a ball.]]"
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* Zul'jin's text claims that "[[Film/{{Dodgeball}} If you can dodge an axe, you can dodge a ball.]]"
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* Evolving Spores's text claims that [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the best mushrooms are always in boxes marked with "?"]]




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* Arcanosaur's flavor text references ''Film/JurassicPark'' with "Arcane energy... finds a way."
* Zandalari Templar's flavor text is one of Kormac's lines from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''.
* Surrender to Madness tells you to "[[Film/GalaxyQuest Never give up, always surrender!"]]
* Spirit of the Shark's text claims that [[Film/{{Jaws}} its ominous theme music always gives it away]]. Gral, the Shark naturally follows up on the reference with "We're gonna need a bigger board."
* Spirit of the Bat's flavor text is simply the first sixteen notes of the [[Series/Batman1966 1966 Batman theme]]. You know the one.
* Hir'eek the Bat: "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} REPEL'S EFFECT WORE OFF.]]" Very appropriate for a card that swarms you with, well, bats.
* Da Undatakah is a troll-ified tribute to [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker the wrestler]] of almost the same name.
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* Thunder Lizard: "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} What? THUNDER LIZARD is adapting!]]"
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\n* Crystalsmith's Kangor's first puzzle in the Puzzle Lab is named after, of all things, the "Just Monika" scene from ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''.

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* Patient Assassin's entry quote is "[[Film/DirtyHarry Go ahead... make my day.]]"

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* Patient Assassin's entry quote is "[[Film/DirtyHarry "[[Film/SuddenImpact Go ahead... make my day.]]"
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* E.M.P. Operative: "[[Music/{[Eminem}} I said this looks like a job for me/So everybody just follow me/'Cause we need a little E.M.P/'Cause it feels so mechy without me…]]"


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* E.M.P. Operative: "[[Music/{[Eminem}} "[[Music/{{Eminem}} I said this looks like a job for me/So everybody just follow me/'Cause we need a little E.M.P/'Cause it feels so mechy without me…]]"

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* Landscaping summons [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting a happy little tree, and gives him a little friend]].
* "[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Wrecks a dude, any size. Catches thieves, eats those guys. Look out! Here comes a Spider Bomb!]]"
* Prismatic Lens depicts a crystal refracting light into a rainbow. Apparently, it was mined exclusively from [[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon the dark side of the moon]].
* E.M.P. Operative: "[[Music/{[Eminem}} I said this looks like a job for me/So everybody just follow me/'Cause we need a little E.M.P/'Cause it feels so mechy without me…]]"

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* One of the neutral Legendaries of the set is called [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Harbinger Celestia]], and the card text confirms that the reference is intentional. As a side note, Mage's Legendary minion from the set being named Stargazer Luna is probably not a coincidence.

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* One of the neutral Legendaries of the set is called [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Harbinger Celestia]], and the card text confirms that the reference is intentional. As a side note, With this in mind, Mage's Legendary minion from the set being named Stargazer Luna is probably not a coincidence.




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* Dr. Boom, Mad Genius: "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie Of course I've gone mad with power. Ever try going mad without it?]]"
* Dendrologist's trying to teach his treant buddy to talk. But all it says is "[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy I am Gloop]]."
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* Rusty Recycler is a slightly modified WesternAnimation/WallE. Its flavor text gets in a second shout-out by referencing ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': "Ironic. It could recycle others, but not itself."
* Holomancer follow up on the ''Franchise/StarWars'' references with "[[Film/ANewHope Help me, worthy opponent. You're my only hope.]]"
* One of the neutral Legendaries of the set is called [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Harbinger Celestia]], and the card text confirms that the reference is intentional. As a side note, Mage's Legendary minion from the set being named Stargazer Luna is probably not a coincidence.
* Skaterbot is a thinly-veiled reference to Music/AvrilLavigne's "[=Sk8er=] Boi."
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* Patient Assassin's entry quote is "[[Film/DirtyHarry Go ahead... make my day.]]"

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* Primordial Drake: "[[Music/{{Drake}} Before he became a rap artist]]."
* "[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Tar Lord, man... legendary monster? Aw, forget it.]]"



* Diverging Path's text parodies the Creator/RobertFrost poem, "The Road Not Taken".

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* Diverging Path's Branching Paths' text parodies the Creator/RobertFrost poem, "The Road Not Taken".

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* Archbishop Benedictus: "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Nobody expects the Archbishop's Benediction!]]" It's like Blizzard set themselves a quota of one Monty Python reference per expansion by this point.




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* Blackwald Pixie's flavor text is a reference to, of all things, ''Film/TheRoom''.
* Felsoul Inquisitor's text drops yet ''another'' [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python]] reference: "[[LampshadeHanging Everyone expects an inquisition reference.]]"

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* Evil Heckler apparently learned to taunt from [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail a certain bunch of French guys]].




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* N'zoth's flavor text claims that he had "[[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Under the Sea]]" stuck in his head for the last 10,000 years. And he's not happy about it.
* Twilight Geomancer, a card that gives Taunt to C'thun, brings yet more Monty Python references to the table: "Ok C'Thun, repeat after me: '[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Your mother was a hamster.]]'"
* The Aberrant Berserker's cart text states "I berserk, therefore I am." in reference to René Descarte's statement "Cogito ergo sum", usually translated as "I think, therefore I am".
* The Twilight Summoner's text states that "[[Film/ANewHope If you strike him down, he shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]"




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* Aya Blackpaw's entry quote is "[[Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes Golems are a girl's best friend!]]"




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* Pyros's text claims that "[[Film/ANewHope If you strike her down, she shall become more powerful than you can possibly…]] well, she'll become a 6/6 anyways."




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* Rin, the First Disciple is a black-haired magic user heavily associated with {{Summoning Ritual}}s, which sounds a lot like [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight another Rin you may know]]. As a bonus, the summoning runes used in ''Fate'' are drawn in blood, while the Hearthstone Rin's summoning effect requires her to die.
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* "[[Literature/TheLorax I am the Voraxx. I speak for the weeds.]]"




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* If the player emotes during Tess's Nemesis fight against [[GhostPirate Captain Shivers]], he responds with "[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl You best start believin' in ghost stories, missy.]]"

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!Kobolds and Catacombs
* The artwork and flavor text of Crushing Walls both reference the trash compactor scene from ''Film/ANewHope''.
* Diverging Path's text parodies the Creator/RobertFrost poem, "The Road Not Taken".
* Raven Familiar's text reads "[[Literature/TheRaven Quoth the raven, 'does yours cost more?']]"
* Aluneth's text: "[[Disney/{{Aladdin}} PHENOMENAL ARCANE POWER... itty bitty living space.]]"
* Kobold Barbarian mulls over what is best in life: "[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian To make candle. To keep candle. To hear lamentations of candle-takers]]."
* The Lone Champion's text notes that "[[Music/{{Queen}} He is a champion with no friends. He'll keep on fighting, till the end!]]"
* Kobold Monk claims that [[Film/TheMatrix there is no candle.]]



* The Cauldron Elemental's entry quote is "[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Fire burn and cauldron bubble!]]"

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* The A lot of Glinda Crowskin's EasterEgg dialogue during her boss fight is taken from the witches' dialogue in Act IV, Scene I of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', as is the Cauldron Elemental's entry quote is "[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Fire "Fire burn and cauldron bubble!]]"bubble!"
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* When playing as Houndmaster Shaw, one of his unique treasures is a weapon. Its name: [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shaw's Shank]].
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* One of the bosses in the Monster Hunt mode is Gustave, a crocolisk (basically a fantasy crocodile in Warcraft verse). There actually is a real life man-eating crocodile named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile) Gustave]].

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* Argent Horserider's summoning quote is [[{{VideoGame/Overwatch}} "Don't worry loves, the cavalry's here!"]] (Note: The first airing of the ''Overwatch'' first trailer was before ''The Grand Tournament'' was unveiled)

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* Argent Horserider's summoning quote is [[{{VideoGame/Overwatch}} "Don't worry loves, the cavalry's here!"]] (Note: The first airing of the ''Overwatch'' first trailer was before ''The Grand Tournament'' was unveiled)!Basic and Classic



** The Maiden of the Lake joins the Monty Python shout outs with her flavour text: "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Not a good basis for a system of government.]]"
** Another Holy Grail shout-out is the Undertaker's battle cry: "Bring out your dead!"
* As mentioned above, The Skeleton Knight's entry quote is [[Series/GameOfThrones "In the Grand Tournament, you win or you die"]] and his attack quote is [[Series/GameOfThrones "Pay the Iron Price"]].



* "[[Film/KnightsOfBadassdom Lightning Bolt!! Lightning Bolt!! Lightning Bolt!!]]"

!Naxxramas
* Another Holy Grail shout-out is the Undertaker's battle cry: "Bring out your dead!"




!Goblins vs. Gnomes



** Similarly, the flavour text on Saboteur is [[Music/BeastieBoys "Listen all y'all it's a saboteur!"]]

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** Similarly, the flavour text on Saboteur * Shielded Minibot: "[[Series/RedDwarf He chooses to believe what he is [[Music/BeastieBoys "Listen all y'all it's a saboteur!"]]programmed to believe!]]"

!Blackrock Mountain



* Majordomo Executus: "[[Comicbook/GhostRider You thought Executus turned you into Ragnaros, but really Ragnaros was in you the whole time]]."
* Also, the art for Resurrect looks more like the card was originally called [[Series/DoctorWho Regenerate]].

!The Grand Tournament
* The Maiden of the Lake joins the Monty Python shout outs with her flavour text: "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Not a good basis for a system of government.]]"
* Argent Horserider's summoning quote is [[{{VideoGame/Overwatch}} "Don't worry loves, the cavalry's here!"]] (Note: The first airing of the ''Overwatch'' first trailer was before ''The Grand Tournament'' was unveiled)
* As mentioned above, The Skeleton Knight's entry quote is [[Series/GameOfThrones "In the Grand Tournament, you win or you die"]] and his attack quote is [[Series/GameOfThrones "Pay the Iron Price"]].
* The flavour text on Saboteur is [[Music/BeastieBoys "Listen all y'all it's a saboteur!"]]



* [[ReferenceOverdosed There are a lot of references]] to {{Videogame/Portal}} in the art from the Mage Card "Mirror Entity": It shows a man crossing two portals, that are blue and orange. He is also wearing accesories that look a lot like the Aperture Science Logo, and another one that looks like a CompanionCube
* Majordomo Executus: "[[Comicbook/GhostRider You thought Executus turned you into Ragnaros, but really Ragnaros was in you the whole time]]."

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* [[ReferenceOverdosed There are a lot of references]] to {{Videogame/Portal}} in the art from the Mage Card "Mirror Entity": It shows a man crossing two portals, that are blue and orange. He is also wearing accesories that look a lot like the Aperture Science Logo, and another one that looks like a CompanionCube
* Majordomo Executus: "[[Comicbook/GhostRider You thought Executus turned you into Ragnaros, but really Ragnaros was in you the whole time]]."
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!League of Explorers



* Also, the art for Resurrect looks more like the card was originally called [[Series/DoctorWho Regenerate]].



* Shielded Minibot: "[[Series/RedDwarf He chooses to believe what he is programmed to believe!]]"



* "[[Film/KnightsOfBadassdom Lightning Bolt!! Lightning Bolt!! Lightning Bolt!!]]"

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!Whispers of the Old Gods



* The first Tavern Brawl of 2017 pits the player against an AI-controlled Dark Wanderer, who starts with three Secrets in play. Trigger all of them, and a portal is summoned that, on the next turn, transforms him into the [[VideoGame/DiabloII Cow King]], heralded by "You have made it to the Secret Level!"

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* The first Tavern Brawl Carrion Grub's flavor text: "[[Music/{{Kansas}} Carrion, my wayward grub.]]"

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of 2017 pits the player against an AI-controlled Dark Wanderer, who starts with three Secrets in play. Trigger all of them, and a portal is summoned that, on the next turn, transforms him into the [[VideoGame/DiabloII Cow King]], heralded by "You have made it to the Secret Level!"Gadgetzan



* White Eyes: "[[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} My life for Aya!]]"

!Journey to Un'Goro



* Vilespine Slayer's text paraphrases Music/TaylorSwift's "Shake It Off": "'Cause slayers gonna slay, slay, slay, slay, slay."

!Knights of the Frozen Throne



* White Eyes: "[[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} My life for Aya!]]"
* Vilespine Slayer's text paraphrases Music/TaylorSwift's "Shake It Off": "'Cause slayers gonna slay, slay, slay, slay, slay."

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* White Eyes: "[[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} My life for Aya!]]"
* Vilespine Slayer's text paraphrases Music/TaylorSwift's "Shake It Off": "'Cause slayers gonna slay, slay, slay, slay, slay."

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* Wharrgarbl's Hero Power pulls double-duty: It's named "[[ItsRainingMen It's Raining Fin]]", and its icon resembles the cover for ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.

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* The first Tavern Brawl of 2017 pits the player against an AI-controlled Dark Wanderer, who starts with three Secrets in play. Trigger all of them, and a portal is summoned that, on the next turn, transforms him into the [[VideoGame/DiabloII Cow King]], heralded by "You have made it to the Secret Level!"

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