CLASS FIELD GUIDE · Shadowform

Priest

Weave shields and recovery, or enter Shadowform and trade Holy efficiency for cheaper Shadow spells.

75 starting HP99 starting gold44 class cards

The class mechanic

Toggle into Shadowform to reduce dark spell costs and siphon health from enemies. Drop out of Shadowform when you need pure Holy protection and restorative healing.

Sustain, defensive sequencing and a deliberate form choice.

Toggle between Holy and Shadow. In Shadowform, Shadow spells cost less and hit harder, while Holy spells cost more.

BUILD AROUND A PLAN

Three paths through the spire

Build ideas follow the current card effects and class archetypes. They are editorial starting points, not measured win-rate rankings.

01 / Discipline

Discipline · shield and tempo

Defend efficiently and use energy tools to keep playing useful cards.

Establish Inner Fire on a turn where you can afford it. Use Mana Burn against a cast, and spend energy bursts when you have cards to follow them.

02 / Holy

Holy · recover and clear

Combine sustained healing with Holy damage, including a group-clear option.

Set up Lightwell for a longer fight, then use Holy Nova when both its damage and healing matter. Hold a large heal for a safe, meaningful recovery.

03 / Shadow

Shadow · embrace the form

Use cheaper Shadow spells and healing from Shadow damage to sustain offense.

Enter Shadowform, establish Vampiric Embrace, and apply your damage effects early. Check the increased cost before relying on a Holy heal.

Before your next run

Shadowform reduces Shadow card costs and raises Holy card costs. Switching forms changes the value of the entire hand.
Healing can recover health after a hit; Block can prevent the hit. Compare incoming intent against your current health before choosing.
Silence interrupts a cast and adds Silence. Mana Burn has an extra payoff when its target is casting.

Talent planning

Discipline is a natural fit for shields and energy, Holy for recovery, and Shadow for damage-over-time and drains. Shadowform decks still need a defensive plan.

Plan Priest talents →

Cards to look for

Power Word: Shield — Gain 7 Block.
Inner Fire — Power. Gain 8 Block and 3 Armor for the rest of combat.
Power Infusion — Gain 2 energy and draw 1 card. Exhaust.
Mana Burn — Deal 10 shadow damage. If the enemy is casting, interrupt it and gain 1 energy.
Inner Focus — Gain 2 energy. Exhaust.
Renew — Gain 6 Block. Apply 3 Regen for 4 turns.

THE FULL SPELLBOOK

Priest cards

Card	Cost	Effect
Smitebasic · attack	1	Deal 8 holy damage.
Shadow Word: Painbasic · attack	1	Deal 4 shadow damage. Apply 8 Poison.
Power Word: Shieldbasic · skill	1	Gain 7 Block.
Lesser Healbasic · skill	1	Heal 5 HP.
Mind Blastbasic · attack	2	Deal 16 shadow damage.
Healcommon · skill	2	Heal 14 HP.
Flash Healcommon · skill	1	Heal 9 HP. Exhaust.
Renewcommon · skill	1	Gain 6 Block. Apply 3 Regen for 4 turns.
Holy Firecommon · attack	2	Deal 14 holy damage. Apply 4 Burn.
Mind Flaycommon · attack	1	Deal 8 shadow damage. Apply 2 Weak.
Inner Firecommon · power	1	Power. Gain 8 Block and 3 Armor for the rest of combat.
Power Word: Fortitudecommon · skill	1	Gain 6 Block and 3 max HP. Exhaust.
Dispel Magiccommon · skill	0	Remove Weak and Frail from yourself and Strength from the enemy. Draw 1.
Abolish Diseasecommon · skill	1	Remove Disease and Poison from yourself. Heal 3.
Cure Diseasecommon · skill	0	Remove Disease from yourself. Draw 1 card. Exhaust.
Fadecommon · skill	1	Gain 1 Stealth and 8 Block.
Touch of Weaknesscommon · skill	1	Apply 2 Weak to the enemy. Gain 6 Block.
Starshardscommon · attack	1	Deal 4 arcane damage 2 times.
Hex of Weaknesscommon · skill	1	Apply 2 Weak and 1 Curse to the enemy.
Levitatecommon · skill	0	Gain 3 Block. Draw 1 card. Exhaust.
Mind Visioncommon · skill	0	Look at the top 4 cards of your draw pile; discard any. Exhaust.
Psychic Screamuncommon · skill	2	Apply 1 Fear to ALL enemies.
Silenceuncommon · skill	1	Interrupt the enemy cast and Silence it for 2 turns. Exhaust.
Fear Warduncommon · skill	1	Remove Fear from yourself. Gain 7 Block.
Feedbackuncommon · skill	1	Gain 6 Block and 4 Thorns until your next turn.
Elune's Graceuncommon · skill	1	Gain 6 Block and 1 Dexterity this turn.
Shackle Undeaduncommon · skill	1	Undead: Stun 2 turns. Others: Weak 1. Exhaust.
Inner Focusuncommon · skill	0	Gain 2 energy. Exhaust.
Divine Spirituncommon · skill	1	Draw 1 card. Gain 1 energy next turn. Exhaust.
Prayer of Fortitudeuncommon · skill	2	Gain 4 max HP and 2 Armor. Exhaust.
Desperate Prayeruncommon · skill	1	Heal 18 HP if below 50% HP, else heal 8. Exhaust.
Shadowguarduncommon · power	1	Power. Gain 2 Thorns for the rest of combat.
Resurrectionuncommon · skill	2	Heal 16 HP and remove all debuffs. Exhaust.
Lightwelluncommon · power	2	Power. Gain 2 Regen for the rest of combat.
Shadowformrare · form	1	Enter Shadowform: shadow cards cost 1 less, holy cards cost 1 more. Play again to leave.
Vampiric Embracerare · power	1	Power. Heal for 25% of shadow damage you deal.
Devouring Plaguerare · attack	2	Deal 12 shadow damage. Apply 6 Disease and 2 Weak. Heal 6.
Prayer of Healingrare · skill	2	Heal 14 HP.
Greater Healrare · skill	3	Heal 26 HP.
Power Infusionrare · skill	0	Gain 2 energy and draw 1 card. Exhaust.
Mana Burnrare · attack	1	Deal 10 shadow damage. If the enemy is casting, interrupt it and gain 1 energy.
Holy Novarare · attack	2	Deal 14 holy damage to ALL enemies. Heal 6 HP.
Mind Controlepic · skill	3	Taunt-like: the enemy attacks other enemies for 2 turns. Deal 6 shadow damage. Exhaust.
Spirit of Redemptionepic · power	2	Power. When you would die, revive at 50% HP and heal 10 (once per combat).

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