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Hearthstone Death Knight Runes explained | Blood, Frost & Unholy
You may have noticed the colored symbols around the mana costs of some Death Knight cards. These are called Runes. There are three Runes, one for each Death Knight spec: red is Blood, blue is Frost, and green is Unholy. These Runes dictate which Death Knight cards can be added to your deck during deckbuilding.
When building your deck, you select a combination of three Runes, which determines which Death Knight cards you can add to your deck. You can choose to fully devote to one Rune (such as triple Blood) or you can go primarily into one Rune, while dipping into another (such as double Unholy, single Frost). This Rune system allows for incredibly varied and powerful Death Knight cards, while making sure any particular deck isn’t just the best at everything. Instead, each of the Runes specializes in certain types of cards and effects.
Blood Rune
The Blood Rune is the tankiest Rune. Blood cards tend to have board control effects, large minions, and cards that manipulate life totals.
» Blood Death Knight Decks
- “Reno” Blood Death Knight #25 Legend – BewilderHS (Score: 6-0) April 8, 2024
- Blood Death Knight #245 Legend (Score: 36-19) March 22, 2024
- Renathal Blood Death Knight #285 Legend (Score: 11-5) March 8, 2024
- Renathal Reno Blood Death Knight #373 Legend (Score: 13-6) February 22, 2024
- Renathal Reno Blood Death Knight #254 Legend (Score: 11-4) January 27, 2024
Frost Rune
The Frost Rune has powerful burst potential. Frost cards tend to have lots of spell synergies, with direct damage, card draw, mana manipulation, and Freeze effects.
» Frost Death Knight Decks
- Frost Death Knight #451 Legend – jakeypoo (Score: 17-5) March 13, 2024
- [Theorycraft] Excavate Frost Death Knight – FunkiMonkiHS November 13, 2023
- Frost Death Knight #159 Legend – NamelessHsEU October 16, 2023
- Frost Death Knight #310 Legend – Unknown October 16, 2023
- Frost Death Knight #209 Legend (Score: 11-2) September 19, 2023
Unholy Rune
The Unholy Rune has the greatest command of the Undead armies. Unholy cards tend to be very good at summoning Undead minions, summoning swarms of minions, and generating and spending Corpses.
» Unholy Death Knight Decks
- Unholy Death Knight #16 Legend (Score: 21-12) March 16, 2024
- Unholy Death Knight #253 Legend (Score: 32-2) February 16, 2024
- Unholy Death Knight #343 Legend (Score: 14-8) November 26, 2023
- Unholy Death Knight #177 Legend (Score: 8-3) November 15, 2023
- Unholy Death Knight #250 Legend (Score: 10-2) November 6, 2023
Combination
In total, there are 10 possible Rune combinations:
- 1 Blood, 1 Frost, 1 Unholy (Rainbow, BFU)
- 2 Blood, 1 Frost (BBF)
- 2 Blood, 1 Unholy (BBU)
- 2 Frost, 1 Blood (FFB)
- 2 Frost, 1 Unholy (FFU)
- 2 Unholy, 1 Frost (UUF)
- 2 Unholy, 1 Blood (UUB)
- 3 Blood (Blood, BBB)
- 3 Frost (Frost, FFF)
- 3 Unholy (Unholy, UUU)
Source: PlayHearthstone Blog
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