Imprisoned Demons

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Imprisoned Demons are a Hearthstone card mechanic featuring powerful Demon minions that enter play dormant for several turns before awakening with strong effects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Imprisoned Demons canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hearthstone game mechanic ⓘ
card keyword theme ⓘ
appearsInGame Hearthstone ⓘ
associatedClass Demon Hunter ⓘ
Warlock ⓘ
awakeningCondition automatically awaken after a fixed number of turns ⓘ
awakeningEffect trigger a powerful effect when awakening ⓘ
awakeningTiming at the start of the controlling player’s turn after the set number of turns ⓘ
balanceTradeoff low immediate impact for high future impact ⓘ
boardPresence occupy a board slot while dormant ⓘ
cannotDoWhileDormant attack ⓘ
be targeted by most spells and effects ⓘ
take damage ⓘ
cardTextPattern Dormant for X turns. When this awakens, [effect]. ⓘ
cardTribeRequirement Demon-only minions ⓘ
cardType Minion ⓘ
counterplay opponents can plan around the future awakening turn ⓘ
designGoal create tempo loss now for future power spike ⓘ
reward long-term planning ⓘ
hasEffectType battlefield-wide effects on awakening ⓘ
direct damage or removal on awakening ⓘ
self-buff or stat-based effects on awakening ⓘ
hasKeyword Dormant ⓘ
hasState Dormant on the board until awakening ⓘ
interactsWith effects that care about Demons ⓘ
effects that care about minions on the board ⓘ
introducedAs cycle of imprisoned Demon cards ⓘ
mechanicCategory Hearthstone dormant minion cycle ⓘ
mechanicCoreIdea Demon minions enter play dormant for several turns ⓘ
mechanicType delayed effect minion ⓘ
minionTribe Demon ⓘ
playerDecisionImpact encourage early investment for later tempo swing ⓘ
playPattern played early and pay off after a delay ⓘ
rarityPattern appear at multiple rarities across sets ⓘ
requires surviving the dormant turns on the board ⓘ
rulesNote count as minions in play while dormant ⓘ
their awakening effect is guaranteed if the dormant turns complete ⓘ
synergizesWith Demon synergy decks ⓘ
long-game control strategies ⓘ
theme powerful but temporarily sealed Demons ⓘ
visualTheme Demons bound or sealed until awakening ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ashes of Outland → addsMechanic → Imprisoned Demons ⓘ