How does the Hobgoblin buff work?
I have some trouble understanding how this buff works. So, what I found out, it does not work when using Paladin hero ability(summons a 1/1 Silver Hand Recruit). I am not sure about other summoned creatures (like Snaketrap, Ball of Spiders,etc..). So does this buff only applies to creature-cards played from hand?
Second thing I am not sure about is the order this buff applies. So if you have 2 hobgoblins on board, is the buff applied twice or only one time (because creature has already 3 attack after first hobgoblin buff is applied). Also if you have other buffing effects/creatures on table, does the hobgoblin buff always apply or is this more a random first buff wins approach?
All 3 Answers are acceptable. I accepted Tims , because he answered first, but upvoted all.
Best Answer
According to the Hearthstone wiki, the Hobgoblin only affects minions played from the hand, but two Hobgoblin buffs do stack. That means a 1/3 Voidwalker will become a 5/7. The buff also applies before other enchantment effects, so if you have a Dire Wolf Alpha, the 1-attack minions that you play will still receive the buff.
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Hobgoblin's buff will only apply to minion cards--that is, cards which are themselves minions. This is what's meant by "when you play a minion". The buff will not affect minions summoned in any other way, including hero powers (Paladin and Shaman), spell cards (Ball of Spiders, Muster for Battle), or minions summoned by other minions (Violet Teacher).
If you have two Hobgoblins on the board, the buff will apply twice. This makes sense, because all the card asks is whether you summoned a minion with 1 attack--and you did. Even if you also trigger a Sword of Justice or there is a Raid Leader on your board, Hobgoblin should still trigger for the same reason: regardless of what the minion's attack is when Hobgoblin's effect gets to resolve, the minion card itself has 1 attack.
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