Teacher of Humility

Teacher of Humility
Type	Unit – Mystic
Cost
Power	2
Power	2
Influence
Influence
Stats
Strength	3
Strength	3
Health	2
Health	2
Text
Infiltrate: Play Disciplinary Weights on the enemy player. Then each player draws a card.
Infiltrate: Play Disciplinary Weights on the enemy player. Then each player draws a card.
Creates	Disciplinary Weights
Set & Legality
Set	The Fall of Argenport
Card ID	#67
Rarity	Legendary
Formats	Throne – Legal Expedition – Not Legal Draft – Not Legal
Other Info
Artist	Christian Schob
External Tools These link to Eternal Warcry, a third-party resource featuring a card database and tools for deckbuilding, sharing, statistics, and collection tracking.	Card Decks

Teacher of Humility is a unit card.

How to Get

Type	Creation	Destruction
Legendary	3200	800
Premium	9600	3200

This card can also be obtained from The Fall of Argenport Card Packs. Diamond Chests and The Fall of Argenport Card Packs can give Premium versions of this card.

Voiceovers

•	On Play:	"You're a sad bunch."
•	Attack Quote:	"Take this!"
•	Inflitrate Quote:	"Now the real training begins."

Strategy

By the time the expansion hit, Teacher of Humility confirmed itself as one of the strongest legendaries in the game, being on par with Sandstorm Titan in terms of play rate and popularity. Because of its game-changing effect, most competitive decks shaped themselves just to be able to counter it.

The card has 2 characteristics that make it dreaded. First of all, it's a 3/3 unit for 2, which gives it a strong early board presence. Unlike Argenport Instigator, however, she doesn't compensate her stats with an effect that can backfire, making it a better choice in terms of overall strength. The second, most important, characteristic is her InfiltrateInfiltrate:
This does something the first time it hits the enemy player.: the hit player will gain a curse that increases the cost of any additional drawn cards by 2; at the same time, both players will draw a card, which gives the player controlling Teacher of Humility a huge tempo advantage.

A 2 cost increase on additional draw can easily cripple most decks outside of heavy aggro ones, especially for one reason: Disciplinary Weights affects any card draw outside of the one occuring at the start of your turn. Cards drawn from your Void (through cards like Dark Return) will still receive the cost increase, as well as any card fetched from the MarketThe Market:
You may store up to five different cards in your Market when you build a deck.. Because of this, most midrange/control/combo decks can end tremendously crippled if they allow Teacher of Humility to activate its effect. However, even without its effect she can still cover the board against aggro because of its stats, making the card a good choice for most scenarios.

In terms of downsides, Teacher of Humilty has a influence requirement, which makes it difficult to play unless in a mono- deck (or a 2 influence deck that goes heavy on ). Most importantly, her effect can be used against the player who played it with cards like Madness and Betray the Cause. For how much it regards Disciplinary Weights, being an AttachmentAttachments:
Attachments are played on units and players and remain until they are killed. They include weapons which grant stats, curses which attach to enemies, and relics which attach to players. it is removable through cards like Ruin, Vision of Austerity and Disjunction, although it will still at least make both players draw a card when placed, with one of them still receiving the cost increase. The safest way to block the inflitrate is through AegisAegis:
Protected from one enemy spell or effect (but not from battle damage)., with Eilyn's Favor being a good solution. Overall, the card offers mostly benefits.

Cards that synergize with Teacher of Humilty are those that can grant her some sort of evasion to trigger its effect: either by giving it FlyingFlying:
Can only be blocked by other units with flying. (Levitate), UnblockableUnblockable:
Cannot be blocked. (Ghostform) or OverwhelmOverwhelm:
When this hits an enemy unit, leftover damage is dealt to the enemy player or site. (Rampage). Haunting Scream can also work for hitting the opponent with multiple Disciplinary Weights. For how much it regards deckbuilding, the card's nature allows it to fit in almost every deck with no backfire, making it a must-have for any player interested in the faction.

Notes

This card was revealed as a Fall of Argenport spoiler.

Gallery

Teacher of Humility art

History

1.50.0.7103g	Now 3/2 (was 3/3).
1.37.5	Disciplinary Weights now increases cost of additional cards by 2, instead of 3.
1.36	Released in The Fall of Argenport.