Steamcleaner vs. Helya interaction question

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Hi,

I have a question about an interaction between Steamcleaner and Helya.

Scenario:

Plague DK plays Helya first. The other player plays Steamcleaner and removes all plagues. DK then plays a card like Distressed Kvaldir that (upon dying) places new plagues in the other player’s deck. The other player will eventually draw that plague. Would plagues then still be unending, due to having played Helya already?

Basically, I’m trying to identify if there is an optimal way to go about this from the DK’s point of view. If you know your opponent is playing a Reno (1-of-each-card-only) deck, do you wait for him/her to play his/her Steamcleaner before playing your Helya? Is there a way to “outplay” this interaction?

Much appreciated!

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Yes. The battlecry says: “Plagues they draw this game are unending.”

The unending plagues are not just the three plagues that are shuffled into the deck but all plagues once Helya triggers her battlecry.

If new plagues are shuffled into the deck after Steamcleaner has been played then those plagues will be unending as well.

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What makes plagues unending versus normal plagues? They already work just like the warlock thingy where you get a red card you gotta get rid of and do more dmg with every one you get. So do the unending ones like shuffle a ( +1 ) replacement of itself back into the deck or something?