Hearthstone

Hearthstone balance changes, Battlegrounds updates, and some bug fixes go live today!

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: Well met! We want to share a quick update covering two things: a small set of balance changes and the current status of Quests. The meta features a wide variety of decks across classes and strategies, balanced well against each other, so we’ve avoided major changes that could disrupt things ahead of the mini-set launch. Instead, we focused on a couple of play patterns that needed adjustment.

Amirdrassil has been the strongest card in Druid since its release, especially in Owlonius Druid where it fuels the OTK gameplan. This change slows it down and makes it riskier to keep in the mulligan.

Reserve Spot has been enabling explosive early turns in Handbuff Hunter, so we’ve made it a bit slower and more measured to reduce those blowouts.

We’ve been following community discussions around the power level of Quests and appreciate everyone who’s taken the time to share their thoughts. Our goal this expansion was to bring Quests closer to the level they reached in their first two appearances, rather than the overperformance seen with Questlines in United in Stormwind. For that reason, we’re not making further Quest buffs in this patch, but we’ll continue monitoring their power level following the mini-set.

Amirdrassil

• Old: 4 mana.
• New: 5 mana.

Reserved Spot

• Old: 3 mana.
• New: 4 mana.

The above disenchantable cards will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 33.2.2.

Battlegrounds Updates

Dev Comment: This patch primarily targets the overperformance of cycling Elementals, Flotsam Flinger Murlocs, and spell-buffing Undead, while also rebalancing Stomping Stegodon Beasts. We're also buffing underperformers such as Goldrinn Beasts, Demons, and Quilboar that synergize with Blood Gems played from hand.

The adjustment to Stomping Stegodon (granting +2 Attack but no Health) is intended to reduce the comp’s snowballing potential when minions survive too long in combat, which can lead to frustrating play patterns (especially in Duos). To compensate for the now more fragile Stegodon builds, we’re bringing back P-0UL-TR0N to give the strategy more late-game potential.

We will continue to monitor the meta as it develops and make additional adjustments as needed. Thank you for all you feedback so far on the new season and we’ll see you in the Tavern!

Hero Updates

Armor Changes

The following Heroes now have less Armor:

• Ini Stormcoil has 12 Armor, 6 Armor in Duos, and 10 Armor in low ranks
• Millificent Manastorm has 16 Armor, 5 Armor in Duos, and 13 Armor in low ranks
• Fungalmancer Flurgl has 14 Armor, 15 Armor in Duos, and 12 Armor in low ranks
• Ozumat has 15 Armor, 7 Armor in Duos, and 13 Armor in low ranks
• Ragnaros the Firelord has 16 Armor, 13 Armor in Duos, and 14 Armor in low ranks
• Sneed has 18 Armor, and 15 Armor in Duos
• Onyxia has 16 Armor, and 14 Armor in Duos

The following Heroes now have more Armor:

• Master Nguyen has 12 Armor, and 10 Armor in Duos
• Scabbs Cutterbutter has 16 Armor, and 14 Armor in Duos
• Sire Denathrius has 13 Armor, and 11 Armor in Duos
• Elise Starseeker has 15 Armor, and 13 Armor in Duos
• Lich Baz'hial has 20 Armor, and 18 Armor in Duos
• Heistbaron Togwaggle has 14 Armor, and 12 Armor in Duos
• Rock Master Voone has 14 Armor, 15 Armor in Duos, and 12 Armor in low ranks
• Inge, the Iron Hymn has 15 Armor, 10 Armor in Duos, and 13 Armor in low ranks
• Thorim, Stormlord has 15 Armor, and 13 Armor in Duos
• Snake Eyes has 9 Armor, and 7 Armor in Duos
• Marin the Manager has 12 Armor, and 10 Armor in Duos
• Zerek, Master Cloner has 17 Armor, and 15 Armor in Duos
• Farseer Nobundo has 13 Armor, and 11 Armor in Duos
• Loh, the Living Legend has 18 Armor, and 16 Armor in Duos

Minion and Spell Updates

Minion Changes

Nalaa the Redeemer

• Old: 5/7. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1.
• New: 5/8. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give a friendly minion of each type +2/+2.

Stomping Stegodon

• Old: 3/3. Rally: Give your other Beasts +1/+1 and this Rally.
• New: 4/4. Rally: Give your other Beasts +2 Attack and this Rally.

Raptor Elder

• Old: 2/7. Your Beasts have +1/+1. (Improved by each Beast you've summoned this combat!)
• New: 2/8. Your Beasts have +2/+2. (Improved by each Beast you've summoned this combat!)

Mama Bear

• Old: 4/4. Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +4/+4.
• New: 5/5. Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +5/+5.

Goldrinn, the Great Wolf

• Old: 4/4. Deathrattle: For the rest of this combat, your Beasts have +4/+4.
• New: 5/5. Deathrattle: For the rest of this combat, your Beasts have +5/+5.

Stray Satyr

• Old: 1/6
• New: 2/6

Insatiable Ur'zul

• Old: 4/6. Taunt. After you play a Demon, consume a minion in the Tavern to gain its stats.
• New: 4/7. Taunt. After you play a Demon, consume 2 minions in the Tavern to gain their stats.

Silent Enforcer

• Old: 7/2. Taunt. Deathrattle: Deal 4 damage to all non-Demon minions.
• New: 8/2. Taunt. Deathrattle: Deal 4 damage to all minions (except friendly Demons).

Nimble Hatchling

• Old: [Tier 4]
• New: [Tier 5]

Twilight Watcher

• Old: 3/7. Whenever a friendly Dragon attacks, give your Dragons +1/+3.
• New: 3/8. Whenever a friendly Dragon attacks, give your Dragons +1/+2.

Blue Whelp

• Old: 2/6
• New: 1/5

Lantern Lava

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/4
• New: [Tier 5] 5/5

Gleaming Trader

• Old: 3/6. Divine Shield After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, your minions have +2 Attack for the rest of this combat.
• New: 3/8. Divine Shield After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, your minions have +3 Attack for the rest of this combat.

Flotsam Flinger

• Old: 3/6. At the end of your turn, trigger the Battlecries of your minions from Tier 3 or below.
• New: 3/7. At the start of your turn, trigger the Battlecries of your minions from Tier 3 or below.

Magicfin Mycologist

• Old: [Tier 5] 2/8
• New: [Tier 6] 4/8

Bassgill

• Old: [Tier 4] 6/2
• New: [Tier 3] 5/2

Coldlight Diver

• Old: 4/1
• New: 3/1

Greedy Snaketongue

• Old: 3/6
• New: 2/4

Sundered Matriarch

• Old: [Tier 5] 6/3. Whenever you cast a spell, give your minions +1 Health.
• New: [Tier 6] 7/4. Whenever you cast a spell, give your minions +2 Health.

Deep Blue Crooner

• Old: 2/2. Spellcraft: Give a minion +2/+2 until next turn. Improve your future Deep Blues.
• Old: Deep Blues: Give a minion +2/+2 until next turn. Improve your future Deep Blues.
• New: 2/3. Spellcraft: Give a minion +2/+3 until next turn. Improve your future Deep Blues.
• New: Deep Blues: Give a minion +2/+3 until next turn. Improve your future Deep Blues.

Bigwig Bandit

• Old: [Tier 3] 3/4
• New: [Tier 4] 4/6

Lost City Looter

• Old: [Tier 4] 5/5
• New: [Tier 3] 2/2

Captain Sanders

• Old: Battlecry: Make a friendly Pirate Golden.
• New: Battlecry: Make a friendly minion from Tier 6 or below Golden.

Hot-Air Surveyor

• Old: [Tier 5] 5/8
• New: [Tier 4] 3/7

Gem Smuggler

• Old: [Tier 4] 3/4. Battlecry: Play a Blood Gems on all your other minions.
• New: [Tier 5] 4/5. Battlecry: Play 2 Blood Gems on all your other minions.

Friendly Geist

• Old: [Tier 5] 7/3. Deathrattle: Your Tavern spells that gives stats grant an extra +2 Attack this game.
• New: [Tier 4] 6/3. Deathrattle: Your Tavern spells that gives stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.

Anub'arak, Nerubian King

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/3
• New: [Tier 3] 3/2

Ride-or-Die

• Old: 2/2
• New: 3/2

Eternal Knight

• Old: 5/1. Has +1/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).
• New: 4/1. Has +2/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).

Jelly Belly

• Old: 3/4. After a friendly minion is Reborn, gain +1/+2 permanently.
• New: 2/3. After a friendly minion is Reborn, gain +2/+3 permanently.

Noisul of the Many Faces

• Old: 3/9. Whenever you summon an Undead, give all your Undead +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 4/10. Whenever you summon an Undead, give all your Undead +2/+1 permanently.

Dev Comment: The following minions received text updates to better reflect their intended functionality, with no gameplay changes made.

Sky Admiral Rogers

• Old: Whenever you spend 9 Gold, get a random Bounty. (9 left!)
• New: After you spend 9 Gold, get a random Bounty. (9 left!)

Vine Climber

• Old: After you play an Elemental, give it +2/+1. (Improved by each minion you've played this turn!)
• New: Whenever you play an Elemental, give it +2/+1. (Improved by each minion you've played this turn!)

Holo Rover

• Old: Rally: Get a random Magnetic Mech.
• New: Divine Shield. Rally: Get a random Magnetic Mech.

Spell Changes

Selfish Bounty

• Old: Give a minion +6/+6.
• New: Give your left-most minion +6/+6.

Sanctify

• Old: 2 cost.
• New: 1 cost.

Nimble Wingbeat

• Old: Give a Dragon +10 Health and Windfury.
• New: Give a Dragon +8 Health and Windfury.

Mounting Avalanche

• Old: Sell a friendly minion. Then choose an Elemental to give its stats to.
• New: Sell a friendly minion. Give its stats to your left-most Elemental.

Minion and Spell Pool Changes

Minion Changes

The following Minions have been removed from the minion pool:

• Windfall Tornado
• Mooncatcher
• Young Murk-Eye
• Exceptional Caretaker
• Bannerboar

The following Minions are returning to the minion pool:

• Tardy Traveler
• P-0UL-TR0N
• Crater Miner
• Mrglin' Burglar
• Accord-o-Tron

Quest Reward Pool Changes

Anima Bribe has been removed from the Quest pool. Wondrous Wisdomball has been added back into the Quest pool.

The following Quest Rewards are easier to complete:

• Rallying Cry
• Tumbling Disaster
• The Golden Hammer
• Snicker Snacks
• Perpetual Incantation

The following Quest Rewards are more difficult to complete:

• Magicfin Relic
• Temporal Tampering

Grim Freshener

• Old: Avenge (3): Gain a free Refresh.
• New: Avenge (2): Gain a free Refresh.

Cycle of Energy

• Old: Avenge (4): Get a random Tavern spell.
• New: Avenge (3): Get a random Tavern spell.

Cooked Book

• Old: After you buy a minion, give it +1/+1 and upgrade this.
• New: After you buy a minion, give it +2/+2 and upgrade this.

Jumbo Warehouse

• Old: At the start of your next turn, gain 8 Gold and choose a Greater Trinket to buy.
• New: At the start of your next turn, gain 4 Gold and choose a Greater Trinket to buy.

Quaint Boutique

• Old: At the start of your next turn, gain 8 Gold and choose a Lesser Trinket to buy.
• New: At the start of your next turn, gain 4 Gold and choose a Lesser Trinket to buy.

Trinket Changes

Behemoth Portrait has been removed from the trinket pool.

Gameplay Updates

In order to allow for enough time to strategize during the more complex turns later in the game, the turn timer has been increased by 10 seconds starting round 9 and after.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Motley Phalanx did not give permanent stats and returned it to the minion pool.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Dune Dweller affected opponent's Taverns as well when triggered in combat.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a mismatch between the text and functionality of Golden Goldrinn, the Great Wolf so its stat increase now correctly reflects the intended value.

Patch 33.0.3 is rolling out with updates for Hearthstone, Battlegrounds, and more!

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: With the launch of The Lost City of Un’Goro last week, our primary goals for this patch are to infuse power into several of the new cards and to tone down some older decks and early outliers. We’re doing buffs earlier in this expansion cycle because we can see from the early data that many of the new cards are not meeting expectations—and that nerfs alone won’t result in the changes we want to see.

The power level of these cards has been lowered:

Loh the Living Legend

Old: [7 mana]
New: [9 mana]

Ball Hog

Old: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Deal 3 damage to the lowest health enemy.
New: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the lowest health enemy.

Sock Puppet Slitherspear

Old: 1/3
New: 1/2

Everburning Phoenix

Old: 2/2. Deathrattle: Return this to your hand.
New: 3/2. Deathrattle: Return this to hand at end of turn.

Dev Comment: This is also now unbanned in Wild.

Aegis of Light

Old: [1 mana] Summon a random 1-Cost minion and give it Taunt. Imbue your Hero Power.
New: [2 mana] Summon a random 2-Cost minion and give it Taunt. Imbue your Hero Power.

Hot Spring Glider

Old: Your next Murloc costs (2) less.
New: Your next Murloc costs (1) less.

Brittlebone Buccaneer

Old: 1/4
New: 1/3

Guiding Figure

Old: [2 mana]
New: [3 mana]

Murmur

Old: Your Battlecry minions cost (1), but immediately die after being played.
New: Your first Battlecry minion each turn costs (1), but immediately dies after being played.

Brain Masseuse

Old: 2/4
New: 2/3

Wilted Shadow

Old: 7/7.
New: 6/7.

Braingill

Old: [2 mana] 2/1. Give all friendly Murlocs "Deathrattle: Draw a card."
New: [3 mana] 3/2. Give your other Murlocs "Deathrattle: Draw a card."

Menagerie Jug

Old: Battlecry: Give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +3/+3.
New: Battlecry: Give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +2/+2.

The above disenchantable cards will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 33.0.3.

The power level of these cards has been raised:

Reach Equilibrium

Old: Quest: Cast 5 Holy spells Reward: Life's Breath. Quest: Cast 5 Shadow spells. Reward: Death’s Touch.
New: Quest: Cast 4 Holy spells Reward: Life's Breath. Quest: Cast 4 Shadow spells. Reward: Death’s Touch.

Reanimate the Terror

Old: Runes: Blood, Blood, Unholy. Quest: Spend 18 Corpses.
New: Runes: Blood, Unholy. Quest: Spend 15 Corpses.

Spirit of the Mountain

Old: Quest: Play 7 minions of unique types.
New: Quest: Play 6 minions of unique types.

Ashalon, Ridge Guardian (Shaman Quest Reward)

New: Now has Rush.

Shokk, Jungle Tyrant (Hunter Quest Reward)

Old: Get a random 8, 6, and 4-Attack Beast. Set their Costs to (2).
New: Discover any 8, 6, and 4-Attack Beast. Set their Costs to (2).

Titanographer Osk

Master Dusk

Old: [5 mana] 5 armor.
New: [3 mana] 8 armor.

Opu the Unseen

New: Now has Stealth.

Underbrush Tracker

Old: [7 mana]
New: [6 mana]

Escape the Underfel

Old: Quest: Play 6 Temporary cards.
New: Quest: Play 5 Temporary cards.

Underfel Rift (Warlock Quest Reward)

Old: 5 mana
New: 3 mana

Entomologist Toru

Old: [9 mana]
New: [8 mana]

Gorishi Wasp

Old: [6 mana] 2/8.
New: [5 mana] 2/7. Now has Rush.

Unleash the Colossus

Old: Deal exactly 2 damage to an enemy on your turn, 15 times.
New: Deal exactly 2 damage to an enemy on your turn, 12 times.

Cloud Serpent

Old: [4 mana] 4/3.
New: [3 mana] 3/3.

Questing Assistant

Old: Battlecry: If you played a Quest this game, deal 2 damage.
New: Battlecry: If you played a Quest this game, deal 3 damage to an enemy minion.

Battlegrounds Updates

Dev Comment: Well met! Patch 33.0.3 marks our final major balance update of the season. While we’ve made targeted adjustments to individual Trinkets and Anomalies, the core focus this patch is on minion tuning. We’ve addressed standout cards like Shoalfin Mystic and Captain Sanders, aiming to bring them into healthier positions within the meta. At the same time, we’ve given a boost to underperformers such as Fauna Whisperer and Champion of Sargeras to make them more rewarding to play. We hope you’ve enjoyed this season and look forward to sharing what’s coming next very soon.

Anomaly Updates

Greater Pouches

Old: On Turns 6 and 9, buy a Greater Trinket. There are no Lesser Trinkets in this game.
New: On Turns 8 and 9, buy a Greater Trinket. There are no Lesser Trinkets in this game.

The appearance rate of Greater Pouches Anomaly has been reduced.

Trinket Updates

Marvelous Mushroom

Old: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health. At the start of each turn, increase this by 1.
New: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1. At the start of each turn, improve this.

Minion Updates

Sinrunner Blanchy

Old: Tier 5. Reborn. This is Reborn with full Health and enchantments.
New: Tier 4. Reborn. This is Reborn with full Health and enchantments in combat.

Shoalfin Mystic

Old: 5/5. Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
New: 4/4. When you sell this, your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+1 this game.

Fauna Whisperer

Old: 3/8. At the end of your turn, cast Natural Blessing on the minion to the left of this.
New: 4/9. At the end of your turn, cast Natural Blessing on adjacent minions.

Eternal Knight

Old: 5/1. Has +2/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).
New: 3/1. Has +3/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).

Moroes, Steward of Death

Old: 5/3. Reborn. Deathrattle: Give your Undead +3/+5.
New: 6/4. Reborn. Deathrattle: Give your Undead +4/+6.

Holo Rover

Old: Whenever this attacks, get a random Magnetic Mech.
New: Divine Shield. Whenever this attacks, get a random Magnetic Mech.

Shadowdancer

Old: Tier 4. 4/2.
New: Tier 5. 5/2.

Tardy Traveler

Old: Tier 5.
New: Tier 4.

Captain Sanders

Old: 7/7. Battlecry: Make a friendly minion Golden.
New: 10/10. Battlecry: Make a friendly Pirate Golden.

Bellowing Tyrant

Old: 3/2. Taunt. Has +3/+2 for each Beast you've summoned this game (wherever this is).
New: 4/3. Taunt. Has +4/+3 for each Beast you've summoned this game (wherever this is).

The Boommobile

Old: 20/20.
New: 30/30.

Champion of Sargeras

Old: 10/10. Minions in the Tavern have +10/+10.
New: 12/12. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Minions in the Tavern have +5/+5 this game.

Spell Updates

Channel the Devourer has been returned to the spell pool.

Blade of Ambition

Old: Cost 6. Choose a minion. Set its Attack and Health to match the highest in your warband.
New: Cost 7. Choose a friendly minion. Set its Attack and Health to match the highest in your warband.

Duos Updates

Guiding Candle is now banned in Duos.

Selfless Sightseer

Old: Tier 4. 5/2.
New: Tier 5. 6/2.

Arena Updates

Arena draft rates have been adjusted so that the following cards appear less frequently:

• Dozing Dragon
• Desert Nestratron
• Trogg Gemtosser
• Voronei Recruiter

These cards will appear more often:

• Brasswing
• Libram of Divinity
• Libram of Faith
• Camouflage Mount
• Patchwerk Pals
• Slagclaw

Rheastrasza and Dirdra, Rebel Captain have been removed from the draft pool. Razidir can no longer be randomly generated.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Dragons adjacent to Persistent Poet sometimes did not keep enchantments from combat
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Moroes, Steward of Death’s Deathrattle gave other minions the wrong attack number.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Golden Sinrunner Blanchy was not Reborn with full Health and enchantments in combat.
• [Hearthstone] Hamuul Runetotem's effect can no longer be stacked if in your deck multiple times.

Keep up with all of the latest Hearthstone news and content on the Hearthstone website and social media. Good luck, have fun, and we'll see you in the Tavern!

Patch 33.0 launches tomorrow, opening the path to the Lost City of Un’Goro, introducing the first-ever Hearthstone Pet, and more!

Explore the Lost City of Un’Goro on July 8

The Lost City of Un’Goro, Hearthstone’s next expansion, launches on July 8! The new 145-card expansion includes the return of Quests, the powerful new Kindred keyword, and more! See all the new cards in the Card Library today. Don’t forget to grab your Pre-Purchase bundles before setting out on your big adventure!

With the launch of the Lost City of Un’Goro comes a new Rewards Track, filled with rare relics like XP boosts, cards, Gold, card packs, and more! Check out the Rewards Track Refresh blog for details.

Pre-Release Tavern Brawl and Community Days

The Lost City of Un'Goro Pre-Release Tavern Brawl begins tomorrow, with Patch 33.0, and runs until expansion launch on July 8. Crack open your packs early, build a deck, and compete in a mini competition to win more Lost City of Un’Goro prizes!

Everyone will get one free entry into the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl. After that, entries will cost 2 Tavern Tickets, 300 Gold, or 400 Runestones. In each run, you will lock in a deck and then play until you get 6 wins or 3 losses, and then get prizes based on how well you do.

In this Pre-Release Tavern Brawl, the eligible card pool will include the Core Set, the Event Set, Into the Emerald Dream, Embers of the World Tree Mini-set, and The Lost City of Un’Goro. Note that Creature of Madness and Hamuul Runetotem will be banned. The card pool will also include a selection of cards from other sets to help support some of the new Quests and cards from the Lost City of Un’Goro expansion:

• Hunter: Painted Cavasaur, Toyrannosaurus
• Priest: Nightshade Tea, Orbital Halo, Silvermoon Brochure
• Rogue: Agency Espionage, Adaptive Amalgam
• Warlock: Sweetened Snowflurry, Sketch Artist

See what your favorite creators are unearthing and earn more packs to use in the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl during an extended 5-day Community Days event! See the dedicated Community Activations blog for more information about the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl and Community Days.

Introducing Pets: King Krush Is Ready to Roar by Your Side

The cat’s out of the bag: Pets are coming to Hearthstone! King Krush, a mini version of the iconic green devilsaur, is our first interactive cosmetic companion. He’ll join you on the board, reacting to gameplay, emotes, and more with unique animations and sounds. Pet him, feed him, or play tug-of-war with his favorite toy. Earn XP to unlock new skins like Crystal Krush and King Plush.

King Krush is part of the debut collection for our new random pull system, Darkmoon Faire Treasures, running from July 8 to 29. Your first pull is free! Subsequent pulls require Runestones to continue playing. Every pull guarantees a new reward, which means no duds and no dupes! Read more details on Darkmoon Faire Treasures pulls and odds. Explore the Faire’s magical rewards, including Signature cards, Hero Skins, and more.

Check out our full breakdown of Pet features and how to obtain prizes from Darkmoon Faire Treasures.

Darkmoon Faire Treasures is not available to players under the age of 18. Battle.net Account required to access.

In-Game Event: The Lost City of Un’Goro

Set out to find the Lost City of Un’Goro by sky, by lake, or by cavern! From July 8 to July 29, choose to adventure with one of three iconic explorers and complete their Event Quests to earn Event XP on their respective event rewards track. Quest objectives will now refer to Traditional Modes for completion—Standard, Wild, Casual, Arena, and Tavern Brawl.

Complete the rewards track to earn:

• 6 The Lost City of Un'Goro Packs
• 3 Into the Emerald Dream Packs
• 3 Year of the Pegasus Packs
• 2 The Great Dark Beyond Packs
• 1 Perils in Paradise Pack
• 1 Hero Skin of the explorer you chose at the start of the event*:
  • Dino Wrangler Brann Skin
  • Adventure Finley Skin
  • Relic Hunter Reno Skin

*The remaining two Hero Skins will be available for purchase in the shop after the event concludes!

Card Updates

• Old: Battlecry: Discover a Beast with a Dark Gift.
• New: Battlecry: Discover a Beast with a Dark Gift. Kindred: It costs (1) less.

Arena Updates

On July 1, with Patch 33.0, all ongoing Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. This season will feature a curated card pool for each class with cards coming from across all sets. Play with new cards early! Cards from the Lost City of Un’Goro will be incorporated into the card pool a week before the new expansion releases on July 8. All of the new Quest cards from the Lost City of Un’Goro, as well as some returning Quests, will be draftable and come with five support cards in their Legendary Bucket.

Dev Comment: After listening to player feedback, we've updated the rewards for Underground Arena, with a focus on making it easier to earn back your entry costs through deep runs. By further streamlining the reward structure and reallocating some of the Crowd’s Favor, we were able to provide better gold and ticket payouts, bringing back more of that “infinite run” feeling that’s been a hallmark of the classic Arena experience. We’ll be monitoring how things play out and will continue to adjust as needed.

* Card Packs will update with every new expansion release, adding in the latest set and rotating previous sets. For example, when the new expansion releases on July 8, rewards that currently list Into the Emerald Dream Packs will become The Lost City of Un’Goro Packs, current The Great Dark Beyond Packs will become Into the Emerald Dream Packs, and so on.

Battlegrounds Updates

Dozy Whelp has been unbanned.

The following Anomalies have had their appearance rates significantly reduced:

• Lesser Pouches
• Impressive Foresight

Deck Recipe Updates

When the Lost City of Un’Goro launches on July 8, the in-game deck recipes will update to include decks from Hearthstone stars who teamed up for Rarran’s Rumble:

• Rarran and CGB's Here’s the Stinger Demon Hunter
• Rarran and CGB's Temporary Escape Warlock
• Rarran and CGB's Quest City Warrior
• Amy and Voxy's Delicious Dinos Hunter
• Amy and Voxy's Equilibrium of the Sol Priest
• Amy and Voxy's ‘Loc N Load Paladin
• Day9 and Roffle's Bloom and Doom Druid
• Day9 and Roffle's Spirit of Cooperation Shaman
• Day9 and Roffle's Tortollan Power Rogue
• Cimoooooooo and Nyhmnim’s Discover Artifacts Mage
• Cimoooooooo and Nyhmnim’s Exterminate and Reanimate Death Knight

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Fortune didn’t transform into new cards immediately after your deck was transformed.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a big where overdrawing a card with Ancient of Yore did not show the destroyed card in the history tile.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Archdruid of Thorns’ Battlecry did not function properly if it was played when it had 0 Health.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Horn of Plenty failed to Discover any cards when played by a class that has no Nature spells.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Mi'da, Pure Light showed Mana on minion token during come-into-play animation.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Catrina Muerte showed Mana on minion token during come-into-play animation.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where health asset clipped through the summoning animation of Theldurin the Lost.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Hamm, the Hungry's come-into-play animation came from the player's side when played by the opponent.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Death Knight's upgraded hero power had no VFX.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Dissolving Ooze's ooze effect started over its head.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where animation of Magma Hound's effect was slow with Goldrinn in play.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where the Dark Gift banner did not show full enchantment title text for Signature and Diamond cards.
• [Arena] Added a sound effect for dropping a card into a valid spot during Re-draft on Loss.
• [Arena] Added missing sound cues on Edit Your Deck screen.
• [Arena] Added sounds to Underground Unlock message.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where players could not toggle Maldraxxus Vashj and Y‘Shaarj the Corrupt as Favorite.

Keep up with all of the latest Hearthstone news and content on the Hearthstone website and social media. Good luck, have fun, and we'll see you in the Tavern!

Patch 32.4.2 brings the mid-season Battlegrounds updates, along with a new Legendary Quest, bug fixes, and balance changes for Standard and Wild!

New Legendary Quest Chain

We’re on the road to The Lost City of Un’Goro, where grand quests and glorious rewards await! Start your adventure early with a new Legendary Quest Chain. From the launch of Patch 32.4.2 until July 8, play Standard games to earn up to 3 The Lost City of Un’Goro packs, 1 Golden The Lost City of Un’Goro pack, and 1 Into the Emerald Dream pack!

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: Standard currently offers a good variety of viable deck classes and archetypes, but there are a few outliers that we wanted to tone down as we prepare to step into The Lost City of Un’Goro. Just like with our other recent updates, these changes are mostly to make burst turns slower and clunkier, curbing both play experience and power outliers.

On the Wild side, even though we targeted Draka’s decks last patch, it has continued to create extreme play patterns. As such, we’re finishing the job with a concrete cap on Draka’s power.

Twisted Webweaver

• Old: [1 mana] 1/3
• New: [2 mana] 2/3

Crystal Cove

• Old: Sets stats to 5/5
• New: Sets stats to 4/4
• Dev Comment: All according to plan.

Magical Dollhouse

• Old: [1 mana]
• New: [2 mana]

Divine Brew

• Old: Give a character Divine Shield. If it already has one, give it +1 Attack this turn.
• New: Give a character Divine Shield.

Necrolord Draka

• Old: Battlecry: Equip a 1/3 Dagger. (+1 Attack for each other card you played this turn!)
• New: Battlecry: Equip a 1/3 Dagger. (+1 Attack for each other card you played this turn, up to 10!)

The above craftable cards will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 32.4.2.

Battleground Updates

Dev Comment: Well-met! This season is slightly shorter than usual, so our mid-season shakeup looks a little different. For the first time ever in Battlegrounds, we’ll have two systems together: Trinkets and Anomalies! We’ve curated which Anomalies are returning to add variety to your games while omitting some of the more disruptive ones. We’ve also added three new Anomalies that meddle with the Trinket system itself!

Returning Anomalies

• Audience's Choice
  • At the start of each turn, one player chooses a card for ALL players to get at end of turn.
• Bring Home the Bacon
  • Start with two upgrading 'Piggy Banks'. Break them open to gain Gold!
• Double Header
  • The first time you buy a card each turn, get an extra copy of it.
• Eleventh Hour
  • The first time your hero takes fatal damage in combat, prevent it and gain 11 Gold next turn instead.
• Elven Elite
  • The Tavern only offers cards of your Tier.
  • Bob-blehead and Innkeeper’s Stein are banned from this Anomaly.
• Factory Line
  • At the end of every 2 turns, get a plain copy of your left-most minion. (2 turns left!)
• False Idols
  • You only need 2 copies of a minion to make it Golden. Instead of a Triple Reward, get a Gold Coin.
  • Pilfered Lamps, Designer Eyepatch, and First Mate Pip are banned from this Anomaly.
• Golden Arrow
  • Every 3 turns, get a Golden Arrow.
• Golganneth's Tempest
  • Minions cost 2 Gold. You cannot Refresh the Tavern. It Refreshes itself after you buy a card.
  • Innkeeper's Stein, Dalaran Cheese Wheel, Guiding Candle, Recycling Sticker, Lubber Sticker, Slippery Slider and Bounding Felstalker are banned from this Anomaly.
• Grapnel of the Titans
  • The first minion you buy each turn is free.
• Instant Warband
  • Start with 3 different Tier 2 minions in hand.
• Marin's Treasure Box
  • Trinkets are in this game. All heroes are Marin the Manager.
• Mimiron's Clockwork Stadium
  • You cannot upgrade the Tavern with Gold. It upgrades itself every 2 turns. (2 turns left!)
  • Bartend-o-Tron's Oilcan and Investment Contract are banned from this Anomaly.
• No Face, No Case
  • Every 4 turns, get a Faceless Manipulator.
• Overseer's Orb
  • After you upgrade the Tavern, Refresh it with minions of your most common type.
• Path of the Treasure-Seeker
  • After you Refresh 5 times, find the Golden Monkey! (5 left!)
• Perfected Alchemy
  • Start with a Goldenizer.
• Scout's Honor
  • Start with a Golden Patient Scout in play.
• Secrets of Norgannon
  • Tavern Tier 7 exists. Start with 10 extra Armor.
• Treasure Hoard (turns 5, 7, and 8)
  • On Turn [5/7/8], Discover a Golden Tier [3/5/6] minion.
• Finicky Hourglass
  • Start at Tavern Tier 2.

New Anomalies

Greater Pouches

• On Turns 6 and 9, buy a Greater Trinket. There are no Lesser Trinkets in this game.
  • Marin the Manager is banned from this Anomaly. Guiding Candle, Innkeeper's Hearth, Pagle's Fishing Rod, Bristlebach Portrait, Bronzebeard Portrait, Morgl Portrait, Portable Factory, Poet Portrait, and Surprise Portrait are banned from the Turn 6 Trinket offering.

Lesser Pouches

• On Turns 6 and 7, buy a Lesser Trinket. There are no Greater Trinkets in this game.
  • Buttons (Hero), Souvenir Stand, Trip Vouchers, and Ornate Clock are banned from this Anomaly.

Impressive Foresight

• Buy your Lesser Trinket on Turn 5, and your Greater Trinket on Turn 8.
  • Marin the Manager, Buttons, and Ornate Clock are banned from this Anomaly.

Returning Duos Anomalies

• All Bottled Up
  • At the start of each turn, get a Portal in a Bottle.

Removed Anomalies

• A Faire Reward
• Anomalous Evidence
• Anomalous Wisdomball
• Bring in the Buddies
• Continuing Education
• Cosmic Duality
• Denathrius' Anima Reserves
• Emergency Landing
• Gladiator's Spoils
• Incubation Mutation
• Match Fixing
• Money Match
• Mystical Blossom
• Nguyen's Shifting Disks
• Planar Alignment
• Sin'dorei Mirror
• Summoning of Champions
• Tavern Special
• Temperance of Aman'Thul
• The Golden Arena
• The Yogg-iseum
• Treasure Hoard (turns 6 and 9)
• Up-Prizing

Removed Duos Anomalies

• Golden Friendship
• Pooled Resources
• Line in the Sand

Minion/Spell Changes

Dev Comment: This patch is aimed at tuning up some of the lower performing minion types and Trinkets, particularly Beasts, Murlocs, Quilboar, Naga, and Menagerie. Because we’re still relatively happy with the balance this meta, we’ve deliberately gone in with a lighter hand. Have fun in the Tavern!

Nalaa the Redeemer

• Old: 5/6. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1.
• New: 5/7. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give a friendly minion of each type +3/+2.

Silky Shimmermoth

• Old: 7/3. After this gains Attack, your Beetles have +2/+2 this game. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Beetle.
• New: 8/3. After this gains Attack, your Beetles have +3/+2 this game. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Beetle.

Shoalfin Mystic

• Old: [Tier 3] 4/4. Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.
• New: [Tier 5] 5/5. Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.

Bream Counter

• Old: 4/3. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +4/+3.
• New: 4/4. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +4/+4.

Felemental

• Old: Battlecry: Give minions in the Tavern +1/+1 this game.
• New: Battlecry: Give minions in the Tavern +2/+1 this game.

Shifting Tide

• Old: Give a minion +3/+3. If it's a Naga, give it another +3/+3.
• New: Give a minion +2/+2 twice. If it's a Naga, repeat this.

Additionally, Moon-Bacon Jazzer was returned to the minion pool.

Lesser Trinket Updates

Wax Imprinter

• Old: At the start of each turn, gain 2 Gold and take 2 damage (if possible).
• New: Gain 2 Gold and take 2 damage. At the start of each turn, repeat this (if possible).

Smuggler Portrait

• Old: Get a Whelp Smuggler. Set its stats to 4/12. Your Whelp Smugglers are Dragons.
• New: Get a Whelp Smuggler. Set its stats to 12/12. Your Whelp Smugglers are Dragons.

Marvelous Mushroom

• Old: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health. At the start of each turn, improve this.
• New: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2 Health. At the start of each turn, increase this by 1.

Azeroth Model Globe

• Old: At the start of every 2 turns, Discover a Tier 6 minion. (2 turns left!)
• New: At the start of every two turns, gain 2 Gold and Discover a Tier 6 minion. (2 turns left!)

Battlecruiser Portrait

• Old: Get a 2/2 Battlecruiser. Whenever the Tavern is Refreshed, add a Battlecruiser Upgrade to it.
• New: Get an 8/8 Battlecruiser. Whenever the Tavern is Refreshed, add a Battlecruiser Upgrade to it.

Implicator Portrait

• Old: Get a False Implicator. Your Demons always consume the highest-Health minion in the Tavern.
• New: Get 2 False Implicators. Your Demons always consume the highest-Health minion in the Tavern.

Greater Trinket Updates

Recycling Sticker

• Old: After you play an Elemental, your next Refresh costs (1) less.
• New: After you play an Elemental, gain a free Refresh.
• Millhouse Manastorm can’t get this Trinket.

Nether Pendant

• Old: Minions in the Tavern have +1/+1. Upgrades every 4 times your hero takes damage outside combat. (4 left!)
• New: Minions in the Tavern have +1/+1. Upgrades every 3 times your hero takes damage outside combat. (3 left!)

Lorewalker Scroll

• Old: [0 Gold] Whenever you cast a spell on a minion, give it +5/+5.
• New: [2 Gold] Whenever you cast a spell on a minion, give it +7/+7.

Theotar Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold] After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +7/+7.
• New: [3 Gold] After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +10/+10.

Gilded Anchor

• Old: [0 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +8/+8.
• New: [1 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +10/+10.

Bronze Timepiece

• Old: [8 Gold] Start of Combat: Give each of your minions Health equal to its Attack.
• New: [3 Gold] Start of Combat: Give each of your minions Health equal to half its Attack.

Curator Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold] Get a Mishmash and a 10/10 Amalgam with Venomous.
• New: [2 Gold] Get a 20/20 Mishmash and a 20/20 Amalgam with Venomous.

Lavish Cape

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Glowscale Portrait

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Charming Panpipes

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Peacebloom Candle

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Redeemer Portrait

• Old: [0 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Additionally, Dazzling Dagger and Artanis Sticker have been removed from the Greater Trinket Pool.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Endbringer Umbra would retrigger all Deathrattles granted to Deathrattle minions in her effect.
• [Battlegrounds] Triple Rewards now give a 3-Gold pouch if there are no valid minions to Discover.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Golden Maw Caster’s Battlecry could trigger multiple times with Brann-type effects. (It will now only grant 2 Discovers, since there is only one Undead minion to destroy.)
• [Arena] Fixed a bug where players could get fewer packs than shown on their Arena rewards screen. Players who missed packs this way have been granted their missing packs; another wave of missed pack grants will go out after this final fix goes live.
• [Arena] Fixed a bug where Mystery Dispense-o-bot (from Remixed Dispense-o-bot) wouldn’t grant a secret.
• [Arena] Fixed a bug where Death Knights could be offered unpickable cards outside of their runes during their draft. Players who are stuck in a draft pick with no valid options will have their draft automatically retired and their ticket(s) refunded.
• [Arena] Fixed a bug where players who haven’t unlocked The Underground could get in a locked state by spectating an Underground game.

Patch 32.4, launching today, starts our journey to The Lost City of Un’Goro, brings the new and updated Arena, and more!

Pre-Purchase The Lost City of Un’Goro

Prepare to discover The Lost City of Un’Goro on July 8! The Un’Goro Crater is a land forgotten by time, filled with dinosaurs, elementals, and, legend has it, an ancient city, powered with volcanic energy and Titan technology. The great Tortollan adventurer, Loh, has assembled a group of Kindred spirits to join him on his Quest to find the Lost City. Grab a Map and your Pre-Purchase bundles, the Story is about to begin!

The Lost City of Un’Goro has 145 new collectible cards. You can learn more about the Crater’s mysteries in the The Lost City of Un’Goro Announcement Blog. Pre-purchase bundles are available now!

Pre-purchase

Log in Now and Get Endbringer Umbra for Free!

Log in to Hearthstone now and get the duplicitous Endbringer Umbra Legendary card for free!* What devastating Deathrattles will you unleash with her paleomancy powers?

* Limit one per account. After Patch 33.6, Endbringer Umbra will be granted upon opening a The Lost City of Un’Goro Pack, instead of upon login.

Claim Two Blob of Tar for Free in the Shop!

Quest: Head to the in-game Shop. Reward: Blob of Tar. Go to the in-game Shop and you will be able to claim two copies of the Lost City of Un’Goro Common card, Blob of Tar, for free! This sticky minion gums up the board for your opponents, giving you the time you need to finish them off.

* Available in the in-game Shop in Patch 32.4 and 33.0. After Patch 33.2, Blob of Tar will be granted upon opening a The Lost City of Un’Goro Pack.

In-Game Event: Secrets of Un’Goro

Mysterious runes can be found around Un’Goro Crater. From June 17 to July 8, crack the codes to complete event quests and earn event XP on the special rewards track. Complete the rewards track to get 2 Sharp-Eyed Lookout (Event Set Epic), 2 Golden Sharp-Eyed Lookout, 2 Dissolving Ooze (The Lost City of Un’Goro Rare), 2 Golden Dissolving Ooze, 4 The Lost City of Un’Goro Packs, and 2 Tavern Tickets.

"I know its name" means that the card text will update in-game to tell you what card it will draw. Use her to scout your deck! After Patch 33.2, Sharp-Eyed Lookout and Dissolving Ooze will be granted upon opening a The Lost City of Un’Goro Pack. Sharp-Eyed Lookout is planned to rotate out of Standard with The Lost City of Un’Goro.

Arena Revamp and New Season Now Live!

Arena is getting a big update in Patch 32.4! Arena is now split into two sub-Modes, The Arena and The Underground, each with their own Rating. The Arena is open for everyone, with shorter runs (up to 5 wins or 2 losses) and match pairing using both run record and player ratings. The Underground is unlocked after winning 7 games in The Arena (across any number of runs). The Underground is for hardcore Arena competitors, with unbounded matchmaking, runs up to 12 wins, and bigger prizes!

Drafting is also getting an update with new Legendary buckets in both The Arena and The Underground. Your initial Legendary pick will now be paired with a hand-crafted bunch of cards that synergize with it, so your pick can better guide the rest of your deck. And in The Underground, there’s a new Redraft on Loss feature where 5 more draft options are added to your pool so you can refine your deck and get back out there!

With this update, Arena is moving back to the main menu, once again swapping spots with Tavern Brawl. See our dedicated Arena Blog for more details, and log in now to get a free Tavern Ticket to try out these changes on us!

Battlegrounds Updates Coming Soon

Due to this expansion cycle’s modified patch schedule, the Battlegrounds mid-season update will come in Patch 32.4.2. At that point, Trinkets will remain in the Tavern and Anomalies will be added. Look out for the 32.4.2 Patch Notes, coming soon, for full details.

Collection Update: Signature and Diamond Cards

Several Signature cards that were previously unable to be disenchanted can now be disenchanted. Additionally, Signature/Diamond card availability and disenchanting rules have been simplified and streamlined going forward: now, if a Signature/Diamond card is sold directly in the Shop or obtained from packs, it is disenchantable; otherwise,* it is not.

* Such as Rewards Track cards, Achievement rewards, and the bonus Diamond card that is included in Golden Mini-Sets.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Everburning Phoenix is now properly identified as both an Elemental and a Beast.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Dormant minions given Reborn and destroyed are resummoned at full Health.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Dormant minions given the Persisting Horror Dark Gift would be Reborn in their Awakened state.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Omen’s Deathrattle would reset after he is made Dormant and re-awakens.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ohn’ahra’s end of turn effect would not trigger before it returned to the deck from its Cliff Dive.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Toreth the Unbreaking and Divine Shield minions empowered by it would not have Divine Shields when they returned from Anachronos’s effect.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Illusory Greenwing’s Illusion could not be played if added into your hand and not being Cast When Drawn (such as through a Discover effect).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Tidepool Pupil would not get additional Discover options for multiple different Mixologist’s Specials.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Terrible Chef’s Deathrattle would destroy the minion his Nerubian Egg was transformed into.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Smoldering cards’ VFX could be seen in your opponent’s hand.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Signature cards didn’t have their card texts appear on hover during the Discover selection screen.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Griftah’s Amulets and Gorgonzormu’s Delicious Cheese were revealed to the opponent when drawn.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where The Crystal Core would turn off Twisted Webweaver’s effect.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Deathrattles of the tokens from Grove Shaper and Clutch of Corruption weren’t triggered by Spiritsinger Umbra.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Wildpaw Gnoll’s cost was reduced by adding Dream cards to your hand.
• [Battlegrounds] Misc. bug fixes that were impacting performance or causing desyncs (where players see different results).
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Defender’s Rite wouldn’t grant Taunt if the minion previously had Taunt removed by Tricky Trousers.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Sand Swirler didn’t buff Windfall Tornado.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Tough Tusk wouldn’t get Divine Shield if it got a Blood Gem played on it from Gem Donation’s effect.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Gold-Plated Compass’s effect was consumed if you bought a minion that was already Golden.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Natural Blessing didn’t work on Drakkari Enchanter after having its type changed by Drakkari Portrait. Conversely, fixed a bug where Drakkari Enchanter was incorrectly treated as a Magnetic minion while Drakkari Portrait was active.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Snicker Snacks couldn’t trigger Selfless Hero’s effect when it has a Battlecry from Selfless Portrait.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Felemental’s effect wouldn’t trigger a second time if it died and was Reborn while the Felemental Portrait was active.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where the Spitescale Sushi Roll would grant a second card instead of letting you Discover.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where the “This is Fine” Achievement wasn’t tracking properly.
• Misc. other improvements and bug fixes.

Patch 32.2.4, launching later today, brings a few bug fixes and balance changes to Standard, Wild, and Battlegrounds!

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: In this first balance change after the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, we’re addressing power and play experience outliers, both in the mini-set and in the cards before it. These changes are primarily aimed at reducing the speed and prevalence of single-turn blow outs. We’re also buffing some of the deck archetypes that we want you to re-explore.

On the Wild side, we’ve also made some bans and card changes. Our philosophy with Wild is still that we will step in less often, only to address particularly egregious play experience and balance outliers, but will make impactful changes when we do. Standard cards that are banned in Wild are expected to be unbanned and adjusted when they rotate out of Standard.

Flickering Lightbot

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

Harbinger of the Blighted

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Tending Dragonkin

• Old: [3 Mana] 3/2
• New: [5 Mana] 5/4

King Plush

• Old: Charge. Battlecry: Return all minions with less Attack than this to their owner’s decks.
• New: Battlecry: If your opponent has 15 or less health, return all other minions to their owner’s decks and gain Charge.

Cliff Dive

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [7 Mana]

Symbiosis

• Old: Discover a Choose One card from another class. It costs (1) less.
• New: Discover a Choose One card from another class.

Cursed Campaign

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Sing-Along Buddy

• Old: [2 Mana] 1/4
• New: [3 Mana] 2/4

Naralex, Herald of the Flights

• Old: Your Dragons cost (1).
• New: Your first Dragon each turn costs (1).

Shaladrassil

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Order in the Court

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Scabbs Cutterbutter

• Old: Combo: The next two cards you play this turn cost (3) less.
• New: Combo: The next two cards you play this turn cost (2) less.

Voidtouched Attendant

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Saronite Chain Gang

• Old: Taunt. Battlecry: Summon a copy of this minion.
• New: Taunt. Battlecry: Summon a Saronite Chain Gang.

Everburning Phoenix

• Banned in Wild

Grove Shaper

• Banned in Wild

The disenchantable cards above will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 32.2.4.

Blessing of the Moon (the Priest Imbue Hero Power)

• Old: Choose a Priest minion or Priest spell to add to your hand. It costs 1 less, but is Temporary.
• New: Choose a playable Priest minion or spell to add to your hand. It costs 1 less, but is Temporary.

Blessing of the Dragon (the Paladin Imbue Hero Power)

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [1 Mana]

Shadowflame Suffusion

• Old: [3 Mana] Deal 3 damage. Discover a Warrior minion with a Dark Gift.
• New: [2 Mana] Deal 2 damage. Discover a Warrior minion with a Dark Gift.

Living Flame

• Old: 2/2
• New: 3/2

Darkrider

• Old: 1/1
• New: 2/1

Spirit of Kaldorei

• Old: Taunt, Lifesteal. Battlecry: If you used your Hero Power this turn, gain +2/+2.
• New: Taunt, Lifesteal. Battlecry: If you used your Hero Power this turn, gain +3/+3.

Overgrown Horror

• Old: [5 Mana] 4/6
• New: [4 Mana] 3/5

Battleground Updates

Dev Comment: Overall, we’re very pleased with how Trinkets and our last balance patch have been performing. For this patch, we wanted to take a bit more of a focused, lighter touch. We’ve made a few adjustments to Murlocs, Elementals, and Quilboar, as well as some specific stand-out cards like Land Lubber and Fire-forged Evoker. For Trinkets, we focused primarily on cost adjustments and curating which trinkets can be offered as “pivot” options. As always, we’ll continue to monitor the game and your feedback and make further adjustments as needed.

Minion Updates

Noisul of the Many Faces

• Old: Whenever you summon an Undead, give all friendly Undead +2/+1 permanently.
• New: Whenever you summon an Undead, give all your Undead +2/+1 permanently.
• Dev Comment: This is a text-only update for consistency in language across cards, not a functional change.

Apprentice of Sefin (Golden only)

• Old: At the end of your turn, gain +4/+4 and two random Bonus Keywords.
• New: At the end of your turn, gain +8/+8 and two random Bonus Keywords.

Land Lubber

• Old: [Tier 2]
• New: [Tier 3]

Fire-forged Evoker

• Old: 7/5. Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +2/+1. After you cast a Tavern spell, improve this.
• New: 8/5. Start of Combat: Give your other Dragons +2/+1. After you cast a Tavern spell, improve this.

Three Lil’ Quilboar

• Old: [Tier 6]
• New: [Tier 5]

Needling Crone

• Old: [Tier 5]
• New: [Tier 6]

Shoalfin Mystic

• Old: 3/3. Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
• New: 4/4. Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.

Hackerfin

• Old: Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1. (Improved by each different Bonus Keyword in your warband!)
• New: Battlecry: Give your other minions +1/+1. (Improved by each different Bonus Keyword in your warband!)

Bream Counter

• Old: 4/4. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +3/+3.
• New: 4/3. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +4/+3.

King Bagurgle

• Old: 4/3. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2/+2.
• New: 3/4. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2/+3.

Murky

• Old: 4/4. Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc +4/+4 for each one you control.
• New: 6/6. Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc +6/+6 for each one you control.

Tranquil Meditative

• Old: Spellcraft: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.
• New: Spellcraft: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health this game.

Mechagnome Interpreter

• Old: 2/3. Whenever a friendly Magnetic minion is played or Magnetized, give it +2/+3.
• New: 2/4. Whenever a friendly Magnetic minion is played or Magnetized, give it +2/+2.

Lokholar, Frostforger

• Old: At the end of your turn, give your other Elementals +3/+2.
• New: At the end of your turn, give your other minions +3/+2.

Glowing Cinder

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/2
• New: [Tier 3] 3/1

Eternal Knight

• Old: Has +1/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).
• New: Has +2/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).

Lesser Trinket Updates

Bleeding Heart

• Old: [6 Gold] After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.
• New: [3 Gold] After 9 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.

Divine Signet

• Old: [Lesser, 4 Gold] After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, get a random Tavern spell. (3 times per combat.)
• New: [Greater, 3 Gold] After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, get a random Tavern spell. (4 times per combat.)

Nerglish Phrasebook

• Old: After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +3/+2.
• New: After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +3/+3.

Eye of Dalaran

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Blingtron’s Sunglasses

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Comfy Coffin

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Baleful Incense

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Automaton Portrait

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Rockin' Music Box

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Lubber Sticker

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Additionally, Gem Donation, Windfall Portrait, Feral Talisman, Dalaran Cheese Wheel, and Impulsive Portrait have been removed from the Lesser Trinket Pool.

Greater Trinket Updates

Nerglish Phrasebook

• Old: After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +5/+5.
• New: After you play a minion, give the left-most minion in your hand +6/+6.

Theotar Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold] After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +6/+6.
• New: [1 Gold] After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +7/+7.

Curator Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold] Get a Mishmash and a 2/2 Amalgam with Venomous.
• New: [1 Gold] Get a Mishmash and a 10/10 Amalgam with Venomous.

Ironforge Anvil

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

The Eye of Sargeras

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Butcher’s Sickle

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Comfy Coffin

• Old: [7 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Shaker Portrait

• Old: [7 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Recycling Sticker

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Drakkari Portrait

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Jar of Gems

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Windfall Portrait

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Behemoth Portrait

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Valdrakken Wind Chimes

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where certain Trinkets could combine with Blood Gem activators to cause very long turns.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Macaw Portrait caused Golden Monstrous Macaw to trigger an incorrect number of times.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Golden Silithid Burrower gave the wrong effect on its first Deathrattle after tripling.

Battlegrounds updates, bug fixes, and the Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, go live today!

Hearthstone Updates

Scorch your opponents with the Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, unlocking today! The Embers of the World Tree has 38 all-new cards. Get them in Into the Emerald Dream packs, or as a complete 72-card* Mini-Set. Get the normal version for $14.99 or 2000 Gold, or get the all-Golden version for $69.99 or 10,000 Gold. The all-Golden version comes with a bonus Diamond copy of the Fyrakk, the Blazing Legendary minion! You can see cards from the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set in the official Card Library.

* 4 Legendary cards, 2 Epic card (x2), 16 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2).

Dev Comment: There are no Hearthstone mode balance changes in this patch because we’d like the to see how the new mini-set cards influence the shape of the format before making other changes. The next balance window is coming shortly after launch, which is where we’ll take a look at meta outliers, new or existing. We also have another balance window before the next expansion, in early June, in case we need to make additional adjustments then.

Battlegrounds Updates

Dev Comment: This set of balance changes is primarily aimed at strengthening underperforming compositions and reducing the power of the two strongest compositions in the current meta, Tavern spell Mechs and End-of-Turn Elementals. At the same time, we generally aim to have at least two different options within each type, so we’re also buffing the Tavern-buff cards in Elementals and returning Kangor’s Apprentice to the minion pool. We also made a few Tier swaps for Naga and Demons, in anticipation of their relative power after these adjustments.

We’ve also made a ton of adjustments to Trinkets and are trying out a rule change to Greater Trinket offerings. We’ll be watching game data and player feedback after this change to decide if we should make this a permanent change.

Trinket Updates (Skip to Hero and Minion Updates)

Trinket Rules Update

The Greater Trinket slot that used to have a 50% chance to offer an untyped Trinket and a 50% chance of a discounted Trinket will now always offer an untyped Trinket. While the original intent of the "pivot" chance was to create opportunities for novel gameplay, we think the Turn 9 timing in the current meta will likely make a neutral Trinket the more compelling choice on average.

Lesser Trinket Updates

Gem Donation

• Old: The first minion you sell each turn plays its Blood Gems on the 2 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern.
• New: The first minion you sell each turn plays its Blood Gems on the 3 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern.

Cliffdiver Sticker

• Old: At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+2. (Improved by each Battlecry you’ve triggered this turn!)
• New: At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+3. (Improved by each Battlecry you’ve triggered this turn!)

Weary Portrait

• Old: [7 Gold] Get a Weary Mage and a Coilskar Sapper. Your Weary Mages’ Spellcrafts are permanent.
• New: [3 Gold] Get a Weary Mage. Your weary Mages’ Spellcrafts are permanent.

Shrine of Evolution

• Old: [0 Gold] Transform all your minions into random Tier 3 minions.
• New: [2 Gold] Transform all your minions into random Tier 4 minions.

Finley’s Helmet

• Old: After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +2/+2 and a random Bonus Keyword.
• New: After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +5/+5 and a random Bonus Keyword.

Sacrificial Altar

• Old: [2 Gold] Remove all your minions. Gain 3 Gold for each removed.
• New: [4 Gold] Remove all your minions. Gain 4 Gold for each removed.

Vibrant Bubble

• Old: [2 Gold] Spellcraft: Give a Murloc 2 random Bonus Keywords.
• New: [1 Gold] Spellcraft: Give a Murloc a random Bonus Keyword.

Fountain Pen

• Old: Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1/+1.
• New: Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +2/+1.

Bleeding Heart

• Old: After 7 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.
• New: After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.

Archaic Scroll

• Old: After you cast 6 spells, get a random Tavern spell.
• New: After you cast 7 spells, get a random Tavern spell.

Unholy Sanctum

• Old: Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+3 permanently.
• New: Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+2 permanently.

Goldgrubber Portrait

• Old: [6 Gold] Get a Golden Goldgrubber.
• New: [2 Gold] Get a Goldgrubber and an Aureate Laureate.

Eclectic Shrine

• Old: [0 Gold] Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each different type +2/+2. Improve this permanently.
• New: [1 Gold] Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each different type +3/+2. Improve this permanently.

Glowing Gauntlet

• Old: [1 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +3/+3.
• New: [2 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +4/+4.

Booty Bay Brew

• Old: [0 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +1/+2.
• New: [2 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +2/+3.

Heart of the Forest

• Old: [1 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1.
• New: [2 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+1.

Impulsive Portrait

• Old: [0 Gold] Get an Impulsive Trickster. Your Impulsive Tricksters’ Deathrattles target adjacent minions.
• New: [1 Gold] Get a 6/6 Impulsive Trickster. Your Impulsive Tricksters’ Deathrattles target adjacent minions.

Explorer’s Binoculars

• Old: [1 Gold] Get two random Tier 4 minions.
• New: [2 Gold] Get three random Tier 4 minions.

Golden Pendant

• Old: Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of every 2 turns, repeat this.
• New: Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of each turn, repeat this.

Wicket Tome

• Old: [2 Gold] Avenge (4): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.
• New: [3 Gold] Avenge (3): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.

Innkeeper’s Hearth

• Old: [1 Gold] Discover a minion of your Tier. Set its stats to 10/10.
• New: [3 Gold] Discover a minion of your Tier. Set its stats to 15/15.

Marvelous Mushroom

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Blingtron’s Sunglass

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Tarecgosa Sticker

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Tough Tusk Sticker

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

War Drum

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Divine Signet

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Gritty Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Quilligraphy Set

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Spell-powered Wrench

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Electromagnetic Device

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Yu’lon Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Horn of Summoning

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Vash’jir Anemone

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Implicator Portrait

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Beetle Band

• Now banned from Onyxia.

Primordial Terrarium

• Removed from the pool.

Selfless Portrait

• Removed from the pool.

Greater Trinket Updates

Blood Golem Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold] Whenever a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (2 times per combat.)
• New: [4 Gold] Whenever a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (3 times per combat.)

Reinforced Shield

• Old: Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (4 timers per combat.)
• New: Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (5 times per combat.)

Battle Horn

• Old: [0 Gold] Discover a Battlecry minion. Avenge (3): Trigger a friendly Battlecry.
• New: [1 Gold] Discover a Battlecry minion. Avenge (2): Trigger a friendly Battlecry.

Hackerfin Portrait

• Old: [3 Gold] Get a Hackerfin. Your Hackerfins also trigger at the end of each turn.
• New: [4 Gold] Get a Hackerfin. At the end of each turn, trigger your Hackerfins’ Battlecries.

Heart of the Forest

• Old: [0 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+2.
• New: [2 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +3/+3.

Toxic Stinger

• Old: [3 Gold] At the end of each turn, give a random friendly Murloc +7/+7 and Venomous.
• New: [2 Gold] At the end of each turn, give a random friendly Murloc +10/+10 and Venomous.

Fountain Pen

• Old: [2 Gold] Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +2/+2.
• New: [3 Gold] Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +4/+2.

Feral Talisman

• Old: Your minions have +6/+4.
• New: Your minions have +8/+5.

Extravagant Scale

• Old: [0 Gold] When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions’ Attack. (Once per game.)
• New: [2 Gold] When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions’ Attack. (Twice per game.)

Innkeeper’s Hearth

• Old: [0 Gold] Discover a Tier 6 minion. Set its stats to 20/20.
• New: [2 Gold] Discover two Tier 6 minions. Set their stats to 20/20.

Booty Bay Brew

• Old: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +3/+4.
• New: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +4/+5.

Hogwash Basin

• Old: Start of Combat: Play 4 Blood Gems on all your minions.
• New: Start of Combat: Play 3 Blood Gems on all your minions.

Wizard’s Pipe

• Old: Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with no type +6/+6.
• New: Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with no type +5/+5.

Poet Portrait

• Old: [0 Gold] Get a Persistent Poet and a Prized Promo-Drake.
• New: [4 Gold] Get a Persistent Poet, a Prized Promo Drake, and a Bronze Steward.

Wicked Tome

• Old: Avenge (4): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
• New: Avenge (3): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.

Theotar Sticker

• Old: After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +5/+5.
• New: After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +6/+6.

Gilded Anchor

• Old: [0 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +6/+6.
• New: [1 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +8/+8.

Artanis Sticker

• Now only Immortal or Mothership can be offered.

Mecha-Jaraxxus Sticker

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Behemoth Portrait

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Rivendare Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Dazzling Dagger

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Bronze Timepiece

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Czarina Portrait

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Shaker Portrait

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Electromagnetic Device

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Beetle Band

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Thaumaturgist Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Aggem Sticker

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Unholy Sanctum

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Bristlebach Portrait

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Nazjatar Postcard

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Fancy Spellbook

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Balladist Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

All-Purpose Kibble

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Butcher’s Sickle

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Turbocharged Drill

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Boom’s Monster Portrait

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Great Boar Sticker

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

S’Thara Sticker

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Nether Pendant

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Eye of Sargeras

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Guiding Candle

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Hero Updates

Hero Power Update

Dinotamer Brann

• Old: Passive. After you buy 6 Battlecry minions, get a Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)
• New: Passive. After you buy 5 Battlecry minions, get a Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)

Armor Reductions

• Forest Lord Cenarius now has 12 Armor and 9 Armor in Duos.
• Buttons now has 13 Armor at higher ranks and 9 Armor in Duos, still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.

Minion and Spell Updates

Minion Pool Changes

• Low Flier, Arm of the Empire, and Slippery Slider have been removed from the minion pool.
• General Drakkisath, Hunter of Gatherers, Adaptive Ancestor, Coast Guard, Kangor’s Apprentice, Darkcrest Strategist, Handless Forsaken, and Daggerspine Thrasher have been added to the minion pool.

Minion Changes

Tauren Spiritwalker

• Old: 6/5. You cast 1 spell each turn twice.
• New: 7/5. You cast 1 Tavern spell each turn twice.

Silithid Burrower

• Old: 5/1. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1. Avenge (3): Improve this by +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 5/4. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1. Avenge (1): Improve this by +1/+1 permanently.

Gentle Stag

• Old: Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give your right-most Beast +2/+2 permanently.
• New: Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give your right-most Beast +3/+3 permanently.

Valiant Tiger

• Old: 4/3. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your right-most Beast +4/+3 permanently.
• New: 5/5. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your right-most Beast +5/+5 permanently.

Ashen Corruptor

• Old: [Tier 4] 5/5
• New: [Tier 5] 6/6

Shadowdancer

• Old: [Tier 5] 5/2
• New: [Tier 4] 4/2

Fire-forged Evoker

• Old: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +1/+1. After you cast 2 Tavern spells, improve this.
• New: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +2/+1. After you cast a Tavern spell, improve this.

Spirited Whimsydrake

• Old: [Tier 5]
• New: [Tier 4]

Greenskeeper

• Old: 2/7
• New: 4/8

Bronze Steward

• Old: 7/3. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Dragons +7 Attack.
• New: 10/2. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Dragons +10 Attack.

Technical Element

• Old: [Tier 5] 10/10
• New: [Tier 2] 4/5

Amplifying Lightspawn

• Old: [Tier 6] 5/9. At the end of your turn, your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
• New: [Tier 5] 3/8. At the end of your turn, your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1 Health each turn. (Swaps to Attack next turn!)

Lokholar, Frostforger

• Old: [Tier 5] 7/5. At the end of your turn, give your other minions +2/+2.
• New: [Tier 6] 8/5. At the end of your turn, give your other Elementals +3/+2.

Blazing Greasefire

• Old: At the end of your turn, give Elementals in the Tavern +3/+2 this game.
• New: At the end of your turn, give Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4 this game.

Dancing Barnstormer

• Old: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +2/+2 this game.
• New: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4 this game.

Land Lubber

• Old: [Tier 3]
• New: [Tier 2]

Electron, Powered Up

• Old: 5/5. After you cast 2 Tavern spells, Magnetize a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs.
• New: 6/6. At the end of your turn, Magnetize a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs.

Ancestral Automaton

• Old: Has +2/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).
• New: Has +3/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).

Grimscale Elegist

• Old: 2/1
• New: 3/2

Shoalfin Mystic

• Old: Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health this game.
• New: Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.

Gormling Gourmet

• Old: 2/2
• New: 4/3

Apprentice of Sefin

• Old: [Tier 4] Battlecry: Give a Murloc +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword.
• New: [Tier 5] At the end of your turn, gain +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword.

Hackerfin

• Old: 6/3. Battlecry: Give your other minions +3/+3 for each Bonus Keyword they have.
• New: 5/3. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1. (Improved by each different Bonus Keyword in your warband!)

Coilskar Sapper

• Old: 5/4
• New: 3/2

Weary Mage

• Old: [Tier 3] 4/1
• New: [Tier 4] 5/1

Slumber Sorcerer

• Old: [Tier 5]
• New: [Tier 4]

Defiant Shipwright

• Old: [Tier 3] 3/6
• New: [Tier 2] 2/5

Starry-eyed Explorer

• Old: 3/4
• New: 5/5

Goldgrubber

• Old: 2/2. At the end of your turn, gain +2/+2 for each friendly Golden minion.
• New: 3/3. At the end of your turn, gain +3/+3 for each friendly Golden minion.

Dastardly Drust

• Old: 5/4. Whenever you get a Pirate, give your other minions +1/+1. Give Golden ones +2/+2 instead.
• New: 6/4. Whenever you get a Pirate, give your minions +1/+2. Give Golden ones +2/+3 instead.

Glowgullet Warlord (Golden only)

• Old: Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Quilboar with Taunt. Play 2 Blood Gems on them.
• New: Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Quilboar with Taunt. Play 2 Blood Gems on them.

Dreaming Thornweaver

• Old: 2/6
• New: 2/8

Corrupted Bristler

• Old: [Tier 3]
• New: [Tier 4]

Darkgaze Elder

• Old: [Tier 6] 6/7. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, play a Blood Gem on three friendly Quilboar.
• New: [Tier 5] 5/6. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, play a Blood Gem on all your Quilboar.

Three Lil’ Quilboar

• Old: [Tier 5] Deathrattle: Play 3 Blood Gems on your Quilboar.
• New: [Tier 6] Deathrattle: Play 3 Blood Gems on all your Quilboar.
• Dev Comment: The text update is a non-functional change just for clarity.

Anub’arak, Nerubian King

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/3
• New: [Tier 3] 3/2

Drustfallen Butcher

• Old: 2/8. Avenge (5): Get a Butchering.
• New: 2/9. Avenge (4): Get a Butchering.

Noisul of the Many Faces

• Old: 2/9. Whenever you summon an Undead, give four friendly Undead +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 3/9. Whenever you summon an Undead, give all friendly Undead +2/+1 permanently.

Catacomb Crasher

• Old: 5/10. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your minions +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 6/10. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your Undead +2/+2 permanently.

Arcane Behemoth

• Old: Taunt. After you sell an Elemental, gain half its stats.
• New: Taunt. After you sell an Elemental, gain its stats.

Spell Changes

Natural Blessing

• Old: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +2/+2.
• New: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +3/+3.

Seafood Stew

• Old: Give a minion +1/+1 for each Bonus Keyword it has.
• New: Give a minion +1/+1. Repeat for each different Bonus Keyword in your warband.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where players who got Creature of Madness from opening an Into the Emerald Dream Pack (meaning, after the initial claim period) only got one copy instead of two. After this fix is live, we will do a separate grant to affected players so that they get their second copy.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug with Floating Watcher causing lag in late-game Demon compositions.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Spirited Whimsydrake could pull minions that were no longer in the minion pool.
• [Battlegrounds] Made a text-only correction to Guzzle the Goop.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Hackerfin was missing its VFX.

Patch 32.2, launching April 29, brings Battlegrounds Season 10, fires up the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, and more!

Appeal to your Second Nature in Battlegrounds Season 10

On April 29, Battlegrounds Season 9 will end and Season 10 will begin. That means ratings will reset, Anomalies will leave the Tavern, the Battlegrounds Rewards Track will switch over, and a new Battlegrounds Season Pass will be available. All rewards that were earned on the Season 9 track, but not yet claimed, will be automatically claimed. You can learn more about the new Season, and the details of all three levels of the Rewards Track, in the Season 10 Announcement Blog.

Trinkets Return

Trinkets are back in Season 10, with an updated offering system that means type synergy Trinkets will be offered more often. The Trinket pool has also gotten a major shake-up, with over 100 new Trinkets being added alongside over 100 returning Trinkets! See the Card Library for the entire Trinket Pool, and see the Dev Insights post for more details about the offering system updates.

Two New Heroes

Forest Lord Cenarius (10 Armor)

• Wisdom of the Ancients [3 Gold]
• Increase your maximum Gold by 1.

Buttons (10 Armor, 7 Armor in Duos)

• Growing Collection [Passive]
• On Turn 8, choose a Greater Trinket to buy.

These new heroes will be offered in every Battlegrounds game for two weeks following their introduction in Patch 32.2. Since they will be in the initial hero offerings each game, you will not be able to Reroll into them during this period.

Hero Updates

Dinotamer Brann

• Battle Brand [Passive]
• After you buy 6 Battlecry minions, get Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)

Shudderwock

• Now banned in Beast lobbies.

Jim Raynor

• Hero Power (Lift Off) now works with itself under the Cosmic Duality Anomaly and with the Battlecruiser Trinket.

E.T.C., Band Manager

• Golden Buddy (Talent Scout) now makes 2 Buddies Golden.

Onyxia

• Returned to the Hero Pool.

Teron Gorefiend

• No longer banned in Mech lobbies.

The Great Akazamzarak

• No longer banned in Mech lobbies.

Professor Putricide

• Relentless Sentry has been returned to the Build-an-Undead pool.

Rakanishu

• Lantern Light now works with cards that buff Tavern spells.

Queen Azshara and Aranna will be temporarily banned at the start of the Patch, due to a bug.

Seasonal Minion Refresh

• 79 minions have been removed from the minion pool, 19 previously removed minions have been returned to the minion pool, and 52 new minions have been added to the minion pool.
• 8 Tavern spells have been removed from the spell pool, 1 previously removed Tavern spell has been returned to the spell pool, and 4 new Tavern spells have been added to the spell pool.

See the Card Library for the complete directory of minion and Tavern spell pool updates.

Quality of Life Improvement: Updated Minion Frames

Battlegrounds minions have been given a refresh to make them easier to spot and understand, especially when quickly re-rolling through the Tavern. Now, each minion type will have one of the Hearthstone class card frames associated with it, as follows:

• Beasts – Hunter Frame
• Demons – Warlock Frame
• Dragons – Warrior Frame
• Elementals – Mage Frame
• Mechs – Paladin Frame
• Murlocs – Shaman Frame
• Naga – Demon Hunter Frame
• Pirates – Rogue Frame
• Quillboar – Druid Frame
• Undead – Death Knight Frame
• Typeless and All – Neutral Frame

Dual-Type minions will have Dual-Class card frames. These changes only apply to minions, not Tavern spells, Trinkets, or anything else that might associate to a minion or minion type.

Dev Comment: Previously, all Battlegrounds minions had the Neutral frame, except for exact copies of Hearthstone-Mode cards, which would have their corresponding Hearthstone frame in Battlegrounds for consistency between the two Modes. We think this change lets the cards in each Mode better serve the gameplay and player experience of that Mode.

Battlegrounds Preview Event

Tomorrow, April 25, don’t forget to watch your favorite content creators play the new Season live! Participating players will be streaming on their personal channels, so make sure you have notifications turned on. Time slots by region are:

• JP players: 2:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (PDT)
• Americas and EMEA players: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Drops will be enabled category-wide on Twitch. Watch for a total of 2 hours to earn 4 Battlegrounds Tokens (2 total hours, 1 hour per drop).

Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, coming May 13

Prepare your forces, an incendiary incursion is nearly upon us! The Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, unlocks on May 13. Keep an eye out for more information about the Mini-Set, coming soon!

In-Game Event: Embers of the World Tree

Sift through the ashes in the wake of the Mini-Set to keep your Dreams alive! From May 13 to June 3, complete event quests to earn XP on a special rewards track. Complete the entire rewards track to earn 6 Into the Emerald Dream Packs, 1 Year of the Pegasus Pack, 2 random Into the Emerald Dream Epic Cards, and the Ardenweald Huln Hunter Hero Skin.

Heroic Tavern Brawl Returns

Things are heating up! Heroic Tavern Brawl returns for the week of May 14-21. Pay an entry fee and compete in high-stakes games until reaching either 12 wins or 3 losses, with prizing based on how well you do.

Arena Update

When Patch 32.2 launches all ongoing Arena runs will end and there will be one last Arena season under the current system. The eligible sets for that season will be:

• Into the Emerald Dream (including the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, even before it releases, and the Fleeing Treant Arena-only card)
• Showdown in the Badlands
• Voyage to the Sunken City
• Forged in the Barrens
• Scholomance Academy
• Core

Loaner Decks Update

With Patch 32.2, the new/returning player loaner decks* will update to include cards from the Into the Emerald Dream expansion (the main set, not the Mini-Set). The loaner decks that will be available for this expansion cycle will be Death Knight, Druid, Mage, Paladin, Shaman, and Warlock.

* Returning players who have been away for 90 or more days are eligible for a free deck just for logging in. Returning players can claim these returning decks each time they are eligible. New players are eligible for their free deck after completing the tutorial and Apprentice Track.

Bug Fixes, Rules Updates, and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] The Dark Gift keyword is being adjusted so that Dark Gifts with keywords can’t be applied to minions that already have one or more of those keywords (previously, Dark Gifts were only blocked if fully redundant). Additionally, 0-Attack minions won’t be able to get the Sleepwalker Dark Gift (which gives Charge).
• [Hearthstone] Normal game rules are that a card moving backwards in a zone (such as from the board to hand, or hand to deck) loses its enchantments. Wallow the Wretched now has a specific exception to this rule: if Wallow the Wretched is moved from your hand to the top of your deck due to the Sweet Dreams Dark Gift, Wallow will now retain all its Dark Gift enchantments (but not other enchantments, and not any enchantments if it is moved backwards in a zone due to anything other than its own effect).
• [Hearthstone] Adjusted the evolve/devolve rules. The full rule is now: When evolving, if a minion costs 10 or less, it is capped at 10. When evolving, if a minion costs more than 10, it evolves into a random minion of its same cost (which could just be the same minion). When devolving, if a result is not available then the minion will continue devolving until a result is found (for instance, devolving a 15-cost minion would result in a 12-cost if there was a 12-cost minion in the pool, but no 13- or 14-cost minions).
• [Hearthstone] Starship Piece “when launched” effects will now always trigger in a random order.
• [Hearthstone] Effects that have the same resolution trigger will now always resolve in timestamp order. (This means Briarspawn Drake’s effect will now always trigger its own effect before the "return to deck" effect given to it by Cliff Dive).
• [Hearthstone] Replaced Flint Firearm with Astalor Bloodsworn in the Splendiferous Whizbang in the Deck of Legends (Hunter) Experimental Deck. Flint was firing blanks in Standard after Quickdraw rotated out of the format.
• [Hearthstone] Made Floppy Hydra less floppy (fixed a bug where it kept enchantments other than its own effect).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed an issue where the Druid Imbue counter would get cut off on some mobile devices.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ohn’ahra’s effect would have no effect if your board was full and the top card of your deck was a minion or location.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ohn’ahra’s effect would not maintain spell buffs provided by Incindius.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Exarch Akama’s effect didn’t work on minions with Rush.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Consume wouldn’t eat the location Durability when indirectly or automatically cast.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where automatically attacking minions (like Specimen Claw) wouldn’t work after Sleepy Resident’s effect.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Narain Soothfancy’s Fortunes would permanently transform into cards that transform in hand each turn.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Amphibian’s Spirit couldn’t be copied by effects like Death Growl.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a Cosplay Contestant that turned into Ancient of Yore would give the opponent its Dormant effects.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Forging a Choose One card would reveal it to your opponent.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where moving a Titan from hand to deck would reveal the Titan abilities.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Druid Imbue Plant Golem arts were in the wrong order.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed various visual bugs related to history tiles.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Arcanotron, Activated could activate in the Shop.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Catacomb Crasher didn’t always trigger as intended.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Slippery Slider’s Spellcraft spell didn’t trigger Treasure-Seeker Elise’s effect.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Efficient Engineer didn’t work with Bountiful Bedrock.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where having two Rivendare Portraits tripled health, instead of quadrupling it.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where two Dalaran Cheese Wheels didn’t stack that cheese.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Kerrigan’s Zergs could get permanent Stealth or Taunt if Tripled into a Golden.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Pyramad’s Brick by Brick counted as being used when another Hero Power with a button was used as your second Hero Power.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Battlecruiser and Showy Cyclist’s Deathrattle effects weren’t copied by cards that inherited Deathrattles.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Crabby didn’t get the bonus from Aim Low! when it was picked as the secondary Hero Power.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Wandering Wight didn’t work with Pack Tactics.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Alkali, Rock Rhino didn’t properly copy generated Triple Rewards.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a visual issue where Sire Denathrius’s Quest counter disappears after one turn on certain mobile devices.
• [Battlegrounds Duos] Fixed a bug where Refreshing Anomaly’s effect, triggered by Rylak Metalhead, gave both players the free refresh.
• [Battlegrounds Duos] Fixed a bug where Tamsin’s Phylactery would trigger twice in one combat if your teammate defeated both enemies in the prior combat.
• [Solo Content] Fixed a bug where using the Throw Rocks hero power in Mine Cart Rush caused a crash.
• [Solo Content] Fixed an issue where recent card changes made Dawngrasp’s Book of Mercenaries impossible to complete.

Patch 32.0.3 brings balance changes to Hearthstone and Battlegrounds, and more!

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: These changes are a continuation of the changes we made in Patch 32.0 to remove unfun play patterns and give Into the Emerald Dream the best chance to shine. Many of these changes are to cards and strategies that are bad experiences to play against even if they’re not overly powerful. We’re also adjusting a few early power outliers—including buffs! We don’t normally do balance changes this early after an expansion, but we thought making a few changes now would best align our goals for the set with our patch schedule.

Hideous Husk

• Old: Your Leeches steal 2 more Health from their victims. Battlecry: Summon two 0/2 Leeches.
• New: Your Leeches steal 1 more Health from their victims. Battlecry: Summon two 0/2 Leeches.

Amphibian’s Spirit

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Murmur

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [7 Mana]

Food Fight

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Spawning Pool

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Lift Off

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Chrono Boost

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

Artanis

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Arkonite Defense Crystal

• Old: [4 Mana] 3/4
• New: [5 Mana] 4/5

Seaside Giant

• Old: [10 Mana] Costs (2) less for each time you’ve used a location this game.
• New: [9 Mana] Costs (1) less for each time you’ve used a location this game.

Travelmaster Dungar

• Old: [9 Mana]
• New: [10 Mana]

The Ceaseless Expanse

• Old: [100 Mana]
• New: [125 Mana]

The disenchantable cards listed above, plus Signature Gorgonzormu due to a bug fix, will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 32.0.3.

Resplendent Dreamweaver

• Old: 5/4. Battlecry: If you’ve Imbued your Hero Power twice, deal 5 damage to a minion.
• New: 4/4. Lifesteal. Battlecry: If you’ve Imbued your Hero Power twice, deal 4 damage to a minion.

Symbiosis

• Old: Discover a Choose One card from another class.
• New: Discover a Choose One card from another class. It costs (1) less.

Kaldorei Priestess

• Old: [4 Mana] 4/4
• New: [3 Mana] 3/3

Lunarwing Messenger

• Old: 3/1
• New: 3/2

Aspect’s Embrace

• Old: Restore 4 Health. Imbue your Hero Power.
• New: Restore 4 Health. Draw a card. Imbue your Hero Power.

Living Garden

• Old: 2/3
• New: 2/4

Battlegrounds Updates

Dev Comment: This is expected to be our last major balance adjustment to Battlegrounds before the next season. We’re overall happy with how Anomalies were received this season, and most of our adjustments to them this patch are focused on removing a few pain points with specific Anomalies. On the minion side, our aim this patch is to lower the power of Demons and Naga and buff Dragons and Mechs. We also decided to remove Captain Bonerender from the minion pool early, for sentiment reasons. Keep an eye out, we’ll be sharing news about the next Battlegrounds season soon!

Anomaly Pool Updates

• Prudence of Amitus has been removed from the Anomaly Pool.
• Secrets of Norgannon and Cosmic Duality now appear less often.
• Guff Runetotem has been banned from the Secrets of Norgannon Anomaly.
• Pyramad has been banned from the Match Fixing, Golden Friendship, Emergency Landing, and Pooled Resources Anomalies.
• Saloon’s Finest (Tier 5 Tavern Spell) has been banned from the Golganneth’s Tempest Anomaly.
• The following heroes have been banned from being the second hero power option with the Cosmic Duality Anomaly: Lord Jaraxxus, Overlord Saurfang, The Jailer, Professor Putricide, Ragnaros, Tavish Stormpike, Cariel Roame, Sindragosa, Millificent Manastorm, Vanndar Stormpike, Rokara, and Sylvanas Windrunner.

Anomaly Updates

Anomalous Evidence

• Old: At the start of your turn, choose from 2 new Quest Rewards.
• New: At the start of your turn, choose from 2 new Quest Rewards. (Unlocks on turn 4.)

Anomalous Wisdomball

• Old: You occasionally get helpful Refreshes! (Unlocks on turn 6.)
• New: You occasionally get helpful Refreshes! (Unlocks on turn 5.)

Scout’s Honor

• Old: Start with a Patient Scout in play.
• New: Start with a Golden Patient Scout in play.

Instant Warband

• Old: Start with 3 different Tier 1 minions in hand.
• New: Start with 3 different Tier 2 minions in hand.

Armor Updates

The following Hero now has less Armor:

• Queen Azshara: now 10 Armor, 7 Armor in Duos.

The following Heroes now have more Armor:

• Galakrond: now 16 Armor, 13 Armor in Duos.
• Galewing: now 8 Armor, 5 Armor in Duos.
• Xyrella: now 10 Armor in Duos.

Minion Pool Updates

• The following minions have been removed from the minion pool: Cyborg Drake, Captain Bonerender, and Pilgrimp.
• The following minions have been returned to the minion pool: Upbeat Frontdrake, Utility Drone, and Sanctum Rester.

Minion Updates

Lava Lurker

• Text-only update.

Stitched Salvager

• Old: 20/4. Start of Combat: Destroy the minion to the left of this. Deathrattle: Resummon an exact copy of it.
• New: 16/4. Start of Combat: Destroy the minion to the left. Deathrattle: Summon an exact copy of it. (Except Stitched Salvager).

Utility Drone

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/4. At the end of your turn, give your minions +2/+1 for each Magnetization they have.
• New: [Tier 6] 6/6. At the end of your turn, give your minions +3/+2 for each Magnetization they have.

The Boommobile

• Old: 12/12
• New: 20/20

Big Brother

• Old: 5/4. Taunt. After you cast a Tavern spell, minions in the Tavern have +1/+2 this turn.
• New: 4/4. Taunt. After you cast a Tavern spell, minions in the Tavern have +1/+1 this turn.

Fireworks Fanatic

• Old: 4/4. Whenever you get a minion you already have, give your minions +1/+1.
• New: 5/5. Whenever you get a minion you already have, give your minions +2/+2.

Tidemistress Athissa

• Old: 2/6. Whenever you cast a spell, give your Naga +1/+1.
• New: 6/7. Whenever you cast a spell, give 4 friendly Naga +1/+1.

Sanctum Rester

• Old: 5/5. Start of Combat: Give your other Dragons +8 Health.
• New: 2/5. Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +10 Attack.

Prized Promo-Drake

• Old: 3/3. Start of Combat: Give your other Dragons +3/+3.
• New: 2/2. Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +3/+3.

Mythrax the Unraveler

• Old: 2/1. At the end of your turn, gain +2/+1 for each different friendly minion type.
• New: 2/2. At the end of your turn, gain +2/+2 for each different friendly minion type.

Arena Updates

Arena draft rates have been adjusted so that the following cards appear less frequently:

• Spirit Gatherer
• Aspect’s Embrace
• Fleeing Treant (in Mage, Priest, and Shaman)
• Rite of Atrocity

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Shaladrassil could get activated by your opponent playing cards that cost more than it.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the dragon in the Horrible Egg (from Clutch of Corruption) would change if the source dragon was transformed.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Doomkin’s stats weren’t reverted when its effect was reverted.
• [Hearthstone] Updated Merry Moonkin’s text and effect so that it gains all the Armor at once, instead of over multiple activations.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug with Shaladrassil’s history tile.
• [Collection] Fixed a bug where Signature Nightmare Lord Xavius couldn’t be disenchanted.
• [Collection] Fixed a bug where Signature Gorgonzormu disenchanted for the wrong dust amount when eligible for a full dust refund. Due to this miss during last refund window, Signature Gorgonzormu has been added to this patch’s refund period.

Patch 32.0, launching tomorrow, makes the final preparations for Hearthstone’s next expansion and the Year of the Raptor!

Step Into the Emerald Dream on March 25

Into the Emerald Dream, Hearthstone’s next expansion, launches on March 25! The new 145-card expansion includes the new Imbue and Dark Gift keywords, Legendary Wild Gods, and more! See all the new cards in the Card Library today. Don’t forget to grab your Pre-Purchase bundles before you wake up and they’re gone!

With the launch of Into the Emerald Dream comes a new Rewards Track, filled with dreamy goodies like XP boosts, cards, Gold, card packs, and more! Check out the Rewards Track Refresh blog for details. Then grab some tasty nappetizers to get the expansion started: a launch gift of five free packs!*

* 4 Year of the Pegasus Packs and 1 Into the Emerald Dream Pack. Free packs will be available to claim from the in-game Shop from March 25 to April 15.

Pre-Release Tavern Brawl and Community Days

The Into the Emerald Dream Pre-Release Tavern Brawl begins tomorrow, with Patch 32.0, and runs until expansion launch on March 25. Crack open your packs early, build a deck, and compete in a mini competition to win more Into the Emerald Dream prizes!

Everyone will get one free entry into the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl. Ater that, entries will cost 2 Tavern Tickets, 300 Gold, or 400 Runestones. In each run, you will lock in a deck and then play until you get 6 wins or 3 losses, and then get prizes based on how well you do.

The eligible card pool for the brawl will be:

• Core Set (before rotation)
• Event Set (before rotation)
• The Great Dark Beyond (without Heroes of StarCraft)
• Into the Emerald Dream

See what your favorite creators are dreaming up and earn more packs to use in the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl during an extended 5-day Community Days event! See the dedicated Community Activations blog for more information about the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl and Community Days.

Hearthstone Card Updates

Dev Comment: This patch includes our usual Wild update pass, where we make adjustments to cards about to enter Wild. But this year we’re also making changes to several cards that are staying in Standard. These changes are to cards that would be overly powerful or unfun in the new meta, so that we can jump right Into the Emerald Dream and get the Year of the Raptor off to a roaring start! The following updates will go live with Patch 32.0, on March 18.

Dreadhound Handler

• Old: 2/2
• New: 2/1

Infestor

• Old: 3/2. Deathrattle: Your Zerg minions have +1/+1 for the rest of the game.
• New: 4/2. Deathrattle: Your Zerg minions have +1 Attack for the rest of the game.

Hydration Station

• Old: [8 Mana]
• New: [10 Mana]

Alien Encounters

• Old: Summon two 2/5 Beasts with Taunt. Costs (1) less for each card you Discovered this game.
• New: Summon two 2/4 Beasts with Taunt. Costs (1) less for each card you Discovered this game.

Painter’s Virtue

• Old: Lifesteal. After your hero attacks, give minions in your hand +1/+1.
• New: After your hero attacks, give minions in your hand +1/+1.

Holy Glowsticks

• Old: Lifesteal. Deal 4 damage. Costs (1) if you’ve cast a Holy spell this turn.
• New: Lifesteal. Deal 4 damage to a minion. Costs (1) if you’ve cast a Holy spell this turn.

Timewinder Zarimi

• Old: Battlecry: Once per game, if you’ve summoned 8 other Dragons, take an extra turn.
• New: Battlecry: Once per game, if you’ve played 8 other Dragons, take an extra turn.

Raza the Resealed

• Old: Battlecry: For the rest of the game, your Hero Power refreshes whenever you play a card.
• New (reworked): Battlecry: Shuffle copies of 5 random friendly minions that died this game into your deck. They cost (0).

Orbital Halo

• Old: Give a minion +2/+1 and Divine Shield. Costs (0) if you played an adjacent card this turn.
• New: Give a minion +1/+1 and Divine Shield. Costs (0) if you played an adjacent card this turn.

Domino Effect

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Kerrigan, Queen of Blades

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Zergling

• Old: Battlecry: Summon a copy of this.
• New: Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Zergling.

Jim Raynor

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Viking (Lift Off and Starport Token)

• Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 7 Armor.
• New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 5 Armor.

Liberator (Lift Off and Starport Token)

• Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 2 damage to all enemies.
• New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.

Raven (Lift Off and Starport Token)

• Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 3 random Bonus Effects.
• New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, gain 2 random Bonus Effects.

Banshee (Lift Off and Starport Token)

• Old: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 5 damage to a random enemy.
• New: Starship Piece. When this is launched, deal 3 damage to a random enemy.

The Ceaseless Expanse

• Old: 15/15
• New: 10/10

Incindius

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [7 Mana]

Bob the Bartender (Recruit a Minion option)

• Old: Put an enemy minion into your hand. Your opponent gets 3 Coins.
• New: Put a copy of an enemy minion into your hand. Your opponent gets 3 Coins.

Zilliax Deluxe 3000 (Virus Module)

• Old: 1/4. Elusive, Poisonous, Reborn
• New: 2/5. Elusive, Poisonous

Gorgonzormu

• Old: [3 Mana] 3/3
• New: [4 Mana] 4/4

Arkonite Defense Crystal

• Old: Taunt. Deathrattle: Gain 6 Armor. Starship Piece.
• New: Taunt. Deathrattle: Gain 4 Armor. Starship Piece.

The disenchantable cards above, plus Lift Off and Starport, will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 32.0.

Wild-Focused Updates

Reska, the Pit Boss

• Old: [25 Mana]
• New: [20 Mana]

Sickly Grimewalker

• Old: [4 Mana] 3/5
• New: [3 Mana] 2/4

Blindeye Sharpshooter

• Old: [4 Mana] 3/3
• New: [3 Mana] 1/3

Desert Nestmatron

• Old: 3/4
• New: 3/5

Splish-Splash Whelp

• Old: [3 Mana] 3/2
• New: [2 Mana] 2/1

Cactus Construct

• Old: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1/1 copy of it.
• New: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1/2 copy of it.

Doomkin

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [6 Mana]

Shattered Reflections

• Old: Choose a non-Titan minion. Add a copy of it to your deck and battlefield.
• New: Choose a minion. Add a copy of it to your hand, deck, and battlefield.

Starstrung Bow

• Old: 5/2
• New: 6/2

Saddle Up

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Awakening Tremors

• Old: Get three 3/1 Worms. They cost (1).
• New: Get three 4/1 Worms. They cost (1).

Inquisitive Creation

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Chaos Creation

• Old: Deal 5 damage. Summon a random 5-Cost minion. Destroy the bottom 5 cards of your deck.
• New: Deal 6 damage. Summon a random 6-Cost minion. Destroy the bottom 6 cards of your deck.

Showdown

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Keeper’s Strength

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Prismatic Beam

• Old: [8 Mana] Deal 3 damage to all enemy minions. Costs (1) less for each enemy minion.
• New: [7 Mana] Deal 3 damage to all enemies. Costs (1) less for each enemy minion.

Thirsty Drifter

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [6 Mana]

Injured Hauler

• Old: Overheal: Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions.
• New: Overheal: Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.

Lab Constructor

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Shattershambler

• Old: The next Deathrattle minion you play immediately dies.
• New: The next Deathrattle minion you play costs (1) less and immediately dies.

Coppertail Snoop

• Old: 3/2
• New: 4/3

Flash of Lightning

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Crash of Thunder

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

Staff of the Nine Frogs (generated by Doctor Holli'dae)

• Old: 1/9
• New: 2/9

Aftershocks

• Old: Deal 1 damage to all minions, three times. Costs (1) less if you cast a spell last turn.
• New: Deal 1 damage to all minions, three times. Costs (2) less if you cast a spell last turn.

Forge of Wills

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Crescendo

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Sludge on Wheels

• Old: 2/4
• New: 2/5

Waste Remover

• Old: 5/7
• New: 7/7

Azerite Snake

• Old: Battlecry: Your hero steals 7 Health from the enemy hero.
• New: Battlecry: Your hero steals 10 Health from the enemy hero.

Movement of Pride (generated by Symphony of Sins)

• Old: Draw a minion. Reduce its Cost by (6).
• New: Draw your highest Cost minion. Reduce its Cost by (6).

Odyn, Prime Designate

• Old: [9 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Deepminer Brann

• Old: [8 Mana]
• New: [6 Mana]

Battleworn Faceless

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Sanitize

• Old: [6 Mana] Deal damage equal to your Armor to all minions. Forge: Gain 4 Armor first.
• New: [4 Mana] Deal damage equal to your Armor to all minions. Forge: Gain 3 Armor first.

Craftsman’s Hammer

• Old: Whenever your hero attacks, gain 3 Armor.
• New: Whenever your hero attacks, gain 4 Armor.

Yogg-Saron, Unleashed

• Old: [10 Mana]
• New: [9 Mana]

Reno, Lone Ranger

• Old: [10 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Pozzik, Audio Engineer

• Old: 4/4
• New: 5/4

Molten Giant

• Old: [22 Mana]
• New: [20 Mana]

Celestial Projectionist

• Old: [3 Mana] 3/3
• New: [2 Mana] 3/2

Rowdy Fan

• Old: Battlecry: Choose a minion. It has +3 Attack while this is alive.
• New: Battlecry: Choose a minion. It has +4 Attack while this is alive.

Snake Oil (generated by Miracle Salesman and Snake Oil Seller)

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [0 Mana]

New Year Rotation and Core Set Update

When Into the Emerald Dream launches on March 25, the Year of the Raptor will begin! At that time, cards from the Year of the Wolf (Festival of Legends, TITANS, and Showdown in the Badlands) will rotate out of Standard. Updates to the Core Set and the Event Set card pools will also happen at that time. Core Set card text changes will take place with the patch, on March 18. See the Welcome to the Year of the Raptor blog for more details on the Core Set updates.

Year of the Raptor Board Added

The new Year of the Raptor game board will be added with the launch of Into the Emerald Dream and will appear more frequently than other boards this entire year. This one board represents all three expansions for the year and will update with each expansion launch.

In-Game Event: Release the Raptor!

The Release the Raptor in-game event, which started on March 4, will end on March 25. Wrap it up now before it’s gone! See the 31.6 Patch Notes for full details.

In-Game Event: Into the Emerald Dream

Live out your Dreams and Nightmares as you explore the Emerald Dream! From March 25-April 15, complete event quests to earn XP on the special rewards track. Each day, you will receive a new Dream daily quest; if you are daring, you can re-roll your Dream daily quest and receive one from the Nightmare! Daily quests representing the Nightmare are harder to complete, but grant more event XP.

Don’t lose sleep over your choices—however you complete the event track you will earn a slew of rewards to kick off the new Hearthstone year: 6 Into the Emerald Dream Packs, 3 Year of the Pegasus Packs, 3 The Great Dark Beyond Packs, 2 Perils in Paradise Packs, 1 Whizbang’s Workshop Pack, and the Woodland Valeera Rogue Hero Skin.

In-Game Event: Defend Amirdrassil!

The World Tree is under attack! From April 22-May 13, complete event quests across Modes to earn XP on the special rewards track. Complete the rewards track to earn: 3 Into the Emerald Dream Packs, 3 Tavern Tickets, 3 Battlegrounds Tokens, and 6 Signature Cards from Into the Emerald Dream (2 Twisted Treant, 2 Kaldorei Priestess, and 2 Lunarwing Messenger)!

New Shan Shui Signature Cards

Starting on April 15, you can get three dreamy new Signature cards featuring the iconic Chinese Shan Shui art style:

Shan Shui Signature Tyrande and Naralex, Herald of the Flights will be available in their own bundles, or in one combined mega bundle. Shan Shui The Curator will be available to claim for free in the in-game Shop!*

* Shan Shui Signature The Curator will be available to claim in the in-game Shop from April 15-May 13. After that free claim period, it may become available for sale in the Shop at a later time.

Battlegrounds Update

Captain Bonerender

• Old: [Tier 4] 5/5
• New: [Tier 5] 6/6

Arena Updates

When Patch 32.0 launches, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The Arena pool will be adjusted so that the following sets make up the card pool* this season:

• Into the Emerald Dream
• The Great Dark Beyond (plus the Arena-only card, Wayward Probe)
• Perils in Paradise
• Whizbang’s Workshop
• Core (note that the Core Set card list will update at expansion launch)
• Raptor Herald from the Event Set

There will also be an additional Arena-only card added this season: Fleeing Treant!

* Several low-performing cards from these sets were removed from the draft pool to make for a more compelling draft process.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [General] Fixed a bug causing missing text on Pixel devices.
• [Hearthstone] Cards that transform minions into ones that cost more (commonly called “Evolve” effects) are now capped at 10 mana. If the result would go over 10, then it results in a random 10-mana minion, instead.
• [Hearthstone] Using the last charge on a location that summons a minion will now clear the location away first and then summon the minion (meaning there will now be space for the minion if your board is full).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Planetary Navigator didn’t work with Murmur.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed bugs with The Ceaseless Expanse’s tracking not counting cards destroyed when overdrawn, or destroyed in hand or deck by Flik Skyshiv.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where cards that tracked cards played (such as Rat Trap) sometimes counted Countered cards and sometimes did not. Countered cards should not count towards this kind of tracking.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Liberator (the Starship Piece) stopped dealing its damage to functionally dead minions (relevant if the minion has an effect that is triggered each time it is damaged, like Acolyte of Pain).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Multi-Strike's extra attack wouldn’t carry over after a hero skin transformation (like Metamorphosis Illidan’s).
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Chaotic Consumption wouldn’t be playable in certain edge situations.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where playing a multi-class StarCraft card in a Tourist deck triggered the Tourist animation.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where Signature Zergling, SCV, and Void Ray did not glow green when playable.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where launching a Starship could cause the End of Turn button to turn green when additional moves could still be made.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where minions couldn’t be sold on turn 1 while the Lay of the Land Anomaly was active.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Knockoff Wisdomball didn’t respect the Bob-blehead Trinket.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Catacomb Crasher’s effect was triggered when Tavern spells couldn’t spawn into a Tavern (like if the Tavern was fully frozen or when Tess Greymane’s hero power spawned a Tavern without a Tavern spell).
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Loyal Mobster wouldn’t activate Tough Tusk.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Blade of Ambition could fail to copy the minion with the highest stats in the Warband.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where the Golden Hammer Spellcraft Spell was castable on Professor Putricide’s creations.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Lurker retained its base stats upon being Goldenized via the Golden Hammer.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a visual bug where rerolling a hero would give you a new hero with the default hero skin, instead of a toggled favorite.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a visual bug where the rope burned during combat when the Match Fixing Anomaly was active.
• [Collection] All in-client deck recipes and loaner decks will be updated with the launch of Into the Emerald Dream, so that they only include Standard cards after set rotation.
• [Collection] Fixed a bug where Signature Prince Renathal could rarely drop from Packs.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where Quests and Tavern Brawl would show “0 days” in their tracking if less than one day remained.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed bugs where various hero skins lacked hero power animations, lacked their golden frame when the class was golden, or lacked the “Happy New Year” fireworks.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where transforming hero skins were temporarily untargetable during their transformations.
• Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.