Hearthstone

Patch 27.2 is a massive patch, launching both Battlegrounds Season 5 and the first official Twist season, our first-ever direct-to-Wild expansion, and more!

Table of Contents

• Battlegrounds Season 5, Anomalies System
• Battlegrounds New Hero and New Minions
• Battlegrounds Minion and Minion Pool Updates
• Caverns of Time Set and Wild Card Updates
• Twist Season 1
• Standard Balance Updates
• Duels Updates
• Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

Battlegrounds Season 5 is Here!

Competitors throughout Azeroth are gathering in the Tavern for a gladiatorial contest to earn the favor of the Titans and their keepers. With over 30 new minions, 7 opponents, and slew of new Anomalies to master, the competition has never been fiercer!

On August 22, Battlegrounds Season 4 will end and Season 5 will begin. That means rankings will reset, Battlegrounds Quests will be removed, minion pools will update, and the Battlegrounds Track will switch over. All rewards that were earned from the Season 4 Track, but not yet claimed, will automatically be claimed.

New Gameplay System—Anomalies

Battlegrounds Season 5 introduces a chaotic new seasonal system: Anomalies! Anomalies are game-changing effects that are randomly set at the start of each game. All players in the game get the same Anomaly for that game.

Anomaly appearance rates vary, with some more common than others. Some minions, minion types, and heroes won’t be offered if a particular Anomaly applies to your game. You’ll know your game’s Anomaly when you’re picking your hero.

Anomalies at Launch

There will be an initial pool of Anomalies at the Season launch, and then new Anomalies will be added to the pool each week throughout Battlegrounds Season 5. The following Anomalies will be available from the beginning of Season 5:

Prudence of Amitus	Unspent Gold carries over to your next turn. If you saved at least 5, gain 1 extra.
Anti-Gravity Stadium	Minions in the Tavern have their Attack and Health swapped.
Might of Khaz-goroth	At the end of your turn, set your left and right-most minions' Attack to the higher of the two.
Fortitude of Khaz-goroth	At the end of your turn, set your left and right-most minions' Health to the higher of the two.
Money Match	Start at 10 Gold.
Denathrius’ Anima Reserves	All heroes are Sire Denathrius.
Uncompensated Upset	Start at 1 Gold. Minions cost (1) but sell for (0). Upgrading the Tavern costs (2) less.
Secrets of Norgannon	Tavern Tier 7 exists. Start with 10 extra Armor.
Transient Treasures	At the start of your turn, choose from 2 new Quest Rewards.
Nguyen's Shifting Disks	All heroes are Master Nguyen.
Bring in the Buddies	Buddies are in the Tavern.
Oops, All _______!	This Anomaly has a version for Beasts, Pirates, Dragons, Elementals, Mechs, Murlocs, Naga, Quilboar, Undead, and Demons. What it means is that only that minion Type and Neutrals are in the Tavern for that game. When this Anomaly is active, the number of each minion in the pool is increased to fill out the Tavern: 5x the number of each minion of the selected Type and 2x the number of each Neutral minion. Oops, All Pirates! also has one extra adjustment: Cap’n Hoggarr is added to the minion pool. Yaharrr!
A Faire Reward	Instead of a minion, Triple Rewards Discover a Tier 1 Darkmoon Prize. (Upgrades in 3 turns!)
Finicky Hourglass	Start at Tavern Tier 2.
Packed Stands	The Tavern always has 7 minions
Double Header	The first time you buy a minion each turn, get an extra copy of it.
Echoes of Argus	Your Battlecries and Deathrattles trigger an extra time.
False Idols	You only need 2 copies of a minion to make it Golden. Instead of a Triple Reward, get a Gold Coin.
Grapnel of the Titans	The first minion you buy each turn is free.
The Golden Arena	ALL minions are Golden, but you do not get Triple Rewards. Dev Comment: This includes cards that are Discovered or generated by other cards.

Anomalies Coming Throughout Patch 27.2

Additional Anomalies will be added to the Anomaly pool each week throughout Patch 27.2. When Anomalies are newly added to the Anomaly pool, they’ll have an increased appearance rate for that week. The additional Anomalies coming throughout Patch 27.2 are:

Big League	Only Tavern Tiers 3, 4, 5, and 6 exist.
Little League	Only Tavern Tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4 exist.
Everything’s On Fire!	At the start of the game, take 30 damage. Whenever another hero dies, regain 5 Health. Dev Comment: This is fine.
Wisdom of Ulduar	At the end of every 3 turns, set your right-most minion’s stats to 15/15.
Overseer’s Orb	After you upgrade the Tavern, Refresh it with minions of your most common type.
Perfected Alchemy	Start with a “Goldenizer” that makes a friendly minion Golden.
Blood of Sargeras	At the start of your turn, set your hero’s Health to 12.
Mimiron’s Clockwork Stadium	You cannot upgrade the Tavern with Gold. It upgrades itself every 2 turns.
Path of the Treasure-Seeker	After you Refresh 5 times, find the Golden Monkey!

New Hero

Thorim, Stormlord

• Choose Your Champion
  • Passive. At the start of the game, Discover a Tier 7 minion to get after you spend 65 Gold.

Thorim, Stormlord will be offered in every game for the first two weeks after launch.

27.2 Hero and Minion updates will be represented in the official Card Library with the launch of Patch 27.2.

Hero Updates

Cariel Roame (Conviction)

• Old: Give 3 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)
• New: Give 2 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)

Kurtrus Ashfallen (Glaive Ricochet)

• Old: Passive: Once per turn, after you buy 4 minions, Discover a plain copy of one of them.
• New: Passive: Once per turn, after you buy 3 minions, get a plain copy of one of them.

New Minions

Oozeling Gladiator [Tier 2]

• 1 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Get two Slimy Shields that give +1/+1 and Taunt.

Iron Groundskeeper [Tier 3]

• 5 Attack, 6 Health. Battlecry: Give a minion Taunt. If it already has it, remove its Taunt.

Living Constellation [Tier 3]

• 4 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Give a minion +1/+1 for each type you control.

Fairy Tale Caroler [Tier 4]

• 2 Attack, 4 Health. Battlecry: If you lost your last combat, give your other minions +2/+1.

Free-Flying Feathermane [Tier 3, Beast]

• 5 Attack, 5 Health. After a friendly Beast dies, summon this from your hand for this combat only.
• Dev Comment: This minion will be summoned once there is board space, after all Deathrattles and Reborns resolve.

Niuzao [Tier 6, Beast]

• 7 Attack, 6 Health. Whenever this attacks, deal damage equal to its Attack to another random enemy minion.

The Glad-iator [Tier 3, Naga]

• 1 Attack, 1 Health. Divine Shield. Whenever you cast a spell, gain +1 Attack.

Daggerspine Thrasher [Tier 3, Naga]

• 3 Attack, 5 Health. Whenever you cast a spell, gain Divine Shield, Windfury, or Venomous until next turn.

Briarback Bookie [Tier 2, Quilboar]

• 3 Attack, 4 Health. If you have any unspent Gold at the end of your turn, get 2 Blood Gems.

Murcules [Tier 2, Murloc]

• 5 Attack, 2 Health. Whenever this kills a minion, give a minion in your hand +2/+2.

Murky [Tier 6, Murloc]

• 6 Attack, 5 Health. Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc +1/+1. (Improved by each Battlecry minion you played this game!)

Time Saver [Tier 3, Dragon]

• 3 Attack, 5 Health. If you have any unspent Gold at the end of your turn, this sells for 2 more Gold.

Hunter of Gatherers [Tier 5, Dragon]

• 3 Attack, 6 Health. After this gains Attack, give your minions +1 Health.

Warpwing [Tier 6, Dragon]

• 12 Attack, 4 Health. Immune while attacking.

Bejeweled Duelist [Tier 2, Elemental]

• 3 Attack, 4 Health. Taunt. Whenever you Refresh, gain +1 Health.

Spark-ling [Tier 3, Elemental]

• 5 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Give all other minions +1/+1.

Emergent Flame [Tier 4, Elemental]

• 5 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry: Give an Elemental +1/+1. (Improved by each Refresh this turn!)

Carbonic Copy [Tier 5, Elemental]

• 5 Attack, 6 Health. Start of Combat: Summon a copy of this minion.

Invent-o-Matic [Tier 2, Mech]

• 2 Attack, 3 Health. Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +1/+1.

Adaptable Barricade [Tier 5, Mech]

• 12 Attack, 1 Health. Taunt. Whenever this attacked, it shifts its stats to survive with 1 Health (if possible).
• Dev Comment: This respects Venomous/Poisonous. If it is going to take damage from a minion with one of those effects, it will not shift its stats.

Relentless Sentry [Tier 3, Undead]

• 5 Attack, 1 Health. Avenge (4): Gain Taunt and Reborn.

Sore Loser [Tier 3, Undead]

• 1 Attack, 4 Health. Your Undead have extra Attack equal to your Tier.

Champion of the Primus [Tier 5, Undead]

• 1 Attack, 8 Health. Avenge (2): Your Undead have +1 Attack for the rest of the game (wherever they are).

Surf n’ Surf [Tier 1, Naga/Beast]

• 1 Attack, 1 Health. Spellcraft: Give a minion “Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Crab” until next turn.

Seaborn Summoner [Tier 2, Naga/Elemental]

• 2 Attack, 4 Health. Spellcraft: Choose a minion. Add a minion of its type to the Tavern.

Withered Spearhide [Tier 3, Undead/Quilboar]

• 2 Attack, 2 Health. Reborn. Deathrattle: Get a Blood Gem.

Dreadbeard [Tier 3, Demon/Pirate]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. At the end of your turn, deal 1 damage to your hero and get a Gold Coin.

Peckish Feldrake [Tier 4, Demon/Dragon]

• 0 Attack, 1 Health. Battlecry: Consume 3 minions in the Tavern to gain their stats.

Mannoroth [Tier 5, Undead/Demon]

• 1 Attack, 10 Health. Venomous. After this kills a minion and survives, gain its maximum stats. (Once per combat).

Mechanized Gift Horse [Tier 5, Mech/Beast]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Mechorses with “Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Mechapony.”

Transmuted Bramblewitch [Tier 5, Elemental/Quilboar]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. When this attacks, set the defender’s stats to 3/3. (Once per combat).

Relentless Mur’ghoul [Tier 6, Undead/Murloc]

• 5 Attack, 4 Health. Venomous. Avenge (4): Gain Reborn.

Tier 7 Minions

Tier 7 Minions are only accessible through Thorim’s Hero Power or in games with the Secrets of Norgannon Anomaly. In games with the Secrets of Norgannon Anomaly active, Tier 7 can be accessed through any normal means (upgrading the Tavern, getting triples, Patient Scout, etc.). When Tier 7 is active, there are five copies of each Tier 7 minion that’s in that game’s minion pool.

Argent Braggart [Tier 7]

• 1 Attack, 1 Health. Battlecry: Set this minion’s Attack and Health to the highest in the battlefield.

King Varian [Tier 7]

• 9 Attack, 9 Health. When you sell this, Discover two tier 6 minions.

Moira Bronzebeard [Tier 7]

• 3 Attack, 9 Health. Your Battlecries and Deathrattles trigger twice.

Papa Bear [Tier 7, Beast]

• 12 Attack, 12 Health. Deathrattle: Summon 3 Mama Bears.

Champion of Sargeras [Tier 7, Demon]

• 10 Attack, 10 Health. Minions in the Tavern have +10/+10.

Recurring Nightmare [Tier 7, Undead]

• 5 Attack, 5 Health. Deathrattle: Give a different friendly Undead “Deathrattle: Summon a Recurring Nightmare.”

Captain Sanders [Tier 7, Pirate]

• 7 Attack, 7 Health. Battlecry: Make a friendly minion Golden.

Tide Oracle Morgl [Tier 7, Murloc]

• 1 Attack, 10 Health. Poisonous. When this attacks and kills a minion, give its maximum stats to a minion in your hand.

Granite Guardian [Tier 7, Elemental]

• 1 Attack, 17 Health. Taunt. Whenever this is attacked, reduce the attacker’s Health to 1.

Sea Witch Zar’jira [Tier 7, Naga]

• 4 Attack, 5 Health. Spellcraft: Choose a different minion in the Tavern to get a copy of.

Obsidian Ravager [Tier 7, Dragon]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. Whenever this attacks, deal damage equal to its Attack to the target and an adjacent minion.

The Boommobile [Tier 7, Mech]

• 12 Attack, 12 Health. Magnetic, Reborn, Divine Shield, Taunt, Windfury

Sanguine Champion [Tier 7, Quilboar]

• 9 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game.

Amalgadon [Tier 7, All]

• 6 Attack, 6 Health. Battlecry: For each different minion type you control, randomly Adapt.
• Dev Comment: Note that this is a reversion to a prior version of this card, but now at Tier 7.

Minion Pool Updates

• The following 49 minions have been removed from the minion pool: Sparring Partner; Spawn of N’Zoth; Vigilant Stoneborn; Qiraji Harbinger; Tortollan Blue Shell; Champion of Y’Shaarj; Lightfang Enforcer; Rat Pack; Eventide Brute; Pufferquil; Prophet of the Boar; Gemsplitter; Upbeat Flutist; Plagued Tidewalker; Ring Matron; Tarecgosa; Sanctum Rester; Nadina the Red; Prized Promo-Drake; General Drakkisath; Molten Rock; Felemental; Upbeat Upstart; Magmaloc; Crackling Cyclone; Smogger; Annoy-o Troupe; Harvest Golem; Mecha Jaraxxus; Wargear; Grease Bot; Ghoul of the Feast; Xylo-bones; Radio Star; Mini-Myrmidon; Thorncaptain; Snail Cavalry; Thorncaller; Backstage Security; Briny Bootlegger; Annihilan Battlemaster; Colossus of the Sun; Scavenging Hyena; Cyborg Drake; Mantid Queen; Bonemare; Bristlemane Scrapsmith; Mistake; Tavern Tempest.
• The following 11 minions have returned to the minion pool: Reef Explorer; Treasure-Seeker Elise; Mythrax the Unraveler; Bannerboar; Captain Flat Tusk; Floating Watcher; Razorgore, the Untamed; Party Elemental; Mechano-Tank; Omega Buster; Nightmare Amalgam

Minion Updates

Eternal Summoner

• Old (Regular): 8 Attack, 1 Health.
• Old (Golden): 16 Attack, 2 Health. Reborn. Deathrattle: Summon 2 Eternal Knights.
• New (Regular): 8 Attack, 1 Health.
• New (Golden): 16 Attack, 2 Health. Reborn. Deathrattle: Summon a Golden Eternal Knight.

Saltscale Honcho

• Old: After you play a Murloc, give two other friendly Murlocs +1 Health.
• New: After you play a Murloc, give two friendly Murlocs +1 Health.

King Bagurgle

• Old: 6 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Murlocs +2/+2.
• New: 6 Attack, 4 Health. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2/+3.

Young Murk Eye

• Old (Regular): 9 Attack, 6 Health. At the end of your turn, the minion to the left of this triggers its Battlecry.
• Old (Golden): 18 Attack, 12 Health. At the end of your turn, adjacent minions trigger their Battlecries.
• New (Regular): 8 Attack, 5 Health. At the end of your turn, adjacent minions trigger their Battlecries.
• New (Golden): 16 Attack, 10 Health. At the end of your turn, adjacent minions trigger their Battlecries twice.

Party Elemental

• Old (Regular): [Tier 2] 4 Attack, 2 Health. After you play an Elemental, give another random friendly Elemental +1/+1.
• Old (Golden): [Tier 2] 8 Attack, 4 Health. After you play an Elemental, give another random friendly Elemental +1/+1 twice.
• New (Regular): [Tier 3] 2 Attack, 5 Health. After you play an Elemental, give a friendly Elemental other than it +1/+2.
• New (Golden): [Tier 3] 4 Attack, 10 Health. After you play an Elemental, give a friendly Elemental other than it +2/+4.

Wildfire Elemental

• Old: After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to a random adjacent minion.
• New: After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to an adjacent minion.
• Dev Comment: This is a text-only change with no functional update.

Lava Lurker

• Old: The first Spellcraft spell cast on this each turn is permanent.
• New: The first Spellcraft enchantment on this each turn is permanent.
• Dev Comment: This change means that Lava Lurker’s effect won’t be consumed if it is targeted by Spellcraft spells that don’t leave enchantments, like Seaborn Summoner’s or Sea Witch Zar’jira’s.

Bannerboar

• Old: [Tier 3] 1 Attack, 3 Health
• New: [Tier 4] 3 Attack, 5 Health

Piloted Whirl-O-Tron (Sneed’s Buddy)

• Old: Battlecry: Copy a friendly minion’s Deathrattles.
• New: Battlecry: Copy a different friendly minion’s Deathrattles.
• Dev Comment: This change was made to avoid a bugged interaction. With this change, Sneed has been returned to the hero pool and Piloted Whirl-O-Tron has been returned to E.T.C.’s hero power pool.

Updated Armor Levels

All Armor Tiers at the launch of Patch 27.2 will be as follows:

Hero Name	Armor	Armor (at Higher Rating)*
A.F. Kay	18	-
Al’Akir	13	-
Alexstrasza	17	-
Ambassador Faelin	15	-
Aranna Starseeker	12	-
Arch-Villain Rafaam	10	-
Bru’kan	12	-
C’Thun	10	13
Cap’n Hoggarr	10	-
Captain Eudora	19	-
Captain Hooktusk	15	11
Cariel Roame	10	-
Chenvaala	12	15
Cookie the Cook	7	-
Dancin’ Deryl	7	-
Death Speaker Blackthorn	10	-
Deathwing	10	-
Dinotamer Brann	18	-
Drek’Thar	7	-
E.T.C., Band Manager	10	5
Edwin VanCleef	17	-
Elise Starseeker	13	-
Enhance-o Mechano	13	-
Forest Warden Omu	12	-
Fungalmancer Flurgl	8	12
Galakrond	17	-
Galewing	8	-
George the Fallen	15	-
Greybough	16	-
Guff Runetotem	16	-
Heistbaron Togwaggle	13	-
Illidan Stormrage	14	-
Infinite Toki	13	-
Inge, the Iron Hymn	6	10
Ini Stormcoil	6	8
Jandice Barov	16	-
Kael’thas Sunstrider	15	-
King Mukla	10	-
Kurtrus Ashfallen	12	-
Lady Vashj	13	-
Lich Baz’hial	7	-
Lord Barov	19	10
Lord Jaraxxus	10	19
Maiev Shadowsong	18	15
Malygos	14	-
Master Nguyen	8	-
Millhouse Manastorm	10	5
Millificent Manastorm	6	10
Mr. Bigglesworth	16	-
Murloc Holmes	10	-
Mutanus the Devourer	11	-
N’Zoth	12	-
Nozdormu	13	-
Onyxia	7	-
Overlord Saurfang	14	-
Ozumat	12	-
Patches the Pirate	5	10
Patchwerk	0	-
Professor Putricide	15	-
Pyramad	14	-
Queen Azshara	13	-
Queen Wagtoggle	7	13
Ragnaros the Firelord	13	16
Rakanishu	15	-
Reno Jackson	16	-
Rock Master Voone	15	10
Rokara	12	-
Scabbs Cutterbutter	10	-
Shudderwock	10	7
Silas Darkmoon	10	-
Sindragosa	16	-
Sir Finley Mrrgglton	12	-
Sire Denathrius	11	-
Skycap’n Kragg	15	-
Sneed	14	-
Sylvanas Windrunner	14	-
Tamsin Roame	10	-
Tavish Stormpike	15	-
Teron Gorefiend	10	12
Tess Greymane	17	-
The Curator	13	-
The Great Akazamzarak	10	-
The Jailer	17	-
The Lich King	10	-
The Rat King	9	-
Tickatus	12	-
Thorim, Stormlord	15	-
Trade Prince Gallywix	10	6
Vanndar Stormpike	10	-
Varden Dawngrasp	13	-
Vol’jin	15	11
Xyrella	15	10
Y’Shaarj	14	-
Yogg-Saron, Hope’s End	14	-
Ysera	5	12
Zephrys, the Great	17	-

Some Heroes have high winrate disparities between lower-MMR and higher-MMR players. To account for this, those Heroes are given an alternative Armor value, depending on the average internal rating of the lobby you’re in. Any Hero that only lists one Armor amount has the same Armor at all levels of play.

New Battlegrounds Track

The Season 5 Battlegrounds Track, with the Season Pass, features 40 levels of rewards, including 5 Legendary Hero Skins, 12 Epic Hero Skins, 6 Rare Hero Skins, 6 Epic Emotes, 8 Rare Emotes, and Epic Bartender and a Legendary Strike!

For more details about the Season 5 Battlegrounds Track, and the new Battlegrounds Season Pass, see our Season 5 Announcement Blog.

Hearthstone Updates

New Special Set: Caverns of Time!

The Infinite Dragonflight is trying to go back in time and change the way the Battle of Ahn’Qiraj went against the Old God C’Thun. The fate of the world—and the true timeline—hangs in the balance! It’s up to you to hold off their attack... or join them instead...

Caverns of Time is a new type of Hearthstone expansion, including card reprints, new cards, and some new card cosmetics! It’s also Hearthstone’s first-ever direct-to-Wild expansion, meaning that the cards in it will not be legal in Standard (and can be balanced towards Wild). Caverns of Time launches on August 31, and it includes 147 cards: 113 buffed reprints* and 34 brand new cards!

Caverns of Times packs can also include special Signature versions of other iconic Wild cards. Keep an eye out for a dedicated Caverns of Time blog, coming August 22, with more details about the 34 new cards, the special Signature variants, and more.

* Duplicate protection applies for these reprints. So, if you already have (or disenchanted) the original versions, you won’t open them again in Caverns of Time packs until you’ve opened all new cards from that rarity.

Wild Card Updates

113 Wild cards are getting buffs with Patch 27.2! These are the cards that are being reprinted as part of the Caverns of Time set. If you already have the cards in your collection from their original release, they will be automatically updated with the patch. If you don’t already have the cards, you can still get them through all current means, or from Caverns of Time packs once the set goes live.

	Card Name	Change
Druid	Jade Behemoth	5 Mana
Dark Arakkoa	Battlecry: Give your C’Thun +4/+4 (wherever it is).
Knight of the Wild	Costs (1) less for each Beast you’ve summoned this game.
Menagerie Warden	5 Attack, 4 Health
Mire Keeper	3 Attack, 4 Health
Virmen Sensei	[4 Mana] 4 Attack, 4 Health. Battlecry: Give a friendly Beast +3/+3.
Addled Grizzly	[2 Mana] 2 Attack, 3 Health. After you summon a Beast, give it +1/+1.
Klaxxi Amber-Weaver	Taunt. Battlecry: If your C’Thun has at least 10 Attack, gain +5 Health.
Malorne	Deathrattle: Go Dormant. Revive after 2 friendly Beasts die.
Aviana	9 Mana
Hunter	Cobra Shot	4 Mana
Snipe	Secret: When your opponent plays a minion, deal 6 damage to it.
Smuggler’s Crate	0 Mana
Shaky Zipgunner	4 Attack, 3 Health
King of Beasts	[3 Mana] 1 Attack, 5 Health. Taunt. Has +1 Attack for each other Beast you control.
Ball of Spiders	[3 Mana] Summon three 1/1 Webspinners with “Deathrattle: Get a random Beast.”
Explorer’s Hat	1 Mana
Lock and Load	0 Mana
Acidmaw	[3 Mana] Whenever an enemy minion takes damage, destroy it.
Dreadscale	At the end of your turn, deal 1 damage to all enemies.
Mage	Dalaran Aspirant	Spell Damage +1 Inspire: Gain Spell Damage +1.
Flame Lance	Deal 25 damage to a minion.
Mana Wyrm	1 Attack, 3 Health
Spellslinger	Battlecry: Both players get a random spell. Yours costs (2) less.
Soot Spewer	3 Attack, 4 Health. Spell Damage +1 Battlecry: If you control another Mech, get a random Fire spell.
Kabal Crystal Runner	6 Attack, 5 Health
Goblin Blastmage	Battlecry: If you control a Mech, deal 6 damage randomly split among all enemies.
Servant of Yogg-Saron	Battlecry: Cast a random spell that costs (5) or MORE (targets chosen randomly).
Cabalist’s Tome	4 Mana
Flame Leviathan	Rush. When you draw this, deal 2 damage to all characters except Mechs.
Paladin	Silvermoon Portal	3 Mana
A Light in the Darkness	Discover a Paladin minion. Give it +2/+2.
Keeper of Uldaman	3 Mana
Steward of Darkshire	4 Attack, 3 Health
Ivory Knight	4 Mana
Grimestreet Enforcer	4 Mana
Lay on Hands	6 Mana
Mysterious Challenger	[5 Mana] 5 Attack, 5 Health
Enter the Coliseum	3 Mana
Wickerflame Burnbristle	3 Attack, 3 Health
Priest	Hooded Acolyte	Taunt. Whenever a character is healed, give your C’Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).
Shrinkmeister	Battlecry: Give a minion -3 Attack this turn.
Museum Curator	Battlecry: Discover a Deathrattle card. It costs (1) less.
Darkshire Alchemist	5 Attack, 5 Health
Onyx Bishop	4 Mana
Spawn of Shadows	[5 Mana] 5 Attack, 5 Health. Battlecry and Inspire: Deal 4 damage to each hero.
Convert	[3 Mana] Put a copy of an enemy minion into your hand. It costs (1).
Shadowfiend	[2 Mana] 2 Attack, 3 Health
Shadowbomber	3 Attack, 1 Health
Confessor Paletress	Battlecry and Inspire: Summon a random Legendary minion.
Rogue	Jade Swarmer	1 Mana
Shado-Pan Rider	Combo: Gain +4 Attack.
Tomb Pillager	6 Attack, 4 Health
Jade Shurikan	Deal 3 damage. Combo: Summon a Jade Golem.
Burgle	Get 3 random cards (from your opponent’s class).
Undercity Huckster	2 Attack, 3 Health
Dark Iron Skulker	[4 Mana] 4 Attack, 3 Health
Poisoned Blade	2 Mana
Blade of C’Thun	6 Mana
Anub’arak	[8 Mana] Deathrattle: Summon a 4/4 Nerubian with “Deathrattle: Summon Anub’arak.”
Shaman	Reincarnate	1 Mana
Tuskarr Totemic	2 Mana
Jade Lightning	[3 Mana] Deal 3 damage. Summon a Jade Golem.
Wicked Witchdoctor	3 Mana
Jade Chieftain	[6 Mana] 5 Attack, 5 Health
Thunder Bluff Valiant	Battlecry and Inspire: Give your Totems +2 Attack.
Call in the Finishers	3 Mana
Healing Wave	Restore 8 Health. Reveal a minion in each deck. If yours costs more, restore 16 instead.
Charged Hammer	[3 Mana] 2 Attack, 3 Durability
Hallazeal the Ascended	Spell Damage +1 Your spells have Lifesteal.
Warlock	Demonfuse	Give a Demon +3/+3.
Usher of Souls	[4 Mana] 3 Attack, 5 Health. Whenever a minion dies, give your C’Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).
Darkbomb	Deal 3 damage to a character. If it dies, draw a Shadow spell.
Dark Peddler	2 Attack, 3 Health
Spreading Madness	Deal 13 damage randomly split among ALL characters.
Silverware Golem	4 Attack, 3 Health
Tiny Knight of Evil	Whenever you discard a card, gain +2/+2.
Dark Bargain	[3 Mana]
Bane of Doom	Deal 3 damage to a character. If that kills it, summon a random Demon.
Krul the Unshackled	9 Attack, 9 Health
Warrior	I Know a Guy	Discover a Taunt minion. Give it +1/+2.
Ironforge Portal	4 Mana
Grimy Gadgeteer	3 Mana
Axe Flinger	2 Attack, 6 Health
Stolen Goods	Draw a Taunt minion. Give it +2/+2.
Ancient Shieldbearer	6 Mana
Alley Armorsmith	3 Attack, 7 Health
Bouncing Blade	2 Mana
Brass Knuckles	3 Mana
Iron Juggernaut	Battlecry and Deathrattle: Shuffle a Mine into your opponent’s deck. When drawn, it explodes for 10 damage.
Neutral	Jade Spirit	3 Attack, 3 Health
Worgen Greaser	6 Attack, 5 Health
Street Trickster	Spell Damage +2
Mukla’s Champion	5 Attack, 3 Health
Blackwing Corruptor	Battlecry: If you’re holding a Dragon, deal 5 damage.
Cult Apothecary	4 Mana
Twilight Geomancer	Taunt. Battlecry: Give your C’Thun +1/+1 and Taunt (wherever it is).
C’Thun’s Chosen	Divine Shield. Battlecry: Give your C’Thun +3/+3 (wherever it is).
Acolyte of Pain	1 Attack, 4 Health
Grimestreet Informant	2 Attack, 2 Health
Disciple of C’Thun	2 Attack, 2 Health
Sludge Belcher	3 Attack, 6 Health
Small-Time Buccaneer	1 Attack, 2 Health
Kabal Courier	2 Mana
Lotus Agents	[3 Mana] 3 Attack, 3 Health
Crazed Worshipper	4 Mana
Emperor Thaurissan	[5 Mana] 4 Attack, 4 Health
Twin Emperor Vek’lor	6 Attack, 7 Health
C’Thun	8 Mana
Aya Blackpaw	6 Attack, 3 Health
Don Han’Cho	[5 Mana] 5 Attack, 5 Health

Be sure to catch The State of Wild podcast on August 17 for an exclusive developer interview with Matt London and Chadd Nervig to discuss these changes and more.

Kean-eye readers will note that two of the 113 cards aren’t listed here (wow, we can’t believe you counted all of them, that’s commitment). The two missing cards are more akin to “reworks” than “buffed reprints,” so they will be revealed in the August 22 full explainer blog.

Twist Official Launch

Twist is back! On September 1, at your local ladder reset time, we’ll be kicking off the first official season of Twist. This season will feature the Wonders format, a fun throwback format celebrating the early years of Hearthstone. It includes all expansions from Legacy (not Core or Classic) through Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, plus the new cards from the Caverns of Time set, launching on August 31. That means the legal sets will be:

• Legacy (not Core or Classic)
• Curse of Naxxramas
• Goblins vs Gnomes
• Blackrock Mountain
• The Grand Tournament
• The League of Explorers
• Whispers of the Old Gods
• One Night in Karazhan
• Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
• Caverns of Time

There will be no Demon Hunter or Death Knight classes in this season of Twist, as they didn’t exist during the Wonders era. There’s no special rules modifier for this first Wonders season—the Twist is that you get to use the buffed cards and the brand new cards from Caverns of Time! You can learn more about Caverns of Time and this new Twist format in our dedicated Caverns of Time blog, coming on August 22.

Standard Balance Changes

The following cards are being adjusted down in power:

Hollow Hound

• Old: 3 Attack, 6 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 4 Health

Costumed Singer

• Old: 2 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 1 Health

Bioluminescence

• Old: 3 Mana
• New: 4 Mana

Thaddius, Monstrosity

• Old: Taunt. Your odd-Cost cards cost (1). (Swaps polarity each turn!)
• New: Taunt. Your odd-Cost cards cost (4) less. (Swaps polarity each turn!)

The above cards will be available for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 27.2.

The following card are being adjusted up in power:

Down with the Ship

• Old: Deal 3 damage to a minion. If it dies, shuffle two random Plagues into your opponent’s deck.
• New: Deal 3 damage. Shuffle two random Plagues into your opponent’s deck.

Mythical Terror

• Old: 3 Attack, 10 Health
• New: 4 Attack, 10 Health

Frost Lotus Seedling (and Frost Lotus Blossom)

• Old (Seedling): Draw 1 card. Gain 4 Armor. (Blossoms in 3 turns.)
• Old (Blossom): Draw 2 cards. Gain 8 Armor.
• New (Seedling): Draw 1 card. Gain 5 Armor. (Blossoms in 3 turns.)
• New (Blossom): Draw 2 cards. Gain 10 Armor.

Disciple of Amitus

• Old: [6 Mana] 4 Attack, 6 Health
• New: [5 Mana] 4 Attack, 5 Health

Tyr

• Old: 7 Mana
• New: 6 Mana

Astral Automaton

• Old: 1 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 2 Health

Felstring Harp

• Old: 2 Mana
• New: 1 Mana

Bladestorm

• Old: 3 Mana
• New: 2 Mana

Stoneskin Armorer

• Old: [3 Mana] 3 Attack, 4 Health
• New: [2 Mana] 2 Attack, 2 Health

Craftsman’s Hammer

• Old: After your hero attacks and kills a minion, gain 4 Armor.
• New: Whenever your hero attacks, gain 4 Armor.
• Dev Comment: This change means that it now works to give you extra damage after you’ve played Odyn.

Trial by Fire

• Old: 7 Mana
• New: 6 Mana

New In-Game Event: Battle of Ahn’Qiraj

Starting on September 5, join the Battle of Ahn’Qiraj with this special in-game event, celebrating the launch of Twist! From September 5 to September 19, complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track to earn a total of 6 card packs (1 The Grand Tournament Pack, 1 Goblins vs Gnomes Pack, 1 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Pack, 1 Whispers of the Old Gods Pack, and 2 Caverns of Time Packs), 2 Signature Northshire Cleric Common cards, and 2 Signature Deathlord Rare cards!

Heroic Tavern Brawl

Heroic Tavern Brawl is returning on September 6, and this time it’s taking a walk on the Wild side. See where the dust settles after the Wild updates with this week-long competition for top prizes! The competition will be fierce, but the victors will be greatly rewarded.

Duels Updates

With Patch 27.2, the following card pool adjustments will be made:

• Thundra Rhino, Anub’Rekhan, Seafloor Gateway, and Mister Mukla are banned from deckbuilding and all card pools.
• Symphony of Sins is banned from deckbuilding.
• Solid Alibi and Cloak of Shadows are removed from draft buckets.
• Caverns of Time cards will be added to all card pools.

Once Caverns of Time launches on August 31, it will be added to initial deckbuilding as well. There will not be a season change with any of these updates, so ongoing runs will continue and ratings will be preserved.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Updated Disciple of Eonar’s text to indicate it works with Choose One cards or hero powers. Fixed a bug where, if it buffed a Choose One hero power, the aura would not be spent after the hero power was used.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where cards that reduce their own Cost were able to cost less than 2 when Razorscale was in play.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Titanforged Traps didn’t cast off “cast a random spell” effects. It now offers Hunter Secrets to classes that don’t have Secrets.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Chameleos and Disguised K’thir did not count as copies for Harvester of Envy.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Fate Spitter wouldn’t create a copy of a hero card if killed by that card’s Battlecry effect.
• [Hearthstone] Updated the Core Priest deck recipe to replace Crimson Clergy with Beaming Sidekick. This resolved a bug where that deck couldn’t be played in Practice or other adventures that use the Wild card pool (where Crimson Clergy is banned).
• [Battlegrounds] Your “Last 5 Warbands” stats page will now show your hero with your equipped Hero Skin, instead of always the default skin.
• [Battlegrounds] Zesty Shaker, Critter Wrangler, Tidemistress Athissa, and Kel’Thuzad’s Kitty (Hero Power) now use “When” or “Whenever” instead of “After” timing.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where giving a Divine Shield minion a temporary Divine Shield with Glowscale’s Spellcraft effect will then remove that minion’s original Divine Shield the next turn.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Dynamic Duo wouldn’t receive in-combat buffs from its effect.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a visual-only bug where Humming Bird plus another card that adds stats would display the wrong number.
• [Battlegrounds] Updated the Battlegrounds tutorial to better match modern Battlegrounds rules.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where hero Health was not displaying on the pre-match loadout for Duels and Dungeon Run style solo content.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug with the Death Games Hero Power.
• [Solo Content] Fixed a bug where the new/returning player Loaner Decks were not useable in Solo Adventures.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where the Sargeras Hero Skin was missing its hero tray.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where the Legendary Rafaam Hero Skin’s hero power didn’t animate if you had fewer than 500 Warlock Ranked wins.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where using the hero power would cause visual issues with animated Hero Skins.
• [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the TITANS achievements were missing the TITANS icon.
• [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the Hats on Hats on Hats achievement couldn’t be progressed.
• [General] Added support for Android 13.
• Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.

Patch 27.0.3 is a data-only patch, rolling out today, with the following updates and bug fixes.

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: This is a smaller, numbers-only adjustment intended to address negative play experience outliers from the first few days of the new expansion. There will be another patch a couple weeks after this one where we will have more data points to make larger adjustments to the meta, if needed.

Solid Alibi

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Lab Constructor

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

The above cards will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 27.0.3.

Duels Update

• Mechwarper has been banned from deckbuilding and all card pools.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Updated Sparkbots to better match their colors to their effects. WARNING: Wear proper safety equipment and read card texts to mitigate the risk of misplays while handling Sparkbots.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Dormant Titans could activate their abilities (kind of), causing issues.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Korean language version of the Forge tooltip displayed incorrectly.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed miscellaneous localization issues across languages.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where Open the Doorways didn't trigger off of Symphony of Sins or Snack Run.
• [Collection] Fixed a bug where the Sargeras card back appeared as unowned and couldn’t be favorited.

Patch 27.0, launching tomorrow, prepares the way for TITANS to come to Hearthstone on August 1! The patch also includes updates to Battlegrounds, Duels, Arena, and more.

TITANS Are Making Their Way to Hearthstone!

Hearthstone’s next expansion, TITANS, is awakening in Hearthstone on August 1. The new 145-card expansion includes the new Titan and Forge keywords, Legendary Keepers, the returning Magnetic keyword, and more! See all the new cards in the official Card Library today. This is your last chance to get your Pre-Purchase bundle, only available until the expansion goes live next week!

With the launch of TITANS comes a new Rewards Track, with out-of-this-world cosmetics, XP boosts, cards, card packs, and a huge infusion of Gold! Check out our Rewards Track Refresh blog for details.

In-Game Event: Ulduar Grand Championship

Starting on August 3, vie for the favor of the Titans in a special in-game event, celebrating the launch of TITANS! From August 3 to August 22, complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track to earn 6 total packs (2 Standard Packs, 1 Golden Standard Pack, 1 Festival of Legends Pack, and 2 TITANS Packs) and a Death Knight Hero Skin!

New to Core: Paladin Auras

As part of our continued efforts to be more flexible with the Core Set throughout the year, two new cards are being added to Paladin’s Core Set with Patch 27.0.

The Auras have an effect that lasts for a few turns after you play the card. These two cards will be automatically added to the free Core Set with Patch 27.0. There is also one more Aura card in the TITANS set that can be obtained through all normal means once the expansion is live. We plan to continue exploring this design space for Paladin in future expansions as well.

Battlegrounds Updates

New Quest Rewards

• Turbulent Tombs: Add [a specified “Deathrattle” minion] to your hand. Your Deathrattles trigger an extra time.

• Gilnean War Horn: Add [a specified “Battlecry” minion] to your hand. Your Battlecries trigger an extra time.

Quest Reward Updates

• The following Quest Rewards are now more difficult to earn:
  • Endless Blood Moon; Sturdy Shard; Volatile Venom; Doppelganger’s Locket; Hidden Treasure Vault
• The following Quest Rewards are now easier to earn:
  • Boom Squad; Map of the Unknown; Ice Sickle; Bloodsoaked Tome; Snicker Snacks; Scepter of Guidance; Timeline Acceleration; Ritual Dagger; Anima Bribe; Mirror Shield

Hero Armor Updates

The following heroes now have less Armor:

• Cariel Roame now has 6 Armor
• Chenvaala now has 15 Armor at higher ratings, still has 12 Armor at lower ratings

The following heroes now have more Armor:

• Trade Prince Gallywix now has 8 Armor at higher ratings; still has 10 Armor at lower ratings
• Queen Wagtoggle now has 13 Armor at higher ratings; still has 7 Armor at lower ratings

Minion Update

Bristleback Knight

• Old (regular): Windfury, Divine Shield. Frenzy: Gain Divine Shield.
• New (regular): Windfury. Divine Shield. The first time this survives damage, gain Divine Shield.
• New (golden): Windfury. Divine Shield. The first two times this survives damage, gain Divine Shield.
• Dev Comment: This is a word change update for clarity, since this was the only card in Battlegrounds using the Frenzy keyword. There is no functional change to the normal version, but the Golden version is now stronger.

Wording Updates

Text-only updates have been made in several instances across Battlegrounds for consistency and better templating: “Tavern Tier” has been shortened to “Tier”; “Bob’s Tavern” has been changed to “the Tavern”; “add to your hand” has been shortened to “get”; and “minion type” has been shortened to “type” when “minion” has already been previously mentioned in the text. None of these changes are gameplay-impacting changes.

Duels Updates

Season Update

On July 25, the current Duels season will end, ratings will be reset, and current runs will be concluded. At that time, Ashes of Outland will be added to deckbuilding and card pool offerings. TITANS will also become available for all card pools at that time, but will not be available for initial deckbuilding until the launch of the expansion on August 1.

Hero Pool Update

Diablo is no longer in the eligible hero pool.

Card Pool Update

• Rattlegore is no longer banned from all card pools.
• Mo’arg Artificer and Kael’thas Sunstrider are now banned from all card pools.
• The following cards do not appear in card buckets and can’t be Discovered or randomly generated: Akama, Bulwark of Azzinoth, Incanter’s Flow, and all 11 “Titan” minions.

Arena Updates

On July 25, with Patch 27.0, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:

• Core
• Saviors of Uldum
• Ashes of Outland
• Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
• March of the Lich King
• Path of Arthas
• Festival of Legends
• TITANS

Enter the Arena to play the new TITANS cards before the expansion launches!

Twist Beta Ending Soon

The current Twist Beta is coming to an end at the end of this season, at the end of the day on July 31. After the Beta ends, Twist will be temporarily unavailable while we prepare for the formal launch. Thank you all for trying out this new Mode and giving your feedback!

Twist is scheduled to formally launch on September 1, with a new format and a fun surprise. Stay tuned for more details closer to launch.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where triggering a reduced-cost Secret caused a crash on mobile devices.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where combining Solar Eclipse and Funnel Cake would refresh the wrong amount of mana crystals.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Sir Finley swapped the cards in your hand into your deck in the order they entered your hand instead of in the order they were held in your hand.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a spell with its cost reduced by Infinitize the Maxitude would keep the cost reduction when discovered again by Rewind.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Cannibalize triggered the Overheal of the minion it destroyed. You don’t want to see that happening to you.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Remixed Musician could not be Silenced. Someone has now cut his mic.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where playing a Magnetic minion next to a Dormant minion could allow you to have 8 minions on the board.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Jerry Rig Carpenter’s effect could sometimes cause crashes.
• [Hearthstone] Updated Zarog’s Crown to match other Discover effects (it now adds a copy of the card to your hand as part of its effect).
• [Battlegrounds] Magnetic minions now return to the minion pool immediately after being Magnetized.
• [Battlegrounds] Bob’s Burgles (Tess Greymane’s hero power) can no longer be activated if your last opponent had no minions.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where if you have both Secret Sinstone and Another Hidden Body Quest Rewards, Secret Sinstone would not trigger off of Another Hidden Body’s effect.
• [Solo Adventures] Fixed a bug where players were unable to purchase Dalaran Heist chapters 2-5 with Gold.
• [Solo Adventures] Fixed a bug where clicking on the rewards preview in the One Night in Karazhan Adventure could cause a crash.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where Inge, the Iron Hymn was missing her hero tray.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed a visual bug with Battlegrounds Boards causing clipping on phones. Visuals in the upper left corner of Battlegrounds boards will now appear simplified on phones.
• Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.

Patch 26.6.2 is a data-only patch, launching today, with the following updates.

Hearthstone Updates

Standard Card Update

Dev Comment: The Standard meta is in a good spot right now, with a lot of competitive options across most classes. We’re making this adjustment because Whomper is the biggest sentiment outlier in the format. We considered a handful of other cards that could have gotten small adjustments, but decided that it would be better to let this meta play out for a while.

Death Blossom Whomper

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [6 Mana]

Twist Card Updates

Dev Comment: Part of the Twist Beta is exploring our own design objectives when it comes to the mode. The whole premise of the mode is that there are quickly updating formats already built into it, so balance changes might not be as necessary to keep things fresh. However, we are still able to make card bans when we think they make the format better. Here, we’re taking a lighter approach to the big three outliers in the current format. We’ll see how these changes impact players and might take further or different actions in the future, including next time we bring back the New Age format.

• Glide, Crypt Keeper, and Refreshing Spring Water are now banned in Twist.

The four cards mentioned above (Standard and Twist) will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 26.6.2.

Battlegrounds Updates

Hero Power Updates

Cariel Roame

• Old: Give 2 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)
  • Offensive Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +2 Attack.
  • Defensive Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +2 Health.
• New: Give 3 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)
  • Offensive Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +1 Attack.
  • Defensive Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +1 Health.

King Mukla

• No text update.
• Old: King Mukla has 50% chance to get a Big Banana, all other players have 0% chance.
• New: All bananas have a 33% chance of being a Big Banana, regardless of who receives them.

Aranna Starseeker

• Old: After 16 friendly minions attack, the first minion you buy each turn is free.
• New: After 14 friendly minions attack, the first minion you buy each turn is free.

The Curator

• Old: [Passive] Start the game with a 1/1 Amalgam with Venomous and all minion types.
• New: [Passive] Start the game with a 2/2 Amalgam with Venomous and all minion types.

Armor Updates

The following heroes now have more armor:

• King Mukla now has 10 Armor.
• Cariel Roame now has 12 Armor at higher ranked lobbies and 10 Armor at lower ranked lobbies.
• Aranna Starseeker and The Curator now have 15 Armor.

Minion Updates

Cogwork Copter

• Old: 2 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 1 Health

Scrap Scraper

• Old: 3 Attack, 7 Health. At the end of your turn, get a random Magnetic Mech.
• New: 4 Attack, 7 Health. At the end of every 2 turns, get a random Magnetic Mech.

Cyborg Drake

• Old: 2 Attack, 10 Health. Divine Shield. Your minions with Divine Shield have +8 Attack.
• New: 3 Attack, 10 Health. Divine Shield. Your minions with Divine Shield have +6 Attack.

Prickly Piper

• Old: 5 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 1 Health

Bongo Bopper

• Old: 6 Attack, 5 Health.
• New: 4 Attack, 3 Health.

Hungry Snapjaw

• Old: 4 Attack, 2 Health.
• New: 5 Attack, 2 Health.

Recycling Wraith

• Old: [Tier 4] 5 Attack, 4 Health
• New: [Tier 3] 4 Attack, 2 Health

Bream Counter

• Old: 4 Attack, 4 Health. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +3/+2.
• New: 5 Attack, 5 Health. While this is in your hand, after you play a Murloc, gain +3/+3.

Eventide Brute

• Old: 3 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 4 Attack, 3 Health

Tidemistress Athissa

• Old: 7 Attack, 8 Health. After you cast a spell, give three friendly Naga +1/+1.
• New: 6 Attack, 8 Health. After you cast a spell, give four friendly Naga +1/+1.

Soulsplitter

• Old: [Tier 5] 5 Attack, 2 Health.
• New: [Tier 4] 4 Attack, 2 Health.

Minion Pool Changes

• Bannerboar has been removed from the minion pool.
• Patient Scout has been returned to the minion pool.

Duels Updates

Signature Treasure Updates

Carrot on a Stick

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Men-at-Arms

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

Passive Treasure Updates

Starving

• Old: After the first time a friendly Beast dies in a turn, draw a minion from your deck and give it +1 Attack.
• New: After the first time a friendly Beast dies in your turn, draw a minion from your deck and give it +1 Attack.

Corrupted Felstone

• Old: After you cast your first Fel spell in a turn, give the left- and right-most minions in your hand +1 Attack.
• New: After you cast a Fel spell, give the left- and right-most minions in your hand +1 Attack.

Card Pool Updates

• Lightning Bloom and Kayne Sunfury have been banned from deckbuilding and all card pools.
• Rattlegore has been temporarily banned from deckbuilding and all card pools until Diablo leaves the hero pool.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Shop/Twist] Updated the Druid Battle-Ready Deck to now include Umbral Owl instead of Jerry-Rig Carpenter.
• [Battlegrounds] Corrected the text on Tavish’s “Aim Right” hero power option; no functional change.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where certain hero powers didn’t show their costs on the hero select screen.
• [Duels] Corrected the text of Sai Shadestorm’s Signature Treasure, Glaciaxe; no functional change.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug with Sai Shadestorm’s hero power, Gathering Storm, where it couldn’t be used when you had a full board.

Patch 26.6, launching today, is a massive patch that brings a new Hearthstone Mode, sets up the return of Battlegrounds Quests, and heralds the coming of Hearthstone’s next expansion: TITANS!

Pre-Purchase TITANS

Get ready to meet your makers in Hearthstone’s next expansion, TITANS, coming August 1! In the beginning, massive titan world-souls shaped life on Azeroth. Now, they’re coming to shape Hearthstone! With mythical characters and out-of-this-world effects, this is the dawn of the age of the TITANS!

TITANS is bursting with primordial power and 145 new collectible cards. You can learn more in the TITANS Announcement Blog. Two pre-purchase options are available now so you can start forging decks as soon as the expansion launches.

Pre-purchase

Log in and Get the Prison of Yogg-Saron for Free!

Log in to Hearthstone now for your first taste of TITANS with the free Prison of Yogg-Saron Legendary Location card!* When the titans came to Azeroth, they found it infected by chaotic Old Gods, deeply embedded into the planet. The titan-forged armies defeated the Old Gods, but were unable to safely remove them. So, instead, they locked the Old Gods away in massive, enchanted prisons. Now, the Legendary Prison of Yogg-Saron, Hearthstone’s first-ever neutral Location, is yours to watch over—just beware of Yogg-Saron's creeping, chaotic influence.

* Limited one per account. After Patch 27.6, Prison of Yogg-Saron will be granted upon opening your first TITANS pack, instead of upon logging in.

Hearthstone’s Newest Mode: Twist

Patch 26.6 will kick off the Beta seasons of Hearthstone’s newest Mode, Twist! Twist will be replacing Classic. Like the other Hearthstone Modes, Twist is a constructed format where you build a deck and compete in a ranked ladder climb. But, unlike Standard and Wild, each Twist season has a special twist on the eligible card pools or rules! In Twist, you can replay all your old favorite cards, but see them in a whole new light.

The Twist Beta period will run during Patch 26.6. For that Beta period, the following sets will make up the eligible Twist card pool (but with no neutral cards):

• Core
• Demon Hunter Initiate
• Ashes of Outland
• Scholomance Academy
• Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
• Forged in the Barrens
• United in Stormwind
• Fractured in Alterac Valley
• Voyage to the Sunken City
• Murder at Castle Nathria
• March of the Lich King
• Path of Arthas
• Festival of Legends

Don’t worry if you don’t have cards from all those sets, we’ll be offering 6 Battle-Ready Decks specially created for this Twist format, such as Libram Paladin, Weapon Rogue, and Questline Druid! These decks are perfect for players who don’t have the cards for the format and just want to jump right into the fun. Each of these Battle-Ready decks will be offered in regular (3200 Gold or $19.99) and all-Golden (12000 Gold or $79.99) versions.

You can learn more about our current and upcoming plans for Twist in the official Twist announcement blog.

In-Game Event: Twist—New Age

To further celebrate the Twist Beta, we’re throwing a special in-game event. From July 3-July 11, you can complete Twist-based Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. Complete the rewards to earn six packs from Hearthstone’s New Age that you can use in the Twist Beta seasons, one from each of: Ashes of Outland, Scholomance Academy, Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, Forged in the Barrens, Fractured in Alterac Valley, and United in Stormwind!

In-Game Event: Fire Festival Returns

The Fire Festival is back! From July 11-August 1, join the annual midsummer celebration with special Event Quests and prizes for both Traditional Hearthstone and Battlegrounds. Complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track to earn three Standard Packs, two March of the Lich King Packs, a Festival of Legends Pack, the Sparkhoarder Togwaggle Battlegrounds Hero Skin, and the Felblaze Illidan Demon Hunter skin.

Battlegrounds Updates

With Patch 26.6, Battlegrounds is getting the following updates to heroes and minions.

Hero Power Updates

Cariel (Conviction)

• [1 Gold] Give 2 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)
  • United Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives stats to an additional friendly minion.
  • Offensive Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +2 Attack.
  • Defensive Stance: For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +2 Health.
• Captain Fairmount
  • Choose One - For the rest of the game, ‘Conviction’ gives an additional +2 Attack; or +2 Health.
    • Dev Comment: This is a text-only change with no functionality update.

Dancin’ Deryl (Hat Trick)

• Passive. When you buy a minion, give it a +1/+1 Hat that passes to a friendly minion when sold.

Deathwing (ALL Will Burn!)

• Passive. Start of Combat: Give ALL minions +2 Attack permanently.

Death Speaker Blackthorn (Bloodbound)

• [1 Gold] Get 2 Blood Gems. (Twice per turn.)

Drek’Thar (Lead the Frostwolves)

• Passive. Avenge (2): Give your minions +1 Attack permanently.

Edwin VanCleef (Sharpen Blades)

• [1 Gold] Give a minion +1/+1. Upgrades after you buy 4 minions.

Illidan Stormrage (Wingmen)

• Passive. Start of Combat: Your left and right-most minions gain +2/+1 and attack immediately.

Ini Stormcoil (MechGyver)

• Passive. After 10 friendly minions die, get a random Mech.

King Mukla (Bananarama)

• Passive. At the start of your turn, get 2 Bananas and give everyone else one.

Kurtrus Ashfallen (Glaive Ricochet)

• Passive. Once per turn, after you buy 4 minions, Discover a plain copy of one of them.

Onyxia (Broodmother)

• Passive: Avenge (3): Summon a 3/1 Whelp. It attacks immediately.

Overlord Saurfang (For the Horde!)

• [1 Gold] Give a minion in the Tavern +2/+1. (Doubles every 3 turns!)

Queen Azshara (Azshara’s Ambition)

• Passive. When your warband reaches 25 total Attack, begin your Naga Conquest.

Queen Wagtoggle (Wax Warband)

• Passive. Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each type stats equal to their Tavern Tiers.

Rakanishu (Tavern Lighting)

• [1 Gold] Give a minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier.

Tamsin Roame (Fragrant Phylactery)

• [0 Gold] Start of Combat: Destroy your lowest Health minion. Give its stats to your other minions.

Tavish Stormpike (Deadeye)

• [0 Gold] Take aim! Start of Combat: Deal 2 damage to your target (Doubles every 3 turns!)

The Great Akazamzarak (Prestidigitation and Street Magician)

• Snake Trap and Avenge have been removed from the Secret Pool.
• Reckoning and Magic Black Soulstone have been added to the Secret Pool.
  • Reckoning: After an enemy minion deals 3 or more damage, destroy it.
  • Magic Black Soulstone: After your last minion dies, summon 2 random Demons.

Armor Updates

The following heroes have been adjusted to have less Armor*:

• Ini Stormcoil now has 5 Armor at lower levels of play, but still has 10 Armor at higher levels of play.
• Deathwing now has 8 Armor.
• Onyxia and Queen Wagtoggle now have 10 Armor at higher levels of play and 7 Armor at lower levels of play.
• Cariel Roame now has 10 Armor at higher levels of play and 8 Armor at lower levels of play.
• Death Speaker Blackthorn, Drek’Thar, Kurtrus Ashfallen, and Tamsin Roame now have 10 Armor.
• Edwin VanCleef and The Great Akazamzarak now have 11 Armor.
• Dancin’ Deryl, Queen Azshara, and Tavish Stormpike now have 12 Armor.
• Overlord Saurfang now has 13 Armor.
• King Mukla now has 14 Armor.
• Rakanishu now has 15 Armor.

*Dancin’ Deryl and King Mukla’s new Armor totals are less Armor than they previously had at higher levels of play, but more Armor than they previously had at lower levels of play.

New Minions

Hungry Snapjaw [Tier 2, Beast]

• 4 Attack, 2 Health. After you summon a Beast, gain +1 Health permanently.

Cogwork Copter [Tier 2, Mech]

• 2 Attack, 1 Health. Divine Shield. After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, give a minion in your hand +1/+1.

Annoy-o-Troupe [Tier 5, Mech]

• 3 Attack, 6 Health. Taunt. Divine Shield. Deathrattle: Summon three 1/2 Mechs with Taunt and Divine Shield.

Minion Pool Updates

The following minions have been removed from the minion pool:

• Icky Imp
• Pupbot
• Metaltooth Leaper
• Budding Greenthumb
• Patient Scout
• Leapfrogger
• Gem Smuggler
• Faceless Disciple
• Treasure-Seeker Elise
• Dr. Boombox
• Sinrunner Blanchy
• Omega Buster
• Kangor’s Apprentice

The following minions have been returned to the minion pool:

• Imprisoner
• Annoy-o-Tron
• Yrel
• Spawn of N’Zoth
• Gemsplitter
• Briny Bootlegger
• Qiraji Harbinger
• Witchwing Nestmatron
• Champion of Y’Shaarj
• Baby Krush
• Cyborg Drake
• Grease Bot

Minion Updates

Annoy-o-Tron [Tier 1, Mech]

• 1 Attack, 2 Health. Taunt, Divine Shield.

Champion of Y’Shaarj [Tier 4]

• 3 Attack, 3 Health. Whenever a friendly Taunt minion is attacked, gain +1/+2 permanently.

Murozond [Tier 5, Dragon]

• [Regular version] 5 Attack, 5 Health. Battlecry: Get a plain copy of a minion from your last opponent’s warband.
• [Golden version] 10 Attack, 10 Health. Battlecry: Get a plain copy of a minion from your last opponent’s warband twice.
• Dev Comment: The regular version is a text-only update with no functional change, but the Golden version is both a text change and a functional change (it now gives two minions instead of one Golden minion).

Grease Bot [Tier 6, Mech]

• Divine Shield. After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, give it +2/+2 permanently.

Quests are Returning to Battlegrounds!

That’s not all the updates for Battlegrounds. On July 11, Battlegrounds Quests are returning to Battlegrounds! Just as before, Quest-Reward options will appear on turn 4 (the 6 Gold turn) for you to choose how you want to play out the rest of your match! We have a few updates to Quests and Rewards this time around, so watch for more details coming soon.

New Product: Epic Bartenders

We’re continuing to expand our Battlegrounds offerings this patch with new Epic Bartenders. Epic Bartenders include alternate portraits and new voice lines, like Rare Bartenders, but also have a Golden frame and Golden-style animation on their portraits! Get the first ever Epic Bartender, Lillian Singh, available in the shop now.

Special Community Day Event!

This weekend, July 1-July 2, we’ll be hosting a special Community Day to celebrate the new Twist Beta and the upcoming launch of TITANS! By participating in Community Day, you can earn 11 free packs within 24 hours! From July 1, 12:00 p.m. (PDT) to July 2, 11:59 a.m. (PDT), earn six drops, each for watching 1 hour of any Hearthstone stream.

• First hour: 1 Ashes of Outland Pack + 1 Scholomance Academy Pack
• Second hour: 1 Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Pack + 1 Forged in the Barrens Pack
• Third hour: 1 United in Stormwind Pack + 1 Fractured in Alterac Valley Pack
• Fourth hour: 1 Voyage to the Sunken City Pack + 1 Murder at Castle Nathria Pack
• Fifth hour: 1 March of the Lich King Pack + 1 Festival of Legends Pack
• Sixth hour: 1 TITANS Pack

Tune in to your favorite streamers and join them for this massive celebration of Hearthstone’s past and future! Make sure you link your Twitch and Battle.net accounts so that your viewing time counts towards drops.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [General] We’ve moved Tavern Brawl to the main menu and moved Mercenaries to the Modes button. Tavern Brawl, Mercenaries, and all other Modes are now unlocked by unlocking all Hearthstone classes.
• [General] Improved new player flow.
• [General] Fixed a bug where players could not adjust screen resolution.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where stealing Fizzle’s Snapshot from your opponent’s deck did not give any cards when played.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where triple-Rune cards were sometimes offered in Discover effects.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug on mobile where the deck selection screen would remain blurry after a match.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where cards destroyed from your opponent’s deck would show as coming and being destroyed from yours.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a visual bug where JIVE, INSECT! would sometimes not transform the art of the card it targeted.
• [Battlegrounds] Bassgill can no longer summon Ambassador Faelin’s locked minions.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Ambassador Faelin’s locked minions could be made playable when becoming Goldenized by Upbeat Impressionist.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Golden Octasari, Wrap God’s Deathrattle would not trigger correctly with Titus Rivendare.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Vaelastrasz (Alexstrasza’s Buddy) did not always give you a Dragon of your Tavern Tier.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where “All”-type minions added to Cookie, the Cook’s pot could result in no-type minions being offered in the Discover options. Cookie’s now gotten better training on following dietary restrictions.
• [Solo Content] Fixed a bug where defeating The Lich King in the Icecrown Solo Adventure would cause the game to lock on some devices.
• [Features] Fixed a bug where the iOS keyboard would appear and block the ability to share a deck code with a friend on mobile.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug where total win counts would not update unless the client was restarted.
• [Cosmetics] Fixed Frostmonger Sai and Crimson Knight Sai text emotes and voicelines.
• [Shop] Added a confirmation window for shop purchases made with Gold (to avoid accidental just-a-buys).
• Misc. other performance updates, game improvements, and bug fixes.

Patch 26.4.3 is a data-only patch, launching today, that includes the following updates.

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: The meta is in a pretty healthy place right now and a lot of players seem to be enjoying the post mini-set meta, so we’re not trying to be too disruptive with this round of changes. We’re making some smaller adjustments to tone down a few emerging meta outliers and to give a little more power to some of the mini-set cards that have not gotten much attention.

The following cards have been adjusted to be less powerful:

The Purator

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [6 Mana]

Disco Maul

• Old: [2 Mana] 2 Attack, 2 Durability
• New: [3 Mana] 3 Attack, 2 Durability

Feast and Famine

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Dev Comment: Pure Paladin has been a strong deck for a while now. After this latest patch, we saw a jump in the deck’s power to the point where it is now a dominant power outlier at all levels of play. Purator is the best card in the best deck, by every measure, so it was an easy target for change. We expect it to still see play after getting toned down a little. Disco Maul has been a card we’ve had our eyes on for a while, and this felt like the appropriate time to act on it. Finally, we’ve seen a lot of power come from the Horn of the Windlord – Feast and Famine combo, but we can see that Horn of the Windlord isn’t a problem in Shaman, so we’re adjusting the other half of the combo to make it a little slower overall and less flexible on non-combo turns.

Lady S’Theno

• Old: 2 Attack, 4 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 4 Health

Dev Comment: There’s been a growing negative sentiment about Spell Demon Hunter, especially at the top levels of play, and particularly with the class closing out games in the same way for a long time. There were a few choices for us on which card(s) to adjust, but Lady S’Theno seemed like the best target to have the biggest impact on play experience and player sentiment.

Hope of Quel’Thalas

• Old: 4 Attack, 2 Durability
• New: 3 Attack, 2 Durability

Dev Comment: Big Hunter has emerged as another power outlier after the mini-set additions of Hollow Hound and Star Power. We think the deck is fun and cool, and we want to see players continue to enjoy it, but we also don’t want it to become too powerful after the other adjustments this patch, so this is a small preemptive adjustment to shave a little bit of its power.

Pozzik, Audio Engineer

• Old: 5 Attack, 4 Health
• New: 4 Attack, 4 Health

Dev Comment: Statistically, Pozzik is the highest winrate neutral legendary in the game and has been criminally underplayed. As we saw more and more decks trying the card, it became clear it could use a little nudge.

Crimson Clergy

• Now banned in Wild.

Dev Comment: Crimson Clergy is a key enabler in a combo deck with play patterns beyond what we want for the format.

The above craftable cards will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 26.4.3 (there is both an uncraftable version of Crimson Clergy that all players have for free as part of the Core Set, which can’t be disenchanted, and a version of Crimson Clergy in the Legacy Set that can be crafted or disenchanted).

The following cards have been adjusted to be more powerful:

Dev Comment: These mini-set cards were the ones that had the most room for adjustment.

Rhythmdancer Risa

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Fiddlefire Imp

• Old: 3 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 3 Health

Remixed Dispense-o-bot

• Old: [4 Mana] 4 Attack, 4 Health
• New: [3 Mana] 3 Attack, 3 Health

Battlegrounds Updates

Hero Updates

Aranna Starseeker (Hero Power – Demon Hunter Training)

• Old: [Passive] After you Refresh 5 times, Bob always has 7 minions.
• New: [Passive] After 16 friendly minions attack, the first minion you buy every turn is free.

The Curator (Hero Power – Menagerist)

• Old: [Passive] Start the game with a 2/2 Amalgam will all minion types.
• New: [Passive] Start the game with a 1/1 Amalgam with Venomous and all minion types.

E.T.C., Band Manager (Buddy - Talent Scout)

• Old: [Tier 3]
• New: [Tier 5]
• Dev Comment: E.T.C.’s hero power, Sign a New Artist, respects that Tavern Tier you’re currently at, so raising Talent Scout’s Tier means that it can’t be Discovered until later in the game.

Armor Updates

Aranna Starseeker and The Curator now have 10 Armor.

Minion Updates

Flourishing Frostling

• Old: 0 Attack, 5 Health
• New: 0 Attack, 6 Health

Humming Bird

• Old: 0 Attack, 3 Health
• New: 0 Attack, 5 Health

Eternal Knight

• Old: 3 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 4 Attack, 1 Health

Scarlet Skull

• Old: 1 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 2 Attack, 1 Health

Soul Rewinder

• Old: 3 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 2 Attack, 1 Health

Radio Star

• Old: 2 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 1 Health

Accord-o-Tron

• Old: 2 Attack, 3 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 3 Health

Prickly Piper

• Old: [Tier 4] 6 Attack, 3 Health
• New: [Tier 3] 5 Attack, 2 Health

Handless Forsaken

• Old: [Tier 4] 2 Attack, 3 Health. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Hand with Reborn.
• New: [Tier 3] 2 Attack, 1 Health. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/1 Hand with Reborn.

Rylak Metalhead

• Old: [Tier 3]
• New: [Tier 4]

Malchezaar, Prince of Dance

• Old: [Tier 3] 5 Attack, 2 Health
• New: [Tier 4] 6 Attack, 3 Health

Scrap Scraper

• Old: 3 Attack, 6 Health. Avenge (4): Get a random Magnetic mech.
• New: 3 Attack, 7 Health. At the end of your turn get a random Magnetic Mech.

Xylo-bones

• Old: 5 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 6 Attack, 1 Health

Upbeat Duo

• Old: [Tier 4] 4 Attack, 4 Health
• New: [Tier 5] 6 Attack, 6 Health

Utility Drone

• Old: 4 Attack, 5 Health
• New: 6 Attack, 7 Health

Bongo Bopper

• Old: 5 Attack, 5 Health. At the end of your turn, get 1 Blood Gem and play 2 more on this.
• New: 6 Attack, 5 Health. At the end of your turn, get 2 Blood Gems and play 2 more on this.

Bristleback Knight

• Old: 5 Attack, 8 Health
• New: 6 Attack, 9 Health

Gusty Trumpeter

• Old: 4 Attack, 5 Health
• New: 6 Attack, 7 Health

Lightfang Enforcer

• Old: 2 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 4 Attack, 4 Health

Polarizing Beatboxer

• Old: 3 Attack, 7 Health
• New: 5 Attack, 10 Health

Sister Deathwhisper

• Old: 4 Attack, 9 Health. After a friendly minion is Reborn, give your Undead +1/+2 permanently.
• New: 4 Attack, 10 Health. After a friendly minion is Reborn, give your Undead +1/+3 permanently.

Fleet Admiral Tethys

• Old: After you spend 8 Gold, get another random Pirate.
• New: After you spend 9 Gold, get another random Pirate.

Eternal Summoner

• Old: 6 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 8 Attack, 1 Health

Young Murk-Eye

• Old: 7 Attack, 4 Health
• New: 9 Health, 6 Health

Minion Pool Updates

• Incorporeal Corporal has been removed from the minion pool.
• Rot Hide Gnoll has been returned to the minion pool.

Duels Updates

Hero Power Updates

Arcane Craftiness

• Old: Fire two missiles at random enemies that each deal 1 damage. If any minion dies, repeat this.
• New: Fire two missiles at random enemy minions that each deal 1 damage. If any minion dies, repeat this.

Roguish Maneuvers:

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Dino Tracking

• Old: Discover a Beast.
• New: Discover a Beast. Give it +1 Attack.

Signature Treasure Updates

Demonizer

• Old: [4 Mana] 4 Attack, 4 Health. Battlecry: Add 1 Demon to your hand. It costs (3) less. (Improves during run)
• New: [5 Mana] 4 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry: Add 1 Demon to your hand. It costs (2) less. (Improves during run)

Chaos Storm

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Spiked Arms:

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Passive Treasure Updates

Staking a Claim

• Old: After you play your first Discover card in a turn, all friendly minions gain +1/+1.
• New: After you play your first Discover card in a turn, all friendly minions gain +1 Attack.

Beckoning Bicorn

• Old: After you play your first Pirate each turn, summon a Patches the Pirate.
• New: After you play your first Pirate each turn, add a Patches the Pirate to your deck.

Wither the Weak

• Old: After you cast a Fel spell, deal 1 damage to the lowest-Health enemy.
• New: After you cast your first Fel spell in a turn, deal 1 damage to the lowest-Health enemy.

Corrupted Felstone

• Old: Whenever you cast a Fel spell, give the left- and right-most minions in your hand +2/+2.
• New: After you cast your first Fel spell in a turn, give the left- and right-most minions in your hand +1 Attack.

Legendary Loot

• Old: On your first turn, Discover a Legendary weapon and equip it.
• New: On your first turn, Discover a Legendary weapon. It costs (3) less.

Ring of Phaseshifting

• Old: After you play a Legendary minion, add a random Legendary minion to your hand.
• New: After you play a Legendary minion, add a random Legendary minion to your hand. It costs (1) less.

Blood Shields

• Old: After the first time you spend a Corpse in a turn, gain 1 Health.
• New: After the first time you spend a Corpse in a turn, gain 2 Health.

Starving

• Old: Whenever a friendly Beast dies, draw a card.
• New: After the first time a friendly Beast dies in a turn, draw a minion from your deck and give it +1 Attack.

Elixir of Vigor

• Old: After you play a minion, shuffle two copies of it into your deck. They cost (3).
• New: After you play a minion, shuffle two copies of it into your deck. They cost (2).

Ring of Black Ice

• Old: Whenever a minion is Frozen, add a copy of it to your hand. It costs (1) less.
• New: Whenever a minion is Frozen, add a copy of it to your hand. It costs (2) less.

Imp-credible Trousers

• Old: After you cast a Fel spell, shuffle 2 Fel Rifts into your deck.
• New: After you cast your first Fel spell in a turn, shuffle 2 Fel Rifts into your deck. Draw a card.

Dragonbone Ritual

• Old: After you play a Dragon, give it Deathrattle: Go dormant. Revive in two turns.
• New: After you play a Dragon, give it Deathrattle: Go dormant. Revive in two turns. When this awakens, give it +1 Attack.

All Shall Serve

• Old: After the first time a friendly Demon dies in a turn, draw a minion from your deck.
• New: After the first time a friendly Demon dies in a turn, draw a minion from your deck and give it +1 Attack.

Card and Treasure Pool Updates

• Kingsbane has been banned from deckbuilding and all card pools.
• Spectral Cutlass has been banned from deckbuilding and all card pools.
• Heavy Armor has been removed from all treasure pools.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed misc. localization issues.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where the All Shall Serve Treasure also triggered on enemy minion deaths.
• [Duels] Updated the wording on the Journey to the East Signature Treasure to better reflect its effect; no functional change.

Patch 26.4 brings the Audiopocalypse Mini-Set, Diablo appearances across game modes, and more!

The Audiopocalypse is Upon Us!

The Festival of Legends has rocked on, and on, and on. The local Grimtotem Tauren have grown tired of the racket! Now they and their leader, Magatha, have come to not just shut down the show, but to snuff out all music on Azeroth! The fate of music is in your hands.

Dual-class cards, Remixed cards, and E.T.C. himself are on the setlist for this Mini-Set of 38 all-new cards to add to your collection. Get them in Festival of Legends packs, or as a complete 72-card* Mini-Set. Get the normal version in-game for $14.99 or 2000 Gold, or get the all-Golden version for $69.99 or 10,000 Gold. The all-Golden version also comes with a bonus Diamond copy of the Magatha, Bane of Music Legendary minion!

* 4 Legendary cards, 1 Epic card (x2), 17 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2).

Special Event – Epic Duels of Rock Legends

You’ve been challenged to an Epic Rock Duel! Will you step up to the stage? From June 6 to June 20, complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on a special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track for one Standard Pack, one March of the Lich King Pack, and one Festival of Legends Packs!

Special Returning Tavern Brawl: The Dark Wanderer

On June 7 and June 14, we’re bringing back a special Diablo-themed Tavern Brawl! Face off against the mysterious Dark Wanderer in this epic boss battle where progression is saved after a loss and the stakes are raised each fight!* The first time you Defeat Diablo, you’ll earn a special Lilith card back!

*Progression is saved within each week’s Tavern Brawl, not across both weeks. This is one Tavern Brawl run twice in a row, not a 2-week long Tavern Brawl. Your first time defeating Diablo each week will grant you one Standard Pack.

New Tavern Brawl: Battle of the Bands

On June 21, with a second encore performance on June 28, we’re running a new, special dungeon-run style Tavern Brawl! You play as a fan turned musician, trying to win their way onto the main stage! Face off against 7 randomized musical acts on your way to the final battle against E.T.C. himself.

Each week, you get one Standard pack for your first win and one Festival of Legends pack for your first full clear.

Battlegrounds Updates

New Heroes

Inge, the Iron Hymn (15 Armor)

• Major Hymn
  • [0 Gold] Give a minion Attack equal to your Tavern Tier. (Swaps to Health next turn!)
• Minor Hymn
  • [0 Gold] Give a minion Health equal to your Tavern Tier. (Swaps to Attack next turn!)

Cap’n Hoggarr (10 Armor)

• I’m the Cap’n Now
  • [Passive] After you buy a Pirate, gain 1 Gold.

Updated: Inge, the Iron Hymn will be guaranteed in every game for the first 2 weeks after launch. Cap'n Hoggarr will be guaranteed in every Pirates game for the first 2 weeks after launch.

Diablo Returns!

The lord of terror is back for a limited time! From June 5-7, Diablo will be available in every game, before he is removed from the hero pool once again.

Diablo (10 Armor)

• Realm of Terror
  • [Passive] Every 4 turns, ALL enemies fight the Lord of Terror and your warband for loot.

New Epic Emotes!

Battlegrounds Emotes are getting even more emotive. Introducing new Battlegrounds Epic Emotes! Epic Emotes are animated emotes that can be equipped in place of your base Battlegrounds emotes.

Duels Updates

Hero Updates

Diablo has returned to Duels for a limited time! Diablo’s back and more menacing than ever! Diablo has all his original Hero Powers and Signature Treasures, fully unlocked. He also has one new Signature Treasure:

Journey to the East

• [1 Mana Spell] Quest: Take 25 damage on your turns. Reward: Transform into Uber Diablo.

Uber Diablo

• [6 Mana Hero Card, 6 Armor] Battlecry: Deal 6 damage to ALL enemies. Shuffle an Uber Apocalypse into your deck. Draw 3 cards.
• Hero Power: [3 Mana] Gain 3 Attack this turn. Gain 3 Armor.

Uber Apocalypse

• [10 Mana Fire Spell] Destroy all minions. Enemy characters take double damage for the rest of the game.

New Active Treasure

The Stone of Jordan [Pool 1]

• [3 Mana Spell] Gain +2 Attack this turn only. Draw 2 cards and give any spells drawn Spell Damage +1.

New Arena Season

On May 31, when the Audiopocalypse begins, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:

• Core
• Voyage to the Sunken City
• Murder at Castle Nathria
• March of the Lich King
• Path of Arthas
• Festival of Legends (including the new Audiopocalypse Mini-Set)

Bug Fixes & Game Improvements

• [General] Hover-over text now dynamically updates in real time, instead of requiring an un-hover and re-hover to update.
• [Hearthstone] Added to and improved Signature card tooltips.
• [Hearthstone] Photographer Fizzle’s Snapshot will now grant cards when recast by cards like Grand Magister Rommath.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Tony, King of Piracy shuffled decks when swapping them. He’s a pirate, not a magician.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a minion granted Masked Reveler’s Deathrattle would check for “not Masked Reveler” instead of “not this minion.”
• [Battlegrounds] Lord Barov has been temporarily removed from the Hero Pool due to a bug; he will be returned to the Hero Pool in an upcoming hotfix patch.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Elemental of Surprise would sometimes be a little too surprising, by triggering a triple at a time when the triple effect is supposed to be suppressed until the next shop phase.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where certain Strikes did not have preview videos.
• [Progression] Fixed a bug blocking loaner deck grants for some new/returning players.
• [Progression] Improved display of rewards, including class progression and monthly ranked rewards.
• [Achievements] Diamond Zephrys the Great has been returned to his spot in the Achievements and is ready to offer you the perfect Boulderfist Ogre.
• [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the “Friend of a Friend” achievement did not track.
• [Achievements] Updated Mercenaries Achievements that could no longer be completed after Mode updates.
• [Shop] Time for an adventure! All old Hearthstone Adventures are now available in the in-game Shop for Gold.

Patch 26.2.2, launching today, includes the following bug fixes and updates to Hearthstone, Battlegrounds, and Duels.

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: Overall, the meta is in a pretty good spot right now, with lots of competitive options for players across almost every class. This is our opportunity to some adjustments that hit a few power outliers and play experience outliers. We’re also including a few buffs that we hope will give players a few more neutral options and open up some space for the weaker classes.

The following cards have been adjusted to be less powerful:

Sinful Brand

• Old: Brand an enemy minion. Whenever it takes damage, deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.
• New: Brand an enemy minion. Whenever it takes damage, deal 1 damage to the enemy hero.
• Dev Comment: Demon Hunter is one of the few power outliers in this meta, with several competitive archetypes. Sinful Brand Spell Demon Hunter is a standout within that class in both power and negative play experiences. This change is intended to significantly reduce the power and prevalence of that card.

Felscale Evoker

• Old: 5 Attack
• New: 3 Attack
• Dev Comment: This is a standout card in the newly emergent Big Demon Hunter archetype. Its powerful effect makes it one of the strongest cards in the deck. It doesn’t also need to be a threat in its own right. We think it’s really cool that Big Demon Hunter has finally become a competitive archetype, and we expect that the archetype will continue to see play after this slight adjustment.

Predation

• Old: [3 Mana] Deal 3 damage. Costs 0 if you played a Naga while holding this.
• New: [2 Mana] Deal 2 damage. Costs 0 if you played a Naga while holding this.
• Dev Comment: The Lady S’Theno-Predation combo has been used across many Demon Hunter decks for a long time. This change is intended to be a smaller adjustment across the entire class.

Battlefield Necromancer

• Old: 3 Health
• New: 2 Health

Blightfang

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]
• Dev Comment: Both these Death Knight cards were buffed last expansion, which was necessary when the class was struggling. However, our current balance philosophy is that balance changes are fluid adjustments over time, not decisions set in stone. Unholy Death Knight is now the strongest deck on the ladder, so it needs to be toned back down. We’re not reverting the prior buffs, but trying different adjustments to weaken it slightly, particularly in its matchup versus other aggro decks, where the deck is disproportionately powerful.

High Cultist Basaleph

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]
• Dev Comment: Aggro Priest is in a good spot right now at all levels of play, but especially at lower levels. This reversion of a prior buff is intended to be a small adjustment to put it back in line with other decks. We expect this deck, and this card in it, to remain competitive.

Anub’Rekhan

• Old: Battlecry: Gain 8 Armor. Your next 3 minions this turn cost Armor instead of Mana.
• New: Battlecry: Gain 5 Armor. Your next 3 minions this turn cost Armor instead of Mana.
• Dev Comment: Anub’Rekhan allows for a notably negative play experience that warps the meta around it. This change does not prevent Druid players from making their big flashy plays, but it does mean that more setup is now required. We expect this to mean fans of the deck can still play it, but its overall power, playrate, and influence on the meta will lessen.

Scribbling Stenographer

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [7 Mana]
• Dev Comment: Miracle Rogue is not a power outlier at most levels of play, but it remains strong and prevalent at higher levels of play. This is a minor adjustment to reflect its current power level and its potential power level after the adjustments to the other cards changed in this patch.

The above craftable cards will be eligible for full a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 26.2.2.

The following cards have been adjusted to be more powerful:

Symphony of Sins

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]
• Dev Comment: Players really love playing this card, but it is not very powerful. This change is to make it a little more palatable to play this exciting card.

From the Depths

• Old: [4 Mana] Reduce the Cost of the bottom five cards in your deck by (3), then Dredge.
• New: [3 Mana] Reduce the Cost of the bottom five cards in your deck by (2), then Dredge.
• Dev Comment: Warrior has gotten more options, more power, and more play after our recent adjustments, but players still hunger for a slower Warrior. We’re making this adjustment to a proven powerful card that we expect will see play again after this change.

Chorus Riff

• Old: Draw a minion. Give it +2/+2. Finale: Play your last Riff.
• New: Draw a minion. Give it +3/+3. Finale: Play your last Riff.
• Dev Comment: We recently made a few adjustments to the Riff package, and those adjustments were successful in raising the playrate and power of the Riffs package. But now Chorus Riff is the weakest of the Riffs, and all the Riffs need to be good for the package to be good. This is a slight nudge to make that whole package a little stronger.

Demolition Renovator

• Old: Battlecry: Destroy an enemy location.
• New: Tradeable Battlecry: Destroy an enemy location.

Rotten Applebaum:

• Old: 4 Attack, 5 Health. Taunt Deathrattle: Restore 4 Health to your hero.
• New: 4 Attack, 6 Health. Taunt Deathrattle: Restore 6 Health to your hero.
• Dev Comment: Demolition Renovator has never seen much play, so we wanted to make it feel a little better as a tech card option. Rotten Applebaum is getting a decent buff to add an option for slower decks that want to target aggressive strategies.

Pandaren Importer

• Old: [3 Mana] 2Attack, 4 Health
• New: [2 Mana] 1 Attack, 3Health
• Dev Comment: Pandaren Importer was previously adjusted due to an unintended play pattern that was made possible by the smaller card pool in Standard. Now that it is in Wild, that concern no longer exists and the prior change can be reverted.

Battlegrounds Updates

Armor Updates

• Master Nguyen’s Armor was reduced to 8.
• E.T.C., Band Manager’s Armor was reduced to 10.
• Patches the Pirate’s Armor was reduced to 10 in higher ranked lobbies; it is still 5 in lower ranked lobbies.

Hero Updates

E.T.C., Band Manager (Sign a New Artist)

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Minion Updates

Upbeat Frontdrake

• Old: 2 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 1 Health

Low-Flier

• Old: At the end of your turn, give +2 Attack to your minions with less Attack than this.
• New: At the end of your turn, give +1 Attack to your minions with less Attack than this.

Reef Riffer

• Old: 1 Attack, 3 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 2 Health

Molten Rock

• Old: 2 Attack, 4 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 4 Health

Flourishing Frostling

• Old: 0 Attack, 4 Health
• New: 0 Attack, 5 Health

Scourfin

• Old: 6 Attack, 3 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 3 Health

Radio Star

• Old: 3 Attack, 1 Health
• New: 2 Attack, 1 Health

Pufferquil

• Old: [Tavern Tier 4]
• New: [Tavern Tier 3]

Banana Slamma

• Old: [Tavern Tier 3]
• New: [Tavern Tier 4]

Upbeat Duo

• Old: 4 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Choose a minion. At the end of every 2 turns, this gives you a plain copy.
• New: 4 Attack, 4 Health. At the end of every 2 turns, get a plain copy of the minion to the left of this.

Reanimating Rattler

• Old: 5 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry: Give a friendly Beast Reborn.
• New: 4 Attack, 3 Health. At the end of your turn, give another friendly Beast Reborn.

Dev Comment: This change to Reanimating Rattler was not made for power level reasons, but to avoid an unintended interaction with Rylak Metalhead and Monstrous Macaw.

Peggy Sturdybone

• Old: 6 Attack, 5 Health
• New: 4 Attack, 2 Health

Dancing Barnstormer

• Old: 4 Attack, 2 Health. Deathrattle: Elementals in Bob’s Tavern have +2/+2 for the rest of the game.
• New: 3 Attack, 2 Health. Deathrattle: Elementals in Bob’s Tavern have +3/+2 for the rest of the game.

Electric Synthesizer

• Old: [Tavern Tier 5] Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +4 Attack.
• New: [Tavern Tier 4] Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +3 Attack.

General Drakkisath

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

Underhand Dealer

• Old: [Tavern Tier 4] 2 Attack, 2 Health
• New: [Tavern Tier 5] 4 Attack, 4 Health

Mama Bear

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

Record Smuggler

• Old: 7 Attack, 6 Health
• New: 5 Attack, 4 Health

Gusty Trumpeter

• Old: After you sell 6 Elementals, get another random Elemental.
• New: After you sell 5 Elementals, get another random Elemental.

Kalecgos, Arcane Aspect

• Old: 4 Attack, 12 Health
• New: 2 Attack, 10 Health

Nadina the Red

• Old: 7 Attack, 4 Health. Deathrattle: Give your Dragons Divine Shield.
• New: 8 Attack, 4 Health. Deathrattle: Give 3 friendly Dragons Divine Shield.

Rock Rock

• Old: After you play an Elemental, give your minions +1 Attack. (Swaps to Health next turn.)
• New: After you play an Elemental, give your other minions +2 Attack. (Swaps to Health next turn.)

Zapp Slywick

• Old: 7 Attack, 10 Health
• New: 8 Attack, 16 Health

Minion Pool Changes

• Monstrous Macaw has been returned to the minion pool.
• Sin’dorei Straight Shot is now available in all lobbies (not just Undead lobbies).

Duels Updates

Hero Power Updates

Promote

• Old: [1 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Harvest Time

• Old: Destroy a minion, then summon two 2/2 Treants for that minion’s owner.
• New: Destroy a minion, then summon two 1/1 Saplings for that minion’s owner.

Mind Tether

• Old: [Passive] After you cast a spell, deal 1 damage to the enemy hero.
• New: [1 Mana] After each spell you cast this turn, deal 1 damage to the enemy hero.

Dino Tracking

• Old: Discover a card from your deck.
• New: Discover a Beast.

Signature Treasure Updates

Nerubian Peddler

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Spiked Arms

• Old: 3 Attack, 3 Durability
• New: 1 Attack, 3 Durability

Royal Greatsword

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [7 Mana]

Infinite Arcane

• Old: [7 Mana]
• New: [9 Mana]

Passive Treasure Updates

Staking a Claim

• Old: Whenever you play a Discover card, all friendly minions gain +1/+1.
• New: After you play your first Discover card each turn, all friendly minions get +1/+1.

The Floor is Lava

• Old: After you play a minion, deal 1 damage to it and give it +2 Attack.
• New: After you play your first minion each turn, deal 1 damage to it and give it +2 Attack.

Dragonblood

• Old: After a friendly Dragon dies, give two minions in your hand +1/+1.
• New: After the first time a friendly Dragon dies each turn, give minions in your hand +1/+1.

Dragon Affinity

• Unbanned and moved to Pool 1.
• Old: Your Dragons cost (2) less.
• New: The first Dragon you play each turn costs (1) less.

Glacial Downpour

• Old: At the end of your turn, summon a 2/1 Ice Shard if you’ve cast a Frost spell this turn.
• New: At the end of your turn, summon a 2/3 Water Elemental if you’ve cast a Frost spell this turn.

Flames of the Kirin Tor

• Old: After you cast your first Fire spell in a turn, add a random Fire spell to your hand.
• New: After you cast your first Fire spell in a turn, add a random non-Legendary Fire spell from your class to your hand.

Unholy Gift

• Old: At the start of the game, shuffle 5 Lich King cards into your deck.
• New: At the start of the game, shuffle 8 Lich King cards into your deck.

Ring of Black Ice

• Old: Whenever a minion is Frozen, add a copy of it to your hand.
• New: Whenever a minion is Frozen, add a copy of it to your hand. It costs (1) less.

All Shall Serve

• Old: Whenever a Demon dies, draw a card.
• New: After the first time a friendly Demon dies in a turn, draw a minion from your deck.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Moved Heroic Tavern Brawl to next week, to allow time for players to first adjust to the new balance changes.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where the original version of Tour Guide was banned in all card pools, but the new Core Set version was not.

Patch 26.2 launches Battlegrounds Season 4, where E.T.C.’s taking an exciting new show to Bob’s Tavern!

Battlegrounds Season 4 is Here

Are you ready to put the “band” in your warband?! Battlegrounds Season 4 is headlined by the new Rock Master Voone Hero, the new Venomous keyword, and a massive minion remix to Battlegrounds!

General Updates

• On May 9, Battlegrounds Season 3 will end and Season 4 will begin. That means rankings will reset, Battlegrounds Buddies will be removed, minion pools will update, and the Battlegrounds Track will switch over. All rewards that were earned from the Season 3 Track, but not yet claimed, will automatically be claimed.
• Minion types will be rolled out in phases for Season 4. On May 9, only six types will be eligible in all games: Beasts, Murlocs, Dragons, Elementals, Naga, and Undead. On May 11, Pirates will be added to the pool of eligible types. On May 15, Demons will be added to the pool of eligible types. Finally, on May 22, Quilboar and Mechs will be added to the pool of eligible types.

New Hero

Rock Master Voone

• Upbeat Harmony
  • Passive. At the end of every 3 turns, get a plain copy of the left-most card in your hand.

Rock Master Voone will be available in all lobbies for two weeks after Patch 26.2.

Hero Updates

Lady Vashj (Relics of the Deep)

• Old: Discover a Spellcraft spell of your Tier or lower. Passive: Your first one each turn is permanent.
• New: Discover a Spellcraft spell of your Tier or lower. Its effect is permanent.

Lich Baz’hial (Graveyard Shift)

• Old: [0 Gold] Take 4 damage. Gain 2 Gold.
• New: [1 Gold] Steal a minion in Bob’s Tavern. Take damage equal to its Tavern Tier.

Shudderwock

• No longer banned in Beast lobbies.

N’Zoth

• No longer banned in any lobbies.

Mutanus

• Now banned in Naga lobbies.

Vol’jin

• Now banned in Naga lobbies.

Updated Armor Tiers

All Armor Tiers at the launch of Patch 26.2 will be as follows:

Patch 26.0.4 is a data-only patch that includes bug fixes and balance updates to Standard, Wild, Battlegrounds, and Duels!

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: Overall, we’re pretty happy with meta diversity and power in Standard right now. There are a few outliers that we’re looking to reign in with this patch, but the bigger focus is on raising the power level of some of the new Festival of Legends cards and archetypes, so that they can compete with the stronger stuff and people can feel better about trying out these fun new strategies.

System Update

All Death Knight cards with any three-rune requirements (Frost-Frost-Frost, Blood-Frost-Unholy, etc.) are now removed from all Discover pools and random generation effects.

Dev Comment: Death Knight is very strong as a class right now, and this change weakens the class across the board. We’ve also received a lot of feedback that one of the more frustrating parts of playing against Death Knights is when they are able to generate additional copies of their powerful triple-rune cards—particularly when the card is one the deck didn’t have access to in deckbuilding.

Card Updates

The following cards have been adjusted to be less powerful:

Rowdy Fan

• Old: Battlecry: Choose a minion. It has +4 Attack while this is alive.
• New: Battlecry: Choose a minion. It has +3 Attack while this is alive.
• Dev Comment: Rowdy fan has gotten a lot of attention in combination with Lady S’Theno, a powerful combo at high levels of play. But even outside of that combo, it’s a card that is just a bit too efficient at its rate in a wide variety of decks.

Overseer Frigidara

• Old: 5 Attack, 6 Health
• New: 3 Attack, 6 Health
• Dev Comment: Death Knight has several strong decks, and Frost Death Knight stands out as the strongest of the bunch. We wanted to shave a bit more power off it by bringing one of its best cards more in line with the rest of the deck.

Twig of the World Tree

• Old: Deathrattle: Gain 10 Mana Crystals.
• New: Deathrattle: Refresh your Mana Crystals.
• Dev Comment: Twig of the World Tree is the best card in a really good deck leading to some frustrating play experiences in Wild right now. The interaction between Twig of the World Tree and Sphere of Sapience didn’t exist when Twig was first printed, so this change is to curb this card’s power level and bring it back closer to the original play pattern.

Rowdy Fan and Twig of the World Tree will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 26.0.4. Overseer Frigidara is a Core Set card, so it can’t be crafted or disenchanted.

The following cards have been adjusted to be more powerful:

Rock Master Voone

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Verse Riff

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [1 Mana]

Bridge Riff

• Old: [6 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

Power Slider

• Old: 1 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 2 Attack, 3 Health

Shield Block

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Frightened Flunky

• Old: 2 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 2 Attack, 3 Health

Thori’belore

• Old: Rush. Deathrattle: Go Dormant. Cast a Fire spell to revive Thori-belore! (Revives 2 times.)
• New: Rush. Deathrattle: Go Dormant. Cast a Fire spell to revive Thori-belore!

Dev Comment: Warrior had two major themes this expansion, menagerie and riffs, and neither of them landed at the level we were hoping for at launch. We’re buffing these Festival of Legends cards to give those themes a chance. We’re also buffing some older cards to help support the class generally. Shield Block is a card we now hope can become a definitional, powerful card that represents what Warrior is about. We’ll continue to monitor the class after these adjustments to determine if further changes are needed down the line.

Infinitize the Maxitude

• Old: Discover a spell. Finale: Return this to your hand at end of turn.
• New: Discover a spell. Reduce its Cost by (1). Finale: Return this to your hand at end of turn.

Audiosplitter

• Old: [3 Mana] 4 Attack, 3 Health
• New: [2 Mana] 3 Attack, 2 Health

Spitelash Siren

• Old: [5 Mana] 2 Attack, 6 Health
• New: [4 Mana] 2 Attack, 5 Health

Arcane Artificer

• Old: 1 Attack, 2 Health
• New: 1 Attack, 3 Health

Dev Comment: Mage got two major focuses in Festival of Legends: Light Show and DJ Manastorm. Audio Splitter and Infinitize the Maxitude can both fit into those decks, and others, so we hope these changes can help open up the class. As for the reversion to Spitelash Siren, what more can we say other than, “Naga, Spell, Naga...”

Stranglethorn Heart

• Old: [10 Mana]
• New: [8 Mana]

Halduron Brightwing

• Old: Battlecry: Give all Arcane spells in your deck Spell Damage +1.
• New: Battlecry: Give all Arcane spells in your hand and deck Spell Damage +1.

Dev Comment: Like Infinitize the Maxitude, Stranglethorn Heart is underperforming. We’re giving them both buffs because we want these Legendary spells to feel better to open and play. We’re also buffing Halduron to give some help to the Arcane Hunter package that has never had a chance to shine.

Jazz Bass

• Old: 2 Attack, 2 Durability
• New: 3 Attack, 2 Durability

Altered Chord

• Old: Lifesteal. Deal 5 damage to a minion. Costs (3) less if you’re Overloaded.
• New: Lifesteal. Deal 6 damage to a minion. Costs (3) less if you’re Overloaded.

Flow Rider

• Old: [2 Mana] 3 Attack, 2 Health
• New: [1 Mana] 2 Attack, 1 Health

Lightning Storm

• Old: Overload (2)
• New: Overload (1)

Dev Comment: The new Overload Shaman deck has not performed where we wanted or expected it to, so we’re giving it help with all these changes. This change to Lightning Storm also puts it better in line with the other current 3-4 Cost AoE spells.

Crescendo

• Old: [3 Mana]
• New: [2 Mana]

Crazed Conductor

• Old: [5 Mana] 4 Attack, 5 Health
• New: [4 Mana] 3 Attack, 4 Health

Siphon Soul

• Old: [5 Mana]
• New: [4 Mana]

Dev Comment: Warlock is one of the weakest classes in the game right now, so we’re giving it some buffs to its new Fatigue package. We’re also bumping up Siphon Soul, which we think should help the class a little more generally.

Record Scratcher

• Old: 2 Attack, 2 Durability
• New: 3 Attack, 2 Durability

MC Blingtron

• Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health
• New: 5 Attack, 5 Health

Dev Comment: Rogue has some good decks right now, especially at higher levels. We didn’t want to further strengthen those existing decks, but we did want to give them some more options from their Festival of Legends set.

Holy Nova

• Old: [4 Mana] Deal 2 damage to all enemies. Restore 2 Health to all friendly characters.
• New: [3 Mana] Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions. Restore 2 Health to all friendly characters.

Dev Comment: Right now, Priest has some powerful aggressive strategies. This adjustment is to make its other decks—control and Overheal—more enticing. While some players were hoping for more Overheal support in this patch, Overheal is an evergreen mechanic that we hope and expect to evolve over time, including through additional future card drops, instead of just adjustments to our first batch.

Kiri, Chosen of Elune

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Death Blossom Whomper

• Old: [6 Mana] 7 Attack, 6 Health
• New: [5 Mana] 6 Attack, 5 Health

Dev Comment: Druid is one of the classes that has seen a lot of new Festival of Legends cards see play, and we’re pretty happy with where its expansion set has landed. We’re taking this opportunity to set a higher bar for the Core Set and to encourage more of the cool Deathrattle support the class got from Murder at Castle Nathria.

Battlegrounds Updates

Armor Adjustments