Knights of the Frozen Throne Cinematic: The Known but Unknown Cards
This article is pure speculation based on images which Blizzard has presented us in the cinematic trailer of Knights of the Frozen Throne. It should be used as a point for discussion and not as an absolute truth.
Let's dissect the cards shown in the cinematic! This small glimpse into the set showcases exactly what direction Blizzard is going with the theme since we haven't seen too many cards yet. Although the cards below appear to be legendary, this is just trickery as previous cinematics have done the exact same with the resulting card being rare or even just a token from an adventure. Keep that in mind as to not be disappointed that you won't get to play with some of these characters.
Enough of that, onto the cards!
The 3 Mana 2/2
Definitely a Crypt Lord. One could argue that he isn't going to be a very popular one due to the lower stat allocation, but that doesn't really matter with Hearthstone; we love unplayable lore characters.. Oh hey there Illidan Stormrage, how are you doing?
Due to the Icecrown setting, this could very well be Underking Talonox, the only residing Crypt Lord in the World of Warcraft zone. He also happens to fit the color profile of the cinematic card unlike other Crypt Lords of Northrend, which is some serious bonus points being added.
Hey Anub'arak, you're getting a friend!
The 5 Mana 5/4
More Val'kyr, in my Hearthstone? This is acceptable on many levels. The Val'kyr are ascended warriors of the Light who live to serve the Titanic Watcher, Odyn. Their goal is to bring the spirits of dead Vrykul to his Halls of Valor. If you're really interested in these characters, I recommend reading up on the Wowpedia page.
She appears to be quite colorful in comparison to the Scourge Val'kyr, and most Val'kyr now that we bring it up, that serve the Lich King which makes it harder to pinpoint an exact match, but let's take a look at the notable Val'kyr ladies present in Northrend anyway.
- Svala Sorrowgrave - The first boss of Utgarde Pinnacle, a dungeon in World of Warcraft
- Sister Svalna - Prison Guard of Valithria Dreamwalker in Icecrown Citadel
- Vardmadra - A high ranking Val'kyr in the Lich King's army. She was killed by the Lich King himself.
- Olrun the Battlecaller - One of the first characters Death Knights meet in their adventure. She actually isn't in Northrend in WoW.
With so many fine characters, it's a shame none really fit the vibrant colors. Pictured above is Svala Sorrowgrade, the closest match. Of course, it could just be this particular card isn't on the Lich Kings side and she's come from abroad to help push his forces back. Cool.
The 4 Mana 5/1
Magma Rager, move over, we've got an even worse card! Although that's an incredibly flawed statement to make at this point in time considering we have no idea if it's even collectible, but it sure is funny seeing a 5/1 that costs an extra mana over our magmalicious friend.
So, who is this guy? Well, he's definitely a Death Knight, and a slick one at that. The giveaway? Blue accents everywhere. Oh yeah, and the runesword of course.
Unfortunately, it looks like we've come up short.
Being a Blood Elf, there's not too many notable Death Knights out there from that race. The first one that pops into mind is the ever-so-popular Koltira Deathweaver, one of the first Death Knights to join the Horde through the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Unfortunately, this is not the man we're looking for. No red armor, the hair is completely wrong, and more importantly, Koltira would never be seen with a plain runesword!
Do you have any idea who this Death Knight could be?
Speaking of Koltira, did you know he was classified as an Ally (Minion) in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game? Here's his WoWTCG card and some other Blood Elf Death Knight Heroes from Hearthstone's predecessor.
The 3 Mana Fus Roh Dah
No attack and health for this one, unfortunately, but damn girl you let that breath out.
She's looking like another Death Knight with those glowing blue eyes and outfit, but, horns? I suppose Arthas wouldn't discriminate and is accepting of all races to join his army, but this minion definitely doesn't fit any of WoW's playable races. With that possibility gone, we have no clue who she could be.
Maybe this is Bethesda's way of adding Skyrim to yet another platform this year...
The 3 Mana Shark Bear
Words, I have none. Does anyone want to take a guess at this magnificent beast's effect text? It surely has to be amazing.
That's the final card that was showcased in this expansion's cinematic, and in all honesty, that's the perfect end. Hopefully it ends up being collectible and not just something out of the adventure portion of the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion. Hey Blizzard, could we make this Shark Bear Thing into a Death Knight as well? That'd be rad.
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Rexxar: "Hey, I wanna be a Deathknight"
Misha: "I gotta be his Death Companion too"
Rexxar: "Yeah, I need my Companion with me even after death"
and thus: the Rexxar Deathstalker art.
i'm still mourning the loss of tgt's crocodile pirate
please blizzard
Although I don't know what the The 4 mana 5/1 minion is, the only way I think it would be useful is if it had the new keyword Lifesteal and if it had Divine Shield . Because if it got attacked you would still get healed. Also bear shark = win. no one could ever beat a bear shark, if you walk into a room and see a bear shark odds are you're most likely gonna die.
This post made my day. Thank you very much!
for my part I think that its cards that appear in the cinematic have a link with the heroic knight power of demonist
Lol I would've thought that Hearthpwn would be experienced enough to know that the stats and rarity of cards shown in trailers aren't the actual stats the cards will have... One might think...
And I figured that you would be experienced enough to know that the stats are generally correct, even though class and rarity are often incorrect. There have only two cases of wrong stats in trailers for all the expansions(three if you count the unreleased card in TGT) and those are Darkbomb being shown as a 4/1 minion for GvG and Sergeant Sally costing four mana for MSG. All the others have the correct stats.
In fact, the thing we should remember is that some of the cards shown can be tokens, as seen with Rock Elemental for Un'Goro.
Really? Because I just checked Wotog, Msog, and Un'goro's trailers and the cards shown there all were correct. One might think...
There's also the whole Skycap'n Kragg being Patches the Pirate thing, but we did get a 7 Mana 4/6 so it technically was a correctly statted minion.
Man-Bear-pig... I mean, MANBEARSHARK! Half Man, half Bear and half Shark!
guuiseee i'm super cereal
Colbert finally got his wish to in some way impact the world of Warcraft.
http://wikiality.wikia.com/wiki/BearSharks
Huh, I wonder if that could mean they might slip Stefen Colbear in somewhere:
http://wikiality.wikia.com/wiki/Stefen_Colbear
Thank you for linking to Wowpedia and not WoWWiki.
People still link to WoWWiki? That site has been a shithole for almost a decade.
Okay maybe like 6 or 7 years at this point; Whenever they moved over to be not wikia. Close enough.
bearSharknado !!!!
Hehe
Funny theory:Maybe the man-bear-shark-beast thingy is misha of animal companion of deathstalker rexxar.Please don't downvote beacuse it is a chance it may happen
Definitely not possible, we've already seen Misha in a plagued form in the full Deathstalker Rexxar art on the expansion page.