Hearthstone Patch 9.4 - Marin the Fox, Kobolds Pre-Order, New Brawl Cards
A new patch has hit the Hearthstone servers containing a new card, the expansion pre-order, and more!
Marin the Fox Added to the Game
Marin the Fox is now available for everyone to use in decks!
- All players who login will receive Marin the Fox for free.
- If you went to BlizzCon or have a Virtual Ticket, you get a Golden Marin the Fox for free.
- These cards may not be disenchanted.
Flavor Text: My name is Marin the Fox. You took my treasure. Prepare to die.
Nemsy has a Hero Tray
Nemsy's got a unique hero tray now!
Kobolds and Catacombs Pre-Order In-Game
The patch has added a pre-order for Kobolds and Catacombs. You are also able to pre-order using the Battle.net shop, but if you want a discounted expansion, you can use Amazon Coins once the app update goes live on the Amazon App Store.
Pre-ordering the expansion gets you the "For the Hoard" card back.
New Card Backs
The only card back added is "For the Hoard", the pre-order card back.
In caverns old
The kobolds hide
Silver and gold, oh!
** You have died **
New Brawl Chalkboards
Three new chalkboards have been added. Click them to see larger images.
New Card Art
New Tavern Brawls
There are two new tavern brawls we've spotted in the client.
- "Marin" Tavern Brawl [Maybe this week?]
- "Shadow Reflection" Tavern Brawl
Quote from HearthPwnMarin Brawl
- Journey to the Catacombs - Quest: 7 minions are played by ANY player. Reward: Master Chests for all!
- TB_MARIN_QUEST - Whoever completes their quest first will get a head start on getting the treasure!
Shadow Reflection Brawl
- Shadow Reflection - Each time you play a card, transform this into a copy of it until end of turn.
- Shadow Reflection - Always copy your last played card.
New Fireside Brawl
A new Fireside Gathering Brawl has been added which is referred to internally as the "ELO" Brawl.
Quote from HearthPwn
- Confirm - Reset all Fireside Gathering Player wins. This will end the current game.
- Cancel - Do NOT reset Fireside Gathering Player wins. Play the Brawl as normal.
- Competitive Spirits - Gain an advantage against your opponent.
- Greater Competitive Spirits - Gain an advantage against your opponent.
- Spirit of Heroism - Reduce the cost of your Hero Power by (1).
- Greater Spirit of Heroism - Replace your starting Hero Power with a better one. It costs (0).
- Spirit of Heroism - Reduce the cost of your Hero Power by (1).
- Greater Spirit of Heroism - Replace your starting Hero Power with a better one. It costs (0)
- Spirit of Wisdom - Reduce the Cost of all spells in your deck and hand by (1).
- Greater Spirit of Wisdom - Reduce the Cost of all spells in your deck and hand by (2).
- Spirit of Wisdom - Reduce the Cost of all spells in your deck and hand by (1).
- Greater Spirit of Wisdom - Reduce the Cost of all spells in your deck and hand by (2).
- Spirit of Strength - Give all minions in your deck and hand +1 Attack.
- Greater Spirit of Strength - Give all minions in your deck and hand +2 Attack.
- Spirit of Strength - Give all minions in your deck and hand +1 Attack.
- Greater Spirit of Strength - Give all minions in your deck and hand +2 Attack.
Strings
- FB_ELO_SPIRITS - Choose a Bonus!
- FB_ELO_SPIRITS - Choose a Greater Bonus!
- FB_ELO_FAVORED - You're Favored to win, your opponent will receive a greater bonus.
- FB_ELO_UNDERDOG - You're the Underdog, you'll get to choose a greater bonus!
- FB_ELO_EVEN - You're evenly matched with your opponent! You'll both get to choose a greater bonus!
Kobolds & Catacombs Expansion Guide
Learn more about the December expansion including seeing all the currently revealed cards by visiting our Kobolds Guide!
Official Patch Notes
Quote from BlizzardLegends tell of a vast underground world and the countless, shiny treasures that lie in store for worthy adventurers! In this update we’re readying your party to explore Hearthstone’s latest expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs, when it arrives in December! We also fixed several bugs.
This patch is currently live for PC! Mobile versions will become available in the coming hours.
Read on for details!
- The Kobolds & Catacombs pre-purchase bundle is now available from the in-game Shop. This bundle includes 50 card packs at a special price and the For the Hoard card back.
- Grab your gear and get ready for adventure: Kobolds & Catacombs releases December 2017!
- The Legendary card Marin the Fox and the For the Hoard! card back are now available for use in-game.
- Added the following card back:
- For the Hoard! – Acquired from the Kobolds & Catacombs pre-purchase bundle
- Nemsy Necrofizzle now has a unique Hero tray.
- Nemsy Necrofizzle's Hero Power button is now animated.
Bug Fixes
- PC in-game Shop items will now use a three-character currency code instead of a currency symbol.
- The rope animation will now correctly appear even if a player was disconnected when it began.
- Mana-cost reductions to Crush now correctly apply after all other mana cost changes, such as the effects from cards like Naga Sea Witch.
- Fixed a crash issue that could occur when viewing the Friend List.
- Fixed a crash issue that could occur while holding a card during an Arena draft.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Arena draft to occasionally show no choices.
- Certain golden Hero Powers are now easier to interact with.
- Adjusted the volume of several Hallow’s End emotes to be more consistent with other emotes.
- Adjusted the positioning of several pop-ups so they are not blocked by the chat window.
- Adjusted the size and positioning of the chat window when the Friend List menu is open.
- Mana Geode, Mirage Caller, Binding Heal, and Ravasaur Runt are now centered correctly in deck lists.
- Fixed an issue where certain enchantment banner icons, such as Prince Keleseth’s Blessing, had incorrect art.
- Death Coil’s art is now correctly centered in its History tile.
- The “Open Packs” text is no longer cut off in some languages.
- Restored Quest text that was missing in some languages.
- Getaway Kodo will no longer sometimes cause The Skeleton Knight to return to its owner’s hand in an invisible state.
- [Mobile] Maiev’s hero portrait will no longer be misaligned on certain mobile devices.
- [Mobile] The Lich King’s dialogue is now more readable.
guys try this sick otk priest deck i made with marin!
I like the rhyme on the flavour text of the card.
Found another bug. Apparently Frostmourne is now broken. It no longer shows what minions you killed.
is that turalyon???
nice catch, he will be probably next paladin legendary
Can we get an iPhone X fix please? The game looks pathetic on the device.
This isn't the place to try to reach Blizzard, broski.
New patch hasn't even been deployed to the App Store yet... calm down.
No fix for sindragosa floating? Pfft.
I havent recieved mine yet?? Weird??
check for an update
It must be slow to mobile (or at least IOS). I don't have an update either. Was just trying to check it out at work, and I got nothin'.
Edit: Actually, it helps to read patch notes... I skimmed over the bit that said mobile patch is coming a few hours later.
After playing few games with and against Marin i can say with certainty that he's garbage. Totally not worth to include in a deck. I've even tryed to play it with activator Crazed Alchemist and it's still not worth it. But free stuff is free stuff, i'll take it.
Eh.
He's in my Razakus Machine Gun Priest because I have a free spot. Pair him on T10 with Doomsayer and either they ignore it and appreciate the death of your 6/6 or they deal with the 0/7 and leave your 6/6 to fight. Shadow Word: Pain is the obvious go-to, and that pairs nicely with Shadow Visions, so if I need to use one for real, I can.
The cards I got from him were just as irrelevant as the 6/6 I got and the 0/8 they got.
He's win more. If you're already winning, why not have fun? :D
Putting in Crazed Alchemist seems like too much effort, unless he's useful for other combos.
I haven't played with Marin yet (the update doesn't seem to be out for IOS, and I haven't been home to my computer), but my idea is to play him when I have 8 damage worth of minions on the board. Otherwise you're devoting too much to the chest, and it's likely to put you way behind.
Then again, you may be right either way. He's certainly a very slow card.
Depends on the deck, he seems to be doing fine in my Wild Control Warrior
So I guess I was unlucky when the only time I faced Marin, the guy got a card that, for 3 mana, got him 2 Malygos. I died the turn after that, even though I was winning.
Well Crazed Alchemist always counters Doomsayer but in the current meta Doomsayer is not the most popular card, so yeah you might be right that he is too much effort for just Marin. I'll try playing a bit more with Marin to see if he can be reedemed but atm i don't really see a spot for him in my decks.
Just wait till next patch and you can use Rend Blackhand to pop the treasure. That's some value right there.