Update 11:00 PM EDT: Check out an animated version of the new card back.
Update 6:35 PM EDT: Our Grand Tournament info page is now live. Don't worry, updates will continue to be posted on this news post.
Hearthstone Expansion - The Grand Tournament
Hearthstone's newest expansion is The Grand Tournament.
The official site is now live, check it out here.
- The Grand Tournament launches this August.
- 132 new cards! Some cards can be found below.
- Lots of new cards which will effect hero powers!
- New Keyword: Inspire! Activates every time you use your hero power.
- 50 Pack pre-purchase available next week for $49.99 USD. Gives you a card back.
New Cards
All of these cards are available in our deckbuilder so you can theorycraft new decks!
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New Card Back
A card back is available for pre-purchasing 50 card packs. The pre-purchase goes live next week. An animated card back preview can be found below. To see it in the highest quality possible, use Google Chrome.
Hearthstone Patch 9554
A new patch has been discovered on Blizzard's CDN. It includes the new card back, the troll card back for this month's ranked season, and some new Tavern Brawl background featuring Hearthstones, a Portal, and some Murlocs.
The Grand Tournament Store Music
New store music was added in the datamined patch for The Grand Tournament. Listen below!
New Gameboard
Official Trailer
Hearthstone Special Announcement Livestream
The livestream has concluded. The vod can be accessed here, with two additional parts with streamed gameplay available here, and here.
Screenshot Gallery
Below are screenshots taken from the stream.
I was hoping for something more at this announcement, not just card expansion(
From now on random packs will be awerded from Arena runs.
This sucks so fucking hard.
We'll have a 66% chance to get old packs as an arena rewards now! How exciting! Great way to make shure FTP cant get all the cards, without hurting the newbies. I'm so excited!
It's a lot better... would still love the ability to pick... just saying
Fantastic additions. Got exactly what I said and what I was hoping for. New Keywords(rule) and additions to exciting kins/minion types.
Looks sick ^^
I didn't get to watch the presentation. Can someone clarify this for me about "Inspire", do the effects apply for the turn or permanently? For example, does the Lowly Squire get to keep it's +1 beyond that turn and potentially keep growing?
The Squire keeps it
I assume it depends, it's like deathrattle but with a different activator so a lot of effects can be attached to the inspire keyword.
It doesn't say "Until the end of the turn." So, yes.
Lol get the 50 packs pre-purchase at discount the guy saying on stream... now i see it's for 50dollar xD xD nice discount Blizzard..... NOT!
40 cards for 49.99, 60 cards for 69.99.
It's technically a discount.
Looks like time to say hello to Mircale Hunter perhaps.
Good mechanics and interesting cards. At the moment, mage class seems to be the most beneficiated class. I can't wait to see the rest of class cards.
Ugh! Just read the arena update. Now the card pack will be a random pack of either Basic, GvG, or Grand Tournament. Bleh! Just fucking bleh!
Exactly! Let me pick. I mean, I already have full sets of both Basic and GvG so those packs are absolutely worthless to me. The only packs I have any use for are the new ones. If I want to complete my set via Arena like the last two times it's going to take me three times as long. It's just not worth it.
50 bucks for 50 packs sounds a nice deal
But this new card Lowly Squire. Blizzard given hunter aggro even more tools.... Im sad Kappa :(
We need more anti agrro cards and not the oposite
$50 for 50 packs... it is too tempting.
Good, I was missing the feeling you get when everything that comes from a booster is something you don't have :)