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April Fools 2016 Archive

The fun and games of April 1st 2016 have come to a close, but the efforts of our heroes are not to be forgotten. This page is dedicated to the memory of this glorious day and we hope you enjoy everything we, and others, brought to the table.

The Great Card Art Swap

Card art for 43 different cards was swapped out in the database. All the art can be found below with all artists credited beneath their card. Can you figure out all the art changes?

Art by Fluxflashor
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by Fluxflashor

Art by jmxd
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by Fluxflashor
Art by Tehstool

Art by Abzeroth
Art by Abzeroth
Art by Tehstool
Art by Vultrae

Art by SanderNightsite
Art by Fluxflashor
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by ShadowsOfSense

Art by Fluxflashor
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by Tehstool
Art by Vultrae

Art by Tehstool
Art by SanderNightsite
Art by Abzeroth
Art by Fluxflashor

Art by Fluxflashor
Art by SanderNightsite
Art by SanderNightsite
Art by Abzeroth

Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by Tehstool
Art by Fluxflashor
Art by ShadowsOfSense

Art by Vultrae
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by Tehstool
Art by ShadowsOfSense

Art by Vultrae
Art by Tehstool
Art by Vultrae
Art by ShadowsOfSense

Art by Tehstool
Art by ShadowsOfSense
Art by Fluxflashor

Patch Notes

ShadowsOfSense, Asylum_Rhapsody, Vultrae, xskarma, Abzeroth, and Fluxflashor wrote up some patch notes for "Hearthstone Patch 40116". 

Quote from HearthPwnizzard

General

• The Hearthstone beta is now officially over and all accounts desiring to continue playing must pay a monthly subscription fee of $14.99.
• The matchmaking experience has been improved greatly. Attempting to enter ranked mode with a Secret Paladin deck immediately places the player at Legend rank.
• All packs have been removed from the Store.
  •  Developer Note: We've listened to complaints about some packs being removed from the store, and have removed all packs from the store in order to maintain a fair environment.
• In order to improve relations between different Blizzard game communities, the Innkeeper is now Tracer, and talks to the player before and after every game.
• By default, the maximum number of deck slots has been reverted to 9. Additional deck slots are available for $9.99 each through the Store.
  •  Developer Note: As we feared for many years, 18 deck slots would be too confusing for the player base. After a short beta test on the live servers, we determined our fears were just and additional deck slots are now available as an optional addon to the experience rather than mandatory.
• As part of our efforts to help newer players, adding War Golem to your deck automatically adds two Wisps as well.
  •  Developer Note: Internal statistics don't lie! We have seen that players prefer to play with these cards together rather than alone so it's become a new rule.
• Tavern Brawls in Europe will now begin early Thursday morning instead of Wednesday evening.
  •  Developer Note: We love listening to community feedback and agree that It is unfair to Europeans that they have to stay up late to get their Brawl on. See you Thursday mornings!
• Due to consistent requests from one unidentified user, a gore option has been added.
• From now on, all instances of the word 'the' in the game will be replaced with commas.

New Heroes

• We are proud to introduce the new Shaman hero, Thrall, available in HD for a limited time. Players wishing to obtain this new Hero Portrait can purchase it in the shop for a small donation of $9.99.

Card Changes

• Due to their wide use in many decks, Piloted Shredder and Dr. Boom have been added to the Classic set, as they are clearly very popular and loved cards.
• After months of abuse, Noble Sacrifice now has a restraining order against Mysterious Challenger, and they cannot be included in the same deck unless you want to hear from our lawyers.
• Wobbling Runts has undergone balance therapy and is now appropriately renamed Slightly Imbalanced Runts.
• The Forgotten Torch's owner has been found and has had his torch returned.
• Haunted Creeper and Amani Berserker have had their card text changed to "Deathrattle: Draw a card." and "Spell Damage +1" respectively, in order to fix the "Suggest a Card" feature of the collection screen.
• Desert Camel has now been renamed Caramel Dessert in order to reflect our original concept for the card.
• Dark Peddler has joined a cycling team and has been properly renamed Dark Cyclist.
• Due to some unforeseen legal complications, Harrison Jones has legally changed his name to Montana Toyota.
• North Sea Kraken has migrated south for the winter and is now known as South Sea Kraken.
• Ram Wrangler has been incarcerated for allegations of animal abuse and is no longer available.
• In order to prevent confusion, Mark of the Wild, Power of the Wild, Wild Growth, Wildwalker, Knight of the Wild and Wild Pyromancer will not be playable in Standard.
• Molten Giant wants to be known as Molten Friend from now on, because he is sensitive about his height.
• Mogor the Ogre now reads "All minions have a 50% chance to attack the right enemy"
• Refreshment Vendor's art has now been updated to accurately depict ALL items available at his refreshment stands.
• In an embarrassing twist, Feugen and Stalagg have revealed that their names were accidentally switched one day, but they were too shy to say anything to Thaddius.
• Ragnaros the Firelord's power level is now correctly OVER NINETHOUSAND!
• Deathwing has returned from his vacation to Pony Island.
• Huge Toad has received an art update to be more in line with the original vision for the card. The typo in the name will be corrected shortly.
• Herobrine has been removed.

Arena

• Drafting Lord of the Arena now correctly starts you at 11 wins in Arena mode.
• After much internal debate, it has been agreed that giving players multiples of 5 gold in Arena can be annoying, so we've changed it to be multiples of 10 only. As an apology for those upset by the uneven numbers, a reward of 111 gold and 111 dust will be added to your account when you log in

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a rare bug where the Golden Monkey sometimes actually got drawn.
• Fixed a bug where playing Mysterious Challenger would not cause your opponent to rage quit.
• Fixed a bug which caused cards Rafaam stole to still appear in your collection.
• The Concede button will now automatically come up as an option after your opponent plays Reno Jackson.
• Fixed a bug which caused Piloted Shredder to sometimes drop minions other than Doomsayer.
• Nozdormu has been fixed.

World of Warcraft

• Due to an overwhelming request for consistency between the games, the Death Knight, Monk and Demon Hunter classes have been removed from World of Warcraft.
• Due to the overwhelming success of the Lady Liadrin WoW cross-promotion, we are proud to announce a new event: if you pre-order WoW Legion, you will receive a free Golden Illidan Stormrage, and a direct link to the disenchantment screen to make it easier to collect your 1600 dust.
• As part of ongoing communication with the WoW developers, it has been agreed that Hearthstone is now the official source of WoW lore. We hope you look forward to seeing Ragnaros, Lightlord in Legion!

Blizzard: Hearthstone the MMO

The World of Warcraft YouTube channel put out a video on an upcoming Hearthstone MMO.

Other Community April Fools Fun

Aside from everyone who thought it would be funny to submit fake old gods cards to Hearthstone sites, a couple of other jokes are worth mentioning.

Savjz: Fake Old Gods Reveal

Savjz was to reveal Master of Evolution at 3 PM EDT on April 1st, but first, he put up a video of "Frostmaw", a Hunter card which featured recolored art of Master of Evolution. The card was a 9 mana 10/10 with Charge that was only able to attack heroes. Talk about SMOrc!

Reddit: It's Time to D-D-D-D-DUEL

The /r/hearthstone reddit changed their theme to that of the Yu-Gi-Oh card game. The place was overtaken by excited duelists, trap cards, Exodia, and Kuriboh. Check it out on Archive.org.