The Witchwood - Hearthstone's Eighth Expansion
Hearthstone's Eighth Expansion is The Witchwood! It launched on April 12th 2018.
Expansion Information
- 135 new cards were added to the game.
- A new Shaman Hero Card, "Hagatha", is seen briefly at the end of the reveal video. Ben Brode confirmed this is the only Hero Card in the expansion. (Source)
- Every class will be getting 2 Legendary cards this expansion. (Source)
- A new mechanic called Echo is being added to the game.
- A new mechanic called Rush is being added to the game. It's like Charge but less OP.
- The pre-order comes with 70 packs instead of the usual 50. You also get a card back. You can pre-order here or in-game.
Freebies
- A card back for completing Monster Hunt.
- A legendary class card for logging in on release.
- Three card packs for logging in on release.
- Up to four card packs for completing daily quests in the lead-up to the expansion. (Source)
Monster Hunt
- Works like Dungeon Run in that you play a hero against bosses and build a deck as you progress.
- Does not use normal Hearthstone heroes, this has four unique characters.
- The final boss at the end of Monster Hunt is different for each of the four classes.
Below are pictures of the Cannoneer, Houndmaster, Time Tinkerer, and Tracker heroes from Monster Hunt.
New Keyword: Echo
Echo cards can be played multiple times on the turn you play them. Each time, it’ll add a ghostly copy of the card back to your hand that disappears at the end of your turn.
New Keyword: Rush
Minions with the Rush keyword can attack other minions immediately after they hit the board, either by being played or summoned. They cannot attack heroes until the turn after they enter play, however.
Hagatha the Witch
The only new playable hero card being added to the game, Hagatha has unique emotes and a special passive Hero Power.
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- Greetings: "Welcome to my domain."
- Well Played: "Well played."
- Thanks: "Thank you."
- Wow: "By the night!"
- Oops: "Unwise."
- Threaten: "The curse take you!"
New Cards
So far, 135 cards have been revealed out of 135.
Druid
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Hunter
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Mage
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Paladin
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Priest
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Rogue
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Shaman
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Warlock
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Warrior
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Neutral
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Card Backs
There are two new card backs. The first is available with the expansion pre-order and the second is a reward from Monster Hunt.
New Gameboard
As always, Hearthstone is getting a new game board with the expansion.
Spookie
It's been a cool expansion
Just Watch 1 Billion DAMAGE !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1xzbLcYnw0
Have you seen test subject priest?
This happened, new personal record, wanted to share.
Call me crazy...but this might be lethal.
I got to say, playing as the tracker was a bit hard unless you are really careful with what you select for the card selections
Some crazy combos thanks to echo.
I got a little carried away
So... What about Monster Hunt?
While many people dislike the low power level of this expansion, I do like it.
Besides Shudderwock, which will probably get nerfed soon, and a Murmuring Elemental/Baleful Banker combo, which is just bad, there are no infinite value cards. I think Hagatha the Witch is a perfect example of good Death Knight cards: she's powerful and has a lot of value, but it's not inifinite.
I hope they keep doing this in the future.
Shudderwock is a terrible deck. The only thing that needs to be nerfed about it is the animation speed. The win rate of the deck is horrible though.
the expansion is fine, but the higher power level of the expansions still active from the previous year is currently shadowing this expansion
From 123 packs i got 6 legendaries and 29 epics (one golden).
Duskfallen Aviana from first 10 packs, Lady in White, Shudderwock, Blackhowl Gunspire, Darius Crowley, Azalina Soulthief. Face Collector for logging in. Not the ones i was hoping for but i could've been worse!
Good luck guys for expansion!
As much as everyone is throwing a shitstorm over Shudderwock, you have to admit, they nailed the reference with the card.
Edit: Now that I think about it, Shudderwock is rather similar to actual cancer. It starts off as a normal cell (or in this case, card in your hand). Once a few mutations happen (other battlecries get played, specifically those in the combo), the cell can become unstable and lead to it becoming a benign cell (when it's ready to combo). Once played, it becomes malignant (when played) and spreads to different parts of the body (back to the hand) and continues to grow/fester in those places until it is either treated (whoever played it dies) or the opponent dies.
Edit 2: Finally played against the Shudderwock boss, and it literally rhymes and speaks nonsense the entire time. Great job to whoever came up with all of those since it's fantastic.
After 117 Packs and the Dust i Got from Hall of Fame cards this was the legendaries i Crafted/pulled.
Pretty good result, seems like a fun expansion!
Houndmaster Shaw
Chameleos
Lady In white
Hagatha
Shudderwock
Glinda Crowskin
Lord Godfrey
Darius Crowley (Golden)
Blackhowl Gunspire
Genn Greymane
Azalina Soulthief
Countess Ashmore
Baku The Mooneater
Thirteen Legendaries is awesome, congrats!
Thanks man!