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.
I think Possessed Lackey, Bloodreaver Gul'Dan, and Skull are bigger issues than Voidlord. Voidlord is good at 9 mana, but it's not gamebreaking on its own. It's reviving it with Gul'dan and cheating it out with skull and Possessed Lackey+Dark Pact, and defile being a 2 mana board clear in most situations that's more of an issue. Without being able to cheat it out, clear the board easily for not much mana, and heal with dark pact and spellstone, voidlord would be too late coming out against most aggro decks to be an issue.
I disagree with power of Skull, Due to it only being run in cube warlock, not control warlock, zoolock, giants warlock, krul warlock,
Reno warlock, or wild control lock.
the rush mechanics is stopped with that single huge taunt that spawn 3 more taunts can be cheated early re summon multiple times
Still haven't given up hope on a 1-mana Echo minion for Hunter. QUEST HUNTER MUST RISE!
knowing blizzard, they'll either not do that or they'll have a hunter card that reduces the cost of beasts or echo minions by 1 in your hand, a bit like sorcerer's apprentice
I really like that they continue with the "When your hero took damage"-theme for Warlock. First the spellstone (which was a little bit more straight forward) and now these cards. Warlock should get more of them since this gambling with your life fits really well.
I am thoroughly nonplussed with this expansion.
Man, every other class got like 2/3 cards at a row or everyday. While Mage has to wait God knows how long for a single card.. And Toki wasn't worth the wait.
there is always one class that gets all the cards at the last moment, only God knows why.
Agree. Druid is going to be meh at last :D
Yeah, I've been one of those people saying 'see all the cards before you judge'. But I have to admit that my early reactions to most of what Druid got are cringy, at best.
Both rogue heroes are female.
Me for druid.
Words of the quest rogue player Kappa
I cannot but feel that you might not have a good bead on what Kappa means.