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.
it is called burgle rogue (sort of) or 'tess' rogue, if you want. I really like the idea of the deck though.
You mean Kripp Rogue?
Also, Biteweed
Don't forget Sherazin, Corpse Flower and if you make it a wild deck, you can throw in Thistle Tea and Xaril, Poisoned Mind for more 'drugged' flavor in the list. Sherazin, Corpse Flower would legitimately be good in a deck like that though since Burgle effects tend to let you revive it a lot.
Omg, the rest of the unrevealed cards are mostly neutral commons, time to taste all of them Arena cards and Packfillers as usual
Which contain epics, it's not like Carnivorous Cube and Spiteful Summoner opened up new archetypes, right?
Or Corridor Creeper that got nerfed 1 month after
Also, it's not like it's fun playing against Cubelock and Spiteful Priest all the time either, one resummons the same minions like 8 times, the other wins you the game if you play a 6 mana card.
Your response makes no sense, you just agreed with my point, reinforced it and then just went on complaining about something else. What I'm saying is that the neutral cards can still set the tone for new stuff, so don't be so pessimistic.
Most people ran those to get rid of Ice Block, and since that's going to Hall of Fame, secret techs are significantly less necessary. If there are other problematic secrets in the future, I could see another tech card being added, but until then I don't think it's necessary.
Perhaps a card which draws cards for each secret it destroys?
today i realized that too, theres gonna be no neutral secret removal anymore, kinda weird
Maybe they are keeping it a secret until the final stream?
I'm sorry that is bad I'll go to the corner.
man im so scared for Druid now after the last releases... theres not much to work with...i mean we still have a strong classic set and a shithole of taunt options... so i guess thats the way how nature will rise again...
opinions?
If you like druid, play wild. Jade Druid is the best deck in the current meta
Druid still has a lot of strong, defensive cards from last year like Ultimate Infestation, Malfurion the Pestilent and Spreading Plague. While probably not as good as Jade Druid can be, I feel like a big druid list can emerge somewhere, using Ferocious Howl and Bewitched Guardian as early game protection cards and a win-condition like the Master Oakheart package, the one that pulls a Drakkari Enchanter and Dragonhatcher to pull out a bunch of big things.
On the other hand, Witching Hour has a lot of potential, albeit having to sacrifice some important cards to make it work well. I wouldn't count druid off yet since there are still a bunch of commons and rares that haven't been spoiled yet. Knowing Blizzard, they probably made some aggressive-as-hell early drop that is going to make most decks irrelevant anyway.
yeah i guess the biggest hopes are going onto Witching Hour and the Witchwood Grizzly...who can be also pulled by Master Oakheart and could be really strong with Carnivorous Cube
Yeah it feels as if they are trying to reduce the power level of this expansion as it's going to be around for the longest. Another reason why it feels underwhelming I guess is because there is no "new" legendary thing being experimented with. All of last year the new expansions had some cool new thing to try out, with quests, hero cards and weapons all being essentially deck building challenges. This one doesn't have the same feel as there is not as many big build-a-round cards. I still think this expansion is cool and all, but not completely aboard the hype train.
Something to consider is that this is the first expansion of the new rotation. A bunch is leaving so there is a ton of room for different archetypes to emerge from the new set, but Team 5 also has to consider the remaining sets of the year. This expansion has to set the bar somewhere (it may seem low at this point), but by doing so, they can add additional power into the next set and the set after that. IF the bar is set too high to start with, then the following expansions are going to have to raise the bar even higher which would lead to some ridiculous power creep.
I imagine there is some diagram Team 5 has of stair steps and where they want to power level of each expansion to be. Relative to the Standard Year, they'd want it going up a bit with each expansion. Between each Standard Year, they'd want the step diagrams to be close to the same (give or take). Just my assumption as to how they plan the expansions out.
Whatever the case may actually be, I am stoked for the new expansion to drop and the rotation to hit.
personally i'm super hyped because jades go wild.
Am I the only one who noticed that Bogshaper is in Nemsy Necrofizzle's portrait on the Heroes page?
You noticed wrong, it's actually Fen Creeper. In Fen Creeper's full art you can see Nemsy fishing.