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.
Yup.. I agreed.. The art look like Final Fantasy Concept.. :)
The art isn't even bad, it just clashes with the vibrant colors Hearthstone normally has.
bless blizzard tossing in them 3 mana 5/4's.
Recruit quest druid receiving some more love
the first week of the expension will be the best time to play hearthstone everyone trying memes nothing working and when something is nobody knows why xD
Or everybody just plays warlock to counter people trying to have fun and shit all over their day until somebody finds a pretty strong new deck to which everybody jumps on board with it and causes the community to bitch about how a card is strong in the first week of the expansion.
Thats because yyou were spoiled by the year of the Mammoth where every set introduced new card types
Most mechs released at once since GvG, so overall I'm super hyped for the 12th. Best tribe in the game imho.
Pls update release date from mid-April into April 12th
you mods probably should add info about Lunara
I was really disappointed untill now by the released card, but that final stream reveal just lit my hype :)
actually hyped for this expansion. wouldnt mind seeing baku, genn, hagatha, fire lady, chameleos, godfrey, toki, arugala, ashmore, or shudderwock as my free leg. really wanna pack some voodoos, worgen aboms, sandbinders, book o' specters, and criers tho or else it could get expensive real quick
you can't get neutral legendaries as your free one it's only class legendaries
Ahh I forgot. That sucks, especially for newer players who probably are missing the cards to make certain class legs work. They should at least throw people something like one neutral epic or two rares to tinker with in other classes they might like.
Probably everyone will drop 1 legend in day 1, because 10 free WW packs. If u have luck, can drop a good legend XD or a Duskfallen Aviana
i dont like this expansion
This expansion doesn't like you.
The Witchwood may have the best card art so far!
When is the deadline for Pre-order? Is there any way to get it cheaper because its too expensive to my country -_-
to get cheaper packs, in the URL of the hearthstone site change the region identifier to "us" or whatever you want