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.
that´s insane congratz man. I opened just 7 leg from 130 packs. But i rest in a 15k pile of dust waiting for the new meta to evolve.
Toki, Time-Tinker on login. Didn't even know it's random, and still don't know whether it's good, but the image is nice :)
Opened 91 booster, only 4 legendaries: Archmage Arugal, Chameleos, Tess Greymane and Baku the Mooneater. Yes, it could (and should) be more, but at least I've wanted three of them :) Don't know what to do with Tess, and whether he's playable at all. It could be worse, but I've expected much better. I have enough dust to craft two more Legendaries, probably Shudderwock and Genn Greymane.
I lack a lot of good Epics and hope to get them in future boosters, but I'm unlikely to buy boosters in the nearest future. The card distribution makes me anger: I've dusted 39 rares. Can you imagine opening 91 boosters and getting THIRTY-NINE rares in more than two copies? That doesn't include golden rares, and I've opened them a lot. Yes, it's nice to have two golden Witchwood Grizzly and two Festeroot Hulks, but there are so many good Rares I lack that it becomes a problem.
Face Collector on login.
Then opened 105 packs and got:
Tess Greymane
Duskfallen Aviana
Lady in White
Lord Godrey
Glinda Crowskin
Genn Greymane.
Can't complain at all. I got enough dust to craft Shudderwock, Grumble, and Baku. And still have enough left for 2 more Legendaries.
I got Archmage Arugal for my free legendary so I was feeling good, then I opened Duskfallen Aviana, Emeriss, and Blackhowl Gunspire.
You should be good for, I think, a year. So no worries :)
They did something similar with Maiev, the rogue hero, last year and I think it was redeemable up until pretty much now.
(Although there was some bug where late returning players had the quest to get her overridden and would have to contact Blizzard)
GMT+3 8:00 PM
Just hours to go now.
It's the final countdown! Tudu-tudu!... tudu-tudu-du-du )))
Really excited to see what new combos this expansion will show.
What do you guys think about this one?
https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1066656-final-battlecry-reno-shaman
I'm the only hyped for the beasts of this expansion for Deathstalker Rexxar? With Lifesteal and Rush a Hunter control can be possible and at last can survive more turns xD
Remember guys don't waste dust to craft a legendary the first week of expansion because a streamer play it on his deck. i'am still crying for crafting Moroes to include it in quest rogue:)
Though you wouldn't have to craft it if you hadn't disenchanted it!
It's getting really annoying seeing so many streamers put so much hate on Rush and say it's "a terrible mechanic that just won't work." I can list so many things that are wrong with this perception by streamers and, dare I say, most other people holding their expectations low for this expansion.
You do realize that boards are going to be a lot more clear a lot more often, right? It amazes me how many people don't seem to grasp the idea that Rush means your opponent's minions will die nearly every time (if you know what you're doing). So things like Duskbreaker, Hellfire, and all those other board clears will start to see less play once people realize that Rush minions will become better than whole board clears due to the fact that most of the time you'll still have a minion or a few left after your turn is over.
I'm more than happy to accept the ridicule AFTER the expansion has dropped and Rush does crash and burn. But until that "IF" happens, I stand by Rush and its ability to change the meta.
P.S. All streamers who do card reviews are wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME. So much close-mindedness from the people that a lot of the Hearthstone community watches. I'm looking at you Trump, and Kripp. You're both cancer. Please stop.
I'm pretty sure more people watch Trump reviews to see what card he rates 1 star, only to have it become a busted-as-hell card in during the expansion just to be able to say stuff like "Defile, 1 star", "Corridor Creeper, 1 star", etc. Then when he does Trump Reviews Trump Reviews it becomes even funnier in my opinion as he tries to explain why the card is still a good card, only to have the 'desired meta/deck' to appear and not run the card anyway. Can't really say the same for Kripp, but I guess the best thing to do is not focus on what streamers/others say.
Has Amaz stopped doing card reviews? His "Entomb, 1 star" was equally brilliant.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1068607-battelcry-shaman-shudderwock
Witching Hour - somewhat skilled RNG
Toki - complete RNG
Vex Crow - complete RNG
Prince Liam - complete RNG
Chameleos - half random
Tess Greymane - complete RNG
Face Collector - complete RNG
Pick Pocket - complete RNG
Blink Fox - complete RNG
Shudderwock - very skilled RNG
Hagatha's Hero Power - complete RNG
Earthen Might - complete RNG
Witch's Apprentice - complete RNG
Blackhowl Gunspire - somewhat skilled RNG
Deadly Arsenal - skilled RNG
Azalina Soulthief - I'm gonna class this as complete RNG because it's kind of on a different level than Chameleos
Witch's Cauldron - complete RNG
Mad Hatter - complete RNG
Ravencaller - complete RNG
Tanglefur Mystic - complete RNG
Swamp Dragon Egg - complete RNG
Honourable mentions also go to all the cards that draw specific cards/minions from your deck. They're classed under very skilled RNG
And then, as you said, the Discover mechanic is a different type altogether.
I'd say that's a fair amount of randomness for the expansion. Admittedly not as much as I thought there was, but still a lot. And yes, I understand that this list incorporates different styles of randomness, but still randomness nonetheless.