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.
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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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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.
Odd and even are mathematical terms. If a number is 1,3,5,7,9,11 etc it's an odd number and if a number is 0,2,4,6,8,10 etc it's an even number.
In short, odd numbers cannot be divide evenly into a group of two, while an even number can be (For example, 5 divide by 2 equals 2.5 which isn't a whole number, however 8 can be divide by 2 to get 4 which is a whole number and so therefore is evenly divided).
Odd is opposite of even. So odd cards are 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. Even cards are 0,2,4,6,8 and 10. :-)
looking forward to playing Snowfury Giant in my Baku shaman deck :)
and 12
When will the cards get the discussion tab, can't wait to give my view on them.
Innistone.
Anticipating
Anyone else getting a Agatha Heterodyne vibe (from http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ ) for the Time Tinkerer?
Looks like she's based on chromie.
They will probably have something good for all classes tho anyway...
I wouldn't mind if from hereon they just gave different classes either Legendary heroes, quests, spells or weapons every expansion depending on what good ideas they might have for that class.
"Even the Emerald Dragonflight is not immune to the curse’s influence." (https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21591737/be-ready-to-brave-the-witchwood) Is this hinting at a corrupted Ysera along with the emerald Dream/nightmare or just a hint at emerald drakes in general?
Kinda wish we get the undead tag now even if it doesn't do anything. So we get an indirect link with the 3 sets that have a lot of undead in them(assuming were getting an few in this set).
Looks at Bone Drake... huh
Double/dual tag it
When are you going to put this on to the menu?
Those Cardbacks both look stellar.
Also, excited to hear that there's a little special treatment going Shaman's way (exclusive hero card for this expansion). Thrall has needed a shot in the arm for a while now.
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Shaman HYPE
There are gifs about Rush and Echo in official site of expansion, If it is possible to add them here, it may be helpful for new players and players who can't understand how they work. Just recommending. :)
Unstable Evolution and Charged Devilsaur are good reference points...