Rise of Shadows
The first expansion of Year of the Dragon is Rise of Shadows! The expansion releases on April 9th.
Expansion Info
- New Mechanic: Twinspell - Casting this adds another copy of the card (without Twinspell) to your hand.
- Lackeys - Special token minions which are generated through other cards. They are 1/1 minions with "devious" battlecries
- Schemes - Cards which grow in power as they sit in your hand each turn.
- We will see some old mechanics return!
Freebies
- The first chapter of the solo adventure. (Remaining 4 wings available for gold or $20)
- A legendary card before pre-release begins, playable before the expansion hits.
- A quest chain rewarding multiple free packs for Rise of Shadows and Year of the Raven expansions.
Pre-Order Bonuses
There are two bundles available for pre-orders. The Mega Bundle contains a Priest Hero!
Rise of Shadows Bundle
- Costs $49.99
- 50 Rise of Shadows card packs
- The Jewel of Lazul card back
- A random Legendary from Rise of Shadows
Rise of Shadows Mega Bundle
- Costs $79.99
- 80 Rise of Shadows card packs
- The Jewel of Lazul card back
- A random Legendary from Rise of Shadows
- Madame Lazul, Priest Hero (available now!)
Shadow Bundle
During the first week of the expansion’s release, the Shadow Bundle will be available, containing nine Rise of Shadows card packs and an Arena ticket for $9.99 (players can purchase the bundle only once per account).
Rise of Shadows 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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Do not despair, there will be another 6 dragons by the end of the year ... 3 on each expansion :D
So, we got a 'pull a minion out of the opponent's deck' battlecry, as well as one which makes then yolo a spell blindly and another that makes your hero untarget? Huh, combo's gonna have it rough this expansion...
Wait, if I can drop two Saboteurs, can I potentially complete a mage's quest and then use up their reward? Oh what interesting conundrums await this expansion.
You'd have to do that in wild. Quests rotate out of standard.
Legit thought that this set has pretty much got completely interesting cards even the commons are decent
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This meta will be so fun, i'm reallly hyped, like for the first time this much.. Pog
Stop the hypeeeeee!!! Why always the same? We know that at the end we are going to have another 4 months of shit
Yeah dude I’m hype as well for this expansion, it’s gonna be so much fun!
These kids are the typical ones who after 2 months of expansion go to the other thread of this forum "need to blow off steam…" saying that the meta is so disgusting.... Poor kids
Lol
Nice Guide!
Three dragon cards in year of dragon! Are you kidding me?
Ah yes, we received so many Mammoths in the Year of the Mammoth. Just inundated with them. Couldn't move for Mammoths.
In all seriousness, they've still got another two expansions to give us more Dragons, and the last expansion teaser looks very Bronze Dragonflight.
They just wanted your money by offering at the beginning something people wanted to hear, something they were expecting, it's so classic thus marketing strategy, and you kids buying pre-purchases in mass
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when your comment is so dumb that a site mod calls you out on it
Why are they over-hyping stuff like Lackeys and "spells that improve" when in reality in the expansion you can count those cards on the fingers of one hand.
They specifically said there would be five Schemes, I don't know why you think that's over-hyping them.
For Lackeys, they're apparently going to be a Year-long theme, receiving more cards that support them and possibly even more Lackeys themselves? I'd have to check the quote again to be sure.
I thought there will be more Lackey generating cards. All in all, looks like a very interesting expansion.
there will be more lackey generators and more lackeys themselves in expansion 2 and 3 this year