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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Shaman
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Warlock
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Neutral
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Am I blind? Or did they seriously not make a Neutral Dragon?
Hench-Clan Hag doesn't count because it's not Dragon in your hand.
Lame.
Welcome to the year of the Dragon
Its is year of the dragon, which means it is spread on 3 sets.
Damn is they print too many, damn if they don't ..! ^^
I'm not saying they should have because it's the Year of the Dragon.
But a lot of the Dragon synergy cards are less exciting when Faerie Dragon has to go in your deck because there aren't enough Neutral Dragons.
Maybe they Print Dragons Next Expansion For a "Dalaran Counterattack"
No hero card, that's lame
I know im a bit crazy, but im really glad there aren't many dragons.
After all, this is YEAR of the dragon, and i like that the best comes later on, even if it means months later.
They said this year is gonna be whole year theme, so i presume there will be many dragons in expansion 3.
Are you a wizard?
Manage your expectations. The name of the year is a direct reference to the first set of the year: Kraken -> Old Gods, Mammoth -> Un'goro, Raven -> Witchwood. We got a legendary mage dragon which is the face of this particular expansion, and that's about it. You might argue Rafaam is the face of this expansion but I see it more like he's the face of the story arc, being on all 3 sets of the year to come.
If I learned something about HS its to never expect that things go unchanged.
If we had two years having their first expansions as their main (and only) year-like theme, then something is bound to change.
I like the change. I like our reaction to the change too :)
It's always "buu blizzard" and then they surprise us with how good their plan was. Expansion 3 is I believe the dragon expansion, and in the expansion 2 i expect to see just a few mighty dragons like in this one.
But...I like Dragons. They could've at least just put in one or two neutral ones.
what is the callback for warlock and shaman?
Warlock: the new legendary is the old monkey
Shaman: the new heal is the old unstable evolution
Shaman: Witch's Brew (pseudo-echo because I guess they didn't want to print Echo for some reason)
Warlock: Rafaam having the Golden Monkey effect, I guess? idk
why pseudo-echo? its just echo, without the keyword.
I’m kinda disappointed with how few dragons there are
It's called marketing... They hype you up to spend $$$$$ in the pre-purchase and then..... Pum!
"Year of the Dragon" and we only get 3 of them, and non of them will probably be playable this expansion. Not a single new neutral one and the ones we already have in standard don't synergise much with Dragon Speaker. Very disappointed.
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1. This is the first set of the year, out of three. There are 270 cards yet to come. There will probably be at least one neutral dragon in there, maybe even a Legendary one. Judging by the Paladin cards, I'm guessing Blizzard will push a Dragon theme for them at the very least.
2. Year names have nothing to do with anything. If you thought this was going to be dragon-themed, that's your own damn fault. Nobody tricked you, and nobody lied to you.