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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You really should update the information about the legendary in the mega bundle being golden. :)
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Nicely done. Looks really good. :)
Are we getting the usual 2 class legendaries this expansion? After oblivitron I'm kinda hoping we do
Yup, I can't remember where I've seen it but i'm 90% percent sure that i've read on a blizzard post that we will had the free legendary from logging the first week of the expansion release, as usual now ^^
Plus there's no reason they take back this gift as they want to improve a bit f2p to collect cards in the years of the dragon.
Peter Whalen confirmed it on his twitter account
I wasn't asking about free legendaries, but the number of class legendaries which i couldn't find on whalens twitter
I feel that Lazul's Scheme should be rare, like the other Schemes.
You have a point, but we've just seen three of them: for what we know, there could be a common or (less likely) a legendary scheme too
Are they not doing the schedule card reveals like before?
Why are all the cards in a mass instead of organized by class, and where are the links to the discusions about the cards?
They're probably waiting until there's a bit more to show, such as after a stream or larger card dump.
Presumably, the game modes they are referring to are the different game modes playable in the new adventure - in addition to "regular" mode, there is also "Anomaly Mode" and "Heroic Mode".
Ok nice thanks for the info, so it will remain on solo adventure, tons of hero power in ladder could be hard to balance or to find mechanics to play around maybe
I wonder if the new heroes and hero powers they are going to add with the unlock of solo adventure (if I did understand well) will be usable on multi too, if you could play them on ladder for exemple, or if they will just be alternative hero to do the solo content.
I think they said they don't like hero cards and didn't make new ones.
Actually I was talking about real hero that you choose before the beginning of a game, not cards like Boom, Mad Genius that change your hero after playing it .
They talked about that in the reveal I think
This is what they said on their website.
"usable against dozens of new bosses across multiple game modes" It seems to be only solo, but the multiple games modes are tickling me.
What are your predictions for the rest of the villains' schemes cards? I think their effects will be something already seen in those classes in some form and that they will synergize with previous expansions.
Dr. Boom's scheme could be "summon 1 explosive bomb" (which the original dr. boom summons), and those mechs would have rush with Dr. Boom, Mad Genius in play. There will also be a new dr. boom minion card as well, but I doubt they'll go with the same effect as the original Dr. Boom.
I think Lazul's scheme could be something made for auchenai effects, but "restore 1 health to all enemies/characters" seems a bit weak.
As for Rafaam, I have no clue. Perhaps "deal 1 damage to an enemy" with lifesteal?
I think Dr. Booms scheme will be something armor related. Like gain 1 Armor. For Lazul's, maybe we could see add a Priest spell to your hand? And for Rafaams, I really have no clue. Maybe card draw?