Forged in the Barrens: Card List, Release Date, & Expansion Details

Hearthstone's 1st expansion in the Year of the Gryphon is Forged in the Barrens! The release date for the expansion was Tuesday March 30th!

Gather your gear and hold fast to your ambition, newcomer. This is the Barrens. The road before us winds through vast, sun-scorched lands, bringing danger and discovery beyond imagination’s grasp. Thorned dens of bristling quilboar, rampaging tribes of furious centaur, and treetop nests of soaring harpies separate the champions from the weak. The Barrens are the anvil upon which the Horde as we know it was founded: A literal crossroads where the tauren, trolls, and orcs came together for the first time. Heroes are made here. Perhaps you, too, shall be Forged in the Barrens.

Forged in the Barrens marks the beginning of Phase One for the Year of the Gryphon. Players can expect several major updates and balance changes. In addition we'll see new Battlegrounds cards and heroes, a Seasonal event, Duels updates, a mini-set, the addition of a Core Set, and a brand new game mode: Classic!

Expansion Info --- Wailing Caverns Mini-Set --- Card List --- Frenzy --- Ranked Spells

Mercenaries --- Kazakus --- Caravans --- Additional Details
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Expansion Info

New Keyword: Frenzy - Minions with Frenzy trigger a powerful effect after surviving damage the first time.
Ranked Spells - Spells that grow in power when you reach 5 and 10 mana.
New Mechanic: Spell Schools - A permanent feature moving forward. Spells are now classed into 7 different schools adding extra synergies. The schools are Arcane, Fel, Fire, Frost, Holy, Nature, and Shadow.
Mercenaries - 10 Legendary minions each representing a different class. Their stories will unfold throughout the Year of the Gryphon.
Forged in the Barrens contains 135 new cards.
Wailing Caverns will be the expansion's mini-set. It will launch on Thursday, June 3rd. It will contain 35 brand new cards!
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Forged in the Barrens Cards List

135 of the 135 cards have been revealed.

Demon Hunter - Druid - Hunter - Mage - Paladin - Priest - Rogue - Shaman - Warlock - Warrior - Neutral - Tokens
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New Keyword: Frenzy

Minions with Frenzy trigger a powerful effect after surviving damage the first time.

Ranked Spells

Spells that grow in power when you reach 5 and 10 mana.

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Mercenaries

10 Legendary minions each representing a different class. Their stories will unfold throughout the Year of the Gryphon.

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Kazakus, Golem Shaper

A fresh take on our old friend Kazakus. Decks built with no other 4-mana cards get to contruct their own golem.

Step One: Choose your golem's size.

Step Two: Discover an herb.

Step Three: Discover a second herb. With the exception of Gromsblood, the effects of the 2nd herb increase for each golem size.

Caravans

2-mana minions with a 1/3 statline. Each unleashes an effect at the start of your next turn.

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Pre-Orders

Once again we have two bundles available. The standard pre-purchase is priced at $49.99, while the Mega bundle is $79.99.

Both bundles are available in the in-game shop now and will be purchasable until March 29, 2021.

Pre-Purchase Bundle - $49.99

60 Forged in the Barrens card packs.
2 random Forged in the Barrens Legendary cards.
Hamuul Runetotem card back.

Mega Bundle - $79.99

80 Forged in the Barrens card packs.
5 Golden Forged in the Barrens card packs.
2 random Forged in the Barrens Golden Legendary cards.
Hamuul Runetotem Hero portrait & card back.
Battlegrounds Perks.

Mini-Set Info

Gather your party and your wits, for you’ll need both if you plan to survive the most infamous dungeon in the Barrens: the Wailing Caverns! Join forces with a team of Adventurers to fight through deadly beasts and awaken Archdruid Naralex from his slumber. But beware, this is no simple wake-up call!

Wailing Caverns will consist of 4 Legendaries, 1 Epic (x2), 14 Rares (x2), and 16 Commons (x2) -- for a total of 66 new cards.
Dungeoneers - Each minion will draw a spell when played. An effect is unleashed for drawing a spell from the specified spell class.
Wailing Caverns will be released on Thursday, June 3rd.
Cards can be obtained from Forged in the Barrens card packs. The entire set is also available for purchase for $14.99 or 2000 in-game gold.

Wailing Caverns Card List

All 35 of the 35 cards have been revealed.

Demon Hunter - Druid - Hunter - Mage - Paladin - Priest - Rogue - Shaman - Warlock - Warrior - Neutral
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Shaman

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Warlock

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Posted Mar 29, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
how late will it be released the 30th? at what time?

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Posted Mar 29, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
They never give a definite time. But, if previous expansions are any indication -- I'd expect it at 10am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 19:00 CEST/ 18:00 BST.

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Posted Mar 28, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)

The expansion seems really poor we can all agree on that but seems like the art style of the cards is also going downhill.

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Posted Mar 25, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
Quote from Gripmode >>

I have a strong feeling that all arts were outsourced to other companies

... Yes.

TCG card arts are basically always outsourced to freelance contracts. Many of the freelance artists show their processes on Youtube.

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Posted Mar 24, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)

The cards are so bad.

I'm dissapointed.

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Posted Mar 24, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
i don't like this expansion. poor arts ever ,even new mechanics are not new. neutral legendaries are weak and boring. aggro meta is coming...this expansion has not yet been released, but I'm already waiting for a new one. I have been playing since 2015 and this is the first time.

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Posted Mar 24, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
I have a strong feeling that all arts were outsourced to other companies

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
There's 1 last token not on this page:

https://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/464524-transfer-student

Battlecry: Add a random Ranked spell to your hand

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
Quote from Shipmen >>

Regarding what people are saying, power level seems very very high nearly broken, but of course, everything rotates. therefore these cards must necessarily be played.

What I believe debatable is the innovation. Low.

I'd agree...some cards look like there is a potential to be "broken"...I'd guess some nerfs will be coming in early April so rack up the wins while you can.

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
This expansion seems very poor indeed. Yes the meta will change, some cards will see play but it feels like a mini set.

compare it to the expansion when gala was introduced - different, new and interesting. This one? Same old, can’t be bothered kind of stuff

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Posted Mar 27, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
Completely agree. Its probably a balanced expansion but there isnt any new mechanic to be excited about. In the past, I was excited when unprecedented ideas were being released (like every class having legendary weapons in K&C or legendary quests in Ungoro, new deathknight heroes in KoFT, etc.) The only real new thing we got for this expansion was Diamond Cards which are purely aesthetic.

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Posted Mar 22, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)

RIP priest. Ridiculous. Why the spells that target "all enemy minions" can't read "all enemies" to make it actually useful?

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
Its better for priest to target enemy minions than all enemy characters. Priest doesn't care about face damage, they just wanna control the board. I don't think thats the problem with the priest cards.

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
The only cards where you can argue this is a downside are Condemn and Xyrella, the second of which would be ludicrous with face damage and Condemn already looks fairly decent.

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Posted Mar 28, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
I get what you're saying, I was hoping for Xyrella to target all enemies so she could be played in an otk deck. But that's just what I like personally.

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Posted May 9, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
priest players are poopy doodoo

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Posted Mar 22, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
Regarding what people are saying, power level seems very very high nearly broken, but of course, everything rotates. therefore these cards must necessarily be played.

What I believe debatable is the innovation. Low.

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Posted Mar 22, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
One of the weakest expansions since TGT

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
I share the same opinion. Actually thinking about just crafting the very few kinda ok cards after the meta settles instead of buying packs with gold.

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Posted Mar 23, 2021 (Vol'jin Patch)
TGT has Justicar and secret paladin. No jokes

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