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
- 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!
- Login now to receive a free copy of Shadow Hunter Vol'jin.
Forged in the Barrens Cards List
135 of the 135 cards have been revealed.
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Demon Hunter
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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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Warrior
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Neutral
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Tokens
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New Keyword: Frenzy
Minions with Frenzy trigger a powerful effect after surviving damage the first time.
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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.
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Demon Hunter
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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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The Cinematics
Well said. I'm pumped up for the future of HS
Well I wouldn't call Classic intriguing, that meta was solved in 2014... Unless you haven't played it!!
Yes, Meta was solved indeed but you were still able to play variety of decks of all types. Aggro was always viable, midrange was viable and you could even play control since no deck could do crazy swings to do +15 dmg in a turn, unless OTK.
The mode will be kind of like WoW Classic. Some will play a lot, some will play 10 games and decide it;s not for them but we all know one thing. Turn 1 Chillwind Yeti is coming.
If I'm not mistaken, they're were no otks back then, the maximum damage you could do was 28 in one turn I think.
Miracle rogue wouldn't agree with you
Not so much an OTK but Classic pre expansions Malygos druid was fairly close to it. Turn 10 Play Malygos > Double innervate, Swipe, double moonfire. Their was also faceless manipulator instead of swipe with double moonfire shenanigans and it was fairly consistant. so thats 21 or 22 damage in a single turn and it wasn't pretty hard to chip away 10 hit points back then plus healing is a lot more limited in Classic.
The druid also ran Raggy in that deck which was also a decent turn 9 with double innervate faceless.
Just thought They had a OTK Boar x2, Bluegill x2, Innervate x2, Savage roar x2 and that +1/1 or summon a panther spell is spot on 30.
Thank you for this comment. There are so many blindly negative, toxic and ignorant comments on this site. It's very refreshing and nice to see someone articulate just how good things are going for the game right now. Good stuff, man. You're absolutely right.