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Curse of Naxxramas: What We Know

It's time to recap Curse of Naxxramas, the upcoming adventure mode which is hitting this summer. We've learned of a new card this week, for Druids, called Poison Seeds!

• The adventure will add 30 new cards to the game. 29 of the normal cards will be obtained by:
• Killing Bosses (15 Cards)
• Defeating a Wing (5 Legendary Cards)
• Completing a Class Challenge (9 Class Specific Cards)
• We do not know where #30 will come from, but it is likely a reward for collecting the other 29.
• There are five wings/sections to the adventure.
• One wing will come out per week.
• The first wing and the last wing will be free.
• The last wing will unlock once the first four wings have been completed.
• Wings 2,3,4 will be purchasable for in-game currency or real money.
• Naxxramas will be a solo pve adventure.
• A new board will be available which is Naxx themed. It will be the board which is played on during the adventure.
• All the new cards will be available in the arena to all players.
• Naxxramas will feature Class Challenges, a difficult twist on the adventure mode encounters.
• You will not get to select your deck for these challenges, you must use one designed by Blizzard.

Curse of Naxxramas Bosses

It has not been confirmed which bosses will be appearing in Naxxramas, but if we take a look at World of Warcraft, it should use the same bosses that were available in the raid instance. Below is a table of confirmed (bolded) and possible bosses which will appear in the Curse of Naxxramas adventure.

The Wings of Naxxramas
Arachnid	Plague	Military	Construct	Frostwyrm Lair
Anub'Rehkan	Noth the Plaguebringer	Instructor Razuvious	Patchwerk	Sapphiron
Grand Widow Faerlina	Heigan the Unclean	Gothik the Harvester	Grobbulus	Kel'Thuzad
Maexxna	Loatheb	The Four Horsemen	Gluth
			Thaddius

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New Cards

• Baron Rivendare: 4 Mana / 1 Attack / 7 Health - Your minions trigger their Deathrattles twice.
• Nerubian Egg: 2 Mana / 0 Attack / 2 Health - Deathrattle: Summon a 4/4 Nerubian.
• Undertaker: 1 Mana / 1 Attack / 2 Health - Whenever you summon a minion with Deathrattle, gain +1 / +1
• Shade of Naxxramas: 3 Mana / 2 Attack / 2 Health - Stealth. At the start of your turn, gain +1 / +1.
• Dancing Swords: Deathrattle: Your opponent draws a card.
• Poison Seeds: Destroy all minions and summon 2/2 Treants to replace them.

     

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Wednesday Limited Decklists

If you're a player on a budget, you might be interested in some cheap decks which can be crafted without the use of Legendaries and Epics. ManaGrind's Wednesday Night Limited event this week had quite the showing of budget Hunters.

Wednesday Limited NA
Geistwraith	FluffyBunny	SoupNazi	GnP_Cold
Perrinayabara	Darklumiya	Jobohan	NoHa

Wednesday Limited EU
AlKarr	[GTM] Setzer	Impacto	GreenSheep
[UTB] Fire	MimoPH	Sc4rface	[MYM] Semijew

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PAX East Hearthstone Road Trip

While on the subject of things from PAX East, ManaGrind's content editior, HomeBrewed, had the pleasure of attenting PAX East 2014 and he wrote up a post on the forums summing up his experiences with Hearthstone while at the convention.

 Hearthstone Ranked Play Season 1 Ending Soon

Curse of Naxxramas - Poison Seeds Card

A new card from the Curse of Naxxramas Adventure has appeared on the PlayHearthstone Twitter account and it's a Druid spell! You can find more information about Curse of Naxxramas here.

Quote from @PlayHearthstone

"Nature will rise against you!” Poison Seeds! This new Druid card is coming to Curse of Naxxramas this summer!

Quote from Blizzard

Come one, come all, and begin your journey to the Hearthstone World Championships, to be held live at this year’s BlizzCon! Whether you’re new to the game or a seasoned Hearthstone veteran, anyone has the potential to become the Hearthstone World Champion. We’re looking for the best of the best to put their skills to the test . . . and to prove they’re a cut above the rest! 

Starting with Ranked Play Season 1, the best players from around the world will represent their region and battle it out Hearthstone style to decide who will become the Hearthstone World Champion.

How can you qualify for the World Championships? Excellent question! Each region has different ways to qualify, so check out the information for yours below:

Americas Qualifier Tournament

• The top 16 Legend players from each of the Ranked Play Seasons from April through August for the Americas region will be invited to participate in the Americas Hearthstone Qualifier Tournament.
  • Each player can only qualify for the Americas Qualifier Tournament once. In cases where a player achieves a qualifying rank for a second time or is ineligible to compete in the Americas Qualifier Tournament, the next highest ranking player will be selected to qualify for the Americas Qualifier Tournament.
• The top players from select community-run weekly tournaments held between April and August will be invited to participate in the Americas Qualifier Tournament. Further details, including which community tournaments qualify, will be announced at a later date.
• The top 3 players from select licensed events will also qualify for the Americas Qualifier Tournament. Further details, including which events qualify, will be announced at a later date.
• A Last Call Tournament will be held immediately prior to the Americas Qualifier Tournament to determine any remaining Qualifier spots. This Last Call Tournament will only be available to players who satisfy residency requirements for the Americas region. More details regarding this will be announced at a later date.
• Seeding for the Americas Qualifier Tournament will be based entirely on consistency of performance during the Ranked Play Seasons. Achieving a high rank multiple times will positively affect the player’s seeding during the Americas Qualifier Tournament.
• The Americas Qualifier Tournament will be best of five matches.
• The top 4 players from the Americas Qualifier Tournament will qualify for the Hearthstone World Championships at BlizzCon 2014.

Europe Qualifier Tournament

• The top 16 Legend players from each of the Ranked Play Seasons from April through August for the Europe region will be invited to participate in the Europe Hearthstone Qualifier Tournament.
  • Each player can only qualify for the Europe Qualifier Tournament once. In cases where a player achieves a qualifying rank for a second time or is ineligible to compete in the Europe Qualifier Tournament, the next highest ranking player will be selected to qualify for the Europe Qualifier Tournament.
• The top players from select community-run weekly tournaments held between April and August will be invited to participate in the Europe Qualifier Tournament. Further details, including which community tournaments qualify, will be announced at a later date.
• The top 3 players from select events will also qualify for the Europe Qualifier Tournament. Further details, including which events qualify, will be announced at a later date.
• A Last Call Tournament will be held immediately prior to the Europe Qualifier Tournament to determine any remaining Qualifier spots. This Last Call Tournament will only be available to players that satisfy residency requirements for the Europe Region. More details regarding this will be announced at a later date.
• Seeding for the Europe Qualifier Tournament will be based entirely on consistency of performance during the Ranked Play Seasons. Achieving a high rank multiple times will positively affect the player’s seeding during the Europe Qualifier Tournament.
• The Europe Qualifier Tournament will be best of five matches.
• The top 4 players from the Europe Qualifier Tournament will qualify for the Hearthstone World Championships at BlizzCon 2014.

Korea/Taiwan Hearthstone Qualifier Tournaments

• Korea: Two (2) players will be selected to represent Korea from the OGN Hearthstone League. More details will be announced by OGN at a later date.
• Taiwan: The top 2 players from the Taiwan Qualifier Tournament will qualify for the Hearthstone World Championships. More details will be announced at a later date.

China Qualifier Tournament

• All players for the China Qualifier Tournament will come from the official China Ranked Play Rankings, official Chinese grassroots tournaments, or licensed Chinese tournaments.
• The top 4 players from the China Qualifier Tournament will qualify for the Hearthstone World Championships at BlizzCon 2014.

Hearthstone World Championships at BlizzCon Tournament Format

The World Championships will be played in a best-of-five “Last Hero Standing” format, with 3 classes per player each match. In a “Last Hero Standing” format, when you lose a game, you must change the deck you are currently playing. Each player brings three decks and plays until one player wins three games.

Participants must have their own card collections. Sixteen total players will participate in the World Championships: 4 representatives from Americas, 4 from Europe, 4 from China, 2 from Korea, and 2 from Taiwan.

We want you to be a part of the card-slinging action! If you’ve got your sights set on becoming a world-renowned Hearthstone player and think you’re ready to battle it out to the end, participate in Ranked Play and take your first step on the road to the World Championships!

The full tournament rules will be made available at a later date.

Deck Spotlight: Icy Winds

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

In today's edition of Deck Spotlight, we're going to be taking a look at an Aggro Mage deck which appeared this weekend from andrewc5120 and has been having quite a bit success on the ladder.

As far as crafting costs go, this deck is in the mid-range, locking in at just under 4,300 dust. It is incredibly accessible to all levels of players and offers a few substitutions which can help you out. I've personally been playing this without Leeroy Jenkins and Bloodmage Thalnos (swapped with Argent Commander x2) with above average win rates around rank 14, so don't worry if you don't have access to them! Keep the deck aggro centric and you should be good.

This deck was inspired by other decks created by HumanHand and Darkbladecr, but aims to optimize where possible.

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Minion (18) 1x Bloodmage Thalnos 1x Leeroy Jenkins 2x Arcane Golem 2x Coldlight Oracle 2x Knife Juggler 2x Leper Gnome 2x Mana Wyrm 2x Sorcerer's Apprentice 2x Abusive Sergeant 2x Loot Hoarder	Ability (12) 2x Ice Lance 2x Arcane Intellect 2x Fireball 2x Arcane Missiles 2x Frostbolt 2x Mirror Image
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Top 5 Plays of the Week

GiantKiller of 2pPressStart published a new episode of Hearthstone, Top 5 Plays of the Week. This week's top plays come from Lechuguino, D0L1K, SophieDeep, Realz, Hysteria. Congratulations guys on making the cut with some sweet plays!

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This Week in Tournaments

Quote from Keganbe

The competitive community for Hearthstone has been growing steadily and there are a number of free to enter tournaments that are running each and every week. Some of these events have prize money for the top performers, but some are just for fun! If you have been laddering in our Test Seasons and are ready to make the leap to competitive play, take a look at the tournaments below to find one that you would be interested in competing in:

• National ESL Pre-Season Cup #22
• ManaGrind's Friday Night Swiss NA #19
• ManaGrind’s Friday Night Swiss EU #19
• ZOTAC NA Cup #13
  ZOTAC EU Cup #13
• ESL Hearthstone Cup #26
• ESL Hearthstone Hero Cup #18
• GosuCup #8

Blizzcon in a Box Contest

Not able to grab a Blizzcon ticket before they all sold out? Fear not we have the perfect solution here for you today, "Blizzcon in a Box"! Blizzard has stuffed these boxes with everything any group of friends would need to host their own Blizzcon viewing party while watching Blizzcon using the Virtual Ticket. We have multiple ways for you to enter - so keep reading for rules, as well as what the box holds!

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How to Enter and Rules

• To enter - Use this template and draw what you think the Blizzcon hearthstone card will be using only MS paint! Post your submission in the comments below!
• Winners will be selected at random on Friday, October 25th at midnight EST.
• Winners will be contacted via PM here and will need to respond with their shipping info within 24 hours. Blizzard has given a deadline for handing in all winner's information.
• Due to Shipping times, This contest has to be restricted to only people in North America.
• We reserve the right to disqualify anyone who did something super lazy just to enter the contest.
• You may only enter once per site. More than one entry on this site will disqualify you.
• You may only win one prize, regardless if you enter on each site. 

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 What's in the Box

• A bunch of thundersticks for cheering and annoying neighbors
• Stickers!
• About a dozen koozies for… soda. Yeah.
• A bunch of buttons
• Temporary tattoos
• A set of Blizzard paper toys (Diablo, Raynor, Thrall)
• A few of the Epic Purple Lanyards
• About a dozen dice bags because nerds
• 1 instruction sheet (“How to Set Up Your BlizzCon Livestream Party”)
• And of course a Virtual Ticket code!

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Other Ways to Enter

You may also enter once in each of the following contests if you so wish. Make sure to read each contests rules on their contest page.

• Diablofans - Create a Blizzcon Party Game
• MMO-Champion - Take a group picture of your viewing party in-game

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New Site Features and Updates

Hearthpwn has only been out for one day, and we already have round two of improvements ready for you all. 

Deck Builder

• Only usable cards can be selected - We have filtered out every token and mission card from the deck builder. If you find any more odd cards, please feel free to report them below.
• More Filters - We have added filters for all the card mechanics while building a deck, making it that much easier for you to find the card you want!
• Search bar now searches card info as well - The search bar in the deck builder now searches beyond card names, and can grab any text from the card, making it that much easier to find cards you want to use!
• You can now view "my decks", and decks of other members via their profile -  Going to the profile of any member and clicking "Decks" will bring up a list of decks made by that user. You can then check them out, upvote them, comment, and more!
• Edit your decks -  You can now edit your decks, either by going to the deck page, or to your profile and clicking "edit"

Cards and Card Database

• All card graphics are here - We have fixed the issue with card graphics, and now all cards (like fireball) have the full graphic on the card, enjoy!
• View cards by the same artist - When you go to a card page, you now have the option to view every other card made by the same artist!
• New "Usable by all classes" filter - Added a new filter when viewing the card database that only shows cards that may be used by all heroes.

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Dream Cards

After Ysera was announced, many wondered what the dream cards could be. As of this time, there appear to be 5 cards tagged with the "Dream" class. Keep in mind this is an early build. These cards can change, and they could even add more. Phenteo also had a little something to add about the dream cards today as well.

Originally posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Ummm....according to Phento there is an entire DECK of dream cards you draw from when you play Yesra. I dont think its limited to just those 5 cards.

If you play Ysera, at the end of your turn you will get a dream card chosen at random from however many dream cards there are. This is how it currently works so I can't promise that this is how Ysera will stay.

Edit: Updated to clarify.

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Mission Cards and the Tutorial

A lot of users noticed a new set in the cards we introduced yesterday. This set being the "Mission" set which can be found here. It looks like most of these cards are tied to the tutorial. From the various dialog that we will see in game, it is clear some of these are tied to events. For example, while playing against "Mukla" Jaina at some point says "Is that all you've got, Mukla? Just barrels?" as well as "Why are these monkeys throwing bananas at me?"

From the above, it looks to be tied to the following cards: Bananas, Barrel, Barrel Toss, Crazy Monkey, and Hidden Gnome just from this alone. As you read more quotes, it becomes easier to tie more cards from this set to the tutorial. [Also note: that there are two versions of "Bananas". The "Expert" version has less text while the "Mission" one is noob friendly.

The Tutorial Dialog

From below, it is clear that you will play as Jaina Proudmoore, and will play against Hemet Nesingwary, Lorewalker Cho, Illidan, Millhouse Manastorm, Hogger, and Mukla.

Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3 Tutorial 4 Tutorial 5 Tutorial 6

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Top 10: New Hearthstone Cards - Abilities

Watch as CrsJames and Kevin go over the new ability cards that got released here on Hearthpwn yesterday. Make sure to let us know in the comments what your favorite ability cards are! [On a side note, with today's website patch, Ice Block now has working art!]

General Reminder: The data for Hearthstone is constantly changing, including card details. 
Spoiler Warning: We have never before seen cards / Cards not released by Blizzard below.
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The Only Complete Card Database

• Every Card - We have every possible card found in the game (as of this patch, not just cards Blizzard has revealed). We have removed most of the placeholder / fake cards, and two that will be revealed by Blizzard next week. 
• Many Views - Every player has different taste when wanting to look through cards. We made sure to have a setup for every player so that everyone can enjoy looking through the cards
• Visual - View both the picture and all the card information in text form. Gives all the information you could need about the card (including if it can be gold).
• Images - View every card in picture form (Great for looking at all the art)
• Listing - Simply lists the name, and basic stats. Great for quick browsing.
• Loads of Filters - We have a filter for every class, type, and attribute there is. We also list the set names and more that you will only find on hearthpwn.
• Artist Names - Our database also has the name of the artist for each and every card!
• Card Flavor Text - Some cards have a fun little line. Our database has a full list of these for every card that has one! - "Apprentices are great for bossing around. "Conjure me some mana buns! And a coffee! Make that a mana coffee!"
• See Decks Based Around Your Favorite Cards - Every card page has both a graph showing how many decks hold that card, along with links to every deck that has that card in it. Find a new fun card, and instantly find decks based off it!

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Deck Builder

• Every Card -  Hearthpwn's deck builder is the only deck builder around with EVERY card that hearthstone has! Build the most complete decks only here on hearthpwn.
• Easy to Find and Read Cards - Unlike other deck builders, we make sure to list all the details you need about each card making in text form so it's much easier to find and add cards that go great with your deck. 
  
• Just like hearthstone - We keep the cards graphics related to what's in your deck on the left, while keeping the cards you're selecting in text format on the right, just like the in-game hearthstone deck builder.
• Save, Share, and Vote - Once you have finished your deck, you can save it with a name and description. Players can now browse over decks on our deck database, vote on them, and even copy the deck over and work on their own version.
• Easy to Share on Forums - We make it super easy for you to share your deck on our forums. Simply copy the Deck BBcode and your deck will automatically be outputted for easy viewing.
• And More to Come - Keep in mind this is only the first version. We have a lot more to add as time goes on such as sharing your decks on facebook, info graphs, and more!

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A Full List of Never Before Seen Cards / Cards with New Information

All cards below are either new, or we have more information on them! Please keep the following in mind while you view:

• The following list is datamined. This means some information below may be out of date, or not meant to be seen!
• Make sure to check out the full card database. There may be some cards that have been updated from what we have seen!
• If there is a card we knew the name of, but not the stats of, and it is not listed below, make sure to check the DB for it and let us know in the comments so we can add it.
• Some cards below may be out of date compared to Blizzards current version, or placeholder / temp cards that will not be available during beta/release.

Minions

Weapons

Name	Card Text	Cost	Attack	Health
Ashbringer		5	5	3
Wicked Knife		1	1	2
Dual Warglaives		6	4	2
Warglaive of Azzinoth		2	2	2
Battle Axe		1	2	2
Blood Fury		3	3	8
Heavy Axe		1	1	3

 

Abilities

Name	Card Text	Cost	Attack	Health
Avenging Wrath	Shoot 8 missiles at random enemies for 1 damage each.	6
Bane of Doom	Deal 2 damage to a character. If that kills it, summon a random Demon.	5
Death Wish	Your hero loses all Armor and gets +1 Attack this turn for each Armor lost.	2
Ice Block	Secret: When your hero takes fatal damage, prevent it and become Immune this turn.	3
Lay on Hands	Restore 8 Health. Draw 3 cards.	8
Spellbender	Secret: When a minion is hit by an enemy spell, summon a 1/1 and hit it instead.	3
Bite	Give your hero +6 Attack this turn.	4
Blessed Champion	Double a minion's Attack.	5
Counterspell	Secret: When an opponent casts a spell, Counter it.	3
Holy Wrath	Draw a card and deal damage equal to its cost.	5
Lava Burst	Deal 5 damage. Overload: (2)	3
Shadowflame	Destroy a friendly minion and deal its Attack damage to all enemy minions.	4
Upgrade!	If you have a weapon, give it +1/+1. Otherwise equip a 1/3 weapon.	1
Blessing of Might	Give a minion +3 Attack.	1
Hand of Protection	Give a minion Divine Shield.	1
Holy Light	Restore 6 Health.	2
Ancient Secrets	Restore 8 Health.	0
Ancient Teachings	Draw 2 cards.	0
Demigod's Favor	Give your other minions +2/+2.	0
Dispel	Silence a minion.	0
Dream	Return a minion to its owner's hand.	0
Excess Mana	Draw a card. (You can only have 10 Mana in your tray.)	0
Leader of the Pack	Give all of your minions +1/+1.	0
Rooted	+5 Health and Taunt.	0
Shan'Do's Lesson	Summon two 2/2 Treants with Taunt.	0
Summon a Panther	Summon a 3/2 Panther.	0
The Coin	Gain 1 Mana Crystal this turn only.	0
Uproot	+5 Attack.	0
Ysera Awakens	Deal 5 damage to all characters except Ysera.	2
Barrel Toss	Deal 2 damage.	1
Bear Form	+3 Health and Taunt.	0
Cat Form	Charge.	0
Cone of Cold	Freeze a minion and the minions next to it, and deal 1 damage to them.	3
Corruption	Choose an enemy minion. At the start of your turn, destroy it.	1
Death Coil	Deal 1 damage to a minion. If that kills it, draw a card.	1
Demonfire	Deal 2 damage to a minion. If the target is a Demon, give it +2/+2 instead.	2
Eye for an Eye	Secret: When your hero takes damage, deal that much damage to the enemy hero.	1
Flame Burst	Shoot 5 missiles at random enemies for 1 damage each.	3
Flamestrike	Deal 4 damage to all enemy minions.	7
Frost Nova	Freeze all enemy minions.	2
Grimoire of Sacrifice	Destroy a Demon. Restore 5 Health to your hero.	2
Hogger SMASH!	Deal 4 damage.	3
Humility	Change a minion's Attack to 1.	1
Ice Barrier	Secret: As soon as your hero is attacked, gain 8 Armor.	3
Legacy of the Emperor	Give your minions +2/+2. (+2 Attack/+2 Health)	3
Mark of Nature	Choose One - Give a minion +4 Attack; or +4 Health and Taunt.	3
Metamorphosis	Do something crazy.	6
Naturalize	Destroy a minion. Your opponent draws 2 cards.	2
Redemption	Secret: When one of your minions dies, return it to life with 1 Health.	1
Shield Block	Gain 5 Armor. Draw a card.	3
Shiv	Deal 1 damage. Draw a card.	1
Starfire	Deal 5 damage. Draw a card.	6
Totemic Might	Give your Totems +2 Health.	0
Transcendence	Until you kill Cho's minions, he can't be attacked.	1
Will of Mukla	Restore 8 Health.	3

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Foil / Gold Card List

As we know from what Blizzard has told us, some cards will have a chance to have a gold border. We now have a list of every card that has a chance to be gold. [Note: that during the fireside stream, Blizzard say they are heavily working on this, and this list will most likely change once a new patch comes out]

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Card Tooltips On Your Site

If you would like to have a tooltip with a graphic of EVERY card currently in hearthstone, then we have you covered! Check out our Tooltip section for information on how to setup these tooltips on your site and forum!