Update 8:43 PM EDT: Added the official patch notes.
Update 8:20 PM EDT: Patch 10357 is now on the Battle.net Launcher available for download.
Update 3:30 PM EDT: The bug with opponent cards not showing spell power appears to have been fixed.
Update 2:40 PM EDT: Added more tavern brawl cards!
Update 2:30 PM EDT: Added note on TGT search in collection manager and new emotes.
New Hearthstone Patch - The Mech War Tavern Brawl
HELLO HELLO HELLO!! A new Hearthstone patch has appeared on the Hearthstone servers with details on a new tavern brawl!
- TGT is now available to use as a search phrase in the collection manager.
- The bug with opponent cards not showing spell power appears to have been fixed.
- It also appears that Hearthstone has upgraded their engine to Unity 5.
This may not be tomorrow's Tavern Brawl. The Patch is now live.
The Mech War Tavern Brawl
A new tavern brawl is on its way which introduces the Annoy-o-Tron vs Boom Bot Tavern Brawl!
Both of our new mechanic Tavern Brawl heroes have custom emotes, but, they don't actually say anything other than their "EnterPlay" sound effects when any emote is used. If your opponent is playing as Annoy-o-Tron, you may want to hit that squelch button.
New Card Animations
We've recorded a video of all the new card animations added in today's patch. Watch below!
New Animated Card Backs
The ESports Power Core card back has been unveiled in it's animated glory this patch, as has the September ranked play card back, Exodar. You can learn more about the Power Core card back from this blue post.
- Power Core: We can feel the energy in the air. And it's coming from... YOU! Acquired from attending approved eSports events.
- Exodar: The capital city of the draenei is actually a dimensional ship that crash landed on Azeroth after traveling through the Twisting Nether. Despite its wonders and Velen's best efforts, its tourism industry is sluggish due to its remote location (and possibly also the man-eating mutant plants). Acquired from achieving Rank 20 in Ranked Play, September 2015.
New Tavern Brawl Cards
A number of new tavern brawl cards have been added to the game. A lot of old adventure hero powers now have a tavern brawl counter part. Enchantments may be displayed on cards which are on the field, or can be used for some kind of internal tracking. Enchantments don't have associated card images or card text.
Quote from HearthPwnAbilityEnchantment
- Jeering Crowd (New) Summon a 1/1 Spectator with Taunt.
- ME SMASH (New) Destroy a random enemy minion.
Hero Hero Power
- TB_ClockworkCardDealer (New)
- TB_EnchRandomManaCost (New)
- TB_EnchWhosTheBossNow (New)
- TBMechWarCommonCards (New)
- TBRandomCardCost (New)
- Activate! (New) Hero Power Activate a random Tron. Cost: 2
- Bone Minions (New) Hero Power Summon two 2/1 Bone Constructs. Cost: 2
- Boom Bot Jr. (New) Hero Power Deal 1 damage to 2 random enemies. Cost: 2
- Decimate (New) Hero Power Change the Health of enemy minions to 1. Cost: 2
- Harvest (New) Hero Power Draw a card. Gain a Mana Crystal.2 Cost: 2
- Hello! Hello! Hello! (New) Hero Power Give your lowest attack minion Divine Shield and Taunt. Cost: 2
- Jeering Crowd (New) Hero Power Summon a 1/1 Spectator with Taunt. Cost: 2
- ME SMASH (New) Hero Power Destroy a random enemy minion. Cost: 2
- Open the Gates (New) Hero Power Summon three 1/1 Whelps. Cost: 2
- Pile On!!! (New) Hero Power Put a minion from each deck into the battlefield. Cost: 2
- Poison Cloud (New) Hero Power Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions. If any die, summon a slime. Cost: 2
- The Majordomo (New) Hero Power Summon a 3/3 Flamewaker Acolyte. Cost: 2
- Web Wrap (New) Hero Power Return a random enemy minion to your opponent's hand. Cost: 2
- Wild Magic (New) Hero Power Put a random spell from your opponent's class into your hand. Cost: 2
Official Patch Notes
Quote from BlizzardGeneral
- The following new card back has been added:
- Exodar – Acquired by reaching Rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode during the month of September
- Power Core – Acquired by attending select Hearthstone eSport events.
- The last player dueled will once again show up in the Friends List.
- Typing “TGT” or “The Grand Tournament” in the Collection Manager now correctly filters cards from that expansion.
- Cards that produce other cards now properly create golden versions when used on a target that is a golden card.
- New animations have been added to the following cards: Refreshment Vendor, Sparring Partner, Wilfred Fizzlebang, Fist of Jaraxxus, Icehowl, Crowd Favorite, Aviana, and Rhonin.
- Various audio, visual, and UI issues have been resolved.
I really enjoyed this brawl. Hope it gets reused
So does anyone know anything about all these other hero powers or is that all still a mystery?
This brawl wasn't that bad. It was pretty fun for a couple of games
This might make me want to play more than one Tavern Brawl a week. Cool.
Great new animations!
Can Boom Bot ever win this Brawl?
How can people enjoy this? Worst Brawl ever...
Why not just make a Brawl where you flip a coin each turn?!
That's the idea of the brawl, dude... To give you something funnier, more casual and extraordinary. If you want "non-rng" play, just go constructed...
Constructed no rng involved? I don't see the kappa there.
There's unstable portal, Dr. Balanced, topdecks, and jousting. No rng? Yeah right.
Whats more annoying than Annoy-o-Tron? Annoy-o-Tron players spamming Hello's!
100% rng brawl
Fairly high RNG, but some skill. That doesn't mean it isn't the best brawl yet!
I think looking at these brawls as a source of high level, complex, competitive gameplay is entirely incorrect. Save that hope for automated tournaments.
Yeah the way to look at them is '1 free pack a week for 1 win'. It's never been anything else.
Oh and 'some skill'. There's no more skill in this than in say face hunter.
It's boring simply because player contribution to winning is next to non existent.
But if you are one of the people who thinks that rng = gameplay. Then sure this is amazing 'gameplay'. Super fun.
If you want "non-rng" what the heck are you doing in Tavern Brawl?! Go construct. Oh, but I forgot... You lack the skills for construct... Tavern Brawl is supposed to be crazy, fun, rng, and unpredictable. So stop bitching, please.
Actually if someone wants to play a card game without absurd amounts of unfun RNG they shouldn't play HS at all.
I'm sorry to sound like captain obvious here but: getting my free pack. What else?
I don't even pay arena because it's also too rng based xD
But good job making assumptions about people you don't know. Conversely aren't we on a netdeck website? And yet you talk about constructed skills?
Deck building is quite different from being skillful in construct, ret...
Face hunter is also a constructed deck. Your move.
P.s. Seriously I get it hs is important to you. It's ok really. You don't have to be so angry and insecure about it. You like 'gameplay' where next to nothing depends on your actions? That's cool. I get that too (i get how some might like that at least, but I myself hate it to bits). But don't expect everyone to be like you.
Good day.
holy crap am i havin some fun now