Update 6:45 PM EDT: A new hunter card has been revealed - Forlorn Stalker
Update 1:20 PM EDT: Kno has revealed his card on stream - Shadowcaster!
Update 12:46 PM EDT: Added the official blog reveal of Khadgar. Confirmed not purchasable on other devices.
New Rogue Card Reveal - Shadowcaster
Kno has revealed his card from the card reveal voting, Shadowcaster!
Two cards remain in this week's card reveal vote, and it's between Amaz and Tiddler Celestial. We recommend voting for Tiddler whose card looks like Princess Huhuran from the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, a possible legendary card!
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New Mage Hero - Khadgar!
A new Mage hero has arrived, but only on iOS and only purchasable from now until April 24th. Yes, this is the third Mage hero that is now available. Khadgar can be played on any device after purchasing him on iOS.
The promotion is a limited time and all proceeds will be going to the World Wildlife Fund. We are not sure if he will later come out under a non-promotional price.
Khadgar's Emotes
- CONCEDE - Well done. You win.
- ERROR_FULL_MINIONS - I have too many minions.
- ERROR_GENERIC - I cannot do that.
- ERROR_HAND_FULL - My hand is full!
- ERROR_I_ATTACKED - I already attacked.
- ERROR_JUST_PLAYED - Give that minion a turn to get ready.
- ERROR_MINION_ATTACKED - That minion already attacked.
- ERROR_NEED_MANA - I don't have enough Mana.
- ERROR_NEED_WEAPON - I need a weapon.
- ERROR_PLAY - I can't play that.
- ERROR_STEALTH - I cannot target Stealthed minions.
- ERROR_TARGET - That's not a valid target.
- ERROR_TAUNT - A minion with Taunt is in the way.
- GOOD_GAME - Well, now. This was a good game!
- GREETINGS - Greetings, fellow seeker of truth.
- LOW_CARDS - I'm almost out of cards.
- LUNAR_NEW_YEAR - Greetings, fellow seeker of truth.
- MIRROR_START - May we learn much together.
- NO_CARDS - I'm out of cards!
- OOPS - Oh my. Oops.
- SORRY - Oh, dear. Sorry.
- START - Knowledge is power.
- THANKS - Thank you, my friend.
- THINK1 - Hmm...
- THINK2 - Observe and reflect...
- THINK3 - There must be a way...
- THREATEN - Time for a lesson, insolent pup!
- TIMER - Look at the time!
- WELL_PLAYED - Well played.
- WINTERVEIL_GREETINGS - Happy Feast of Winter Veil!
Khadgar - Hero Music
Khadgar - Emotes & Effects
Khadgar - Quick In-Game Preview
April Card Back Render
April's ranked reward card back feature's Yogg!
Khadgar Announcement
Quote from BlizzardThe Archmage Khadgar is a well-known hero to the denizens of Azeroth! Once Medivh’s apprentice, now he’s renowned as one of the most powerful Mages in history! Whether battling against shadowy councils, or holding the line against unwelcome iron incursions, Khadgar is always a staunch guardian of Azeroth and the entities that call it home.
Do you want to be a hero like Khadgar? Here’s your chance!
Blizzard Entertainment, Apple, and WWF are working together to protect life on our planet. From now until April 24, Apple customers* will be able to purchase the Khadgar hero from the in-game Hearthstone shop for $4.99 USD ($7.99 AUD). Not only will you be able to harness arcane power untold, but you’ll be doing your part to save the planet! WWF will receive 100% of the proceeds from the purchase of Khadgar. Aid them in their heroic quest to protect the natural world.
Alternate heroes replace your existing class hero, and allow you to play Hearthstone as one Azeroth’s legendary characters. Add Khadgar to your Hearthstone collection today, and show your support for WWF by using the hashtag #AppsforEarth!
*Khadgar is only available to purchase on iOS devices, but once added to your collection, he can be played on any device.
Official Patch Notes
Quote from Blizzard
- Khadgar is the latest hero to join the tavern fun; Once Medivh's apprentice, now he's renowned as one of the most powerful Mages in history!
- From now until April 24 PDT, you're able to purchase the Khadgar hero from the in-game Hearthstone shop. Not only will you get a new mage hero, you'll also be doing your part to save the planet! WWF will receive 100% of the proceeds from the purchase of Khadgar #AppsforEarth.
- Khadgar is only available to purchase on iOS devices, but once unlocked, he can be played on any device.
- The following card back has been added:
- Clutch of Yogg-Saron — Acquired at the end of the month by reaching Rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode during the month of April 2016.
- Paladin Deck Recipe has been updated.
- Alleria will no longer use Lady Liadrin's entrance animation when starting a game.
- Fixed various audio, graphical, and UI issues.
So far no great use of these cards unless you're in arena.
3 mage heroes before we even get half the heroes to 2? he looks cool but...
I would buy a skin for druid since the money will go for nature, but 3rd mage? No, thank you Blizzard :/
His flavour text makes it very unlikely that he is going to be available regularly:
It ends on April 24th to be exact.
Forlorn Stalker strikes me as HORRIBLY overpowered. After removing a whole bunch of powerful Deathrattle cards from the game in Standard they decide to... immediately add a bunch more powerful Deathrattle cards to the game. What the hell?
Hunters don't tend to have a lot of cards in hand. I like this card but I don't think it's as broken as you seem to think it is. If you've ever tried playing feign death hunter you know how hard it is to actually hit a lot of deathrattles on the board. Saving Stalker for massive value is similarly too slow, so you really want to play it on curve, so you're not really hitting that many cards. I can't imagine this seeing much play in Standard. It's not like Hunters will be running Spawn of N'Zoth, Infested Tauren, certainly not Tentacle of N'Zoth or Deathwing, Dragonlord.
Thumb up to blizz for participating in such an important mission as to protect wild life and the environement, thanks to Apple for inviting blizz and ?!€£¥%#! you Android for not doing anything of this kind, ever.
If I remember correcly the only promotion android had on hearthstone was the galaxy gift, which was meant to sell more galaxy s6, not a charity, easy to see the kind of employees working there... Fuck em
You do realize Android is the OS and not the actual manufacturer, right? Android is not limited to just Galaxy phones unlike IOS which is just limited to POS Apple products.
If you think they did this out of the kindness of their hearts, I will guarantee it was only done as a tax write off. If they truly cared about the environment, they would not be manufacturing in China, would they?
Apple runs on renewable, others don't, end of argument
Why? Because they overprice their hardware ? I rather pay 400% the cost of the device and be the customer rather then get a free android and be the product. Anyday.
Way to piss off all your Android players Blizzard.
um you do realise blizzard cant do anything about this right. Apple started the charity idea and blizzard is one of many developers taking part in it. If google were to do such a thing, maybe blizzard would take part in that too
People will cry because it's a portrait for another class which didn't get a portrait. It's also Apple only and time-limited.
It will be too confusing for new players.
This is only a limited time thing WITH APPLE. Blizzard cant do anything about it. So if u introduced a new hero's skin for a limited time, wouldn't everyone be damn pissed off?
This is very minor but I wish the hero power said arcane blast instead of fireball
I love the fact that blizzard is partnering with WWF. This is an amazing incentive to donate to an awesome cause. That being said, Khadgar absolutely should have been tailored for the druid class.
Sooooo as cool as these hero "skins" are. Am I the only one who is actually craving a new class? Hearthstone has been out an reasonable amount of time now, including the popularity that it has gained. When the hell are we going to see a death knight, monk, or even demon hunter class added? I understand that a new class is not just an over the night development. But with the time and amazing quality of ideas blizzard has turned out for each expansion as well as card types. You think they would have at least hinted or released something by now.
I don't want skins. I want a new class.
I feel the same way mate. Sadly, I think the new classes will take quite some time to come out though.,,