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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!
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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
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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.
These events are to get people who don't care at all about donations to actually donate something. If someone said go donate, and your gift is that you did good for the world, rather than donate and you can get X bonus. I'm pretty sure the later would be the one that gets more donations at least for the average person. Donations also help for tax purposes.
Apple has a lot of progressive customers. So this promotion advertises that we are of the stakeholder mindset in management, rather than the older shareholder approach.
Apple may not care about WWF, but their customer base does.
They also know that their customers play Hearthstone.
This is all part of the apps for earth thing they are doing
"Apple and the World Wide Fund for Nature (no, not the World Wrestling Federation) have teamed up for a special event for Earth Day. Today through April 24 you can purchase specific apps on the iOS App Store and 100% of the purchase price and any in-app purchases will go to the WWF."
Cut and pasta
There's no extra tax benefit from the donation...
Assume that Blizzard's proceeds for April are "X + Z".
Z are proceeds due to Khadgar and X are proceeds due to everything else, but Blizzard will donate Z to WWF.
Should Blizzard pay taxes for "X + Z" or only for X? It's completely fair to deduce Z from "X + Z" since they're only keeping X, so they should pay taxes only for that amount.
Apple has a lot of progressive customers. So this promotion advertises that we are of the stakeholder mindset in management, rather than the older shareholder approach.
Apple may not care about WWF, but their customer base does.
They also know that their customers play Hearthstone.
This is all part of the apps for earth thing they are doing
"Apple and the World Wide Fund for Nature (no, not the World Wrestling Federation) have teamed up for a special event for Earth Day. Today through April 24 you can purchase specific apps on the iOS App Store and 100% of the purchase price and any in-app purchases will go to the WWF."
Be careful with iOS emulators. I seem to remember that most are pretty shady. I spend a lot of time on emu sites like emuparadise/coolrom/emulato-zone and have heard a lot of scuttle butt.
edit: i just did a bit of recon and Ipadian is one to watch out for. Its not even an emulator--it is a simulator. While it is not malware itself, it opens the door to haxzors.
After updating the iOS app to the latest version, I noticed that the icon changed its color scheme. The blue in the background changed to green. Anyone noticed that? Is that only on iOS?
Khadgar is awesome! I love that sorry emote :D
Bun out apple !
why not Kil'Jaeden for Warlock T.T
Don't get me wrong, Khadgar is one of my fav WC chars but Medivh Trumps him, but its for a charity so I'm getting one :)
I'll purchase it, since it's going to a charity, but I'll never buy the $10 ones unless they go way down in price.
Seriously people...chill!
I'm sure you have to know at least one person who owns an Apple device you can borrow for 30 seconds...
I don't care that much that it is only on ios (though I think the WWF would be better served doing all platforms) BUT I am more annoyed that it was Mage. I don't deny I have a hatred towards the mage class, sick of them in arena and everywhere else, but with multiple other classes without a second hero a bit crazy to me that they get a THIRD hero now. Druid would be a better fit for the WWF as well.
Thought about it, Druid is much better fitting WWE theme, that's right. But adding new hero for Druid (or Rogue, Shaman, Priest) will be much worse in case the hero is promo one available only for a limited time on the specific platform. That's why I think adding third Mage hero is not that bad. Still waiting for Priest's one :)
Whats with this 1-1 copies. Whats even worth to copy like this? Maybe Ragnaros the Firelord, Sylvanas Windrunner and C'Thun. But when you play this cards you probably win anyway...
So you shadowcast brann, then shadowcast the shadowcaster, ... , profit!
Is it likely there will be a way to get it somehow, like with the galaxy card back, or not?
Please stop complaing about Blizzard making this iOS only. The reason it's iOS only is because Apple teamed up with WWF to do an Apps for Earth promotion and Blizzard just took part in it. Purchases would have to be made on iOS devices just like any other app on the store that is also part of the promotion for it to count as a charitable purchase via Apple's AppStore. Blizzard have no choice in this matter. Hence why it's only iOS purchasable (for the time being - I expect it will be opened up for others later down the line). It's also not Apple or WWF's fault either, it's not in their control that hearthstone happens to be on other platforms. It's just an unfortunate consequence of an iOS promotion affecting a multi-platform game.
They probably made it Mage so that another class doesn't get it's only alt hero as a platform exclusive.
The fact that the hearthstone team decided it was a good idea is what bugs me. Does this event forbid involved content from being available elsewhere? Can blizzard not extend their reach across all platforms and use this influence to maximize the proceeds? I really am not concerned about the charity aspect, i just would have liked to collect this content. I don't agree with segregation of the player base in this way. It is probably just a half-assed hero anyway if it is going for $5, just a token for having participated. Unfortunately everyone who is excluded will probably feel pretty bummed about this. You see the big pictures and text and get hyped up then read the body of it to realize you can not have it. It is just my opinion that this was poorly thought out. Why could they not have offered a cheap pack deal for $5, something that everyone can acquire but for a special promotional price.
Anyway, i am going to go look for a way to emulate ios now. If anyone has any knowledge of how to do this already let me know. I avoid apple products and dont want anything to do with them or their fanboys so i am unsure if this is possible.