The Dark Wanderer is This Week's Tavern Brawl, and There's a Card Back Reward
A hooded stranger sits to play, holding a grim deck in his hands. Can you unravel the secrets surrounding this dark wanderer?
Trivia
- This is the first time we've seen this brawl - and possibly the last!
- The brawl is a tribute to Blizzard's Diablo franchise and their 20th anniversary.
- The brawl is a reference to the Secret Cow Level.
- This is the second brawl which rewards a card back, the first being Winterveil of 2015.
- No enemy players in this brawl, the opponent is a computer.
How it Works
This Brawl has up to two phases, with the second phase not being more of a bonus level than anything. You can win the Brawl without entering the second phase.
- You'll first need to build your own deck using cards from the Wild format. Check out community-built decks here.
- The end of game has a scoreboard which keeps track of minions killed and secrets revealed.
Phase 1 - The Dark Wanderer
- Your opponent is Dark Wanderer. His Hero Power, Diabolical Powers, summons random Imps
- He is classified as a Warlock and as such, many Warlock cards and demon synergies.
- The fight begins with three random wanderer secrets in play (see below).
- When these secrets are all revealed, Twisting Nether? is played which places Enigmatic Portal and takes you into Phase 2
- When his minions die, they have a chance of spawning Weapon Rack, Discarded Armor, or Chest of Gold.
- The effects of Weapon Rack and Discarded Armor are clear.
- Chest of Gold, when defeated on your turn, gain 2 The Coin.
Phase 2 - The Cow King
- There is no cow level.
- The Cow King is now your opponent. His Hero Power, So Many..., is all about card draw.
- He has his very own deck which features cows upon cows upon cows.
- The same random spawns from minion deaths from Phase 1 apply here.
- Neato: You can become The Cow King if you steal Enigmatic Portal.
Dark Wanderer Secrets
The Dark Wanderer has many secrets. You are not allowed to use Flare, Kezan Mystic, and Eater of Secrets, but other secret interaction cards are available. Destroy his three secrets to enter The Cow Level.
- Visions of the Amazon - Secret: When your opponent summons a minion with Battlecry, Summon a Mirror Image for both players.
- Visions of the Assassin - Secret: When your opponent summons a minion with Stealth, All minions equip a dagger.
- Visions of the Barbarian - Secret: When your opponent summons a minion with Charge, THUNDER FURY!
- Visions of the Crusader - Secret: When your opponent summons a minion with Taunt, change all minions' attacks to 1.
- Visions of the Necromancer - Secret: When your opponent summons a minion with Deathrattle, destroy it.
- Visions of the Sorcerer - Secret: When your opponent summons a minion with Spell Damage, Summon 2 Guardians.
- Visions of Fate - Secret: When your opponent takes lethal damage... save him.
- Visions of Hate - Secret: When both heroes have 15 or less Health, BRAWL!
- Visions of Valor - Secret: When your opponent summons a Legendary minion, give all minions Windfury.
- Visions of Knowledge - Secret: When your opponent's hand has 9 or more cards, reduce the cost of all cards in both hands to (1).
Dark Wanderer Cards
- Lightning - Deal 3 damage.
- Many regular Warlock cards.
The Cow King Cards
- Summon Guardians - Summon two 2/4 Guardians.
- Summons: Guardian - At end of your turn, deal 2 damage to the enemies opposite this minion.
- Moo... - Summon 3 Hell Bovines. Give all Hell Bovines Taunt.
- Summons: Hell Bovine
- Stampede - Summon 2 Hell Bovines. Give all Hell Bovines Charge.
- Summons: Hell Bovine
Become the Cow King
Amaz managed to steal the Enigmatic Portal and become The Cow King!
Discuss This Week's Brawl
Head on over to our discussion thread to talk about this week's brawl and to rate it.
I'm going to guess it's because it retrieves the stats 'Minions Killed' and 'Secrets Revealed' for the game end screen.
Well I SMOrc him for a free card back and when I have more time I'll actually try to unlock a secret ;)
Evolve Shaman worked pretty well. Got him on 2nd try.
I got the card back, it looks pretty cool. A notification popped up saying I revealed 20 minions and 2 secrets, then I got the reward. Hope this helps!
WHY NO PACK ?!
I could not care less about a card back .
Feelsbadman .
@rober_fanr
Poor people problems... Feelsbadman :(
Screw a free pack, you get the coolest card back to date!
Yes
I don't think it is. I tried searching for it when making my deck and it didn't appear. I then went into my collection and found it.
I DID IT!!! SECRET LEVEL FTW!!!!
I got to the secret cow level, I think I unlocked it by revealing his 3 secrets, then a special immune minion appeared and at the beginning of the enemy turn he played a special "twisting nether" that took me there.
It was a pretty fun brawl, a premade deck with Diablo themed card would have been better. Sucks it doesn't give you gold for wins though, I'd have actually played this one some more.
Seriously people are complaing for no pack? Come on guys, these things happen like once in a year or two. Out of 52 Brawls per year, it is absolutely fine to not get a pack for one brawl. Just play for fun one time of the year.
The cardback looks cool. Big fan of Diablo. Looking forward to it. <3
well i expected more of this brawl, a bit disappointing. We should have been given pre made decks with special cards (like the rafaam vs kel'thuzad brawl).
This tavern brawl is good as Diablo's 3 game.
LUL
Did flare get removed? I swear I have it but I can't find it during deck construction.
it is not allowed in this brawl
eater of secrets isnt allowed too
Original description of this brawl suggested using it, it's always the dumbest thing when people make front page posts without checking their facts first...
Is there any way to face The Cow King?