Rise of Shadows - Eight Revealed Cards, Expansion Information
Blizzard has officially revealed the newest expansion to join the game in Year of the Dragon - Rise of Shadows! Here is everything we know so far.
- Releases on April 9, 2019. (Pre-release is April 5)
- New Mechanic: Twinspell - Casting this adds another copy of the card (without Twinspell) to your hand.
- Lackeys - Special token minions which are generated through other cards. They are 1/1 minions with "devious" battlecries
- Schemes - Cards which grow in power as they sit in your hand each turn.
- We will see some old mechanics return!
- League of Evil - Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, and Warlock
- Dalaran Defenders - Mage, Druid, Hunter, Paladin
New Cards
Eight new cards have been revealed.
League of Evil
This is for Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, and Warrior classes. Each class is represented by one of the bad guys!
- Priest - Madame Lazul (The Fortune Teller)
- Rogue - Togwaggle
- Shaman - Hagatha
- Warlock - Rafaam
- Warrior - Dr. Boom
Reveal Video
Pre-Order
There are two bundles available for pre-orders. The Mega Bundle contains a Priest Hero!
Rise of Shadows Bundle
- Costs $49.99
- 50 Rise of Shadows card packs
- The Jewel of Lazul card back
- A random Legendary from Rise of Shadows
Rise of Shadows Mega Bundle
- Costs $79.99
- 80 Rise of Shadows card packs
- The Jewel of Lazul card back
- A random Legendary from Rise of Shadows
- Madame Lazul, Priest Hero (available now!)
First Week Bundle
During the first week of the expansion, a special 9 pack bundle will be available for $10. It will also include an Arena Ticket.
Card Review
KiwiiNbacon has reviewed the new cards.
I have a King Togwaggle Warrior deck with Explore Un'Goro and Skulking Geist combo :)
No 4 attack minion is safe anymore
So rafaam is he new hakar buddy
twinspell ?! ... wow, there are so many awesome mechanics and blizz brings out something like a bad copy of "echo"
It is certainly similar to echo, but calling it a bad copy is unfair. If nothing else the problem echo has is that the design space is extremely narrow: cards pretty much have to cost 2 or 3 mana (1 if they are very weak on their own), then have to be something worth doing multiple times, then have to be a slightly sub-par version of that.
Witchwood covered pretty much all the bases here, so I view twinspell as a way to reuse the core idea of echo in a way that is much less restrictive. So yes it looks and feels familiar, but its possibilities for gameplay differ significantly.
There are differents between the mechanics... bad copy was wrong, i agree with you.
but i wanted to say... there are a lot more possible and different mechanics they could bring.
i wait for DOTs and HOTs since the beginning - that would be awesome!
We already have the strongest DoT in the game - Corruption (and Corrupting Mist). Corrupting Mist saw some light play, but Corruption is hot garbage. You could also look at Baron Geddon and Missile Launcher as DoTs effectively, which should tell you the kind of power level an effect like that has. DoTs would not be a very good mechanic.
DoT? HoT?
I love how $ equals € now, greedy bastards. First few cards look interesting.
Chef Nomi BattleCry: If your deck is empty play Mecha'thun deck instead
Unless your hand isn't empty. Generating this card through rng in a control matchup is pretty fun.
HYPE HYPE HYPE!
NOPE NOPE NOPE!
Most nefarious team without nefarian? ;-;
Blackwing Lair was merely a setback!
With the release being so soon, does it mean reveal season will be much more concentrated? From what I remember it's generally 2 weeks from reveal to any new cards, but it's only about 3 weeks until expansion is revealed. Can't wait to see what waits ahead!
Dam im hype now! i buyet both pre ordres , and i like its so early at April. cant wait too see more new cards comming up :D
Mr Money bags
Minor correction on the listing: the Mega Bundle includes a random golden legendary. The description above doesn't specify it's golden.
Why tf would you just post to bitch about it?