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 $10. It will also include an Arena Ticket.
Card Review
KiwiiNbacon has reviewed the new cards.
I'm sure the solo adventure is separate, you will need to purchase for 20$ of (700 gold per wing) if you want that as well.
"we used to get for free"
When? because all the first 3 OG new heroes (Medhiv, Alleria and Magni) were paid, Khadgar too. Tyrande was part of a subscription promotion, and Liadrin required an WoW sub and think it counts as well.
The free ones were a deviation from the norm, not the reverse.
I remember getting my free Alleria :)
Finally an expansion with a good theme that got me hyped. Can't wait to see the rest of the cards! Also give me Kalecgos right now! :)
Was this a massive clue to next expansion when in the reveal video he used the term “Nefarious Villans”? The way he said it was almost like he was winking at us...
Seems to hint at Nefarian as a future story villain in year of the dragon don’t you think? Would make sense to have a dragon mastermind behind Rafam, pulling the strings..
Why use this rather rare adjective otherwise?
He also said something about going to "ancient depths." Azshara incoming!
Dave Kosak deserves more credit for his antics
Are you actually enjoying them? How old are you?
I just got a legendary which is not in the actual game wtf, can't see it anymore. it was the second mage legendary.
What do you mean “you just got”. While opening a pack?
Nop with the pre order, but i restarted the game and she is not here anymore. So no more prblm
Hello beautiful!
Got Golden Tess (new rogue hero) from my preorder. Now I have 2 Golden Tess cards :D
I like how we will get more lackeys throughout the year. The expansions feel more connected this way. Also, shamen finally got a good AOE. Granted, it needs to warm up, but once it does, it can deal a ton of damage to the board. It's something, which control shaman always wanted.
I would argue that Volcano was pretty good, but nice they get a new one to replace it.
Ja, I won't deny this fact. Volcano can be used both as a mediocre AoE or as a removal for one or two big minions. Hagatha's Scheme leans more on the first part, but it can grow stronger (excavated evil, dragon's fury ...).
So I just got a golden "legendary" that's not yet announced when purchasing the mega-bundle.
It's a 3 Mana 1/4 with +1 Spell Damage. The card is a druid card, called "Pterrodax." I don't think it's meant to be legendary. I think they put all the new cards in the game already, interestingly I can't view it. I see the "new" marked when I search for "Pterro" in my collection, but the card is blank. (see the "1" next to druid, and the space on the bottom left with the 3x was glowing earlier")
Think it's actually probably a rare... pretty underwhelming legendary.
https://imgur.com/a/Ty1cFVz
That's... Wardruid Loti?
You should have printscreened it !
Ooooh, somebody fucked up. This isn't going to end well. But yeah, I think the "leaks" we're seeing are placeholders with card indexing gone very wrong.