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 $10. It will also include an Arena Ticket.
Card Review
KiwiiNbacon has reviewed the new cards.
I like you'r expansion. I THINK I WILL...ok I have to stop
Myra's Unstable Element + Chef Nomi
Noticed this too. How to deal with a board of 6/6's on turn 6 or 7.. ridiculous.
Myras plus chef into academic espionage x2
Actually i really liked the video!
Dave powered up his theatre - skills by a lot^^
a, LOT
I like the comeback of villans, but it would be cool if good guys were represented by returning characters, too.
Probably in next expansion.
they might still be. We'll still get two class legendaries after all.
Anyone spot the magic carpet on the new game board? :D
Promoting the new Aladdin movie?
there'S no promoting that dumpster fire.
I was thinking the same thing when they show league of evil flying towards Dalaran
Was disappointed at the only expensive bundles, then I saw the ‘first week bundle’ I do tucked in the bottom there. 10$ for 10 packs. I can live with that.
variety, is nice.
makes me kinda sad that none of the pre-order options include the solo content... oh well
I'm not hyped. Expansion theme is not so bad as Witchwood, but not even close to Ungoro, Frozen Throne, Old Gods or even Rastakhan Rumble. And again nothing new at all - just echo on some spells. And "some old mechanics return" in list of coolest things about expansion? Seriously Blizzard? Not quite what I expected in the beginning of the new year.
Three things, actually:
1. I am happy they named an expansion after me.
2. I wonder how many tries it took them for Rafaam not to produce a new legendary @ 3:15 :))
3. This hand gesture is killing me. The editing is so bad on that one, but meh. :)) When you watch it several times it gets fun.
Why does neither of the pre release bundles include the single player content?
why does everyone want to pre release the single player content? you can just buy the single player content when it comes out, and you get a good deal. so why do people want to buy it early so much? especially when you can still only play it when the expansion launches.
I think that people(myself included) were expecting a pre-order deal that includes the solo content for an even better deal for pre-purchasing the packs
Why the SD live video segment (and in 2019)? Tacky, even for a small indie company like Blizzard.