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.
They said that won't be released in the first month.
thats lame! wont trick me to sell my soul to them with the mega pack
Have a little more confidence in yourself! Your soul is surely worth more than $80.
Ok, is this guy channelling William Shatner?
He pauses more than a video stream having bad connection issues
Nice that the announcement is a go though. I am intrigued
Just shut up and take my money!
I just preordered and somehow got a golden Hireek added to my collection. Not sure to keep or dust. I'm kind of a collector of golden legendary's even if they do suck.
the forest's aid super slow and bad card..
There's going to have to be some sick Treant synergy to make this make sense. "Whenever a Treant is summoned, do X," "Deal X damage for each Treant you have," etc.
Otherwise... makes even less sense than the nerfed Force of Nature.
AMAZING JOB by KOZAK - really nice reveal trailer - I love the Explorer theme! Kalecgos is going to be my new best friend, I can tell.
We will have a new hero card or no?
Arch Villain Rafaam is basically the Golden Kobold, but also transforms your deck aswell. Could be a fun card that might see some competitive play. Chef Nomi could be good in rogue decks that in Myra's Ustable Crystal as an extra finisher, and its an odd card.
its the golden monkey from elise map .
Hes the golden monkey without the Elise and map requirements essentially
Thank the Old Gods (and Yogg Saron in particular) that odd and even won't matter anymore. At least in standard.
Golden Monkey
By competitive play do you mean Standard? Because odd decks won't mean anything anymore once Baku rotates out.
I can already see that Chef Nomi in decks with Myra's Unstable Element, like Myracle and Kingsbane.
So you spend $49.99 Rise of Shadows Bundle and it doesnt come with the "adventure"? You have to spend more on top of that. I hope not.
And then of course there's the Mega Bundle, which again, has a hero portrait (something we used to get for free) locked to it, and it's a big portrait too of the Fortuneteller from Old Gods.
But hey, do you guys not have credit cards?!