Rise of Shadows Launches Today! Here's Everything You Need to Know + Theorycrafted Decks
I've fixed an issue with Twinspell cards generating bad deck strings on the site.
Hearthstone's newest expansion launches today, April 9. Everything you need to know to get through today can be found below.
EXPANSION IS LIVE!
- The new Adventure will be available in May with no date confirmed.
- Another 135 new cards have been added to the game.
- For the next week you can purchase the "Shadow Bundle". It contains 9 cards packs and an Arena Ticket for $10 USD.
- You can view all the new cards in our dedicated visual guide to Rise of Shadows.
- You can come kill time with me and some HearthPwners on Discord.
Freebies
- One Archmage Vargoth on login (if you haven't logged in and received him yet).
- A quest chain with card packs.
- The first wing of the new "Great Dalaran Heist" adventure, delivered in May.
Launch Day Goals
- Login to get your free stuff outlined above.
- Craft any golden Legendaries you really want. This is important due to the no duplicate legendaries rule.
- Open up your packs! You get a guaranteed Legendary within your first 10 packs.
- Share your awesome decks with everyone on HearthPwn via or Deckbuilder. Don't forget to write a guide!
New Mechanics
We have three core mechanics in Rise of Shadows.
- Twinspell adds another copy of the card (without Twinspell) to your hand.
- Lackeys - Special token minions which are randomly generated through other particular cards. They are 1/1 minions with "devious" battlecries.
- Schemes - These cards grow in power each turn they are in your hand!
Year of the Dragon Begins
New year, new you! For those that play Standard, say goodbye to friends from the past. The following Hearthstone sets are now WILD ONLY.
- Journey to Un'Goro
- Knights of the Frozen Throne
- Kobolds and Catacombs
A reminder that this is the only set rotation that is happening this year, as always. The next rotation will take place in April 2020 and you can learn more about how set rotations work in this post from just over a year ago.
In addition to the sets above, the following cards have been sent to Wild as they were moved to the Hall of Fame set.
- Divine Favor
- Doomguard
- Naturalize
- Baku the Mooneater
- Genn Greymane
- Black Cat
- Glitter Moth
- Gloom Stag
- Murkspark Eel
Arena Changes
The Arena is getting a massive change with the start of Rise of Shadows.
- We will now have rotating card sets for the Arena.
- The initial rotation of card sets will include cards from Basic, Classic, Naxxramas, Old Gods, Gadgetzan, Witchwood, and Rise of Shadows.
Reveal Day Stream
Theorycrafted Decks From RegisKillbin
Regis has been hard at working building ideas for the new expansion. Check out his concepts and expansion stream where we may see some of them evolve.
Deck | Author | Cost |
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Midrange Dragon Paladin | RegisKillbin | 6400 |
Bomb Control Warrior | RegisKillbin | 8520 |
Thief Rogue | RegisKillbin | 7640 |
Khadgar Summoner Mage | RegisKillbin | 8360 |
Tempo Mage | RegisKillbin | 3880 |
Mech Deathrattle Hunter | RegisKillbin | 5960 |
Control Hagatha Shaman | RegisKillbin | 16160 |
Lucentbark Heal Druid | RegisKillbin | 6680 |
Vereesa Spell Hunter | RegisKillbin | 4140 |
Tempo Togwaggle Rogue | RegisKillbin | 8000 |
Big Warrior | RegisKillbin | 6320 |
Betrug Portal Warlock | RegisKillbin | 6360 |
Silence Priest | RegisKillbin | 1040 |
Demon Zoo Warlock | RegisKillbin | 7120 |
Secret Paladin | RegisKillbin | 6600 |
Murloc Shaman | RegisKillbin | 4680 |
Theorycrafted Decks From Kripparrian
Deck | Author | Cost |
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KRIPP Bomb Midrange Warrior | Kripparrian | 12960 |
KRIPP Jepetto Spell Hunter | Kripparrian | 9900 |
KRIPP Silence Lady Priest | Kripparrian | 7080 |
KRIPP Malygos Jepetto Shaman | Kripparrian | 13140 |
KRIPP Undatakah Paladin | Kripparrian | 10420 |
KRIPP Mecha'thun NOT DEAD Warlock | Kripparrian | 11040 |
KRIPP Token Aggro Druid | Kripparrian | 2800 |
Theorycrafted Community Decks
We're shining the light on some theorycrafted community goodness.
Rise of Shadows Expansion Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated expansion guide.
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Soooo hyped for Warrior and Rouge! A little Mage/Shaman might sneak in there too <3 xD
Please do not follow their advice of Craft any golden Legendaries you really want and then opening your packs. This is the opposite of what you should do. Your goal should be to get more of your top picks. Here's a simple example.
To keep the math easy, assume that there are five legendaries and you'll get one from packs and you can craft one.
If you craft first, you have a 100% chance of getting your top pick and then you have a 25% chance of getting your second pick. Which is a 25% chance of getting your top two picks.
If you open first, you have a 20% chance of getting your top pick and a 20% chance of getting your second pick. If you get your top pick, then craft your second pick. If you get your second pick, craft your first pick. Either way, you get your top two pick, which is 40% chance of getting both of your top picks.
Hope this helps.
but you might get a card you want to be golden ,which is why they are right
You are right, but the article's suggestion is not for maximizing your chance to get the legendaries you want, but to avoid getting duplicates of legendaries you REALLY want to get golden versions of. Just two different things, but your suggestion is absolutely correct from that point of view.
If you open a legendary that you really want golden in a non golden form you have a 0% chance to then open it golden with d/eing the regular version and losing a lot of value. Most importantly, opening a regular version of a legendary you want golden takes the place of another legendary you would have opened. Follow the guides advice, craft any legendaries you want golden prior to opening packs.
it's only meant for golden cards. because the chance you get your legendary in golden (rather than the non-golden version) is very low. and if you want that legendary in golden, its better to craft it first. golden or non-golden doesn't matter to the "no duplicate" rule.
Dude they do this every time. it's for people who want to maximize their golden collection and craft what they'd like golden from the new expansion. No need to mislead people who craft their golden legends right off the bat.
But then you run in to the possibility of getting the legendary you want AS golden but now it's just a normal legendary. Now you gotta Disenchant it craft it golden and now your out of the potential legendary you could have gotten if you would have crafted your golden cards earlier.
2 hours guys!
Damn strait boi :D <3
Hahah. Im just bored. Also there was plenty of people who constantly asking about time zones in last topic. So I guess someone may find it useful
Not even released and the copy-paste decks are already available.
Day 1 stalestone here we come.
I'm curious if the hearthpwn team is going to post a "Community Compendium" for the new set - I imagine that they are lots of work to put together, but they are also lots of fun for us to stare at . . .
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/card-discussion/232135-potentially-the-strongest-cards-from-rise-of
Blizzard, release it now and take my money already!
Blizzard, release it now and take my money already!
could you guys please add an icon for the new cards when looking at decklists?
right now (at least for me) the new cards have no icon just like classic cards
Thanks Flux!