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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
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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Same for me
Ditto
Is this the way it's supposed to be though?
the chain is one quest long :/
You get the next quest the next day:
https://www.hearthpwn.com/news/6661-datamined-quest-info-rise-of-shadows-free-packs
nope
So I had a few Murkspark Eel and other odd/even things saved up for when the expansion went through and I disenchanted right after rollout and didnt get extra dust. Is there no full refund on the early rotating cards today???
you get the extra dust as soon as you log on. You already have it.
It doesn't work that way. You get the dust refunded for 2 playable copies with the rotation. There is no full dust refund for disenchanting them afterwards. You get the same dust as usual.
Thanks! I seem to recall this being the case last year only to remember that I had forgotten!
Happy Rise of Shadows!
quest bugged on me after the 25 play cards, 1 RoS packs, another from witchwood, and then nothing, maybe is 1 daily, or just me
i completed the first quest but i didnt get the next one. wtf
Does anyone able to log in ? Crashed 4 times on start, no luck on diving into expansion yet...
Same. Kicked out multiple times, or faced with a never ending loading screen.
Go year of the dragon!
Think I'll come back tomorrow
Game works like shit now, 10 minutes to log, now 5 minutes to do any click, wtf.
YES,I got golden Fel Lord Betrug and chef nomi
on my bonuses from pre-order
If your legendaries aren't shown when logged in, just check collection for your golden and regular legendary
congrats! still waiting on mine :/
managed to get about 6 packs in to first legendary (Lucentbark), then got kicked by server and back in line to log in.
Apparently, you dont get the animation. Look in your collection for them.
Anyone get their bundle legendary/golden legendary yet?
When do we get the golden legendary from preorder?