Saviors of Uldum Launch - Everything You Need To Know!

Saviors of Uldum Launches Today! Here's Everything You Need to Know + Theorycrafted Decks

Hearthstone's newest expansion launches today, August 6th. We brought all the information and useful links together in this news post for you.

  • Expansion is LIVE. Good luck everyone with your pack openings and have fun!
  • Yet another 135 new cards have been added to the game.
  • You can view all the new cards in our Saviors of Uldum Card List & Guide.
  • The new Solo Adventure "Tombs of Terror!" will be available in September with no date confirmed.
  • There will be a set of action-packed Tavern Brawls leading up to this Adventure.

Included for free in the Expansion

  • One random Legendary Quest on login within the first 90 days of the expansion.
  • Access to the new "Tombs of Terror!" adventure, delivered in September.
  • One Event Quest that rewards 3 Saviors of Uldum packs for playing 100 cards.

Launch Day Goals

  • Login to get your free Legendary Quest and your first Daily Quest mentioned 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 our Deckbuilder. Remember, including a good guide means more upvotes!

New Mechanics

We have two new mechanics in Saviors of Uldum, the return of Quest cards, as well as an addition to the existing Lackey mechanic.

  • Reborn - Minions with the Reborn Keyword will return to life the first time they’re destroyed, but with 1 remaining Health. See all the new Reborn cards!
  • Plagues - Plagues are powerful spells that help clear the board in some way. See all the new Plague cards!
  • Quests - Quest cards make a return. They are still 1 mana cards that will always be part of your opening hand, but they are now easier to complete and have a Hero Power reward that will change your game play in some cool way. See all the new Quest cards!
  • Lackeys - A new Lackey is being added to the pool: Titanic Lackey. This one gives a friendly minion +2 Health and Taunt. Lackeys are special token minions which are randomly generated through other particular cards. They are 1/1 minions with "devious" battlecries. See all the new Lackey cards!

   

 

Highlander cards

Not just the Quest card mechanic saw a return but Blizzard also created new cards for the Highlander style decks, where you can have only 1 copy of each card in your deck to make certain cards activate.

The most interesting of these new Highlander cards is Zephrys the Great a card that when played will look at the state of the board, the amount of mana you have this turn and next turn and how many cards you have (but does NOT look at your hand) and then gives you a choice out of 3 cards tailored specifically to your situation from ANY of the Basic and Classic card sets, including other classes.

This means that if you play Zephrys while the opponent has a big board and you have 4 mana left it might give you Consecration as an option, but with 5 mana left it might give you the option of Holy Nova, and with 6 mana left it might give you the option of Blizzard. It might in those same situations also give you a taunt minion of varying cost as an option. Or something to deal with the situation on your next turn.

And it's not just a defensive tool. If you play it while you have board control with several minions, it might give you the option of Savage Roar or Bloodlust, providing you with the means to finish your opponent. Like the card says it will give you the perfect card!

   

 

Arena Changes

The Arena rotation is changing again.

  • The new rotation of card sets will include cards from Basic, Classic, League of Explorers, Journey to Un'goro, Kobolds and Catacombs, Rastakhan's Rumble, and of course the new Saviors of Uldum cards.
  • Arena tip: With the rotation changes, all the unfinished Arena runs will be retired and you will get a free arena run with the new rotation in its place. Free stuff! (You may need to relog for it to activate though)

Theorycrafted Community Decks

We scoured the internet for theorycrafted community decks and here's what we rounded up:

 Deck Author  Cost  Notable SoU Cards 
 Egg Token Druid  SkyWalkerSC2 3500 BEEEES!!!, Serpent Egg
 Highlander Secret Hunter  Tars_HS 12920 Dinotamer Brann, Zephrys the Great
 Big Mage Dragon  Alliestrasza 12760 King Phaoris, Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
 Murloc Paladin  Thijs 8040 Tip the Scales, Fishflinger
 Quest Priest  Kibler 6980 Activate the Obelisk, Psychopomp
 Quest Burgle Tess Rogue  Dekkster 8500 Bazaar Burglary, Vulpera Scoundrel
 Quest Shaman  Firebat 13380 Corrupt the Waters, Siamat
 Zoo Warlock  TrumpSC 4960 Dark Pharaoh Tekahn, Diseased Vulture
 Taunt Warrior  Purple 11400 Armagedillo, Tomb Warden

Kripparrian's Saviors of Uldum Theorycrafted Decks:

You can watch Kripp over here.

HearthPwn Community Saviors of Uldum Theorycrafted Decks:

Standard:

Wild:

That should get you started! Thanks for being with us throughout this exciting Saviors of Uldum reveal period. Shoutout to everyone who helped in one way or another during this time, the other moderators and staff and the devs and all the users who gave us useful suggestions and feedback, and to everyone who enjoyed and supported our coverage. You rock!

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Saviors of Uldum Card List and Expansion Guide

Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated expansion guide.

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