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Hearthstone Battlegrounds Open Beta - Launch and Card List

It's Battlegrounds Open Beta launch day and we have everything you need to know, including our Battlegrounds How Does it Work and our Hero Tier List posts as well as Blizzard's Balance Patch notes from yesterday that we posted about here, which had the awesome news that we will see more NEW Heroes next week!

What is Hearthstone Battlegrounds?

It's a new 8 player PvP game mode, a combination between Hearthstone and Autobattler games, where you choose a Hero, build a team and then battle opponents, round by round, until only 1 of you is left standing.

When does Open Beta Launch?

Open beta is LIVE!

What does Battlegrounds cost?

The Battlegrounds game mode is fully free to play (though there are some unlocks to make it more usable) and has no entry fee or rewards. You play just for fun and ratings!

You do have the option to buy Descent of Dragon packs (currently only in pre-order, but for later expansions you can simply save up gold to do this) and unlock a few perks. The first one (for 10 packs purchased) is to have a suit of stats available to look through (this is not available yet in game), the second (for 20 packs purchased) is to have the choice of 3 Heroes when you start instead of 2 and the third unlock (for 30 packs) is the use of the game's custom emotes.

How do I play Hearthstone Battlegrounds?

If you have not had time to look at how this new game mode works, we have a primer which touches on all the important basic bits right HERE.

HearthPwn Card List and Deckbuilder

The keen observer might have already noticed in the Hero Tier list article we did, but it is now time to make it official: We have built a Card List and Deckbuilder specifically for the Battlegrounds game mode.

For the people who like to randomly click around and discover things themselves:



Enjoy!

For those that like to know what they are getting into, a small introduction:

The Card List

Let us start with a note: The Card List is slightly different than usual. Because Blizzard reused the assets and does not make much distinction in the files between versions of the cards, we have had to separate the Battlegrounds cards into their own set. If you ever need to search for a Battlegrounds card, the easiest way to do it is to do it in this set, or the versions you will find will likely be the normal card game versions.

The Card List can be used in most ways the regular Card list is too. You can search within the set to find a specific card by name, tribe, Tier, health and attack or randomly browse them from the main view. The set also includes the Heroes and their Hero Powers, as well as Akazamzarak's Secrets and all the related tokens.

The Deckbuilder

If you want to show off the crazy build you had in game or want to show others what kind of build you are aiming for when you are playing, you can use our Deckbuilder tool.

The Deckbuilder has the same functions as usual. You can add and subtract Battlegrounds specific cards and work out the possibilities. Then you can write up an explanatory guide as to how to get to that point, what order to use and tips and tricks that you feel are essential to running your build successfully.

And then you can share it far and wide!

Descent of Dragons Card List & Guide

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