Descent of Dragons Launch Day - Everything You Need To Know!
Hearthstone's newest expansion launches today, December 10th. We brought all the information and useful links together in this news post for you.
- The Expansion is LIVE. Enjoy your pack openings everyone!
- Yet another 140 new cards have been added to the game.
- You can view all the new cards in our Descent of Dragons Card List & Guide.
- The new Solo Adventure "Galakrond's Awakening" will be available in January with 35 brand new cards! There's no specific release date revealed yet.
Included for free in the Expansion
- All players logging in within the first 90 days of release will receive all 5 Galakrond Hero cards.
- To go with the Galakrond cards you also get 2x free Shield of Galakrond
- If you visit the in-game shop after the expansion goes live, you will receive a free Tyrande hero skin. You don't have to buy anything!
- Sathrovarr, a neutral Legendary, was given to all players on Nov. 5th. BlizzCon attendees and Virtual Ticket holders received a golden version.
- There is a chain of Event Quests to celebrate the release: 1 new quest every day, for 6 days with a total of 5 Descent of Dragons packs, 2 SoU packs, 2 RoS packs and on the last day 200 gold!
Launch Day Goals
- Login to get your free Event 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
- Galakrond - A new hero card for each of the 5 E.V.I.L. classes. Warrior, Warlock, Shaman, Rogue, and Priest will each receive a card.
- New Keyword: Invoke - Cards with this keyword will cause Galakrond to evolve to his more powerful second and third forms. Each Invoke card you play will also trigger Galakrond's upgraded Hero Power effect.
- Sidequests - Like Quests from previous expansions, Sidequests offer rewards for completing tasks. They're available to Mage, Hunter, Druid, and Paladin and are easier to complete than their predecessors. They do not start in your hand!
- Dragon Breaths - Powerful spells that give a bonus if you're holding a Dragon.
- Explorers - Each non-E.V.I.L. class will be given an Explorer card. They have a class-themed effect and all have Battlecry: Discover a Dragon.
- Draconic Lackey is a new addition to the existing Lackey pool.
- You can find all the new cards in our Card List & Guide to Descent of Dragons
Highlander and No Neutral
Highlander decks saw their archetype get 1 card added, but it was an important one. We also saw a brand new mechanic in Paladin: No Neutral Cards archetype.
Arena Changes
The Arena rotation is changing again.
- The new rotation of card sets will include cards from Basic, Classic, Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, One Night in Karazhan, Knights of the Frozen Throne, Rastakhan's Rumble, and of course the new Descent of Dragons 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 Decks
Gathered here for you are some of the most popular theorycrafted decks we could find, from your favorite content creators and deck makers. You can also check out the most popular community decks we posted about yesterday.
Alternatively, create your own deck with the Deckbuilder, add a good guide on how to pilot the deck and help create the post-launch meta!
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More decks will be added here as we find them!
- J.Alexander's Midrange Dragon Rogue
- DoD Treant Druid
- DoD Aggro Sidequest Hunter
- DoD Highlander Dragon Mage
- DoD Sidequest Mech Paladin
- DoD Galakrond Priest
- DoD Galakrond Rogue
- DoD Quest Galakrond Shaman
- DoD Zoo Galakrond Warlock
- DoD Aggro Galakrond Warrior
That should get you started! Thanks for being with us throughout this exciting Descent of Dragons 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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Descent of Dragons Card List & Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated expansion guide.
Man I rly think so... I got A LOT of epic also
I logged in and didn't get Galakrond cards do I need to finish quest or what?
It's out.
looking forward to see the new leeroy, malygos, inner fire combo
i though there was a free legendary dragon also included...
Damn bro u get 5 legendaries and you still want more.....sad really. Beggar lifestyle I guess
ok so...you are right they are giving free legendaries and bla bla bla we shouldn't ask more ok ... but you don't have to be a jerk or rude about it and say " beggar lifestyle " grow up..
I bought 160 pre order packs! So I will get 1 golden and 1 normal legendary?
No, you get 2x Golden Legendary
Hey guys!
Can you please explain me one thing:
Why should i craft cards and spend dust on it if i could open it in packs? what is the point of this idea?
It means, that you should craft golden if you really really want it. Because until you have all legendaries from set, there is no chance you get it regulary from pack.
Because there is rule of no duplicate new legendaries you get. So every legendary you get will be new one, until you have all. From that moment, new legendary will be the one you already have, with minor probability of golden version.
Is that answered your question?
It's only if u want that card to be golden. A golden legendary will never be opened in packs again, until u got all legendarys from that pack. So you wont get a card, u really wanted in golden, in not-golden.
If you do not care about golden cards, you can ignore this bit
But for some people who wants their favs legendary to be golden, it is best for them to craft right away. Because this way they won't open it in packs as a normal one. (Then they would have to disenchant it for 400 dust and craft a golden one still)
This is all based on you cannot open duplicate legendary now.
thank you guys all for clarification. I do not care about golden cards, so there is no need for me crafting.
Wait you get full dust value for duplicates? I play this from 2015 and didn't know...
If a card gets nerfed, for a short period of time, they give you full value in the dusting, no matter how many copies of it you have. SO the more you have the better. You are technically earning more dust, without losing anything.
And the above statement is a fair assumption, as whenever we get a new expansion, the meta gets disrupted so much that there is a high probability of them announcing a nerf.
Awesome post. Looking foward to this one!
Do not dust any cards! I just think we might get a lot of nerfs, so keep your duplicates.
Can't wait to play some and try out some fun Reno decks in Wild tonight.
so if we have the Tyrande Skin since the Twitch-Prime thingy where it originally came from, we get nothing right?
Not that i want sth. its just for Info! :)