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Ashes of Outland Launch Day - Everything You Need To Know!

Hearthstone's newest expansion Ashes of Outland launches today, April 7th. We brought all the information and useful links together in this news post for you.

• The Ashes of Outland Expansion is out right now!
• Yet another 135 new cards have been added to the game, 15 of which are Demon Hunter cards.
• You can view all the new cards in our Ashes of Outland Cards List.
• There will be a new Adventure coming with Ashes of Outland and it will be FREE, but there's no specific release date or other details revealed yet.

Included for free in the Expansion

• All players logging in before June 29th will get the Ashes of Outland Legendary card Kael'thas Sunstrider for free!
• There is a chain of Event Quests to celebrate the release: 1 new quest every day, for 3 days with a total of 3 Ashes of Outland packs, 1 DoD pack, 1 SoU packs and 1 RoS packs!
• April 7, 10am PT/ 19:00 CEST: Play 25 Cards in Play Mode to earn an Ashes of Outland and Descent of Dragons card pack.
• April 8, 10am PT/ 19:00 CEST: Play 3 Games in Play Mode as Demon Hunter to earn an Ashes of Outland and Saviors of Uldum card pack.
• April 9, 10am PT/ 19:00 CEST: Play 20 Spells in any mode to earn an Ashes of Outland and Rise of Shadows card pack.

Launch Day Goals

• Login to get your free Event Quest mentioned above.
• Craft any golden Legendaries you really want. This is important due to the no duplicate legendaries rule.
• Open up your packs! (if you have not already) 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

• New Class - A new class is coming to Hearthstone -- Demon Hunter.
• New Keyword: Outcast - Demon Hunter only.  Cards gain a bonus effect when they're played as the left or right most card in your hand.
• Primes - These minions have a Deathrattle effect that shuffles them back into your deck.  Their "Prime" version has a more powerful effect.
• Imprisoned Demons - When played these minions will be dormant.  After a predetermined number of turns they'll unleash a powerful effect.
• 135 New Cards -- including 15 Demon Hunter Cards.

Demon Hunter

Read everything you want to know about the new class, including how to unlock it, in our dedicated Demon Hunter Card List and Guide.

Other New Mechanics

There were more new mechanics introduced with Ashes of Outland, specific to certain classes:

• Druid saw the introduction of the "If you have at least 7 Mana Crystals" card text.
• Hunter saw the return of Hand Buff mechanics.
• Mage saw the introduction of "If your deck has no minions" card text.
• Paladins saw the introduction of Libram cards and synergy.
• Rogues saw the return of Secrets and now have some synergy cards for Stealth.
• You can view all the new cards in our Ashes of Outland Cards List.

Arena Changes

The Arena rotation is changing again. This time it is the same card sets you can find in the Standard game mode, which means the following sets:

• Basic
• Classic
• Rise of Shadows
• Saviors of Uldum
• Descent of Dragons
• Galakrond's Awakening
• Ashes of Outland
• Demon Hunter Initiate

Year of the Phoenix

With the start of the Ashes of Outland expansion also comes the start of a new rotation year: The Year of the Phoenix. This means the following sets will no longer be usable in Standard, but only in Wild:

• The Witchwood
• The Boomsday Project
• Rastakhan's Rumble

This is the only time this year we will see a rotation like this! The rest of your Standard cards are safe until next year.

For information about the other changes to the game with the Year of the Phoenix we direct you to our coverage on the subjects you want to know more about:

• The Hall of Fame and Priest Changes
• Ranked Ladder Changes
• All other Year of the Phoenix topics

Theorycrafted Decks

We spent the days since the introduction of the Demon Hunter last week posting about decks for Demon Hunter and all the other classes. You can find the links to those Decks posts below.

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!

• Aggro and Tempo Demon Hunter Decks
• Control and Highlander Demon Hunter Decks
• Combo and Other Demon Hunter Decks
• Big Deck Preview for Other Classes

That should get you started! Thanks for being with us throughout this exciting Ashes of Outland 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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Ashes of Outland Card List & Expansion Details

Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.