Next Hearthstone Expansion: Scholomance Academy!
Unleash the Magic Within with Hearthstone's new expansion Scholomance Academy! Release date: Early August! Watch below for the introduction videos!
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SCHOLOMANCE ACADEMY
HEARTHSTONE’S NEWEST EXPANSION
Greetings, aspiring adept! We’re thrilled to welcome you to Scholomance Academy! Within the lofty halls of this fabled magic college, the (mostly) good Headmaster Kel’Thuzad and the rest of our faculty are here to guide the next generation of greats, from Warlocks to Warriors and everything between. We encourage the pursuit of double majors and offer a plethora of cross-over studies. Whatever flavor of major you favor, Scholomance has the training grounds to suit your needs!
Just . . . don’t go exploring those dusty crypts beneath the schoolgrounds. There’s no reason at all to be concerned about what Kel’Thuzad and the Cult of the Damned are stirring up down there . . .
Scholomance Academy will launch worldwide in early August! You can find the full schedule for card reveals here. Be sure to visit the card library to see which cards were announced today and check back frequently—it’ll be updated with new cards as they’re revealed over the coming weeks!
Introducing Dual Class Cards
Scholomance Academy is renowned for providing its pupils with a richly varied magical education across multiple mystical disciplines. Dual-Class cards embody this cross-pollination of learnings by mashing up unique mechanics inspired by both classes’ strengths, unlocking a whole new spectrum of gameplay possibilities. These Dual-Class cards make up 40 of the 135 cards to be released with Scholomance Academy. Each Dual-Class combination also includes a shared Legendary minion—that course's professor!
The 10 class combinations are:
- Druid/Hunter
- Hunter/Demon Hunter
- Demon Hunter/Warlock
- Warlock/Priest
- Priest/Paladin
- Paladin/Warrior
- Warrior/Rogue
- Rogue/Mage
- Mage/Shaman
- Shaman/Druid
New Keyword: Spellburst
Scholomance Academy introduces a new keyword: Spellburst, a one-time only effect when you cast a spell! With a Spellburst minion or weapon in play, casting a Spell will activate its Spellburst effect. Spellburst minions add a new way to combo, play, and spell-blast your way to Legend!
Studies
Studies are new spells that allow you to Discover a card immediately and also reduce the mana cost of the next card you play of that type. At Scholomance Academy, dedicated study is rewarded with power!
Year of the Phoenix Phase 2
Scholomance Academy marks the beginning of the second phase of the Year of the Phoenix. Between now and the next expansion, you can expect several major updates from us, including balance patches, new Battlegrounds Heroes and minions, a seasonal event, and what was previously spell-locked—a new solo experience and Battlegrounds feature! Let’s not forget—a new game mode is on its way as well! We’ll have more details to share on these exciting developments in the months to come.
Pre-Purchase Scholomance Academy
Pre-purchase one or both Scholomance Academy bundles, available in-game and on the Battle.net web shop!
The Mega Bundle includes 85 Scholomance Academy card packs and, for the first time ever, 5 of those will be Golden Scholomance Academy packs—each filled with Golden cards! The Mega Bundle also includes one random Scholomance Academy Golden Legendary card, the Kel’Thuzad Mage Hero, the Kel'Thuzad card back, and a Tavern Pass, which includes 4 Arena tickets.
Scholomance Mega Bundle
Scholomance Bundle
The Scholomance Bundle Includes 55 Scholomance Academy card packs, the Kel’thuzad card back, and a random Scholomance Academy Golden Legendary card.
Log in and Get Transfer Student for Free
With today’s 17.6 patch all players can log in to receive two copies of the Epic Neutral minion, Transfer Student, for free!* Transfer Student has different effects based on which game board it’s played on, with 25 different effects in total, and can be slotted into your decks immediately!
*Limit two per account. Must log in by October 20 to claim.
We released the 17.6 patch today with balance changes, Battlegrounds updates, and more!
Check out the 17.6 patch notes here.
HAIL TO THEE, OH SCHOLOMANCE
THE MAGIC SCHOOL OF YORE
YOUR LEGACY OF GLORY SHINES
MAY THEE STAND FOREVER MORE!
I miss free hero portraits
All I ask is that this expansion bring Demon Hunter to heel. I don’t understand how you essentially kill Galakrond Shaman, but leave Illidan unchecked.
"unchecked" they literally nerfed half the demon hunter set, this is the first time they nerf so many cards from one specific class in a short amount of time.
Galakrond Shaman is still a fine deck,not as oppressive as initially released but still a strong deck, especially with Quest.
Demon Hunter's are also receiving another round of nerfs today, the class is still good but I doubt they'll ever nerf it to the ground - then it won't be fun to play.
Demon Hunter- “I can do this all day.”
This is not how I remember Scholomance
<3 Cult Neophyte
Mr.Bigglesworth is in the trailer, that makes it already 10/10 for me.
RIP Rogue Players, still no new hero portrait
They have Maiev
WE’VE HAD HER FOR YEARS! We want someone new. We were hoping Tess would’ve been a Rogue portrait, or Garona Halforcen
Yeah, Maiev is a good one.
Rogue may have the least overall heroes but at least Mage will have ONE good alternative now. The default is great but Fire Jania, Kadgar, and Mediv are all pretty bland/bad IMO.
All the cards revealed so far look bad and weak. They're not even bothering to give us a bad free legendary to play with this time around. It's a bad epic 2/2 that probably took a lot more time and effort to implement than it was worth, considering how terrible and inconsistent it is. Spellburst and the cross class cards look fun, but it is far, far too late in the game to be giving us cards this mediocre considering demon hunter has been nerfed four times in a row and still has easily the highest winrate of any class. If they reveal something that can actually compete with tempo, I might start to feel more optimistic, but it feels like they've just given up and are relying on whales who buy no matter what to carry the game so they can make money off of battlegrounds. Feels like the game is on its way out tbh. See y'all on legends of runeterra.
Mr Bigglesworth better be around
What is this fucking family friendly shit?
may I remind you of the GvG trailer
Dude, where were you the past 4 years?
First expansion I'm genuinely excited for in a while, just with the few cards they've showed I've already got ideas for combos popping in my head.
Here we go.... again....
Can you be more specific please?