Quilboars Join Battlegrounds & Battle-Ready Decks - Full Patch Notes 20.2 Tomorrow
We've just gotten a huge announcement of Quilboars coming to Battlegrounds as well as purchasable competitive decks coming to Hearthstone with patch 20.2 tomorrow!
Just to clarify: Patch *Notes* are going live tomorrow; the Patch itself is planned for next week.
— Nicholas “DeckTech” Weiss (@hsdecktech) April 28, 2021
Quote from BlizzardWe’ve got two major pieces of news to share with you today! The first is a preview of the next major Battlegrounds update: Quilboar! The Quilboar update will include the new Quilboar minion type, 17 new minions, 3 new heroes, and a new mechanic: Blood Gems!
Blood Gems are spells that give a friendly minion +1/+1. Some Quilboar give you Blood Gems, while others have special interactions when Blood Gems are played.There will still be five minion types per Battlegrounds game once Quilboar are added, meaning that three minion types will be excluded from each game. Just like when Dragons, Pirates, and Elementals were added, Quilboar will show up in every Battlegrounds match until our next major content patch.
The full details of the Quilboar update will be shared in the 20.2 patch notes, tomorrow.
Introducing Battle-Ready Decks
Battle-Ready Decks allow for anyone to jumpstart their Collection and hit the ground running in constructed modes!
Our second piece of news is that, for the first time ever, we’ll be offering curated decks optimized for the most recent expansion through the web and in-game shops! When these Battle-Ready Decks become available, you’ll be able to add a complete deck from the class of your choice to your permanent Collection. Each Battle-Ready Deck is handcrafted using data captured across hundreds of thousands of play sessions to ensure you’re taking home a combat-worthy list! Battle-Ready Decks will be available for purchase for a limited time for $19.99 and will be limited to one per account.
Blackthorn’s Brutes - Demon Hunter
Guard your Watch Posts with some spiky Quilboar as you fight for board until one of you late game powerhouses hits the battlefield! Contains 30 cards: 3 Legendary, 4 Epic, 8 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardDarkmoon Beasts - Druid
Grow your mana early on and if you can survive till the late game then you’ll be able to defile your opponent. Contains 30 cards: 2 Legendary, 10 Epic, 2 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardBarrens Stampede - Hunter
Swarm the board with an early Kolkar Pack Runner and then crush your opponent’s will with a well-timed Trampling Rhino. Contains 30 cards: 3 Legendary, 6 Epic, 6 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardAegwynn’s Army – Mage
Start slowly but swing the board in your favor with strong reactive spells. Utilize Aegwyn’s never ending Deathrattle to set up for a burst finish.Contains 30 cards: 4 Legendary, 2 Epic, 5 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardHoly Secrets - Paladin
Seize control of the board through some tricky secrets and sticky minions. Get in some early chip damage and then finish with Conviction! Contains 30 cards: 3 Legendary, 6 Epic, 6 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardXyrella’s Blessing - Priest
Keep calm and keep control of the early game. Look for some awesome healing combos and powerful dragons to outvalue your opponent. Contains 30 cards: 3 Legendary, 4 Epic, 6 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardField Agents - Rogue
Speed through your deck with Secrets, Battlecries and Combos and then finish your opponent with a fire breathing dragon. Contains 30 cards: 4 Legendary, 2 Epic, 10 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardNature’s Power - Shaman
Combine forces of nature with the power of Bru’kan to unleash massive burst damage on your opponent and their board. Contains 30 cards: 4 Legendary, 7 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardShadowed Souls - Warlock
Keep control of the board with a plethora of removal tools and then turn the tides of battle with the EREDAR LORD OF THE BURNING LEGION himself. Contains 30 cards: 4 Legendary, 2 Epic, 8 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardRokara’s Rushers - Warrior
Utilize Conditioning to buff up a large hand of minions, then overwhelm your opponent with powerful Rush synergies. Contains 30 cards: 3 Legendary, 5 Epic, 9 Rare.
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Quote from BlizzardFrequently Asked Questions
- Why can’t I buy a Battle-Ready Deck when the expansion launches?
- We want to make sure we preserve the exploration phase of each expansion when everyone is trying out new and interesting things. We won’t be offering Battle-Ready Decks right after an expansion launches because the meta always needs time to settle at first, and we need time to analyze the resulting data to determine which decks we should offer.
- Why can I only buy one? Will more Battle-Ready Decks become available for the next expansion?
- We're trying this limited run now to gauge community interest before we decide how expansive this should be.
- How long will Battle-Ready Decks be available after they start showing up in the shop?
- A Battle-Ready Deck will be purchasable for two weeks after it’s been listed on the shop.
- What happens if I buy a Battle-Ready Deck but I already have most of the cards?
- You’ll get those cards again as duplicates, which you can choose to disenchant if you’d like.
- There are Core Set cards in these decks, will I get those cards again?
- If you already have the Core Set cards in a Battle-Ready deck, you will not receive them again. If you don’t, purchasing a deck will automatically level its associated class to 10, unlocking all the Core set cards in the deck list.
- What happens if cards in my Battle-Ready Deck are nerfed?
- We always do our best to plan around potential balance changes. As such, we’re not expecting to nerf any of the cards offered in Battle-Ready Decks at this time, but we will extend the usual full dust refund to any eligible impacted cards if it happens.
- I did not have an open deck slot when I purchased my Battle-Ready Deck, where is it?
- It’s possible you may not see the Battle-Ready Deck in your deck list if you did not have an open deck slot when you chose your Battle-Ready Deck. If this happens, don’t worry! You will still receive all the cards from that deck. If you would like to delete one of your existing decks, you can then navigate back to this page and use our deck list. From here, you can copy the deck code to automatically assemble the deck in Hearthstone.
AFAIK the 2 random legendaries are cards that aren't in your collection yet? And the packs have duplicate protection? With these decks, you get basically no compensation for core set cards you already own, and most of these decks have legendaries from the core set. So in terms of value, these decks feel awful unless you have basically no collection.
So the target audience for this deal is only new players or people with small collections, which is fine, but feels like a rip-off as soon as you have some of the legs and epics. And I am sure that many new players will be disappointed because they will assume that they get at least some dust refunds for cards they already have.
If you have no or very few duplicates, $20 look like a quite good deal for some of those decks... Warlock gets 4 meta legendaries and 2 epics. But even if you are a budget player, chances are that you'll have some of those cards already and duplicates aren't sexy at all.
Also, We always do our best to plan around potential balance changes. As such, we’re not expecting to nerf any of the cards offered in Battle-Ready Decks at this time, - Tickatus is there to stay :D
They also said there would be nerfs in early May. Still no reason they can't hit Tickatus, full dust refund was promised as usual.
so people are going to buy the warlock deck then
Semi-competitive decks for real money.
Horrible offer.
So what is the point of the deck recipes. Are they just failure decks then?
is that mean you can only buy one from all or you can buy each of them once?
I wonder if Quillboar were originally intended to be a special "Monkey" tribe. Blood gems work exactly like bananas.
Is Mankrik gonna be disenchantable?
Nope, you got him for free, hence there's no point for them to let you disenchant him (even if you got him as a part of some deck), at least I think.
With these battle-ready decks Blizzard is just taking another step in their effort to kill off all variety in constructed.