Hearthstone Expansion - Murder at Castle Nathria - Releases August 2nd!
Blizzard just announced the upcoming expansion for Hearthstone: Murder at Castle Nathria! It has a number of new things, a new card type called "Locations" and a FREE Legendary for everyone that logs in right now that sets your deck size and Health to 40, called Prince Renethal! Everything about this and more below!
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Quote from BlizzardThe Shadowlands is normally where souls go after they die, so when someone dies in the Shadowlands, that’s a special kind of mystery. Sire Denathrius invited 10 of his counterparts and enemies to Castle Nathria for a dinner party so that he could address the malicious rumors that he is hoarding anima, the life-energy that is drained from tortured souls and used to power the Shadowlands. But just after the festivities started, Sire Denathrius was found dead! It seems a gaggle of enemies does not a good dinner party make. Now the illustrious Murloc Holmes, and his trusty sidekick Watfin, have been called to solve the case. Scour new Location cards, follow the trail of Infused minions, question the 10 Legendary suspects, and help determine who committed Murder at Castle Nathria!
Murder at Castle Nathria will launch worldwide on August 2 with 135 new collectible cards! You can find the full Murder at Castle Nathria reveal schedule, and all cards that have already been revealed, by visiting the card library here. Check back frequently—the list will be updated with new cards as they’re revealed!
Ten Suspicious Suspects
Sire Denathrius had a lot of enemies. And it just so happens that 10 of them were under his roof at the time of his demise! Each class will have a Legendary minion that is a prime suspect in Sire Denathrius’s murder. They all have the means and the motive, but it is up to you and Murloc Holmes to determine who is guilty.
New Keyword: Infuse
Anima, drawn from wayward souls, powers all the Shadowlands—and those who consume it! Cards with the Infuse keyword sit in your hand and absorb anima from your friendly minions as they die. After the specified number of friendly minions die while the Infuse card is in your hand, the Infuse card transforms into a more powerful version. Infuse your cards to unlock their full power!
New Card Type: Locations
Castle Nathria is like no place Hearthstone has ever been before. Explore the castle grounds through the all-new Location card type! Locations are played onto the battlefield for an initial cost, and then have an ability that can be activated for free on your turns, each time for a powerful effect. Each activation costs 1 Durability and has a 1-turn Cooldown. Every class gets their own Location card in Castle Nathria which represents where they claim their suspect was at the time of the murder, and synergizes with the themes of the class.
Locations Gameplay Preview with Brian Kibler and Designer Leo Robles Gonzalez
Want to get a longer look at the new Location card type? Join Brian Kibler and Game Designer Leo Robles Gonzalez as they explore the new Location card type, try them out in a couple games, and reveal some more new cards! Join them on Friday, July 1, at 11 a.m. (Pacific) on Twitch and Youtube!
Prince Renathal Login Reward Available Now!
Log in to Hearthstone to get your first hint at what Castle Nathria holds with the complimentary Prince Renathal Legendary minion!* Grow more powerful as you draw more souls to your cause with 40 life and a 40-card starting deck! Add him to your collection and see what you can do when you have more space to work with.
* Limited one per account. After Patch 24.6, Prince Renathal will be granted upon opening your first Murder at Castle Nathria card pack instead of upon logging in.
Pre-Purchase Murder at Castle Nathria
The Murder at Castle Nathria Mega Bundle includes 80 Murder at Castle Nathria card packs, 5 Golden Murder at Castle Nathria card packs, two random Murder at Castle Nathria Legendary cards, the Sire Denathrius Warrior hero skin, the Denathrius card back, the Sandy Shores Battlegrounds Board, and 10 Mercenaries Packs!*
The Murder at Castle Nathria Bundle includes 60 Murder at Castle Nathria card packs, 2 random Murder at Castle Nathria Legendary cards, and the Denathrius card back!
* Battleground Perks are not included in the Mega Bundle pre-purchase this time. We’re reworking how Battlegrounds Perks and rewards work for next Battlegrounds season. Until then, some of the current Perks are being extended. Check out the Patch Notes and stay tuned for more details.
Murder at Castle Nathria Card List & Expansion Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.
I constantly reminded why I hate the edit function on this site, and not having the ability to delete messages. Oy vey
What do you mean by "how you got that information"?
This is the copy pasta of the official announcement and that is how promo cards work.
Woah, what the hell? I already like this Renathal guy.
Am i wrong or this Prince Renathal is auto-include in every deck?
No
You are wrong
10 more cards are insane for a reno deck, but any aggro deck just wants the consistency of 30 cards.
"more cards is good" is a beginner trap in card games because you lose consistency. That's why old Tracking was so good.
Far from it. The extra health is potentially valuable, but making your deck 10 cards larger is typically bad because you have to run worse cards than you normally would, making the chances of drawing your most powerful cards less likely (especially if they're one-ofs like Legendaries).
+10 starting HP is fantastic for any non-aggro deck. However, any deck that revolves a small number of core cards will be so much worse with 10 extra cards in deck. Even in reno decks he's not an auto-include, as it is much harder to actually draw Reno Jackson with a 40 card deck.
You're actually 100% wrong, and not even insultingly so.
It's just straight up terrible to make your deck 10 cards less consistent. Like absolutely terrible.
Actually it’s not good specially in a reno deck. Reno decks already have consistency problems. Adding more cards means more consistency issues.
Many decks do not want to have that many cards. If you play Murloc Shaman, you really want 1-cost minions in your starting hand. Adding more cards lowers the probability of drawing specific cards in your deck. It goes the same for Beast Hunter, Mech Mage, etc.
Zovaal in his ultimate badass armored form must be a legendary neutral minion. He must come.
Why the rhyming? It's so obnoxious. Every single Hearthstone things with rhyming is cringe beyond belief.
Also calling it now Denathrius isn't dead at worst he's been bound to Remornia and is the boss of the mini set.
Cool video and hero portrait. Will buy it.
Locations reminds me of Marvel SNAP and monuments of Runeterra
Amazing! Pre-Purchasing as soon as I can to get the full 800% value!
I'm sure that's why the store is currently broken - they saw your message and realized they had to fix that... /s
Looking forward to see new decks/archetypes with Prince Renathal in game!