Hearthstone's Next Expansion: March of the Lich King! - Death Knight Class - Launches December 6th!
The next expansion in Hearthstone will be March of the Lich King! Read all about it below!
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March of the Lich King
Hearthstone’s Newest Expansion
The Lich King returns to Hearthstone, leading his Undead army and the new Death Knight class in an all-out assault on the elven city of Silvermoon! The Blood Elves won’t go down easily; they are as thirsty for combat as they are for the magic of the Sunwell that they draw power from. As the Corpses pile up, the Death Knights’ army swells, and so begins the March of the Lich King.
March of the Lich King will launch worldwide on December 6, with 145 new cards! You can find the full March of the Lich King reveal schedule, and all cards that have already been revealed, by visiting the card library here. Check back frequently—the page will be updated with new cards as they’re revealed!
New Death Knight Class!
The Death Knight is a new permanent addition to Hearthstone, coming with March of the Lich King. Death Knights command the Undead with their new hero power: Ghoul Charge. For two mana, summon a 1/1 Ghoul with Charge that dies at the end of your turn! That Ghoul does double-duty, because Death Knights gain a Corpse whenever a friendly minion dies. They can then spend those Corpses to power up their cards!
Death Knight is a powerful, flexible class, powered by three Runes: Blood, Frost, and Unholy. The Death Knight’s chosen devotion to those Runes determines which cards the Death Knight can put in their deck. You can learn all the details about this new class effects and special deckbuilding rules in the dedicated Death Knight introduction article.
New Minion Types: Undead and Dual-Type Minions
The Lich King commands the Undead Scourge, and these unholy masses will be Hearthstone’s next new minion type: Undead! In March of the Lich King, Undead minions will appear in Neutral and in the classes that have aligned with the Lich King. Many cards synergize with Undead, triggering bonus effects “if a friendly Undead died after your last turn,” meaning either on your opponent’s last turn, or earlier on your current turn.
In March of the Lich King, some minions will have two minion types! For Undead minions, this might be a second type to represent what they were before they became Undead. These will be retroactive additions, with both Undead and second minion types being added to many older minions as well as those in this expansion.
Returning Keyword: Reborn
Some Undead have Reborn, a returning keyword mechanic that will now be a regular part of the game going forward. The first time a Reborn minion dies, it is resummoned with 1 Health remaining—the perfect keyword for representing pesky Undead minions, and for pumping up your Corpse counter!
New Keyword: Manathirst
The Blood Elves draw more power from the Sunwell the longer they hold off the Scourge advance. Cards with Manathirst get more powerful once you reach a specified amount of mana. You don’t have to spend that mana to power up the cards, you just need access to it.
The Sunwell Login Reward Available Now!
The Blood Elves aren’t the only ones able to draw power from The Sunwell. Log in to Hearthstone to start preparing for the March of the Lich King with your complimentary The Sunwell Legendary spell!* The Sunwell is Hearthstone’s first collectible Neutral spell. Though there are those who struggle to control its power, The Sunwell’s wild magic can offer you anything your heart desires. Add it to your collection and see what The Sunwell has in store for you!
* Limited one per account. After Patch 25.6, The Sunwell will be granted upon opening your first March of the Lich King pack, instead of upon logging in.
New Signature Cards and Signature Golden Packs
Signature is a new cosmetic quality that cards can have (like Golden or Diamond), with stylized full-art images, starting in Patch 25.0. For March of the Lich King, the Signature cards will all feature an icy sepia style, evoking the Lich King’s powers over Frost and the Undead. The art style of Signature cards within each expansion will match their respective expansion’s style and the card frame for future Signature cards might also change from time to time. That means Signature cards from future sets will look different from these ones, to evoke different tones and styles.
Signature cards can’t be crafted or disenchanted; they can only be opened in packs or earned through special means. There are a total of 18 Signature cards coming with the launch of March of the Lich King, including 15 Legendary cards. Two of the Legendary cards will be available on the Tavern Pass, and the three non-Legendary cards will be earnable for free as part of an event with expansion launch. After the launch of March of the Lich King, the other 13 Legendary Signature cards can be opened in Standard Packs, class packs, March of the Lich King Packs, and new March of the Lich King Signature Golden Packs. Signature Golden Packs are like current Golden Packs, but they have a chance to include Signature cards instead of only Golden cards, and they have much better overall odds of opening a Legendary card!*
The March of the Lich King Pre-Purchase Mega Bundle includes 2 random March of the Lich King Signature Legendary cards and 5 March of the Lich King Signature Golden Packs! Signature Golden Packs will also replace Golden Packs in the in-game Shop for all future expansions, starting with March of the Lich King.
* See full odds and disclosures on the disclosure site.
Pre-Purchase March of the Lich King
The March of the Lich King Mega Bundle includes 80 March of the Lich King card packs, 5 Signature Golden March of the Lich King card packs, two random March of the Lich King Signature Legendary cards, the entire Path of Arthas set,* and the Lor’themar Hunter hero skin and card back.
The March of the Lich King Bundle includes 60 March of the Lich King card packs, two random March of the Lich King Legendary cards, and the Lor’themar card back!
This time, for the first time ever, both March of the Lich King pre-purchase bundles will also be available for one week following the launch of the expansion! You can get them now to start rocking your new card back right away or get them after the expansion goes live—whatever works best for you.
* The Path of Arthas is a special set of 49 total Death Knight cards—3 Legendary cards, 3 Epic cards (x2), 9 Rare cards (x2), and 11 Common cards (x2)—that combine with Core Set cards to make up three Death Knight starter deck lists you can immediately take onto the ladder! You can learn more about the Path of Arthas set in the Death Knight Deep Dive.
March of the Lich King Card List & Expansion Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.
I have no idea why you would think that? The biggest expansion ever is coming, a new class, and you think its over??
It's a Blizzard game every xpac is the death of every game.
Charge hero power? Just few buffs and gg. Already looks op
My guesses for class directions:
DK Scourge team:
Blood Elves team: (can't tell much from the trailer)
Feels like there's a lot of hate and pessimism floating around for tradition's sake. I get it, but it's still exciting to see a new major addition to the game, gives me a nostalgic bit of that giddy feeling from when the first expansion was released years ago, I don't mind setting cynicism aside for awhile.
So do the Death Knight hero cards get to call the actual DK hero a poser because he's so late to the party?
So... We have to pay for that... If thats so im done with this game
Just like when we had to pay for DH, oh wait...
Man why can't we get every product ever for free? If you want a free card game with no purchasable content go play idk it doesn't exist. I understand that some things they sell in the store are a bit ridiculous but it's like people expect a full set for $5. Go try to make money off of something and sell it for free.
why do I feel like this is the beginning of the end for Hearthstone?
Im excited and worried at the same time. The Death Knight class looks incredibly fun and I hope all other classes will get some improvements like rune system in the future too. Im kind of worried about balance with adding more and more cards, the game will be harder and harder to balance not to mention the cost of the game will most likely increase too.
Sire Denathrius seems like perfect fit into DK class like we dont see that card enough already.
First of all Death Knight should have been added in the game within the first 2 years of Hearststone so its long overdue , second of all other classes don't need a rune system , Death already had Unholy , Frost , Blood in world of warcraft. Infact DK can play various types of DPS , Tank , put disease dots on enemy's summon Ghouls , Army of Ghouls , Gargoyle and other types of minions , Heal , shield and so on. Dk could basicly do the same as most other classes in the game , They have around 60 buttons to keybind where some classes have like 20-30.
Did you guys actually understand how bad the "signature card packs" are ?
"Signature cards can’t be crafted or disenchanted; they can only be opened in packs or earned through special means. There are a total of 18 Signature cards coming with the launch of March of the Lich King, including 15 Legendary cards."
15 legendary cards that we cannot craft or disenchant...
You can craft the legendary just not the signature card version that has a different look. It's only bad if you are a new player and open a terrible legendary that so happens to be a signature version, I suppose
They're cosmetics.
They work exactly like cosmetics, except they drop in packs. In other words, you might expect to get a legendary or epic only for it to come as a signature version (that can't be disenchanted). Talk about greed.
Game is crashing the hole time.
So annoying.
I really liked this reveal, it's definitely one of the more exciting ones. The whole part with Allie was pretty cringe though. I'm happy that DKs are going to be a flexible class, though that will probably not be true in practice since there will never be enough expansion cards to support every playstyle at once.
the invincible joke wasn't funny in 2008 era and it isnt funny now
Fuck yes, more reborn. Time for the pally quest to make a comeback!! It's mummy time muthafuckas!!
Hurrah! Reborn Pally was my first "all gold"! Shame it was bad. :)
But now it can be a-heh-heh reborn!