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Hearthstone's newest expansion Festival of Legends launches today, April 11th. We brought all the information and useful links together in this news post for you.

• The Festival of Legends expansion should go live 10am PT/ 1pm ET/ 19:00 CET/ 18:00 BST.
• Yet another 145 new cards have been added to the game.
• Another 38 cards for all classes combined will follow in a Mini-Set midway through the expansion. There's not been any official details revealed yet!
• You can view all the new cards in our Festival of Legends Card List.
• PvE content for the Festival of Legends expansion has not been announced (yet).

Included for free in the Expansion

• Login now to receive E.T.C., Band Manager for free, which lets you Sideboard 3 cards to Discover from when you play him!
• All players opening up the first Reward in the new Free Reward Track will get a card for free, Pozzik, Audio Engineer, usable in Constructed and Duels!
• All players will have access to the free Core set, a replacement for the Classic and Basic set, see the Year of the Wolf set here.
• There will be an Event for this Expansion with Quests and a mini Reward Track just for this Event with special rewards! It starts in 1 week!

Upcoming Game Mode Tease

Quote from Blizzard

Good morning and happy launch week! As we prepare for tomorrow's launch and set rotation, I wanted to remind folks of this--just in case those of you who dust your rotating cards might want to hold onto them this time (at least until you see what's on the way).

New Mechanics

• New Keyword: Finale
• Cards with the new Finale keyword get special bonuses if playing them uses all your remaining mana.
• New Class Keyword: Overheal
• The new Overheal keyword will be an evergreen part of Priest’s identity, starting with Festival of Legends and this year’s Core set. Minions with Overheal trigger a special effect when they are healed above their max Health.
• Legendary Musicians and Songs
• Each class is getting a Legendary minion card that’s their class’s star musician, plus a Legendary spell card that represents that musician’s most famous song.
• Instrument Weapons
• Each class is getting a finely tuned instrument of destruction—as well as music. Some of these weapons have Deathrattle effects that improve while in play.
• Harmonic Spells
• Harmonic spells have two modes. The numbers on them swap between Harmonic and Dissonant frequencies each turn they’re in your hand.
• Stunning Soloists
• Some minions perform better in the spotlight. Soloists are minions that have special Battlecry effects if you control no other minions.

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Other Mechanics

Some mechanics that were seen in previous card sets were brought back on new cards, as well as some truly new mechanics were added:

• Death Knights are turning Deathmetal into Deathrattle support.
• Rush is the sad new archetype attempt in Demon Hunter.
• Hero Power Buffing is the new tune in Druid.
• Hunter continues to improvise with its Big Beast package.
• Copying, Discovering and recasting the Lightshow spell is Mage's new beat.
• Paladins are bringing back the groove with the Divine Shield archetype.
• Priest will be getting the popular new Overheal mechanic, which means lots of Healing (and fanmail).
• Combo is back for Rogue as a focus Keyword. Word.
• Shaman are jazzed about their Overload package, not just here but in the Core set too.
• A new classic for Warlock: Fatigue cards, which deal damage to you and have an effect based on how many Fatigue ticks you have used.
• Menagerie Warrior is making a comeback.
• You can view all the new cards in our Festival of Legends Cards List.

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Arena Changes

On April 11, when Festival of Legends launches, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:

• Core 
• Voyage to the Sunken City 
• Murder at Castle Nathria 
• March of the Lich King 
• Path of Arthas 
• Festival of Legends 

Theorycrafted Decks

We created a special Decks post yesterday, with a lot of new archetypes and a lot of new deck ideas. You can find the links to that Decks post 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!

• Big Deck Preview for Festival of Legends

Signature Cards

Signature cards are being turned up to 11 in Festival of Legends! The Festival of Legends Signature cards will feature new Golden-style animations, vibrant full-color art, and thinner frames that show off more of the special alternate art. Additionally, the card text is now out of the way and shown through a tooltip when you hover over the card, so the art is front and center, getting the spotlight. Festival of Legends Signature cards will be obtainable through Festival of Legends Packs, Festival of Legends Golden Packs, and special means like events and the Rewards Track.

Starting with Patch 26.0, all Signature cards (even those from March of the Lich King) will also follow normal duplicate protection and be able to be disenchanted (but not crafted—we want them to still feel extra rare and special).

For an indepth look at not just ALL the signature cards, but also the diamond cards and the Hero skins coming with the Festival of Legends expansion, check out our fantastic Datamining Post, with visuals in 4k and 60fps!

That should get you started! Thanks for being with us throughout this exciting Festival of Legends 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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Festival of Legends Card List & Expansion Guide

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