The Minuscule Realm - Full 183-Card Custom Expansion + Mini-set

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Welcome to The Minuscule Realm! After casting a spell from a scroll he just looted somewhere, Reno Jackson found himself shrinking little by little until becoming the size of an ant. Now, the reckless explorer will have to deal with swarms of insects his size, colossal birds that could eat him in a single peck and, worst of all, the backwards society of the Mycropian fairies.

Creatures of this scale are used to feeling dwarfed by everything around them. But, no matter the size, life is resilient, so they've found strategies to fight back when they're Outsized.

(Outsized can be triggered both by you and your opponent, so it can also work as a disruptive tool)

Of course, this isn't the only survival strategy employed by these tiny creatures. Some of them will also Gather resources to survive the harsh winter, while others will Metamorph and flourish into powerful Imagos.

Some insects will also form colonies, developing an Eusocial behaviour. These archetypes are defined by their Queens, who will trigger a powerful effect if you've summoned enough of their offspring.

And finally, this expansion will also bring back Colossal. However, instead of humongous sea monsters, the creatures featured this time will be house cats, birds and even gnomes. After all, they are just as scary when you're a tiny Mycropian.
 
 
As a little twist, some of the new Colossal will feature different appendages.
 
 
 
 

 

Death Knight

Once upon a time, there was a sorceress in Oberon's court whose power made the king of the fairies afraid. With the excuse of her being a user of Shadow magic, she was cast away to the deepest part of the Rotten Forest, a place inhabited by all kinds of horrifying spiders. This would've been a certain death for any other fairy, but not for her.
 
Using her dark magic, she was able to transcend death by becoming an Undead hybrid between a spider and a fairy, being reborn as Arachne, the Spider Witch. She then rose an army of Undead fairies known as the Rottenberry, hellbent on burning Mycropia to the ground.
 
 
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Demon Hunter

The forests and wastelands around the Kingdom of Mycropia are wandered by solitary fairies who have chosen the life of a hunter. Some of them were expelled from society for crimes they may or may have not committed. Others chose to walk away from this corrupt society on their own volition. And a few of them have been born into this life, with no choice of their own.

These pariahs are believed to have the soul of a scorpion and, in fact, many of them have chosen this ruthless animal as a companion in their hunt. In any case, you don’t want to be picked as their next prey…

 

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Druid

We define eusociality as a set of behaviors some species of insects display, characterized by a complex social structure. Eusocial insects build sizeable nests, in which thousands of individuals live, each with their own role and specialization. Among all of them, there's one who stands above the rest: the Queen.

There are three eusocial species that inhabit the proximities of our home, the mighty Kingdom of Mycropia: the Lightjaw Ants, the Deadwood Termites and the Nectarsting Bees.

~Royal Entomologist Zayla, on Compendium of Zoology for the glory of His Majesty Oberon

Metamorphing Nectarsting

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Hunter

Welcome to Oberon’s Royal Garden! The few noblefey invited to visit this paradise can relish sightseeing the most beautiful and awe-inspiring invertebrates in the whole world, have fun betting for their favorite racer in the Arthropoda Derby or simply enjoy a stroll around these tastefully curated gardens.

And, of course, no one should miss the opportunity to watch the crown jewel, Gallan the Gorgeous, a magnificent beast of stunning plumage and colossal size. Capturing this monster and building its cage were both massively costly endeavors; but after watching it in all its glory, I’m sure you’ll agree it was well worth it.

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Mage

Few things are more devastating for fairies and insects alike than fire, a destructive force that can easily engulf the forests they inhabit. However, there is a particular Mycropian known as Flamecaller Ember who learnt to master this dangerous element and become immune to its flames. This wasn’t an easy feat, though, as her body became surrounded by fire and her mind was completely consumed.

Unlike other pariahs of the Kingdom of Mycropia, Ember doesn’t hold a particular grudge against King Oberon. But make no mistake, if she gets angered, the few things able to escape the blazes she conjures will surely succumb to her army of elementals and dragonflies.

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Paladin

Perhaps, an even more perplexing case of eusociality is that of the Lightjaw Ants, which, despite their simple-mindedness, display a natural affinity to the Holy Light. There are many theories trying to explain this odd behavior, but the leading one is that their conviction to protect their Queen and expand their colony is akin to the faith of the most devout Paladin.

~Royal Entomologist Zayla, on Compendium of Zoology for the glory of His Majesty Oberon

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Priest

Polite, delicate and experts in all sorts of etiquette, the Nightglow lunar priestesses serve as both the religious and diplomatic elite of the Mycropian court.

They’re led by Moonspeaker Selunia, whose soft voice can alleviate even the tensest situations. In fact, her persuasive skills are so good she’s said to use mindbending spells to achieve the mysterious goals of the Nightglow.

Another discipline the Priestesses have mastered is taming butterflies and moths of all kinds. Reigning among them is Senulia's personal pet, an atlas moth known as Silverwind whose wingspan can put many birds to shame

Metamorphing Butterfly

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Rogue

One is safer in the battlefield than between the palace walls. ~ Mycropian adage.

With the absolute power Oberon holds, many ambitious fairies are willing to do whatever it takes to be as close to the monarch as they can. Complots, conspiracies and murders involving Centipede Poison are commonplace in this environment where you could be the top dog one day and be beheaded the very next one.

One of the strongest players of this political game is Lady Elytra, a relative newcomer who has gained a lot of power in a very short time, coinciding with the mysterious death of several important courtiers. Rumors say she’s actually a Rottenberry Undead plotting to assassinate the king himself, and that she hides her stench using floral fragrances. But, of course, that must be an ill-tongued rival envious of her position…

Clarification on Lady Elytra: Poisons with an effect that triggers when your hero attacks will instead trigger when the Assassins attack instead.

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Shaman

Welcome to the Murky Pond! Located in the vicinities of Mycropia, this unassuming spring hosts an incredibly diverse ecosystem where insects, Elementals, tiny Murlocs known as Sea Monkeys and other kinds of creatures coexist in harmony.

This harmony is far from peaceful, though, as creatures sport a hierarchy of prey and predator, in which the aberration known as Urpa, Terror of the Pond, reigns supreme.

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Warlock

Our final case of study is the Deadwood Termites. These animals have developed eusociality in isolation, as they are more closely related to cockroaches than they are to ants or bees.

But, of course, their most defining trait is their seemingly infinite hunger, as they will consume whatever gets in their path like an unstoppable force. In fact, the war they wage against the Lightjaw Ants might be our only saving grace: if this delicate balance was to be broken and either of them emerged victorious, Mycropia, even in all its might, would not stand a chance.

~Royal Entomologist Zayla, on Compendium of Zoology for the glory of His Majesty Oberon

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Warrior

Masters of their craft, the Artisan Fairies are highly valued by Oberon's court, as their fine weapons are key to maintaining Mycropia's military supremacy. Some of them, however, are secretly against the regime and use their privileged position to smuggle their fine creations to opposing factions.

The most predominant of these is the Shapbranch Militia, a group of scarab-riding freedom fighters led by the fierce Captain Koleos. It's said that, when battling in their forest, not even the whole Mycropian army could defeat them...


 

Metamorphing Stag

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Neutral Commons

Metamorphing Housefly

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Other Neutrals

Grypau, the Metamorphing One

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Changelog

Changes

2025-04-06

  • Royal Entomologist Zayla: 6 Mana -> 7 Mana
  • The Incredible Shrinking Reno: 6 Mana -> 5 Mana; The Outsized effect reduces its Cost by (2) (down from 1).

2025-04-19

  • Furtive Strike has been renamed as Complot and draws a card instead of dealing 2 damage.
  • Noxious Centipede has been renamed as Noxious Scolopendra.
  • Scolopendra Poison has been renamed as Centipede Poison. Its token Scolopendra is now called Creepy Centipede.
  • Sharpbranch Militia is now a Common, Artisan Fairy is now a Rare and Carapaced Axehorn is now an Epic.
  • Frigid Snowflake's artwork has been replaced.
  • The artwork of Pigmented Poison and Rottenberry Witch has also been slightly edited.
  • Corrected a typo on Captain Koleos.

  • Two weeks had passed since Reno met the Mycropians and his epic diplomatic skills had already put him in jail and caused a civil war. But, perhaps more perplexing, was the fact that back then he had twice the size of an average fairy and now he was half their stature.

    He then lost the track of time. Soon, his signature mustache had become a dense beard and he was as small to a Mycropian as a Mycropian was to a regular human. Able to simply walk out of his prison cell, Reno understood that his fate was to keep getting smaller and smaller…

    Welcome to Infinitesimal and Beyond, a Miniset in the truest sense of the word! Join Reno Jackson in this incredible journey where he’ll meet truly tiny fauna, unicellular beings and even the fundamental particles that give shape to the universe!


    Death Knight

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    Demon Hunter

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    Druid

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    Hunter

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    Mage


    Paladin

    Lightjaw Princess


    Priest


    Rogue

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    Shaman


    Warlock


    Warrior

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    Neutrals

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    Changelog

    Changes

    2025-04-06

    • Sporespreader: Now shuffles Summoned When Drawn Spores instead of shuffling spells that summon them (in line with Illusory Greenwing).
    • Bacteriophage Virus: 3/3 -> 2/2; Now has Taunt and infects a card in your opponents hand, instead of making them draw a card and then infecting it.

    2025-04-19

    • String Theory's artwork has been replaced.

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  • Hey, really glad to see this finally posted here! Maybe tomorrow we might see some parallels to the Emerald Dream set and this one?

    After that set is announced, I might give a more thorough feedback post. The only thing I'll say now is that Black Widow looks quite weak compared to Sinrunner.

    Custom Hearthstone expansion, Gladiators of Brawl'Gar, 183 cards! https://outof.games/realms/hearthstone/8gd/gladiators-of-brawlgar-full-145-card-custom-expansion/
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  • The mini-set Infinitesimal and Beyond is published! I know it's bad timing with the announcement of the next expansion, but I wanted to finish the whole thing, as I've been working on it quite a while, with the help of the wonderful people in the Custom Hearthstone Discord.

    Hope you guys like it ^^


    Quote From Demonxz95

    Hey, really glad to see this finally posted here! Maybe tomorrow we might see some parallels to the Emerald Dream set and this one?

    After that set is announced, I might give a more thorough feedback post. The only thing I'll say now is that Black Widow looks quite weak compared to Sinrunner.

    Hey! I'm happy to publish this here to be honest. I really miss the comps here, giving feedback was always the most fun part for me and I really miss that (although I don't know if I'd had the time for it nowadays)

    Not many similarities with the new set, though, except for The Quantum Length from the Mini-set and the new Aviana card. Regarding what you point out about Black Widow, I've given her Taunt and +1 Health. Not sure if that'll be enough.

    BTW, I checked out your Gladiators set and it's really good. I'll try giving it feedback when I can.

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  • Now that we've finally seen the full set for Into the Emerald Dream, I'm even more proud of this set than I was before because a lot of the set it kinda mid and weird. I unironically enjoy your set better than the one we actually got.

    I'm still not in the greatest position to do a huge feedback post because I'm in the middling of settling into a new place, but once that's done, I know I'll be coming back here to do a much bigger review post.

    Custom Hearthstone expansion, Gladiators of Brawl'Gar, 183 cards! https://outof.games/realms/hearthstone/8gd/gladiators-of-brawlgar-full-145-card-custom-expansion/
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  • Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed my expansion so much!

    And don't worry about feedback, first things first :)

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  • Gonna give feedback now. I'm sorry this took so long but the entire past month has been littered with me having some sort of health problem and now I'm FINALLY starting to get out of it, so here we go!

    I enjoy the way you've brought back Colossal and put your own spin on it this time around and it even works with Outsized too. I even admire the fact that you've found different arts for all of the Signature versions of your cards. I definitely could not be arsed to do that.

    Death Knight
    • Looking at Cocoons now is pretty funny because it turned out to be the exact opposite of Leeches.
    • Cocoons interact really nicely with some of the other cards (Bigglesworth in particular).
    • I really like Gather Prey. For it being such a simple card, it feels so grounded in the class and helps Rune combinations other than what we currently have.

    Demon Hunter
    • Scorpid Dreadglaive is a really funny card to me because the idea of Illidan picking up a dead scorpion and whacking people with it is hilarious. It's a pretty good card too, especially with Attack buffs.
    • Pincer and Stinger is a really nice card.
    • I'm learning some new words here because I did not know what a vinegaroon was until now.
    • I know some people aren't super into "anti-mechanic" cards like Sinistra Felspring, but I think it's a bit different for Outcast since Outcast is something you can permanently lose the ability to use quite easily.
    • Speaking of Sinistra, the effect does raise some technical questions about interactions. Crewmates for example. If I have two Crewmates on opposite sides of my hand, does controlling Sinistra cause their "adjoining" effects to go off since they're now both the leftmost card in hand which would technically make them adjoining?
    • Sierpes is a pretty big boy (or girl).

    Druid
    • I can't decide if Honeycomb Druid is too weak or not. Its effect is not as strong as either Guff Runetotem or Champion of Storms, but it does allow for crazy turns like Nazmani Bloodweaver.
    • Queen Elizabee is a great pun, but it feels very difficult to get it to work because there's so few cards that it works with and you need to use them all pretty much. Once it rotates to Wild, I also don't see a reason to use it instead of the other mana refresher Legendaries.
    • Squeaky is really cool.

    Hunter

    I have no comment about the set.

    Mage
    • The art on Frigid Snowflake is a bit weird.
    • Gather Energy is a pretty great card.
    • Playing Tricks feels a bit awkward to us, but it's probably pretty good no matter what you draw with it. It could also be really good with other Secrets.
    • Cretazus is pretty nice.
    • There's a lot of support for Fire spells, but not that many ways to actually get them. You've got the two spells that are Fire themselves and Cretazus might grab you at least one, but that's it.

    Paladin
    • Call of the Light can definitely be something strong if a Deathspeaker type of card existed in Standard at the same time as it.
    • Queen Victoriant (another funny pun) is definitely easier to use than Elizabee because of Lightjaw Trailblazer.

    Priest
    • Unjust Accusation feels a little weird, but is otherwise a fine card.
    • Butterfly Effect is a super cool card.
    • Nightglow Priestess is one of my favorite applications of Outsized in the set.

    Rogue
    • Pigmented Poison doesn't strike me as a Common card, and the artwork also has some visible watermarking, but the effect itself is fine.
    • Venomjaw Myriapod is a card I kinda wanna see just because it's a cool way to expand Rogue's class identity.
    • Furtive Strike feels weird as the two effects don't appear to have any correlation with each other.
    • Love the way Lady Elytra turned out.

    Shaman
    • I think Rottenberry Witch has visible nipples. Might want to find new art for that one.
    • I'm not sure if you've leaned too hard into Menagerie support, but in general, you've supported it well.
    • In retrospect, I'm quite surprised that I've never seen an Overload-support effect like Storm Child Nuberus.

    Warlock
    • The Shadow spell support cards feel a bit random, but otherwise, I don't have much else to add on the set.
    • The payoff for Deadwood Soldier feels a bit underpowered maybe?

    Warrior
    • Sharpbranch Militia feels very weird as an Epic.
    • Captain Koleos is missing a space in-between "after" and "you". I'm mixed on the effect since it encourages you to use weapons suboptimally although I guess the weapons you run can change that.

    Neutral
    • Pretty good job here.
    • My favorite Neutrals are Invertebrae Tamer, Putrid Stinkbug, and His Majesty Oberon.

    Mini-set
    • String Theory has very weird art that doesn't look quite right with the rest of the cards, but the effect is really great.
    • The usage of non-Legendary Colossals will certainly be controversial, but I applaud you for going with it and making them feel like proper non-Legendaries.
    • Nuclear Fusion is a really funny card, and one that actually might be pretty good too.

    Custom Hearthstone expansion, Gladiators of Brawl'Gar, 183 cards! https://outof.games/realms/hearthstone/8gd/gladiators-of-brawlgar-full-145-card-custom-expansion/
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  • Quote From Demonxz95

    Gonna give feedback now. I'm sorry this took so long but the entire past month has been littered with me having some sort of health problem and now I'm FINALLY starting to get out of it, so here we go!

    I enjoy the way you've brought back Colossal and put your own spin on it this time around and it even works with Outsized too. I even admire the fact that you've found different arts for all of the Signature versions of your cards. I definitely could not be arsed to do that.

    [FEEDBACK]

    Thanks for your feedback, I applied most of the changes you proposed (you can see it in the edit log).

    Regarding Scorpid Dreadglaive, it's actually a real life weapon. I don't know how, but it doesn't look like a picture in the card.

    EDIT: And Sinistra wouldn't affect adjoining effects IMO.

    Quote From FrancescaAllister

    It looks good, I like it.

    Thanks, really appreciate it!

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  • Quote From Wailor

    Two weeks had passed since Reno met the Mycropians and his epic diplomatic skills had already put him in jail and caused a civil war. But, perhaps more perplexing, was the fact that back then he had twice the size of an average fairy and now he was half their stature.

    He then lost the track of time. Soon, his signature mustache had become a dense beard and he was as small to a Mycropian as a Mycropian was to a regular human. Able to simply walk out of his prison cell, Reno understood that his fate was to keep getting smaller and smaller…

    Welcome to Infinitesimal and Beyond, a Miniset in the truest sense of the word! Join Reno Jackson in this incredible journey where he’ll meet truly tiny fauna, unicellular beings and even the fundamental particles that give shape to the universe!


    Death Knight

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    Demon Hunter

    Tokens


    Druid

    Tokens


    Hunter

    Tokens


    Mage


    Paladin

    Lightjaw Princess


    Priest


    Rogue

    Tokens


    Shaman


    Warlock


    Warrior

    Tokens


    Neutrals

    Signatures


    Changelog

    Changes

    2025-04-06

    • Sporespreader: Now shuffles Summoned When Drawn Spores instead of shuffling spells that summon them (in line with Illusory Greenwing).
    • Bacteriophage Virus: 3/3 -> 2/2; Now has Taunt and infects a card in your opponents hand, instead of making them draw a card and then infecting it.

    2025-04-19

    • String Theory's artwork has been replaced.

    I like it, Thanks for sharing.

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