We wanted to update everyone regarding our new hero skins, particularly Scholar Jaina and Horseman Uther. We are planning to add unique voice lines, start of game voice lines, and a couple other special voice lines to both Scholar Jaina and Horseman Uther in a future patch. We’ve taken feedback on board regarding emotes for those and upcoming hero skins. The next skin, which will be released shortly, has new emotes for all 6 regular board interactions and a few other commonly played lines as well. There will be hero skins in the next expansions associated with their corresponding Book of Heroes chapters that will not have unique lines at launch, but we plan to add them as soon as VO recording allows. Stay tuned for updates here.
Adding context as to how we got here: We started out with the idea of adding skins for our classic heroes that allowed us to get more options for visual customization into the hands of our players at a much quicker than normal pace. We’re confident in the idea behind these skins and they’re already seeing a lot of use within the game. However, we missed here on painting a clear picture of the difference between these skins and the alternate heroes we’ve done in the past, that include all sorts of unique audio and visual effects. That’s something we should have gotten across better and want to ensure that we address in the future.
GoliathTheDwarf - You should remove the orphan in the last line of text, and dragon is capitalized. Also, I think it would be better as a 3/2 to make it harder for your opponent to ignore. There's not a meaningful difference between 2 and 3 health if the goal for it is to activate the deathrattle, and it can make more favorable trades if you decide to trade with it on your turn. That's why most of these "if it's your opponent's turn" deathrattles in Frozen Throne have higher attack then health.
bigcums - I like this one. The flavor, mechanics and art fit together very well. Good job!
DavnanKillder - I still feel like it would be very easy to pick a card that wasn't in your deck since the pool of spells is so large and the condition would end up being trivial. The first version has five lines of text, which breaks an unspoken rule of making viable Hearthstone cards. I would suggest making gain echo like "If your deck has no chosen copies of the card, gain Echo" but that would require a Witchwood watermark, which isn't the most fitting for the art. The second version is definitly cleaner and more elegant, though some may find it annoying to be on the receiving end of 3 Lightning Bolts or 3 Lava Bursts.
FieselFitz - The first two versions are pretty simple and don't seem like they should have a higher rarity than say, Azure Explorer. I like the third version best and no, I don't think it needs a restriction.
Arkasaur - You're good to go. I would add in the description examples of cards it would work well with, because the synergies are not obvious.
Galakrond, the Unbreakable
I wish this hero power was the main one for Warrior.
Galakrond, the Nightmare
Good to buff an Edwin with fully charged.
Galakrond, the Unspeakable
Love it when I drop this dude fully charged. Only thing is that it rarely hits 4 targets.
Galakrond, the Wretched
Lamest of the Galakronds
Alexstrasza
One of the OG game swingers.
The Amazing Reno
Nothing is funnier than wipingout a whole board of enemies.
N'Zoth, the Corruptor
N’Zoth is awesome when he just swings the game.
Mecha'thun
Mech Warlock is one of my favorite decks ever
Kalecgos
My very first Golden Legendary I ever cracked
Blizzard Post - Update on Scholar Jaina and Horseman Uther
Just thought I'd share for those that have not seen yet.
Source: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/update-on-scholar-jaina-and-horseman-uther/42044
Chris Abramian
So I’d love to see some game play on this one.
Brian Schwab
So this is an Interesting find.
Bloodreaver Gul'dan
Always fun to play in Wild.
Mountain Giant
Takes me back to the days of Old School Handlock.
Molten Giant
The first Giant I ever bought.
Jade Lotus
Looks like something out of Yu-Gi-Oh
Sparkles
I hope to one day buy this one.
VanCardback
One I hope they put into the shop.
Icecrown
Definitely one of my favorites
Black Temple
Always cool when this queues up in my game.
Random
Card Back MVP.
Pandaria
The one that got away. I’m missing a bunch of others, but this one I wanted the most, because I thought I had already earned it. I didn’t.
About Tavern Brawls
So is this the thread where you earn a reward?
Manual Of Monsters - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
GoliathTheDwarf - You should remove the orphan in the last line of text, and dragon is capitalized. Also, I think it would be better as a 3/2 to make it harder for your opponent to ignore. There's not a meaningful difference between 2 and 3 health if the goal for it is to activate the deathrattle, and it can make more favorable trades if you decide to trade with it on your turn. That's why most of these "if it's your opponent's turn" deathrattles in Frozen Throne have higher attack then health.
bigcums - I like this one. The flavor, mechanics and art fit together very well. Good job!
DavnanKillder - I still feel like it would be very easy to pick a card that wasn't in your deck since the pool of spells is so large and the condition would end up being trivial. The first version has five lines of text, which breaks an unspoken rule of making viable Hearthstone cards. I would suggest making gain echo like "If your deck has no chosen copies of the card, gain Echo" but that would require a Witchwood watermark, which isn't the most fitting for the art. The second version is definitly cleaner and more elegant, though some may find it annoying to be on the receiving end of 3 Lightning Bolts or 3 Lava Bursts.
FieselFitz - The first two versions are pretty simple and don't seem like they should have a higher rarity than say, Azure Explorer. I like the third version best and no, I don't think it needs a restriction.
Arkasaur - You're good to go. I would add in the description examples of cards it would work well with, because the synergies are not obvious.
November and December Card Backs Revealed - Autumn Leaf & Valorous Virtue (Plus Some Speculation)
A Pandaria themed expansion would be great! And would be a great time to introduce something new... Like, I don't know... the Monk class?!?!