The card search should run the option "neutral" in the class filter imho.

Evil Miscreants generate Lackeys, which are non-collectible 1-mana minions with powerful Battlecries.

The Lackeys

There are 5 uncollectible Lackey cards in this set. More will be added throughout the Year of the Dragon, and all will be available from cards that generate them.

Over the year, more Lackeys will be added into the pool, but for this expansion, there are only 5.

My wife got me to play this game with her reluctantly. I regret to admit that it is very fun and i keep playing it. I hate EA, but the developers are cool, as is the gameplay. I unlocked my first additional legend, Caustic, but i sort of wished i had chosen Mirage afterwards. Fortunately i read that Caustic is getting buffed. Anyway, has anyone else gotten into this lately.

Back from the past, Forbidden cards are cards that have effects that vary depending on your mana.

First glance of the new expansion mechanic, Twincast!

When a spell with Twincast is played, it generates another copy of the spell in your hand. Similar to Echo, but it does not disappear at the end of your turn.

This will be an overview of important archetypes throughout the history of hearthstone. Updates are coming!

Beta:

Freeze mage

Frozen giants

Release:

Minion based mage

Secret mage

Nax

Deathrattle

GvG

Mechmage

BRM:

Flamewaker Tempo (machinegun)

Later:

No-quest Exodia, Quest Exodia, Giant Quest, Mill/Fatigue, Reno, Elemental, Aggro Freeze, Murloc, Odd, Odd Secret, C'thun, , Big Spell, Control

Some are probably missing but I find it interresting that mage has had every archetype represented, from the fastest aggro to grindy control and otk combo decks. The class has historically been weak at proactive midrange and controldecks, partly because the class had been relying on neutral minions from the midgame onwards. More reactive tempo playstyle decks have been viable several times, however, mainly because of strong secrets synergies and flexible burn spells like fireball and frost bolt.

Some archetypes have gone through big changes through expansions and nerfs, this will be explored more!

Another day, another set of improvements to HearthStation!

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed an issue causing web server instability.
  • Quite sorry for the interruptions last night and this morning. It wasn't caught until we started getting real traffic.
• Fixed an issue where card images went full derp. They were not their correct sizes.
• Fixed an issue where recent threads had their views and comment count columns swapped.

Changes

• Comments on the site now showcase colored usernames if you're lucky enough to have one.
• Comments no longer display the form if you are not logged in but instead are given a link and asked to login.
• Logging in via a login link on the site will redirect you back to where you came from. We have the technology!
• A link to sign out of your account has been added to the top user bar.
• Missing card images have been added. If you notice any missing, this is a bug and can be reported here.
• Tavern Brawl pages now display data on the weeks they were active. MAGIC!
• The brawl pages load faster.
• Articles on the homepage now show you how many comments they have.

New Features

• Front Page Tavern Brawl Widget
  • Will display details on a new brawl when it is active.
  • When it is not active, it will tell you TB is closed and to wait. It will also give you a link to the last Tavern Brawl's guide.
• Responsive Forums
  • An initial pass to get things working better on your favourite mobile device.
  • All functionality that we have on desktop is also available on mobile.
• Recent Threads
  • A brand new page to list recently active threads!
  • A button has been added to the forums block on the homepage to take you to this page.
  • This page can also be accessed under the forums site navigation.

Known Issues

• There is a problem with tables not being responsive across the site. This is being investigated and we should have a fix real soon.
• The responsive navigation on lower screen resolutions on desktop is a pain in the ass.

Last month Hunter's Mark was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 2 mana (Up from 1)

• Do you think the nerf to Hunter's Mark was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Equality was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 4 mana (Up from 2)

• Do you think the nerf to Equality was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Flametongue Totem was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 3 mana (Up from 2)

• Do you think the nerf to Flametongue Totem was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Cold Blood was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 2 mana (Up from 1)

• Do you think the nerf to Cold Blood was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

I've pushed updates to the site this evening to fix some issues and implement new features.

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a problem with images overflowing the containers they are inside.
• Fixed a problem with YouTube and Twitch video players overflowing the containers they are inside.
• Fixed the display of unpublished content in the guides section. We can't have that!
• Fixed an issue where clicking on the vote score for an option would refresh the page.
• Removed card classes from filters on the Deck and Card listings that do not contain collectible cards.

Changes

• Site content editor now respects your browser's spell checker.
• Class images have been added to homepage deck listings and the deck listing.
• Removed the 10 character requirement for posting comments.

New Features

• Some pages have been upgraded in their mobile-friendliness. They now have special sub navigation that lets you switch between content!
  • The homepage on mobile now defaults to "News" with an accessible sidebar of "Decks & Forums".
  • Deck detail pages on mobile now default to  "Guide" with an accessible "Deck List".
    • Developer Note: I'd like to make the Deck List the default view in the future if the guide portion is empty.

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Warrior related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Warrior Basics.

Warrior Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Warriors!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Shaman related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Shaman Basics.

Shaman Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Shamans!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Warlock related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Warlock Basics.

Warlock Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Warlocks!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Mage related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Mage Basics.

Mage Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Mages!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Paladin related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Paladin Basics.

Paladin Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Paladins!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Druid related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Druid Basics.

Druid Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Druids!

• How do you feel about this class? 
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Welcome to the Solo Adventures forum! The home for discussion of all single-player content released in Hearthstone. Use this forum to discuss strategies for defeating bosses and puzzles, or ask questions if you get stuck.

Adventure Summary

Curse of Naxxramas

The first adventure for Hearthstone, Naxxramas is a collection of memorable experiences with OP rewards. Navigate through the Ghouls and Abominations on your journey to defeat Kel'Thuzad. This set has a total of 15 bosses and 30 collectible cards to be unlocked. This adventure can only be purchased from the Blizzard store, outside of the game.

Blackrock Mountain

Trouble stirs beneath Blackrock Mountain in Hearthstone's second adventure. Within this content you can collect a total of 31 cards locked behind 17 bosses and many challenges. This adventure can only be purchased from the Blizzard store, outside of the game.

League of Explorers

Treasures and relics await in Hearthstone's third adventure. Embark with the League through ancient ruins and dangerous jungles to acquire a valuable set of 45 collectible cards. You will experience 13 boss encounters and 9 class challenges. This adventure can only be purchased from the Blizzard Store, outside of the game.

One Night in Karazhan

Everyone is invited to a magical party at Karazhan in Hearthstone's fourth adventure. Medivh must be found, and along the way you will also find 13 bosses and 45 collectible cards. The prologue is free and will grant you two of these collectible cards. This adventure can be purchased from the Blizzard Store, outside the game.

Knights of the Frozen Throne - Icecrown Citadel

Hearthstone's sixth expansion was the first to feature additional solo missions for free. This adventure consists of eight encounters, including The Lich King. Completing the prologue awards a random Death Knight Hero Card. Each completed wing rewards you with one pack from the set. The Lich King will play differently against each class. If you manage to complete these missions with every class, you can unlock the Prince Arthas paladin hero.

Kobolds & Catacombs - Dungeon Run

Hold on to your candles, Hearthstone's 7th expansion introduced us to a new type of single-player content, Dungeon Run. This is a free roguelike experience introduced alongside Kobolds & Catacombs in which you build a deck as you progress through 8 of many possible boss encounters. If you lose at any point, your run is over! There are no rewards for playing this mode, aside from fun!

The Witchwood - Monster Hunt

Journey with four different heroes on a quest to defeat Hagatha in Monster Hunt, released alongside The Witchwood. This is very similar to Dungeon Run. Each hero features a different strategy and hero power. Win with all four and you can unlock a special card back!

The Boomsday Project - Puzzle Lab

Deep within the Netherstorm, Dr. Boom's Laboratory has been staffed with some scientists of questionable intent. They have designed some tricky puzzles. Don't worry, they're perfectly safe! There are four different types of puzzles: Lethal, Mirror, Board Clear, and Survival.

Rastakhans Rumble - Rumble Run

You begin your run as a troll, Rikkar, at King Rastakhan's Arena in Straglethorn. You will choose a shrine associated with a class and a particular starting deck. You will then be challenged by the other 8 classes. Shrines are permanent fixtures on your board, which somewhat differentiates this mode from previous content.

Rise of Shadows - The Dalaran Heist

Arch-Villain Rafaam has meticulously assembled a league of menacing and megalomaniacal supervillains to undertake his most audacious caper yet – stealing the magical city of Dalaran! As a low-level operative in Rafaam's League of E.V.I.L., you'll rampage through the streets and sewers of Dalaran ensuring that every part of the plan succeeds. Or, at the very least, you'll provide the distraction they need to accomplish their devious goals.

Let's discuss all things related to arena rewards!

Want to gloat a bit? Perhaps you're mega salty? Finally pulled a Legendary? Post images, videos, discuss your rewards or rewards in general. Bring your rewards discussion in here. 

There's a "Getting Started in Arena" thread here. All the information you may want regarding the arena format can be found here. The table below is the full rewards structure. 

Welcome to the Custom Hearthstone section here on Hearthstation. This primer is aimed to help you get started on your card creations adventures, providing you with the resources to help you get into the field of Hearthstone Card Creation!

This primer will include anything related information regarding lore, balance, flavor, art-sources and in general other tricks that you might find useful on your journey.

An important thing to mention above all else, however, is that you're enjoying making cards. Following resources and guides are merely a means to help create cards alike to those that Blizzard themselves create. 

Part 1: The Basics

In Hearthstone there currently exists 6 types of images, that you can create during your Custom Hearthstone adventure. Among those, 4 are playable card types (Minions, Spells, Weapons and Hero Cards) , while the last 2 are gameplay elements (Heroes and Hero Powers)

                    A minion                                             A spell                                                  A weapon

                A Hero Card                                             A Hero                                              A Hero Power

Minions: Minions are units, that can be played, that after a turn will be able to attack either the enemy hero or an enemy minion. Minions can be targeted by spells and Battlecries.

Spells: Spells are an immediate effect, that triggers when the card is cast. Currently, only classes have collectible spells.

Weapons: Weapons can be equipped by your hero, on the left side of your hero. Weapon classes (prior to Kobold and Catacombs) are, Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Shaman and Rogues.

Hero Cards: Hero cards alters your Hero Power, while triggering an effect while played. They also give an amount of Armor when played.

Heroes: Heroes are the characters we play as. Reducing the Health of a hero to 0, results in that player losing the game.

Section 2: Balance, Mechanics and Flavor

The links below will take you to a wide variety of resources to help you get to grips with various balancing concepts. Note that sticking strictly to stat point systems when designing cards can be helpful, but can also be a hindrance, since some combinations of effects or cards can be vastly more important to some classes than others - Warlocks and Rogues, for example, value self-healing far more highly than any other class.

Also note that we can't verify how well these threads and blogs will translate to current Hearthstone, as many of them were written quite a while ago. If you know of any other good balancing resources, feel free to let us know!

Custom Hearthstone Reddit - Minion BalanceA huge thanks to my boi CoolBoiPai for this: a nice overview and analysis of how to calculate the cost of minions based on Keywords and other effects.

Custom Hearthstone Reddit - Other Balance Resources
Theres a great deal of really useful stuff here, including user and Blizzard blogs about balance philosophy.

Hearthstone 'Colour Chart' 
For anyone that wants a quick overview of how the nine Hearthstone Heroes differentiate from one antoher (Keywords, Mechanics etc.), here is a nice set of images to show you!

Searchstone.io
Looking for a quick way to check the wording of a card, or to find all the cards with certain stats? Searchstone is a good alternative to our own database of cards, and features all the collectible cards in the game.

Fan Creations Grammar Guide - WIP

Fan Creations Flavor Guide - WIP

Section 3: Lore from the Warcraft Universe

Despite not being called "Heroes of Warcraft" anymore, Hearthstone still have strong connections to the Warcraft universe, and it will generally be prefered to include flavor and art that depicts characters or races from Wow. Here is some pages that can help you look up Warcraft lore, to help create the flavor for your cards.

WoWpedia - A good resource for information on all the characters of WoW, along with Warcraft itself.

WoW Wiki - A different source for WoW and Warcraft information, so you can crosscheck between them.

Section 4: Art

Art is extremely important for the flavor and identity of your card. The difference in art quality can make the entire difference for the success of your card, so be sure to pick carefully. Generally speaking for Hearthstone, you're going to be looking for something that is somewhat more cartoonish than something like MTG, but still more realistic than cartoon art.

WoW TCG - Card Browser
All cards from the Wow TCG are too at your disposal! Filters are available on the sidebar to narrow down to specific cards you are after. You'll have to edit and crop cards to grab the artwork you need however.

WoW TCG - WoWcards Another repository for finding cards from the WoW TCG should you need it. The artwork can be a little blurred, and you'd have to do the cropping yourself, but if in doubt, they have the artist listed for each card and Google is a wonderful tool.

DeviantArt - Hearthstone GvG Contest 2014
A Goblins Vs Gnomes art contest was held back in 2014, showcasing some spectacular user created art for the expansion. Be sure to check this out!

Artstation - Artstation Hearthstone

Here you can find some truly magnificent artwork, although the search generally will take a bit longer if you're looking for something specific. Artstation also shows who made the artwork, making it a lot easier to identify the creator.

Wow Blizzgame - Wow Blizzgame English

An enormous and regularly updated list of brilliant Wow and Hearthstone related artworks, which a great search system. The artists for each artpiece is also mentioned for every piece of art.

(Note: The polite thing to do is to reference the artist for any art that isn't yours in your creations)

Section 5 - Generating Hearthstone Cards

Now that you've got your art and your lore down, and you know the ins and outs of the kinds of cards you want to create, it's time to actually start making them! Luckily for us, there's a fantastic tool available.

HearthCards
HearthCards is an amazing tool, kept well up to date with all the latest in Hearthstone. Choose from any type of card, any of the 9 existing classes along with many fanmade ones, and any of the expansion watermarks, including multiple fanmade ones as well. You can even click the 'import' button and type an existing card name to have it appear in the generator if buffing or nerfing cards is your thing.

List of Common Mistakes
A Google Docs list maintained by the creator of HearthCards listing common mistakes people make when designing cards. This offers help making sure you're cards look as authentic as possible.

HearthCards is completely free to use, although your card won't be kept in their servers forever - you'll have to rehost it. Speaking of which...

Section 6 - Image Hosting

As mentioned before, HearthCards won't keep your cards forever, so its best to rehost them on another site. Generally speaking, we recommend Imgur, as it's easy to access, and rarely causes any problems.

Imgur
(A handy Chrome Extension is available here that allows quick capturing and uploading of images.)

Using these websites also allows you to directly embed images into the Forums without the need for pesky attachments! To do so, click on the Icon depicted below. From there, you can adjust the size of your image.

Section 7: The Next Step

Optional Applications

Lines of text: As of current time, no single card has more than 4 lines of text. Furthermore, having more than around 25-30 characters on any given line will make the text look smaller, which generally isn't ideal.

Orphans: Orphans are singular words or numbers on a line for themselves. This is generally not ideal, as it makes the text box look weird.

This is a place to share your arena stories with others. You can post screenshots, replays or just comment on what happened. Good or bad. But stay civil, else you'll win a Free Ticket to Salt Mine!