Hello! I've been working on a custom expansion for fun and I thought I'd share it here.

The expansion is called Holidays at Un'Gol Island and is themed around the idea that both Azeroth's heroes and villains really need a vacation after the countless world-saving missions and evil world-domination schemes they've been up to in the last years. Both new and familiar faces decide to go to Un'Gol island to either embark in fun new adventures or to finally relax for a while.

And since our favorite heroes and villains need some time to recover, which keyword would be more fitting than Recoverable?

Holidays at Un'Gol Island introduces the new keyword Recoverable which allows you to spend 1 Mana to add back to your hand a card you've played. This effect can happen at two different times. Cards with Recoverable have their effect triggered at the start of your next turn. Cards that say "You may Recover a..." instantly offer you the prompt without having to wait until the start of your next turn. It's easier in practice. Let's see an example:

This is a simple exampe of a Recoverable card. If you played Un'Golian Warrior on turn three, at the start of your next turn you would have to choose between Recovering your card or not. If you decide to Recover the minion, you'll start turn four with three mana. You may play Un'Golian Warrior again and, if you wanted to do so, you may Recover it again next turn.    If you decide you don't want to pay the mana cost, the card is gone forever.

Finally, Holidays at Un'Gol Island reintroduces a keyword from the past in the form of Tradeable. Many heroes, villains and lackeys have decided to dedicate some of their time to trading, shopping and gambling, so this seemed only fitting.

We are done with introductions. Let's see what each class has been up to, shall we?

• ROGUE
  
• ARCHETYPES: Cannon Rogue, Miracle
  
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Tinkering, trading and commerce
  

Rogues have decided to spend their holidays in two ways: some have decided to spend their time engineering and tinkering with nautical contraptions,  some have decided to dedicate themselves to trading, bartering, investing... and maybe do a little stealing.

Our engineering friends, lead by the indomable Hooktusk, Sea Queen have partnered with Pirates and introduce a brand new archetype: Cannons. This is their core package, along with a few relevant Neutral cards:

Rogue who prefer to dabble in some trading may be interested in what the greedy Gallywix, the Hoarder has to offer. Just don't ask what's in the cargo. This package of cards support previously existing Miracle archetypes and introduces a new way to pontentially close games as Rogue.

• HUNTER
• ARCHETYPES: Deathrattle Mechs, Poisonous
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Preparing the fireworks display, caring for exotic pets

Hunters did not think twice before volunteering themselves for the preparation of the firework display. As the other classes are eagerly awaiting the big fireworks night, I'm beginning to think they haven't been told that Sparkmaster Flark would be organizing the "firework" display... This is an attempt at creating a new form of Deathrattle Mech Hunter that uses 0-Attack Deathrattle mechs like Goblin Bomb, Naval Mine and the new Kadoom Bot.

Hunters that just want to spend some time with animals will be happy to meet Un'Gol's fauna. Lead by the eccentric Kren, Master Smuggler Poisonous Hunter makes a return for this expansion, this time with a possible new win condition

• WARLOCK
• ARCHETYPES: Mana Destruction, Shadow Spells, Summon minions that cost X+1
  
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Completely owning the disco floor
  

Not everyone enjoyes the sun. Warlocks looking for some fun in Un'Gol will be happy to know that the island is very well known for its active nightlife. Introduced by the queen of the dance floor herself, Tamsin, Unlife of the Party brings back an old Warlock archetype: strong cards that destroy your own Mana Crystals. In the modern age of Hearthstone big stats are often no longer enough, so this package introduces a brand new way to win in style.

Warlocks that might be a bit timorous of the dance floor can always join the spellcasting (and very hungry) Nemsy, Buffet Nightmare in her mission to devour as many sweets as possible. These are the cards for the Shadow package and the Summon a minion that costs X+1 package:

• SHAMAN
• ARTCHETYPES: Spell-oriented Murlocs, Single-target Buffs
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Fishing and cooking a delicious dinner for everyone

Shamans have convoked the most illustrious Murloc chefs from the entirety of Azeroth to prepare some meals to remember. Most of Shaman's cards from Holidays at Un'Gol Island are centered around a new way to build the old, reliable Murloc decks by adding some new Murlocs that generate strong single-target buffing spells. The two new legendaries allow the player to either go tall, using Athisse, Sea Witch or to go wide using Cookie, Master Chef.

The remaining cards for Shaman are quality cards. They synergize with the main package for this expansion but can have other creative uses as well.

• PALADIN
• ARCHETYPES: Pure Handbuff Paladin, Divine Shield, Holy
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Preparing the most divine tea party in the history of Azeroth

Paladins are preparing a tea party to remember. It's well known that Paladins can be quite selective when it comes to who they are willing to accept, so if you plan to show up at the party get ready to pass the vibe chec... vibe judgement. Hosting today's festivities and Pure Paladin package is Yrel, Party Organizer:

The remaining cards for Paladin's set are more usual Holy and Divine Shield cards. After all, Tirion, the Blessed is a man of tradition.

• PRIEST
  
• ARCHETYPES: Shadow Pirates, Guessing
  
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Going on holy crusades, fortune telling
  

Yeah. Pirates in Priest. The majority of Holidays at Un'Gol Island's package for Priest takes inspiration from Defias Leper and, more generally, the United in Stormwind package of cards. Tired of being in the backrow healing incompetent damage dealers and tanks, Priests are rushing to the frontline leaded by the brand new character Vahst, Shadow Captain:

When Lazul the All-Seeing looked into the cards, for once she could only see one thing: a nice vacation. If aggressive Priest variants are not for you, you might enjoy this small fortune telling package:

• DEMON HUNTER
  
• ARCHETYPES: Lifesteal, Outcast, Fel
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Hunting demons for fun, dancing at the masked ball

Demon Hunters are split into two groups. The first one is led by Kazzak, Soulstealer who introduces a brand new way to play Lifesteal minions. Initially introduced with Il'gynoth, this archetype is all about using Lifesteal minions to play for board instead of attempting an OTK strategy.

Demon Hunters that want to take a break from the usual demon hunting business can join Aranna Starseeker at the masked ball. If you think about it, every ball attended by Demon Hunters is a masked one. They all have a bandage on their eyes. This is the Outcast and Fel package:

• DRUID
• ARCHETYPES: 1-Cost Token, Unspent Mana Crystals
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Deep diving and exploring the coral barrier

The majority of Holidays at Un'Gol Island's Druid package is centered around the idea of a token deck with fewer unique tokens that come back stronger and stronger every time. Helped by Omu, Coral Keeper sea critters and persistent troggs will surely overwhelm your opponent.

If you prefer slower Druid strategies, Faelin, Wise Advisor has your back. Check out the Unspent Mana Crystals package:

• MAGE
• ARCHETYPES: Elementals, Freezing, Spell Schools
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Surfing, playing in the water

Mages have decided to spend their time on Un'Gol island surfing. Unfortunately, the sea wasn't very suitable for this activity: it was way too calm. Fortunately, mages had a solutions. Balinda, Eye of the Storm might have conjured a hurricane. Or two. Or several...

The rough sea is a bit too much for you? Join Reno, King of the Party in the pool and get ready to cast some unique spells!

• WARRIOR
• ARCHETYPES: Fire Spells, Enemy Disruption, Menagerie
• FUN ACTIVITIES: Exploring a dangerous volcano

Warriors have been busy exploring the Un'Golian Volcano, a very popular tourist attraction. If you feel up for the hike, you might want to join them. Who knows, you might even meet the scorching Geddon, Volcanic Lord.

Alternatively, Warrior's Holidays at Un'Gol Island package offers a few new pieces for Menagerie strategies. Oh, and Patches, the Captain is back.

• REMAINING NEUTRALS

Finally, these are the remaining Neutral cards that were not showcased in the previous packages.

• EXPANSION LAUNCH

If I could organize everything, I'd pick this as my pre-order skin and free Legendary that's granted before the expansion launch to all players:

If you've taken a look at the post I hope you found at least a few interesting concepts here and there. This was fun. Thanks for reading!

Step right up, step right up, place your bets here. Who killed our dinner party host right in his own castle? And how? And why? 

No spoilers, please, this is for fun. 

My money is on the Fae.  Now druids don't generally feel like the "cold-blooded killer" type, but they have plenty of access to plant-based poisons and I think the Court is taking the anima situation very seriously. 

Your guesses? 

So Evelyn is an amazing card with an amazing champ spell. Like legit in the right deck your opponent has no chance, really digging shen right now because devluating blocks really help you get the maximum value from Evelyn.

But with all that said there are literally only 3 cards worth playing in her kit. Domination and vora and Evelyn herslef, playing more husks does nothing when all you need to do is curve into her.

And everything else is too understated to be playable. Sulfur is a 1/3 that doesn't cycle gross, hate spike is so much worse then vile feast or mystic shot it's not even funny, allure is a meme, solitude and Steme don't really help Evelyn do what she's trying to do.

So in summary amazing champ my favorite from the new set, but just a frickin awful kit, that needs stat buffs on her followers or post release support.

So streamers are starting to complain about the meta after the new set.

While generally on board with straight forward powerhouse decks like Annie and Bard they are drawing the line at the 3 new tempo oriented Champs introduced with the new set.

Now I understand the issue, if you're a streamer whose credibility depends on getting to masters you're gonna hate teching between control Annie, big follower Bard, and big Champs from the new set.

Infact the meta in un-techable there is no best climbing option, and honestly I'm kinda fine with it. 

We've talked in detail about how nobody wanted to nerf Annie and Bard so instead the devs just released a bunch of counters.

So its going to feel like queuing into a whirlwind but if you don't care about being the most hard-core try hard that ever was you can actually have a lot of fun with the new cards and opponents you'll run into.

Not everything needs a solution, not all problems need to be solved sometimes you just have to enjoy the journey the devs have laid out for you.

Title essentially

With all this hub bub around DKs potential introduction into the game I wanted to posit my theory, since they'd need extra cards to start them on their journey. What better way to introduce their mechanics and connection to each class than via dual class cards? Flavor wise this could be presented as the other classes being corrupted and turned undead!

Curious on anyone's thoughts.

P.S. I still think there's a small chance that this has all been a red herring and we get Evokers next expansion

Hey mercheads! Just in case you didn't notice this already, the Acolyte of N'Zoth bounty in Darkshore now awards coins for Finley and C'Thun. I've been beating it on normal twice daily (for the Toki task) and netting coins for those two upcoming new mercenaries. 

I'm also looking for help in PvP. Suddenly pirates are dominating the meta. The Patches/Vanessa/Smite synergy is absolutely insane. Does anyone have a good comp to suggest for beating them?

The real Hallowed champion is Eternal Dancers.

I mean, they found a way to make Thresh look even worse. I didn't think that was possible. And I'm not even sure why that card has Hallowed. It does everything, why do I need a bonus when it dies?

Its no secret that I generally despised the first part of Worldwaker as a standalone set.

Obviously good cards were printed that did obviously good things, and played for obviously good wincons.

But generally speaking I feel that the new cards have done a great job of answering certain intended problems.

Like sure Annie Tf will still put up great winrates, but it can be more easily countered now.

Bard puts out overstated followers but with two new high tempo Champs follower stats don't matter as much.

New archetypes were created that have unique play patterns that are interested and dynamic, demanding creative player responses.

With everything we've seen here I can confidently say that World Waker had been salvaged and any left that the expansion has to show us will only be further possitive developments.

I really want them to stray away from WOW for an expansion or 2

My dream theme is mythological gods. Norse, Greek or even Japanese, Egyptian. 

Competition Theme: Location, Location, Location

So, where we dropping boys?

• You must create a Location card
  • It's as simple as that! Check out our expansion guide if you want a refresher on how Locations work, and to see the existing Locations!

BloodMefist has us designing Locations ahead of the new expansion launch - we had to do it sometime, and what better time than now?

As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.

Competition Phases

Here are the phases of this card design competition

• Submission Phase: Starts on Mon, Jul 25 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sat, Jul 30 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, Jul 30 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sun, Jul 31 16:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, Jul 31 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Mon, Aug 1 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

Discussion Thread Rules

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I have been running into the issue that the card library seems to be loading extremely slowly in the Hearthstone deckbuilder, like multiple minutes slow. I am not sure how long this issue has existed, but I remember it not being there during the previous reveal season. I have experienced this issue in both Firefox and Edge on Windows 10.

Brightwing

Ahh brightwing, the lovable fae dragon that used to be the big shot, now is mostly unused, here are my ideas for buffs.

1. Brightwing's Necklace should give at least +3 more health.

2. Pixie's Pouch should have been "Pixie Dust restores 4 less health but has no cooldown"

Illidan Stormrage

"You are not prepaired!" yeah, although I thought about your buffs in advance.

1. Blade Dance should be 4 random enemies.

2. All of his abilities are now Fel.

3. Winged Assault gives +3 attack.

Uther Lightbringer

Imagine dying, cringe

1. Libram of Sacrifice is now a Battlecry but only gives it to your Humans.

2. Blessing of Protection restores 2 more health.

Thrall

SMorc

1. For The Horde is now 5 speed, so you can now upgrade Mak'Gora.

2. Ornate Warhorn deals 7 more damage.

3. Warchief's Command does your right most minion instead. (So summons can work better, not really a buff)

That's all folks, I tried to choose mercs that most other people don't cover, and also the ones I personally think are cool.

As the title suggests the LoR Deckbuilder isn't really working as I would expect that it should (from allowing to put in cards from more than 2 regions, being incapable to detect dual region cards for the region they are used for and having some cards twice in the cardpool (like Yasuo))

But I don't wanna be a dude just complaining that the deckbuilder is not as I would expect it but would like to ask if I as someone who does some web developement could get my hands on improving the deckbuilder and make it more as I would imagine it. 

If someone in charge (who isn't patches  the pirate) gets to read this feel free to comment or pm me weather that could be a thing :)

Hey everyone, I was just wondering why does Southsea Captain work the way it does... When played he grants +1 attack and +1 health to all pirates as it should, but if I kill it, the health total of other pirates doesn't revert back by one.

If this was a battlecry I would understand the reasoning, but being a temporary buff to your pirates (as long as the named card is in play) why would the +1 health stick? 

There seems to be a bug currently in the deck builder where including The Relic Vault (the DH location) will cap the deck size to 2 cards and thus prevent building and saving a deck. This bug doesn't seem to involve other locations (I tried at least 2 others like the Hunter one). So it seems to be tied to this specific one.

Edit: sorry for the wrong forum section

All of the new cards have been revealed, so it's time to talk about the archetypes, packages, and/or individual cards that interest us the most! Naturally, I'll start us off:

To be forthright, I was on the verge of quitting Hearthstone before the reveals began, but something about this expansion pulled me back in. I'm hoping the commitment to moving HS back to the board will actually work out, but we've been here before. I guess we'll see. Anyway, in order by class followed by Neutral:

Demon Hunter: Artificer Xy'mox + the Relics

I don't know where to put them just yet, but they seem fun. I was thinking of a token deck so you can Infuse Xy'mox (and Sire Denathrius?) properly; the Relics have a fairly universal quality to them, so it's just a matter of finding a home.

Druid: Sesselie of the Fae Court and the DR package, Topior the Shrubbagazzor and the Treants/Nature package

All aboard the Druid Train, toot toot! DR Taunt Druid with Hadronox and N'Zoth, the Corruptor is one of my favorite decks of all time, so Sesselie can go right into that alongside Hedge Maze and Death Blossom Whomper. Hopefully the Mini-Set expands on the package further, 'cause there isn't a lot here right now.

Topior is just fucking nuts, and will be quite enjoyable in a deck focused around it or as an additional bonus with Treants. If I don't get Topior in gold I will fix that mistake very quickly.

Mage: Kel'Thuzad, the Inevitable + the Volatile Skeleton cards

Control the board with Frost spells and pings before the...Inevitable...combo of Kael'thas Sinstrider, Brann Bronzebeard, and Kel'Thuzad. Just pulling it off the once might be enough to satisfy me lol. I also hope to make Kel'Thuzad golden, and play him alongside my Kel'Thuzad skin of course :)

Warlock: Lady Darkvein - Going right into my Curselock.

Neutral: Sire Denathrius - Someone will figure out how best to enjoy him, and I want to be there when it happens. Edit: He seems disgusting in Druid, from what little I've seen so far in streams.

Kael'thas Sinstrider - I don't generally do Combo things, but he is a pretty important part of the "Kael'Thuzad" combo.

Stoneborn General and Bog Beast - The General is awesome, will love to cheat that out. Bog Beast is kind of the next Sludge Belcher, a card that saw a lot of play (and still does).

So how about you? What are you hoping to pull + play Day 1?

A new Rare Warlock Spell, Suffocating Shadows, has been revealed!

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A new Common Neutral Minion, Stoneborn General, has been revealed!

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