Phoenix Hall of Fame

Phoenix Hall of Fame is a Hearthstone patch released on March 26, 2020. It was versioned 17.0.0 with the build number 44222. It was released during the expansion Ashes of Outland


Card Changes


New Collectible Cards

New cards have been added to the game.


New Demon Hunter Cards

  • Nethrandamus - Missed the big descent with the other dragons. But better late and nether!
  • Kayn Sunfury - "Armor and heals may slow my zeal, but fel and glaives excite me!"
  • Altruis the Outcast - Altruis betrayed Illidan to forge his own way in Outland. With Blackjack. And Netherdrakes.
  • Metamorphosis - As the humble caterpillar becomes a beautiful butterfly, so too does a demon hunter become a hideous mass of writhing destruction and unfettered chaos.
  • Pit Commander - "Pit! Do as I say!"
  • Flamereaper - Honestly it sows more flame than it reaps.
  • Warglaives of Azzinoth - The blades glow green from things unseen, dark dreams whirling in the felfire gleam.
  • Wrathspike Brute - You scratch her back, her back scratches back.
  • Eye Beam - Sometimes looks CAN kill.
  • Wrathscale Naga - If throwing glaives is what you crave; summon tokens and make 'em broken.
  • Coilfang Warlord - Prepare for the staunch conch launch!
  • Hulking Overfiend - To hulk, perhaps, to fiend: ay, there's the rub.
  • Priestess of Fury - Furious that she only has six warglaives. The Sightless Watcher has eight! The fel is always greener on the other side.
  • Skull of Gul'dan - A fellow of evil possessed, of most devious shadow. He hath turned on his kin a thousand times, and now, how abhorred in all imagination he is!
  • Imprisoned Antaen - Can I get a pair of size XXXXXL manacles?
  • Soul Split - Spoiler: they're both the evil twin.
  • Raging Felscreamer - Screaming loudly will not reduce the cost of non-demonic goods.
  • Illidari Felblade - A whirling dervish of demonic devastation.
  • Blade Dance - The surest way to clear the dance floor.
  • Furious Felfin - Signature moves include Eye Bream, Feast of Soles, and Metamorphofish.
  • Feast of Souls - Nothing fills you up like soul food!
  • Inner Demon - Critical component of any tragic backstory.
  • Glaivebound Adept - "Initiate, this is your glaive. Think of it as an extension of yourself... Did you just throw it?!"
  • Chaos Nova - Illin' Illidan laying down the damage, flinging out the chaos as far as he can manage.
  • Satyr Overseer - What he lacks in communication skills, he makes up for with highly responsive staffing allocations.
  • Soul Cleave - The way to a demon's soul is through its stomach.
  • Coordinated Strike - Undisputed champions of "Dancing with the Satyrs."
  • Aldrachi Warblades - The ancient Aldrachi were the greatest warriors in the universe. Imagine their power if they'd put the handle at the END of the blade.
  • Sightless Watcher - What he lacks in sight, he makes up for in sleight-of-tentacle tricks.
  • Chaos Strike - "What do we want?" "CHAOS!" "When do we want it?" "WHEN LEAST EXPECTED!"
  • Shadowhoof Slayer - Was a humble Elven Archer before Sargeras got to him.
  • Fel Summoner - All's well that ends fel when the fel summoner summons well.
  • Command the Illidari - Give me an R! Give me a U! Give me an S! Give me an H! You two, you’re exclamation points!
  • Ashtongue Battlelord - Demons have destroyed the lives of the Ashtongue draenei. Now he’s got a shoulder-axe to grind.
  • Spectral Sight - "Pick a card, any card! Preferably the left- or right-most card."
  • Immolation Aura - If you can't take the heat, stop standing in the fire.
  • Umberwing - Demon Hunters refer to these glaives as "the ol’ flappy-attackys."
  • Netherwalker - You got to Nethercrawl before you can Netherwalk.
  • Ur'zul Horror - You face face face face face Jaraxxus!
  • Battlefiend - Say what you like about my hatchet-headed hooligan, he’s my battle-friend.
  • Consume Magic - Please be mindful when consuming raw or undercooked magic.
  • Mana Burn - One way to ensure that they are not prepared.
  • Twin Slice - The slice so nice, it'll cut you twice.
  • Crimson Sigil Runner - He's not the fastest of the bunch, but he'll take a stab at it anyway.
  • Blur - "What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge axes?" "I’m trying to tell you that when you’re a Demon Hunter, you won’t have to."

New Druid Cards

  • Ysiel Windsinger - Reach down into your lungs. The wind that resides there is your greatest treasure. It provides the gift of song, which is free. *But not less than (1)
  • Archspore Msshi'fn - Brave leader of the Sporeggar. Guided by the philosophy that one should not mssh with matters that are not one's msshiness.
  • Marsh Hydra - Three heads of marsh-mashing, bog-bashing, swamp-stomping fury!
  • Glowfly Swarm - Glowflies are distant relations to spelling bees.
  • Germination - I regret asking how sporelings are made.
  • Fungal Fortunes - Far superior to a beanstalk boondoggle.
  • Ironbark - "The important thing, son, is to protect your spores! I have spoken!"
  • Overgrowth - Zangarmarsh: it's a fungal out there!
  • Imprisoned Satyr - "C'mon down to Illhoof's bargain bin! When the satyr's free, he'll lower your fee!"
  • Bogbeam - Some think the mysterious bright lights in the bog are alien invaders, others think they're just swamp gas. Turns out, it's just druids.

New Hunter Cards

  • Beastmaster Leoroxx - Father of Rexxar, Champion of the Horde, and Flexxar, Champion of the Gym.
  • Zixor, Apex Predator - A living terror. Teleports at will. Feasts on tainted helboar meat. No head scritches unless you're Leoroxx.
  • Nagrand Slam - Come on and slam, and welcome to Nagrand!
  • Augmented Porcupine - Pokey-man. Gotta spike 'em all!
  • Scrap Shot - Make your foe's armor your fauna's fashion!
  • Mok'Nathal Lion - Never underestimate a lioness when her pride is on the line.
  • Pack Tactics - "Just you wait, I’ll go get on my main!"
  • Imprisoned Felmaw - It doesn't care who woke it up, someone's getting bitten.
  • Scavenger's Ingenuity - "A beast, barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild it! Make it stronger, faster... spikier."
  • Helboar - Beasts love Helbacon Strips!

New Mage Cards

  • Astromancer Solarian - Loyal to Kael'thas Sunstrider, this blood elf mage sought arcane power in the Void. Did she find it... or did IT find her?
  • Evocation - You too could be the winner of the national spelling spree!
  • Apexis Blast - Lonely mages can still have a blast!
  • Apexis Smuggler - "S-secrets? I don't have any! Whoa, look, a spell!"
  • Deep Freeze - "Dancing with the Satyrs… on Ice!"
  • Imprisoned Observer - Currently serving two turns on charges of aggravated minion slaughter.
  • Font of Power - It's Comic Sans.
  • Incanter's Flow - "Gettin' them discounts in bulk amounts, spells can come, and spells can go, castin' costs drop with my sweet, sweet flow."
  • Netherwind Portal - More aromatic than a regular portal.
  • Starscryer - Often grieves with the Starsweeper.

New Paladin Cards


New Priest Cards

  • Natalie Seline - She discovered Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire, a terrible weapon of shadow magic that could both swallow a soul <i>and</i> cut a mean julienne.
  • Soul Mirror - It’s a doppelgang-war!
  • Reliquary of Souls - These three represent Anger, Desire, and Suffering. Much like raid night guild chat.
  • Skeletal Dragon - I wish to complain about this dragon what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
  • Shadow Word: Ruin - Discovered by a worgen priest after a giant spilled a drink on her new white robes.
  • Sethekk Veilweaver - The Sethekk weren't able to survive this long by being wasteful with their power. Or their wacky hats.
  • Psyche Split - This is how the arakkoa make friends.
  • Dragonmaw Overseer - Ah, the Booterang... nothing cures peon laziness faster.
  • Kul Tiran Chaplain - The maritime Kul Tiran clergy are unique among priests for using holy saltwater.
  • Dragonmaw Sentinel - On the side, she's training for the annual Dragonmaw hammer throw tournament.
  • Scarlet Subjugator - At the Scarlet Monastery, he learned the sacred art of kicking people when they're up.
  • Power Infusion - It infuses, it enthuses, it amuses!
  • Psychic Conjurer - "I see... a WISP? Why do you have a wisp?!"
  • Apotheosis - Defined as the absolute pinnacle of existence. Plus Lifesteal.
  • Imprisoned Homunculus - He got a time out for excessive vulgarity.
  • Renew - I am rejuvenated, I am renewed, I am my own nightlight!

New Rogue Cards

  • Akama - "To many of my people, I am known as a traitor... as Illidan's lapdog. I will remain in the shadows, for now... Actually, maybe I'll just remain in the shadows forever."
  • Shadowjeweler Hanar - What is a shadowjeweler? A miserable little pile of secrets.
  • Greyheart Sage - "What am I drinking again?"
  • Bamboozle - "WE DO YOU A BAMBOOZLE, HOOMAN!"
  • Ashtongue Slayer - Her other hand attachments include a corkscrew and a bottle opener.
  • Ambush - Clip-clop clip-clop CLIP-CLOP STAB!
  • Blackjack Stunner - "I'm about to ruin this 10-cost minion's whole career."
  • Cursed Vagrant - Little did he know… it was really the talbuk leg that was cursed.
  • Dirty Tricks - "Ahh sand in my eyes! Also, I'm being stabbed."
  • Spymistress - Spies in Outland must blend into the environment. That means hot-pink gear and bright green hair. It’s a weird place.

New Shaman Cards

  • The Lurker Below - "Throw it back! THROW IT BACK!"
  • Lady Vashj - Personal handmaiden to Queen Azshara turned lieutenant to Illidan Stormrage. Also quite the hair sssstylist.
  • Boggspine Knuckles - I would NOT want to put my hand in there. It's... SQUISHY.
  • Shattered Rumbler - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND!
  • Torrent - Weeks of underwater cross-training have really built up her fourarms.
  • Vivid Spores - Hey man, I just feel like... death is just a construct of our imaginations, ya know?
  • Bogstrok Clacker - This clacker's crackers for hacking slackers into whack attackers.
  • Marshspawn - Hopes to someday promote to Marshsqueen.
  • Serpentshrine Portal - This is why you never flush a three-cost minion.
  • Totemic Reflection - "Upon reflection, I have decided that your board needs more ME."

New Warlock Cards

  • Keli'dan the Breaker - He calms down a lot if you just give him a turn.
  • Kanrethad Ebonlocke - After Illidan's downfall, Kanrethad formed the Council of the Black Harvest to study Illidan's fel magic. Some say he was... green with envy.
  • Darkglare - He's got a dark glare, but he sees crystal clear!
  • Shadow Council - Why is everybody in Outland replacing their hands?!
  • Enhanced Dreadlord - Photo actually taken across the street in the reflection of a doorknob.
  • The Dark Portal - Some say it's the source of Azeroth's greatest problems—aside from the gnomes.
  • Imprisoned Scrap Imp - His impish imports imply impressively impetuous impropriety.
  • Hand of Gul'dan - His skull also draws three cards. Imagine how many cards he could draw with HIS ENTIRE BODY!
  • Nightshade Matron - Throws shade at those "high-cost" minions.
  • Unstable Felbolt - Warning! Your minions are seated in the splash zone.

New Warrior Cards

  • Kargath Bladefist - He rules the Shattered Hand orc clan with an iron... bladefist.
  • Bulwark of Azzinoth - This plate turned shield you shall wield, praying its powers fel will serve you well.
  • Warmaul Challenger - Old gladiator rules: first one to die loses.
  • Bladestorm - Dear minions: Woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh. Best regards, Bladestorm
  • Bloodboil Brute - Call Gurtogg a brute if you like, but no one else cares about the wounded like he does.
  • Scrap Golem - Abuse, reuse, recycle.
  • Corsair Cache - Where's a corsair's favorite place to hide treasure? Under their deck!
  • Bonechewer Raider - And if that minion has a frisbee, LOOK OUT!
  • Sword and Board - Stab and Slab. Charge and Targe. Slash and Bash. You get the idea.
  • Imprisoned Gan'arg - Factory Direct Fiery War Axe. Please allow two turns for delivery.

New Neutral Cards


Quote From Blizzard

The Ashes of Outland patch ushers in a host of major updates and new features to kick off the Year of the Phoenix!

Card Packs Now Have Duplicate Protection Across All Rarities

SURPRISE!

Starting today, your card packs are going to be full of the good stuff—new cards! You’ll no longer receive more than two copies of any Common, Rare, or Epic card until you have owned two copies of all cards of that rarity in a set. Crafting a card counts towards acquiring it, and any cards you acquire and later disenchant (whether golden or non-golden) count as well. This means that if you get a card that you don’t want, you can disenchant it and you will not receive it again until you have all cards of that rarity from that set. This improvement even affects card packs you already own, but it won’t affect the overall distribution of rarities in card packs.

Free Deck for New and Returning Players

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If you’re new to the game—or you’ve been away for a spell—we’d like to help you get right to playing and having fun. Starting today, players new to the game who graduate from the New Player ranks will get a free competitive deck from a class of their choice, built with cards from the Year of the Dragon! This also applies to players who haven't logged into the game in the past four months*.

*Free deck only available to players who have not logged into Hearthstone in the past 4 months beginning on March 17, 2020. Limit one per account.

Battlegrounds Updates

  • If you currently have Battlegrounds bonus stats, choose from 3 Heroes, or visual emotes unlocked—you will get access to the equivalent new perks included with the Tavern Pass starting today, which you can learn about here. Battlegrounds Perks earned from collecting Descent of Dragons packs (including the new perks such as choosing from 4 heroes) will expire once Ashes of Outland is released.
  • Cobalt Guardian has been removed from the Minion pool.

NEW HERO – Illidan Stormrage added to the pool.

  • Wingmen [Passive] Start of Combat: Your left and right-most minions attack immediately.

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NEW MINIONS –

Deflect-o-Bot [Mech, Tier 3] 3 Attack, 2 Health.

  • Divine Shield Whenever you summon a Mech during combat, gain +1 Attack and Divine Shield.
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Felfin Navigator [Murloc, Tier 3] 4 Attack, 4 Health.

  • Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1.
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Card Changes
    • Dr. Boom, Mad Genius
      • Old: Cost 9 mana → New: Cost 7 mana.
    • Giggling Inventor
      • Old: Cost 7 mana → New: Cost 6 mana.
    • Raiding Party
      • Old: Cost 4 mana → New: Cost 3 mana.
    • Reckless Experimenter
      • Old: Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at end of turn. (Cost can't be reduced below 1.) → New: Deathrattle minions you play cost (3) less, but die at end of turn.

Zephrys the Great—Now Greater Than Ever

      • Zephrys the Great has been updated for the changes to the Basic/Classic sets in Year of the Phoenix:
        • Removal of the 5 Neutral and 6 Priest cards sent to the Hall of Fame.
        • Addition of Demon Hunter Basic cards (pending Ashes of Outland launch on April 7), and the 6 new Priest Basic/Classic cards.
      • Improved ordering of simulated attacks to best make use of Rush minions to clear Taunts, in order to maximize potential face damage. This should solve many cases where Zephrys ‘missed lethal’ that involved trading a Rush minion into a Taunt before going face with other minions.
      • Zephrys is now more likely to offer a Freeze card when the opponent has a full board, since it locks the opponent out of being able to play any minions.
      • Fixed a bug where Freeze effects were sometimes offered against already-Frozen enemies.
      • Fixed a bug where SI:7 Infiltrator was offered for next turn over Flare for this turn.
      • Fixed several bugs involving the opponent’s weapon and/or Frozen state, for calculating whether healing should be offered.
      • Fixed a bug where minions whose base cost was higher than 10 (such as Shirvallah, the Tiger) were evaluated as being extremely valuable.
      • Fixed a bug where Windfury was not offered for use on a minion that has already attacked once this turn.
      • Fixed a bug where Crazed Alchemist was offered to destroy your own Doomsayer.

Priest Cards Entering Hall of Fame

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Players who own the Classic cards below will be granted the full Arcane Dust refund for each. Players who do not have access to the Wild format will have the two Basic cards removed from their Collection and will be granted a full dust refund for both.

Priest Balance Updates

  • Power Word: Shield
    • Old: [Cost 1] Give a minion +2 Health. Draw a card.
    • New: [Cost 0] Give a minion +2 Health.
  • Shadow Word: Death
    • Old: [Cost 3] Destroy a minion with 5 or more Attack.
    • New: [Cost 2] Destroy a minion with 5 or more Attack.
  • Holy Smite
    • Old: [Cost 1] Deal 2 damage.
    • New: [Cost 1] Deal 3 damage to a minion.
  • Holy Nova
    • Old: [Cost 5] Deal 2 damage to all enemies. Restore 2 Health to all friendly characters.
    • New: [Cost 4] Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions. Restore 2 Health to all friendly characters.
  • Shadow Madness
    • Old: [Cost 4] Gain control of an enemy minion with 3 or less Attack until end of turn.
    • New: [Cost 3] Gain control of an enemy minion with 3 or less Attack until end of turn.
  • Temple Enforcer
    • Old: [Cost 6] 6/6 - Give a friendly minion +3 Health.
    • New: [Cost 5] 5/6 Give a friendly minion +3 Health.
  • Thoughtsteal
    • Old: [Cost 3] Copy 2 cards in your opponent's deck and add them to your hand.
    • New: [Cost 2] Copy 2 cards in your opponent's deck and add them to your hand.

New Priest Cards

Players will automatically be granted the two new Basic Priest cards, and the four new Classic Priest cards can be crafted or obtained from Classic card packs.

Basic - Psychic Conjurer

      • [Cost 1] 1 Attack, 1 Health
      • Battlecry: Copy a card in your opponent's deck and add it to your hand.

Basic - Power Infusion

      • [Cost 4]
      • Give a minion +2/+6.

Classic - Kul Tiran Chaplain

      • [Cost 2] 2 Attack, 3 Health
      • Battlecry: Give a friendly minion +2 Health.

Classic - Scarlet Subjugator

      • [Cost 1] 2 Attack, 1 Health
      • Battlecry: Give an enemy minion -2 Attack until your next turn.

Classic - Shadow Word: Ruin

      • [Cost 4]
      • Destroy all minions with 5 or more Attack.

Classic - Natalie Seline

      • [Cost 8] 8 Attack, 1 Health
      • Battlecry: Destroy a minion and gain its Health.

Neutral Cards Entering Hall of Fame

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You will be able to keep your copies of these card once they move to the Hall of Fame, and you’ll also be granted the full Arcane Dust value for each card (up to the maximum number that can be used in a deck). The dust will be automatically awarded once you log-in after March 26.

Ranked Overhaul - Coming April 1

Starting with the April 2020 Ranked Season, we're replacing the existing ladder in Ranked Mode with a new league system. The new system features five leagues to conquer—Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond—each made up of 10 ranks. Players start each season at Bronze 10 and climb their way to Bronze 1 before graduating to the Silver league, and on through Gold, Platinum, and Diamond before hitting Legend. Each league will also have rank floors at rank 10 and rank 5, where you cannot go down in rank for losing a match. The New Player ranks will have their own league that runs from ranks 40–1. The Legend ranks will continue to work as they currently do.

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Star Bonuses

To go from one rank to the next—say, Gold 10 to Gold 9—you will need to gain three Stars. You’ll gain one Star for each match you win and lose a Star for a lost match. At the start of each season, players will be awarded a Star Bonus based on their performance the previous season. This Star Bonus acts as a multiplier on the Stars you earn from each win.

For example, if you have a Star Bonus of 5x and you win a game, you’ll get five Stars instead of one. If your winning game is a part of a win streak, you’ll get double that: 10 Stars! Upon hitting each ranked floor in your climb, your Star Bonus will be reduced by one. When playing with a Star Bonus you’ll be matched by your matchmaking rating (MMR), meaning you’ll be matched even more precisely with players of your similar skill level when climbing!

New Ranked Rewards

We’ve reworked the rewards you earn at the end of each season of Ranked play. Your reward chest can now contain card packs from the latest expansion, Rare cards, and even an Epic card, based on the rank you achieve. Five wins at any rank will also award the seasonal card back immediately, instead of at the end of the season.

There are also brand-new first-time rewards. These one-time rewards of Classic card packs, Rare cards, and Epic cards will be granted immediately upon hitting a ranked floor for the first time on your account. Hitting Legend for the first time in the new ranked system will grant a random Classic Legendary card!

Ranking up To End of Season Reward First-time Rewards
Legend 1 Latest Expansion Pack 1 Random Classic Legendary Card
Diamond 5 1 Random Standard Epic Card 1 Classic Pack
Diamond 10 1 Latest Expansion Pack 1 Random Classic Epic Card
Platinum 5 2 Random Standard Rare Cards 1 Classic Pack
Platinum 10 1 Latest Expansion Pack 1 Random Classic Epic Card
Gold 5 2 Random Standard Rare Cards 1 Classic Pack
Gold 10 1 Latest Expansion Pack 4 Random Classic Rare Cards
Silver 5 2 Random Standard Rare Cards 1 Classic Pack
Silver 10 1 Latest Expansion Pack 4 Random Classic Rare Cards
Bronze 5 1 Standard Rare Card 1 Classic Pack

Demon Hunter Prologue – Coming April 2

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The Year of the Phoenix introduces Hearthstone’s first new class since launch: the Demon Hunter!

Log in and complete the Demon Hunter prologue starting April 2 to receive all 10 Demon Hunter Basic cards, a 20-card Demon Hunter Initiate set (belonging to the Year of the Dragon for rotation purposes), and a pre-built Demon Hunter deck list—so long as you have an open deck slot. Starting with Ashes of Outland, 15 new Demon Hunter cards will be released with each future expansion in the Year of the Phoenix.

After the prologue has been completed, the Demon Hunter will officially unlock on April 7!

Set Rotation, Ashes of Outland, and Demon Hunter - Coming April 7

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With the Year of the Dragon’s end at hand, the time has come for Rastakhan’s Rumble, The Boomsday Project, and The Witchwood to enter Wild and rotate out of Standard. The first new expansion of the Year of the Phoenix, Ashes of Outland, launches worldwide on April 7, bringing with it the Demon Hunter and the menacing Rusted Legion!

Launch Quest Chain

To celebrate the launch of the Demon Hunter we’ll be introducing a new quest chain on April 7, where you can earn free card packs from Year of the Dragon expansions and Ashes of Outland! The quests will be initially available on the following dates.

      • April 7, 10:00 a.m. PT: Play 25 Cards in Play Mode to earn an Ashes of Outland and Descent of Dragons card pack.
      • April 8, 10:00 a.m. PT: Play 3 Games in Play Mode as Demon Hunter to earn an Ashes of Outland and Saviors of Uldum card pack.
      • April 9, 10:00 a.m. PT: Play 20 Spells in any mode to earn an Ashes of Outland and Rise of Shadows card pack.

Arena Rotation

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Starting April 7, the Arena will include cards from the following sets:

Welcome to the Year of the Phoenix!


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