Castle Nathria

Castle Nathria is a Hearthstone patch released on July 26, 2022. It was versioned 24.0.0 with the build number 145077. It was released during the expansion Murder at Castle Nathria

New Collectible Cards

New cards have been added to the game.

New Demon Hunter Cards

Artificer Xy'mox - "The anticipation to use this relic is killing me! Though, it will more likely kill you."
Kryxis the Voracious - Tried intermittent fasting. It didn't stick.
Relic of Dimensions - A glaive is a glaive, but a mystery box could be anything! It could even be a glaive!
Sinful Brand - My brand!
Relic of Phantasms - Xy'mox chuckled. "You mean the Chaos Emerald?"
Relic Vault - Holds Sire Denathrius' most prized possession - his teddy bear, Jeremy Bearimy.
Dispose of Evidence - Just because you did it doesn't mean you have to be guilty.
Magnifying Glaive - Vengeance!_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Bibliomite - He did NOT want to cast a spell.
Relic of Extinction - Faster than an asteroid, and just as effective.

New Druid Cards

Sesselie of the Fae Court - They claim they're from the Fae Court, but that might be a Fae Kout.
Topior the Shrubbagazzor - They got a dragon that burns 1000 gallons of anima a week.
Convoke the Spirits - The spirits prefer to convoke when there's some hot gossip to discuss.
Widowbloom Seedsman - Sometimes a blue thumb is better than a green one.
Nightshade Bud - It actually thrives in partial sunlight.
Hedge Maze - If you keep seeing a statue of the Sire, you’re not going in circles. There’s just so many of them.
Plot of Sin - It's a great plot, but it's riddled with holes.
Death Blossom Whomper - We call her Audrey II. She was named after her mother.
Natural Causes - What if the suspect was framed? What if the murder weapon was... a plant?
Planted Evidence - So you're telling me this wasn't Natural Causes?

New Hunter Cards

Huntsman Altimor - He loves all his Gargons equally. (Hecutis is his favorite and it's not close.)
Ara'lon - If I had a nickel for every time a Hunter Legendary minion in Castle Nathria summoned three different companions, I'd have two nickels - which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Wild Spirits - Wait, this card just released! It should be Standard Spirits!
Stag Charge - Stag! You’re it!
Collateral Damage - 1 + 2 + 2 + 1
Spirit Poacher - Always poach from your local spirit shelter.
Castle Kennels - Play dead! Oh…
Stonebound Gargon - Really good at "stay."
Frenzied Fangs - That's one stylish bat.
Batty Guest - His favorite food is chocolate cereal.

New Mage Cards

Kel'Thuzad, the Inevitable - Looks like Kel'Thuzad is borrowing some of Mr. Bigglesworth's nine lives.
Orion, Mansion Manager - The secrets of the universe are vast... and will be revealed sometime later this game.
Vengeful Visage - The mirror shows us nothing less than the deepest, darkest desire of our hearts: to go face.
Solid Alibi - That pillow knows too much…
Deathborne - Kel'Thuzad thinks adding a silent 'e' at the end of words makes them sound cooler.
Nightcloak Sanctum - For VIPs only. (Very Infused Person)
Suspicious Alchemist - Side effects may include feeling totally fine! Don't even worry about it.
Chatty Bartender - "So a Venthyr, an Old God, and a Tauren walk into a bar…"
Cold Case - And that's why you keep your skeletons in your closet instead of your freezer.
Frozen Touch - Is this what Bob was talking about when he said he served a drink to a Death Knight once?

New Paladin Cards

The Countess - 3 Legendary Invitations, AH AH AH!
Stewart the Steward - How many bites does it take to get the center of an hors d'oeuvre?
Elitist Snob - "I heard the Sire invited a Murloc! How dreadful!"
Promotion - And with the new title of 'Golden Hand Recruit', you also get a pay raise!
Divine Toll - Never send to know for whom the bell tolls.
Service Bell - The bell tolls for us! Waiter, we need more water!
Great Hall - It's fabulous! It's grand! It's, well it's really very nice.
Buffet Biggun - "Look, I just want to know what kind of monster put raisins in this."
Muckborn Servant - Party guests never tip as well as the patrons in Bob's tavern.
Sinful Sous Chef - If this dinner party goes well, she thinks she has a good shot at being on Fel's Kitchen.

New Priest Cards

Pelagos - He's a great judge of character.
The Harvester of Envy - "Ah, permission shmermission! You can borrow anything you want, anytime, as long as if you give it back before it's missed. Everyone knows that! Right?"
Boon of the Ascended - Ascension is not some external power granted to you, it is the power you find within yourself.
Mysterious Visitor - Dave, we can tell this letter is fake - it's in your handwriting. And take off that stupid hood, you're embarrassing us.
Clean the Scene - Not even the holy Light can get anima out of white silk.
Cathedral of Atonement - You'll actually find more than one tonement here.
Suspicious Usher - "Oh please, let me take your jacket, luggage, and absurdly large shoulder pads."
Partner in Crime - "You know what we need? Some rope." "That's stupid. Name one thing you'd need a rope for."
Identity Theft - Identity theft is not a joke, Jim!
The Light! It Burns! - Wait, if you're over there, then who's messing with the lights?!

New Rogue Cards

Necrolord Draka - We originally planned on giving Rogue a Legendary minion called "The Moon", but SOMEONE jumped in the frame.
Halkias - Everybody tough until the sinstones start walking.
Ghastly Gravedigger - Some people take their secrets to the grave.
Kidnap - Check your coat, but don't check the coat closet.
Sinstone Graveyard - A graveyard in the realm of the dead; a bit redundant, don't you think?
Serrated Bone Spike - Draka, in an attempt to help, threw them a bone.
Door of Shadows - Upon arrival, please ring the doorbell of shadows, and wipe your shoes on the doormat of shadows before entering.
Private Eye - Eye see what you did there.
Double Cross - Valeera revealed herself to be a double agent. At which point Maiev felt comfortable revealing that she also was a double agent. And then Scabbs announced to everybody that - get this - he was a double agent.
Sticky Situation - "Now this is what I'd call..." "...just shut up."

New Shaman Cards

Baroness Vashj - Vashj was supposed to make an appearance in "The Sunken City," but after a freak accident in "Ashes of Outland," she ended up here.
The Stonewright - She wrights stone better than she reads it.
Gigantotem - Totem Golem's uncle, gone too soon.
Primordial Wave - A primordial hello to you too!
Party Favor Totem - It's the gift (totem) that keeps on giving (totems)!
Muck Pools - Making a dredger is easier than you'd think. You don't need to worry about mucking it up!
Convincing Disguise - Okay gang, let's see who's really under the mask… *gasp* Old Man Bru'kan!?
Criminal Lineup - Number 1, could you please sing the opening to "I Want It That Way"?
Crud Caretaker - All it takes is a little love and a LOT of junk!
Carving Chisel - Look at your stone. Visualize the totem within. Then gently...

New Warlock Cards

Imp King Rafaam - Not even death can stop Rafaam from pursuing a life of crime.
Lady Darkvein - You're so vein. I bet you think this flavor text is about you.
Tome Tampering - An overdue book calls for a do-over.
Impending Catastrophe - The imps end you, and the cats... well, they astrophe.
Mischievous Imp - Why is it when something happens, it is always you three?
Suffocating Shadows - "Reading is good for you," they said.
Vile Library - What type of vial library has 0 vials in it!?
Shadow Waltz - They're dancing to one of Rin's demonic symphonies. Her music might not be famous now, but just you wait!
Shadowborn - You merely adopted the shadows; I was born in them!
Flustered Librarian - A fairly sIMPle card.

New Warrior Cards

Remornia, Living Blade - Was it the lead pipe... the candlestick... or the unhinged, sentient, bloodthirsty sword?
Decimator Olgra - FOUND HER!
Burden of Pride - A group of burdens is called a pride.
Riot! - No, Blizzard!
Suspicious Pirate - EVERY party should be a costume party.
Conqueror's Banner - Olgra, I love your new tapestry! Where did you get it?
Sanguine Depths - There may not be any skeletons in the closets at Castle Nathria, but there sure are souls in the basement.
Imbued Axe - Technically it's a Yet-to-be-Imbued Axe.
Crazed Wretch - Enrage is all the rage.
Anima Extractor - After we are done you're welcome to help yourself to cookies and apple juice. Thank you for your donation!

New Neutral Cards

Sire Denathrius - History has a way of altering villains so that we can no longer see ourselves in them. Unfortunately for the Venthyr, they all look like Sire Denathrius.
Kael'thas Sinstrider - You heard about Kael'thas? That's messed up, right?
Theotar, the Mad Duke - "I'm afraid you've gone mad! You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best souls are."
Murloc Holmes - When you have eliminated the imfroggable, whatever remains, however uncroakable, must be the truth.
Insatiable Devourer - You're not you when you're anima-starved.
Party Crasher - "Do you ever wonder why you don't get invited anywhere?" "… no, not really."
Sinfueled Golem - That poor golem is going to be stuck as a guard forever. He can never get a head!
Ashen Elemental - "The castle was nice but the fireplaces were too small - 2/5 stars"
Demolition Renovator - "Look, the Sire said he wanted something more open concept..."
Steamcleaner - Business is slow since the anima shortage began. Things just don't get stained like they used to!
Famished Fool - He's not hungry for food, he's starving for attention!
Dispossessed Soul - I'm afraid it came as a great shock to her when she died.
Invitation Courier - Sending mail via steward is soooo old school.
Crooked Cook - There are many things not called poison which can kill a man. But in this case, it is poison.
Stoneborn General - Leads with an iron fist and a stony demeanor.
Red Herring - He's got gill-ty written all over him!
Bog Beast - I'm sure at least one of those bones is from an actual beast.
Masked Reveler - "It's party time! P-A-R-T-Why? Because I gotta!"
Sinrunner - Blanchy was said to be an affectionate and well-behaved horse in life. How she ended up in Revendreth? We're too afraid to ask.
Stoneborn Accuser - "I SAW THEM VENT, I SWEAR!"
Muck Plumber - If you drink muck, you go to the Maw before you die.
Scuttlebutt Ghoul - No 'if's, 'and's, or 'scuttlebutt's'!
Murlocula - The best part of Murlocula is when he said "IT'S MRRGLIN' TIME" and totally mrrgled those guys.
Creepy Painting - I do not like this painting, Harth. Its smug aura mocks me.
Dinner Performer - BANG!
Forensic Duster - He had plenty of experience with dusting things from his time as a butler, so when a murder was committed he saw a real job opportunity!
Priest of the Deceased - "Funnel cakes? I haven't had those in years…"
Volatile Skeleton - These ice sculpures look so realistic!
Maze Guide - "And if you look to your left, you'll see an even larger statue of Sire Denathrius!"
Sketchy Stranger - More of a 'Painted Stranger' if you ask me.
Anonymous Informant - It turns out she wasn't so great at keeping secrets after all.
Roosting Gargoyle - Jalapeñas!
Dredger Staff - The dredger staff held the dredger knife and said, "Dredger bow before the Sire!"
Sinstone Totem - This one's heavier than the wooden totems. Mostly from the weight of your sins.

Quote From Blizzard

Patch 24.0, launching tomorrow, sets the stage for Hearthstone’s newest expansion, Murder at Castle Nathria, launching August 2! This patch also includes updates to Battlegrounds, Mercenaries, Duels, and Arena, as well as bug fixes and more.

Murder at Castle Nathria Launches on August 2!

Hearthstone’s next expansion, Murder at Castle Nathria, goes live on August 2! The new expansion includes 135 all-new cards, featuring 10 Legendary suspect minions, the new Infuse keyword, the all-new Location card type, and more! See all the new cards in the official card library today and don’t forget to get your pre-purchase bundle before the expansion launches.

With the launch of Murder at Castle Nathria comes a new Rewards Track with tons of cosmetics, XP boosts, packs, and a huge infusion of Gold! Check out our Rewards Track Refresh blog for all the details.

Battlegrounds Updates

New Emotes!

Starting with Patch 24.0, all players will have access to the base Battlegrounds Emotes. Players will also be able to obtain special Emotes that they can equip over the base emotes in their Battlegrounds Collection. The first set of Battlegrounds Emotes – Mystery Mayhem, will be a collection of Nathria and murder-mystery themed emotes that will be available one week after the expansion goes live! Whether you’re sweating like a suspect or casually sipping on some tea, it’s got just the emote for you.

New Hero

Heistbaron Togwaggle (Armor Tier 1)

The Perfect Crime

[9 Gold] Steal all minions in Bob’s Tavern. Each turn, your next Hero Power costs (1) less.

Dev Comment: At the end of each Recruit phase, the cost of your next Hero Power will reduce by 1 automatically. Each time you use Togwaggle’s Hero Power, its cost resets to the original 9 Gold cost and starts the cycle over again.

Players with Battlegrounds Perks will have early access to Heistbaron Togwaggle ahead of his formal release on August 9.

Hero Updates

The Lich King, Sneed, and Edwin VanCleef can now all target minions in Bob’s Tavern as well as friendly minions. (Effects that are not “for one turn” effects will carry over to the next Recruit phase if you Freeze that minion in the Tavern).

Minion Updates

Red Whelp

Old: 1 Attack, 2 Health → New: 2 Attack, 2 Health

Evolving Chromawing has been reworked and returned to the minion pool.

Evolving Chromawing [Tavern Tier 1, Dragon]

1 Attack, 1 Health. After you Upgrade your Tavern Tier, gain +1/+1 for each friendly Dragon.

Mercenaries Updates

New Limited-Time Event: C’Thun

Sensing that its Old God brethren had awakened, the ancient one C’Thun has emerged from its prison to begin its own assault on Mercenaries! Defend your Village and tame the final Old God in this limited-time event, starting on August 16. The event will consist of 10 special Tasks centered around the Old God C’Thun. Two new event Tasks can be unlocked on each of the first five days of the event, but you have until September 6 to complete all 10 Tasks. Completing all 10 Tasks will get you the C’Thun Mercenary, a random Golden C’Thun Portrait, the Diamond C’Thun Portrait, and 700 Mercenary Coins! Dragons and Protectors will be important for protecting your Village from C’Thun’s wrath.

New Mercenaries

C’Thun (Legendary Fighter)

Old God

10/85 Maxed Stats

Abilities:

Mind Flay 5 (Shadow): (Speed 7) Deal this Merc’s Attack damage to an enemy. Deathblow: Summon a 5/15 Tentacle of C’Thun.

Tentacle of C’Thun 5 (Old God): (Speed 5) 5 Attack, 15 Health. Rush. Whenever this attacks, give your C’Thun +5 Attack and Old Gods’ abilities Refresh (1).

Mask of C’Thun 5 (Shadow): (Speed 4, Cooldown 10) Deal this Merc’s Attack damage to all enemies. Deathblow: Restore 20 Health to friendly Old Gods.

Equipment:

Heart of C’Thun 4: Battlecry: Summon a 5/15 Tentacle of C’Thun. It gains Taunt, but loses Rush.

Maw of C’Thun 4: Battlecry: Gain +4 Attack. Destroy a random enemy Minion.

Body of C’Thun 4: Bench: Gain +5/+10 after you summon an Old God.

Sir Finley (Epic Protector)

Murloc

11/78 Maxed Stats

Abilities:

Adventure Awaits 5 (Nature): (Speed 6) Gain +8 Health and Attack an enemy. If your opponent has fewer characters, gain Divine Shield first.

Murlocology 5: (Speed 2, Cooldown 1) Discover a dilapidated Murloc Ability.

Dev Comment: This is a pool of Abilities from all existing Murloc Mercs when Finley is released.

Lead the Charge 5 (Holy): (Speed 3, Cooldown 1) Give a friendly character +12 Attack and Divine Shield. Give your Murlocs +5 Attack.

Equipment:

Maxwell, Mighty Steed 4: Your Murlocs have +10 Health. Your Explorers have +6 Attack.

Exploring Monocle 4: Passive: Lead the Charge also gives Explorers Attack.

Finley’s Pith Helmet 4: Passive: After a friendly character loses Divine Shield, deal 10 damage to a random enemy.

C’Thun, Sir Finley, and their respective Portraits, will not initially be obtainable through packs or crafting. C’Thun and its Portraits are part of the C’Thun event. Sir Finley will be awarded for free to all players on the Murder at Castle Nathria Rewards Track, and his Portraits can be earned by players who have the Tavern Pass. C’Thun and its Portraits will be obtainable through normal means in a patch after its event ends. Sir Finley and its Portraits will be obtainable through normal means in a patch after the 24.0 expansion cycle ends. Tyrael, Yogg-Saron, and their respective Portraits, are now available through all normal means.

Merc Updates

Brann Bronzebeard

Summit Campfire 5

Old: Gain +4 Frost Resistance. Your characters deal Critical Damage to enemies whom have already acted. → New: Gain +5 Frost Resistance. This turn, enemies who have acted take Critical Damage.

Dev Comment: In addition to being reworded and giving +1 more Frost Resistance, Summit Campfire has had some bugs addressed that prevented its full effect from working. Now, when the effect triggers, enemies who have already acted will take Critical Damage and any enemies who act after this effect goes will take Critical Damage for the rest of the turn; if Brann dies, all enemies already impacted will stay impacted, but no additional enemies will be afflicted.

Extra Spirit 4

Old: Passive: If you have them in play, Elise and Reno have +5/+12. → New: Passive: Your Explorers have +5/+12.

Elise Starseeker

Oasis Canteen 4

Old: Passive: If you have Brann and Reno in play, give them +4/+4 at the end of turn. → New: Passive: Give your explorers +4/+4 at the end of each turn.

Reno Jackson

We’re Rich 4

Old: Battlecry: If you have at least two Explorers in play, Restore 100 health to friendly characters. → New: Battlecry: If you control two other Explorers, restore 100 health to your characters.

Treasure Inspector 4

Old: Deathrattle: Cast two random abilities. → New: Cast a random one of Reno’s Looted Powers! Twice!

Wrathion

Old: 12/79 Maxed Stats → New: 12/84 Maxed Stats

Creeping Madness

Old: Speed 8 → New: Speed 4

Tail Swipe 5

Old: Deal 20 damage, randomly to the left or right-most enemy. → New: Deal 15 damage to an enemy. Deal 5 damage to all enemies to the left or right of it.

Drek’Thar

Old: 10/73 Maxed Stats → New: 10/81 Maxed Stats

Spirit Guide

Old: Cooldown 1. Battlecry: If you have Shamanism, gain Divine Shield and Rush. → New: Cooldown 0. Taunt. Battlecry: If you have Shamanism, gain Divine Shield and Rush.

Brightwing

Dev Comment: Brightwing’s fantasy of swapping between bench and battlefield struggled because of randomness. We decided to strengthen her kit overall and reduce the randomness in it so players could direct her effects and choose what she swaps with.

Old: 7/77 Maxed Stats → New: 8/88 Maxed Stats

Faerie Breath 5

Old: Deal 10 damage. Give a random friendly Merc on your bench +3/+5. → New: Deal 12 damage. Give the lowest health Merc on your bench +3/+10.

Phase Shift 5

Old: Restore 25 Health to this Merc and swap it with the highest health Merc on your bench. → New: Restore 25 Health to this Merc. If you control another Merc, return this to your bench.

The Cooldown is now 1 for all levels of this Ability.

Brightwing’s Ring 4

Old: Phase Shift restores 25 more Health. → New: Bench: After a Merc dies, summon this and cast Faerie Breath 5 at a random enemy immediately.

Brightwing’s Necklace 4

Old: Faerie Breath gives an additional +5 Health. → New: Battlecry: Give your lowest health Merc on your Bench +15 Health.

Lady Anacondra

Dev Comment: Lady Anacondra always felt like a Merc that needed her Equipment just to get her Abilities to baseline levels. So we baked two of the Equipment effects into her Abilities and updated those Equipment with new Viper-summoning effects so that more players can experience that part of her kit.

Old: 8/76 Maxed Stats → New: 9/84 Maxed Stats

Serpent’s Bite 5

Old: Deal 6 damage. At the end of this turn, it takes 6 damage. → New: Deal 12 damage. At the end of this turn, it takes 12 damage.

Mend Beast 5

Old: Restore 15 Health to a character. If it’s a Beast, also give it +15 Health. → New: Restore 15 Health to a character and this Merc. If it’s a Beast, also give it +15 Health.

Toxic Venom 4

Old: Serpent’s Bite deals 4 more damage. → New: After you cast 3 Nature abilities, summon a 0/15 Nightmare Viper. (3 left!)

Signet of the Wilds 4

Old: Mend Beast restores Health to Lady Anacondra as well. → New: Battlecry: Summon a 0/15 Nightmare Viper.

Morgl the Oracle

Dev Comment: Morgle always wanted to be the healer for the Murloc party, but unfortunately other characters provided more value. We’ve redesigned his healing to give him the tools to be the Murloc healer he always wanted to be.

Old: 9/83 Maxed Stats → New: 10/93 Maxed Stats

Murloc Missile 5

Old: Deal 10 damage. Give your Murlocs +5 Health. → New: Deal 14 damage. Give your Murlocs +6 Health.

Healing Wave 5

Old: Cooldown 1. Restore 15 Health. If the target hasn’t acted yet, restore 30 Health instead. → New: Cooldown 0. Restore 15 Health to a character and 10 Health to your Murlocs.

Dousing Rod 4

Old: Healing Wave restores 10 more Health. → New: Passive: After one of your Murlocs takes 20 or more damage in a single hit, restore 8 Health to it.

Guff Runetotem

Dev Comments: Guff always relied on Bramblethorn Totem to keep Living Brambles’ damage up. We built that damage into Living Brambles to give him more Equipment options, including a new option as a backline character with the Bramblethorn Totem rework.

Old: 10/80 Maxed Stats → New: 12/91 Maxed Stats

Living Brambles 5

Old: Deal 10 damage. Nature Combo: Repeat this. → New: Deal 14 damage. Nature Combo: Repeat this.

Bramblethorn Totem 4

Old: Living Brambles deals 4 more damage. → New: Battlecry: Restore 20 health to your characters.

Garrosh Hellscream

Mak’Gora 5

Old: Attack an enemy. It Attacks this Merc back. → New: Take 5 less damage this turn. Attack an enemy. It Attacks back.

Additionally, Mak’Gora is now Speed 5 at all levels.

The Lich King

Old: 13/88 Maxed Stats → New: 14/92 Maxed Stats

Frostbite is now Speed 5 at all levels.

Cookie, the Cook

Cookie’s Cooking 5

Old: Bleed (5) to all enemies. Restore 5 Health to friendly Murlocs and Pirates. → New: Bleed (10) to all enemies. Restore 10 Health to friendly Murlocs and Pirates.

Dev Comment: Cookie was the first playable Merc that we designed with the Bleed effect. At the time, we thought it would be a good idea to allow Bleed to scale with Spell Damage. We’ve decided that Bleed shouldn’t be increased by Spell Damage buffs, so we’ve adjusted the base power of the Ability to compensate for that change.

Zar’jira, the Sea Witch

Old: 8/77 Maxed Stats → New: 9/86 Maxed Stats

Upstart Acolyte 4

Old: Passive: +20 Health. Whenever a friendly character is Frozen, Freeze a random enemy. → New: Passive: +20 Health. The first time a friendly character is Frozen each turn, Freeze a random enemy.

Uther

Dev Comment: Uther has always struggled to find a place on the Holy team focusing on Anduin and Velen. We think this is a flavorful change and we hope this change will bring more role diversity to Holy compositions. Uther now has the distinction of being the first Protector to deal Holy damage. For justice!

Old: Caster → New: Protector

Old: 11/82 Maxed Stats → New: 12/91 Maxed Stats

Hammer of Justice 5

Old: Deal 12 damage to a character. Its next ability is (3) Speed slower. → New: Deal 15 damage to an enemy. Its next ability is (3) Speed slower.

King Krush

Old: 12/73 Maxed Stats → New: 12/76 Maxed Stats

Devilsaur 5

Old: Cooldown 1 → New: Cooldown 0

Kurtrus Ashfallen

Old: 14/74 Maxed Stats → New: 14/77 Maxed Stats

Tavish Stormpike

Old: 7/83 Maxed Stats → New: 8/86 Maxed Stats

Lord Jaraxxus

Old: 10/81 Maxed Stats → New: 12/83 Maxed Stats

Mannoroth

Old: 11/78 Maxed Stats → New: 13/84 Maxed Stats

Tamsin Roame

Old: 9/84 Maxed Stats → New: 10/87 Maxed Stats

Warmaster Voone

Old: 9/82 Maxed Stats → New: 10/90 Maxed Stats

Rokara

Old: 10/76 Maxed Stats → New: 10/79 Maxed Stats

Ragnaros

Old: 9/69 Maxed Stats → New: 10/75 Maxed Stats

Antonidas

Old: 6/73 Maxed Stats → New: 7/76 Maxed Stats

Vanessa Van Cleef

Dev Comment: Originally, the fantasy of Vanessa was that she’d steal a bunch of attack and then get a big payoff with Makeshift Weaponry. In practice, however, spending all your Stolen Attack was too high a cost. It also meant that Makeshift Weaponry was a dead Ability on her first turn. We’ve increased its base power, reworked the Extra Pockets synergy, and made the downside less punishing, so we increased the speed to 7 to compensate for those buffs.

Old: 13/75 Maxed Stats → New: 13/86 Maxed Stats

Makeshift Weaponry 5

Old: Speed 3. Spend Stolen Attack to deal that much damage to all enemies. → New: Speed 7. Deal 12 damage to all enemies. (Improved by Stolen Attack)

Extra Pockets 4

Old: After using Makeshift Weaponry, this Merc keeps up to 10 Attack. → New: Battlecry: Steal 4 attack from an enemy opposite this.

Niuzao

Old: 10/80 Maxed Stats → New: 10/87 Maxed Stats

Vanndar

Old: 13/83 Maxed Stats → New: 13/86 Maxed Stats

Deathwing

Old: 12/90 Maxed Stats → New: 14/94 Maxed Stats

Onyxia

Old: 10/70 Maxed Stats → New: 11/75 Maxed Stats

Broodmother’s Rage 4

Old: Passive: When another friendly Dragon is destroyed, deal 7 damage to all enemies. → New: Passive: When another friendly Dragon is destroyed, deal 7 Fire damage to all enemies.

Dev Comment: This Equipment was already dealing Fire damage, so this is just a wording update to clarify the effect.

Lady Vashj

Old: 10/75 Maxed Stats → New: 12/81 Maxed Stats

Captain Hooktusk

Old: 10/75 Maxed Stats → New: 13/83 Maxed Stats

Trigore the Lasher

Backlash 5

Old: Gain +5 Attack. Each time an enemy damages an adjacent ally this turn, deal this Merc’s Attack damage to them. → New: Gain +5 Attack. After an enemy damage an adjacent ally this turn, deal this Merc’s Attack damage to them.

Dev Comment: This is not a functional change to Trigore, just a wording update. We also fixed a bug so that Trigore no longer hits after Trigore is functionally dead and no longer hits enemies who are functionally dead.

Murky

Old: 11/79 Maxed Stats → New: 11/80 Maxed Stats

Marching Murlocs (Summoned by the March of the Murlocs Equipment)

Old: Speed 5 → New: Speed 4

Duels Updates

General Updates

On July 26, the current Duels season will end, ratings will be reset, and ongoing runs will be concluded.

The Witchwood and Murder at Castle Nathria expansions are coming to Duels!

The Witchwood will be fully usable in Duels on July 26. Murder at Castle Nathria will be added to card buckets and Discover effects with Patch 24.0 on July 26, but those cards will not be able to be used in initial deckbuilding until they are released on August 2.

The new hero (below) will be available with the patch launch on July 26.

All hero powers and signature treasures are now available for all heroes, for all players, no matter what. No more unlock requirements!

New Hero

Darius Crowley

Hero Powers

Fire!

[2 Mana] Fire your Cannons! If they kill any minions, refresh this.

Fire Away!

[2 Mana] Fire your Cannons! Give your minions +1 Attack.

Fire at Thee!

[3 Mana] Fire your Cannons twice!

Signature Treasures

Safe Harbor

[2 Mana Spell] Choose a minion and put it into your hand. It costs (0).

Grizzled Reinforcement

[6 Mana Minion] 4 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry: Summon an extra Cannon.

Tuskarr Raider

[4 Mana Minion-Pirate] 3 Attack, 9 Health. Rush. After this minion attacks, fire your Cannons.

Seabreaker Goliath

[10 Mana Minion-Pirate] 15 Attack, 15 Health. Costs (1) less for each time you’ve fired your Cannons.

Deck Swabbie

[3 Mana Minion] 1 Attack, 4 Health. At the end of your turn, fire your Cannons!

Draconic Munition

[1 Mana Spell] For the rest of the game, your cannons deal 1 extra damage.

New Passive Treasures

Location, Location, Location! [Pool 1]

Passive. Start the game with a Location of your class in play.

Be Our Guest [Pool 1]

Passive. At the start of the game, shuffle 3 Legendary Invitations into your deck.

Brittle Bones [Pool 2]

Passive. After you destroy a minion with a spell, summon a Volatile Skeleton.

Ring of Haste [Pool 2 Ultra Rare]

Passive. Every third minion you cast each turn costs (1).

Card Pool Changes

The following cards have been banned from deck creation: Twig of the World Tree, Genn Greymane, Baku the Mooneater, Prince Renathal, Open the Waygate, Blackwald Pixie

The following card is no longer banned from deck creation: Lightning Bloom.

The following card has been removed from the passive treasure pool: Plaguebringer.

Balance Changes

Bubble Blower [Hero Power]

Old: 1 Mana → New: 0 Mana

Demon Blood [Hero Power]

Old: Give a random Demon in your hand +2/+1. → New: Give a random Demon in your hand +2/+2.

Marvelous Mycelium

Old: Discover two Choose One cards. They have both effects combined. Shuffle this card into your deck. → New: Discover a Choose One card. It has both effects combined. Shuffle this card into your deck.

Flames of the Kirin Tor

Old: Passive After you cast your first Fire spell in a turn, add a Fireball to your hand. → New: Passive After you cast your first Fire spell in a turn, add a random Fire spell to your hand.

Sr. Excavator

Old: 5 Mana → New: 6 Mana

Ol’ Faithful

Old: 4 Mana → New: 5 Mana

Titan-Forged Grapnel

Old: 4 Mana → New: 5 Mana

Stalking Pride

Old: 7 Mana → New: 5 Mana

Magister Unchained

Old: 1 Mana → New: 2 Mana

Tempest’s Fury

Old: 3 Attack → New: 2 Attack

Arena Updates

On August 2, when Murder at Castle Nathria launches, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible card sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:

Core
One Night in Karazhan
Saviors of Uldum
Rastakahn’s Rumble
Scholomance Academy
Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
Murder at Castle Nathria

New Feature: Multiple Favorite/Random Hero Skins

Players can now favorite multiple heroes from the same class in the Hearthstone Collection Manager. If a deck has no specific hero assigned to it, a random hero will be used each game. By default, the random hero is pulled from your pool of favorites, but you can also opt into total randomness by unchecking the “Favorites Only” toggle on a deck, expanding the pool to all eligible heroes you own, just like with card backs. The “Favorites Only” toggle starts checked, but if you decide to uncheck it, we leave it unchecked for future decks you create.

Updated Returning Player Experience

It is once again an amazing time to come back to Hearthstone! The quest rewards and free deck offered to Returning Players are no longer limited to once per account. Anyone who has been gone from the game for 120+ days will receive the Returning Player rewards, even if they've gotten them before! Let your friends know!

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

You can now hold down the Spacebar to continuously open packs.

Uncraftable cards will no longer show up when searching “refund” in the Collection Manager.

Fixed a visual bug where the filter in the Collection Manager would appear blank on some devices.

Fixed a visual bug with the 1000 wins animation.

Fixed a bug preventing Drakonid Operative’s effect from triggering.

Fixed a bug where if you attack a minion and then play Multi-Strike, you are unable to then attack the enemy hero.

Fixed a bug where Eureka! summoning a Colossal minion that had its cost reduced would result in the Colossal minion summoning double the appendages.

Fixed a bug causing some players to get stuck in the Mercenaries tutorial.

Fixed a bug sometimes causing error messages after getting a new Mercenary.

Fixed a bug where players would sometimes upgrade a Mercenary’s Ability or Equipment and the upgrade wouldn’t take effect.

Improved the appearance of tooltips, addressing issues such as lengthy tooltips getting cut off in Mercenaries.

Weakened and slowed down the Doppelgangster encounter.

Fixed bugs and wording issues with various Mercenaries Abilities, Equipment, and Treasures.

Fixed a Duels bug preventing deck codes from working with Neutral heroes.

Improved shop lag and performance issues.

Fixed bugs preventing the “Harold Who” and the “Killamari” Achievements from tracking.

Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.