Gift Exchange

Great Father is dropping crates on the battlefield! Get a gift each time you smash your opponent's crate... or your own!


Trivia

  • Blizzard didn't bring this brawl back during the 2016 holiday season, leading to community outrage.
  • The brawl came back in February 2017 as a re-release post-2016 holidays.
  • This is the first brawl that rewarded a card back as the reward.
  • Completing this brawl used to give you a Classic Pack if you already have the card back.


How it Works

  • Build a custom deck using cards from your own collection.
  • At the start of your turn, provided there is not a Winter's Veil Gift on your side of the field, Greatfather Winter will drop one off.
  • Destroying a Gift will give you a Stolen Winter's Veil Gift.
  • Stolen Winter's Veil Gift allows you to Discover a card from the class of the player the originating Gift minion came from.
    • You are only able to receive cards that initially cost at least 5 mana.
    • The cost of the card is reduced by 5 mana.
    • You are unable to Discover weapons.
  • You have a chance of seeing Hardpacked Snowballs in the Discover mechanic.

Winter Veil Gift Card Image Stolen Winter Veil Gift Card Image Hardpacked Snowballs Card Image


Holiday Fun

  • Cards that swap Health and Attack can let you obtain gifts very early. See Crazed Alchemist.
  • If you wipe the board out with a Doomsayer, you could end up with two Stolen Gifts!
  • Buffing up your gift can make it an early threat. Priests have an easy time keeping gifts alive with their heals and can buff it easily with their kit.


Hot Decks for Gift Exchange


When We've Seen Gift Exchange

Week Started Ended Reward
Week #86 Tuesday, January 31, 2017 Saturday, February 04, 2017 1x Winter Veil Wreath Card Back
Week #27 Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Saturday, December 19, 2015 1x Winter Veil Wreath Card Back
Week #185 Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Tuesday, January 29, 2019 1x Winter Veil Treat Card Back
Week #236 Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Wednesday, December 25, 2019 1x Winter Veil Treat Card Back
Week #288 Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Wednesday, December 23, 2020 1x Winter Veil Treat Card Back
Week #341 Wednesday, December 22, 2021 Wednesday, December 29, 2021 1x Winter Veil Treat Card Back
Week #394 Wednesday, December 28, 2022 Wednesday, January 04, 2023 1x Standard Pack
Week #444 Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Wednesday, December 20, 2023 1x Standard Pack

Comments

  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

    Holiday Cheer!

    1
  • horsaken's Avatar
    130 14 Posts Joined 11/02/2021
    Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

    Priest is absolutely busted in this brawl.

    Everyone is playing warlock, which is quite good destroying gifts, but warlock can't offer something else besides that. But priest can OTK the opponent.

    I'm running Mind Blast and Prophet Velen. So I just need to find Power Word: Replicate and/or Herald Volazj or another Velen in order to OTK the opponent. You can also find Holy Fire in gifts which is also excellent for OTK purposes.

    And since warlock often deals damage to own face most of the time you need just 20 dmg, which is: Velen + Replicate/Volazj + Mind blast/Holy fire.

    1
  • StormKnightSera's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2915 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

    Everyone and their mother plays Warlock for this, so I went with Priest instead. Tried to use Clear Conscience on a big present, and it still got cleared by untargeted removal :/ Eventually got a win, but not as fun when they've got clears for days and you're just trying to get something large to stick.

    3
  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

    I usually just use self sacrifice warlock and deny all the presents to my opponent... so much fun, Nemsy portrait is a must though

    1
  • Lich13's Avatar
    175 38 Posts Joined 09/06/2021
    Posted 2 years, 11 months ago

    I dont get the card back is it normal?

    1
    • kauan's Avatar
      60 3 Posts Joined 06/08/2021
      Posted 2 years, 11 months ago

      I didn't have the card back and I got a pack as well...

      0
  • Hazemaster's Avatar
    210 67 Posts Joined 11/05/2020
    Posted 4 years ago

    A really aggressive deck is what I recommend. I was facing off against Open the Waygate Mage, and what often happened was that I killed his present, get a Firelands Portal, then used it to fire at my own present

    0
  • KnivesOut's Avatar
    Faceless Rager 1200 266 Posts Joined 06/25/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    I already have the card back, so it gave me a pack (popped up after winning)....except it's nowhere to be found :-( 

    0
  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1180 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 4 years ago

    I get a card back instead of a pack? I hate to be like Complainy McReddit, but damn. Wednesday is Free Pack Day, it's not much, but... I want my pack!

    -3
  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Well, I did an autofill deck.... lets see how it works out.

    2
    • CaptZoey's Avatar
      765 211 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
      Posted 2 years, 11 months ago

      And? :)

      0
      • Hydrafrog's Avatar
        Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
        Posted 2 years, 11 months ago

        I Want to say it worked because I don't remember it frustrating the hell out of me

         

        1
      • CaptZoey's Avatar
        765 211 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
        Posted 2 years, 11 months ago

        I ask because this was my first reaction: I should just hit auto-fill and see what happens. Since you've already done it, I am curious on the results!

        1
        • HuntardHuntard's Avatar
          Mailbox Dancer 875 744 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
          Posted 2 years, 11 months ago

          His comment is a year old so he probably does not remember.

          2
  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Thank you so much for that N64 video ... priceless.

    2
  • kolbenstein's Avatar
    500 46 Posts Joined 06/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    What was it giving you if you already had the Winter Veil Treat Card Back?

    0
    • Skorpionex's Avatar
      Headless Horseman 1445 426 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
      Posted 4 years ago

      A disappointment.

      6
      • Darkthistle's Avatar
        380 144 Posts Joined 06/16/2019
        Posted 4 years ago

        Now there's that true to life holiday feeling. I lol'd so hard at this. 

        2
    • Maurice's Avatar
      Eldritch Horror 640 301 Posts Joined 07/12/2019
      Posted 4 years ago

      A Classic Pack.

      4
  • RNJesus's Avatar
    Magma Rager 295 31 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 5 years, 3 months ago

    woot

    0

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