Welcome to the launch of Whizbang's Workshop! This serves as our hub for everything you need to know about Hearthstone's latest expansion.
Table of Contents
- Optimal Pack Opening in Hearthstone for Whizbang's Workshop
- When Does Showdown in the Badlands Launch?
- Whizbang's Workshop Fast Facts
- Year of the Pegasus Fast Facts
- Out of Games Whizbang's Workshop Reminders
- New Mechanics in Whizbang's Workshop
- Whizbang's Workshop Catch-up Packs
- Whizbang's Workshop Rewards Track
- New Coins in Whizbang's Workshop
- Whizbang's Workshop Community Compendium
Optimal Pack Opening in Hearthstone for Whizbang's Workshop
- Open your catch-up packs first - their contents are based on your collection size.
- If you want the most total cards (fewest duplicates):
- Open Expansion Packs
- Open Class Packs
- Open Standard Packs
- If you want the most cards from Whizbang's Workshop (more dupes):
- Open Standard Packs
- Open Class Packs
- Open Expansion Packs
When Does Showdown in the Badlands Launch?
Whizbang's Workshop launches on March 19, around 10 AM Pacific (1 PM Eastern, 18:00 CEST). Refer to the countdown below - make sure your computer's clock is correct.
Whizbang's Workshop Fast Facts
- 145 new cards added to the game. The mini-set, to be revealed at a later date, will have 38 new cards.
- Miniaturize is a new mechanic that gives you a 1 mana 1/1 copy in your hand after it is played.
- You can login now to receive a copy of Colifero the Artist for free!
- The first free reward on the rewards track is Li'Na, Shop Manager.
- Badlands Achievements will still provide experience for the Whizbang rewards track.
- A new event will be going live on March 26 to celebrate the expansion.
Year of the Pegasus Fast Facts
- A new year of Hearthstone means a brand new core set.
- All players can play with cards in the core set for free. Check out this year's core set.
- Game rule changes! Mana, Sigils, Objectives, and Auras can now have multiple of the same type in play.
Out of Games Whizbang's Workshop Reminders
- You can share your decks with everyone on the site - use our deckbuilder!
- Find new decks to play in our deck database - here are all the most recently created decks for this patch.
- You can login and manage your collection of cards, which can help you find decks you can create.
- Check the user panel dropdown at the top of the site to get your "HS Collection" link!
- If you encounter any issues on the site, please let us know in our site feedback realm.
We appreciate everyone's continued support!
New Mechanics in Whizbang's Workshop
- New Keyword: Miniaturize
- Get a 1-Cost 1/1 copy of this minion.
- Learn more about this mechanic in-depth in our Miniaturize keyword guide.
- Zilliax's Return
- Zilliax Deluxe 3000 makes his re-debut with Whizbang's Workshop.
- You can build your own Zilliax by combining two different modules, of 8 total, during the deckbuilding phase.
- Afterward, pick a third model as your Zilliax's art - no gameplay changes.
- There are plenty of returning characters appearing in new forms - go find them!
Whizbang's Workshop Catch-up Packs
We've got a return of catch-up packs coming for Whizbang's Workshop. Things are going to be a little bit different than before though when Blizzard first introduced this concept back in Showdown in the Badlands.
Instead of the 5 sets that were available with the first set of catch-up packs in Badlands, Whizbang's Workshop edition is only going to include cards from the current past 3 expansions that are in Standard. Because of this, there are slight changes to the numbers since there aren't as many expansions in the pool. You will still be getting the same value overall though with the packs. These are a fantastic way to get back into Hearthstone if you haven't been playing for a while.
You can see a preview of the new catch-up packs in the video down below. Apologies for some sniffles, my audio processing didn't remove them as expected.
Whizbang's Workshop Rewards Track
We've got a dedicated article with everything you need to know for the Whizbang's Workshop rewards track!
New Coins in Whizbang's Workshop
Two new collectible coins are making their way to Hearthstone with the launch of Whizbang's Workshop! As usual, these are rewards from the rewards track's tavern pass and by having 145 cards from the set. We're definitely looking to rush our way up to 90 on the rewards track, because the new Wonderous Workshop Coin is amazing. Whizbang's Workshop launches on March 19.
Whizbang's Workshop Community Compendium
Come check out how the community voted on all the new cards in Whizbang's Workshop!
Good luck with your pack openings! May RNG bless you.
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I was looking over the Core set rotation last night, and with this being the first big shake up for Death Knight in their Core set, there are some classic cards of theirs that will be disappearing for all players soon. For players who only venture into Standard, this is likely no big deal. But for a Wild player such as myself, their abscence could have an impact. Cards like Patchwerk and Lord Marrowgar, Obliterate, and many others. Outside of DK, the most noteable loss might be Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, and potentially Selective Breeder.
The good news is that all of these cards should be added to the Legacy set, and are obtainable via Wild packs or crafting. In total there appears to be 6 Legendary cards, 2 Epics, 8 Rares, and 5 Commons rotating out that players may find they are missing. While several will be no big deal, some of those mentioned above and maybe a few others might be worth opening a handful of Wild packs to grab those Rares and Commons, maybe get lucky to snag a legendary or two.
I am uncertain about what will happen to Marrowgar in my collection though. I have the Signature version of him, which was obtained via the paid tavern pass during March of the Lich King. So in my opinion that card should stay in my collection and just convert to be a Legacy card. If that isn't what happens in 45 minutes, I'm going to be writing a strongly worded email to Blizzard about some things.
Full list of cards that you may need to craft if you want them after rotation:
Patchwerk
Lord Marrowgar
Overseer Frigidara
Aegwynn, the Guardian
Ysera the Dreamer
Alexstrasza the Life-Binder
Obliterate
Repulsive Gargantuan
Ymirjar Deathbringer
Bonedigger Geist
Graveyard Shift
Rimefang Sword
Runeforging
Rime Sculptor
Defrost
Selective Breeder
Corrupted Ashbringer
Possessifier
Heart Strike
Shadowed Spirit
Emerald Skytalon
Yesterday I spent all of my dust trying to curb the ever-growing list of cards I'm missing from the Collection: I thought 80,000 would do significant damage, and while I now own every Standard card, I totally forgot I would need some of that dust for these rotating cards. Whoops. Should'a waited until later today.
Wishing you all a great Launch Day!!!
Best of luck everyone with your packs opening!
Indeed: may all your desired Legendaries be Golden...and/or Signature haha