August 2023 Balance

August 2023 Balance is a Hearthstone patch released on Aug. 8, 2023. It was versioned 27.0.3 with the build number 182995. It was released during the expansion TITANS

Card Changes

• Solid Alibi - Cost increased to 3 (from 2).
• Lab Constructor - Cost increased to 5 (from 4).

Quote From Blizzard

Patch 27.0.3 is a data-only patch, rolling out today, with the following updates and bug fixes.

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: This is a smaller, numbers-only adjustment intended to address negative play experience outliers from the first few days of the new expansion. There will be another patch a couple weeks after this one where we will have more data points to make larger adjustments to the meta, if needed.

Solid Alibi

• Old: [2 Mana]
• New: [3 Mana]

Lab Constructor

• Old: [4 Mana]
• New: [5 Mana]

The above cards will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 27.0.3.

Duels Update

• Mechwarper has been banned from deckbuilding and all card pools.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Updated Sparkbots to better match their colors to their effects. WARNING: Wear proper safety equipment and read card texts to mitigate the risk of misplays while handling Sparkbots.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Dormant Titans could activate their abilities (kind of), causing issues.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Korean language version of the Forge tooltip displayed incorrectly.
• [Hearthstone] Fixed miscellaneous localization issues across languages.
• [Duels] Fixed a bug where Open the Doorways didn't trigger off of Symphony of Sins or Snack
• [Collection] Fixed a bug where the Sargeras card back appeared as unowned and couldn’t be favorited.