Sunken City Nerfs

Sunken City Nerfs is a Hearthstone patch released on April 26, 2022. It was versioned 23.0.3 with the build number 137436. It was released during the expansion Voyage to the Sunken City

Card Changes

• Kazakusan - Battlecry's trigger condition changed from "If all minions in your deck are Dragons" to "If you played 4 other Dragons this game".
• Miracle Growth - Cost increased to 8 (from 7).
• Secure the Supplies - Requirement increased to 3 Pirates (from 2).
• Pufferfist - Health decreased to 3 (from 4).
• Switcheroo - Now only swaps the Health of the drawn minions instead of their stats.
• Kael'thas Sunstrider - Every third spell each turn costs 1 (up from 0).

Quote From Blizzard

Patch 23.0.3, launching today, provides balance updates to Standard, Wild, and Battlegrounds, as well as bug fixes and more!

 

Hearthstone Card Changes

Kazakusan

• Old: Battlecry: If all minions in your deck are Dragons, craft a custom deck of treasures. → New: Battlecry: If you played 4 other Dragons this game, craft a custom deck of treasures.

Miracle Growth

• Old: [Costs 7] → New: [Costs 8]

Secure the Supplies (the third portion of the Warrior Questline, Raid the Docks)

• Old: Play 2 Pirates. → New: Play 3 Pirates.

Pufferfist

• Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health → New: 3 Attack, 3 Health

Switcheroo

• Old: Draw 2 minions. Swap their stats. → New: Draw 2 minions. Swap their Health.
• Banned in Wild.

Kael’thas Sunstrider

• Old: Every third spell you cast each turn costs (0). → New: Every third spell you cast each turn costs (1).

 

The cards listed above, except for the uncraftable Kael’thas Sunstrider, will be eligible for full dust refunds until May 12.

Battlegrounds Changes

Hero and Buddy Changes

MechGyver (Ini Stormcoil’s Hero Power)

• Old: Passive: After 9 friendly minions die, get a random Mech. → New: Passive: After 12 friendly minions die, get a random Mech.

Aquarrior (Varden Dawngrasp’s Buddy)

• Old: [Tavern Tier 2] 3 Attack, 5 Health. → New: [Tavern Tier 3] 3 Attack, 6 Health.

 

Minion Changes

SI:Sefin

• Old: Avenge (3): Give a friendly Murloc Poisonous permanently. → New: Avenge (4): Give a friendly Murloc Poisonous permanently.

Coldlight Seer

• Old: [Tavern Tier 3] → New: [Tavern Tier 4]

Baby Krush

• Old: 7 Attack, 7 Health. Whenever this attacks, summon a 9/9 Devilsaur to attack the target first. → New: 6 Attack, 6 Health. Whenever this attacks, summon an 8/8 Devilsaur to attack the target first.

 

Duels Changes

Humble Blessings

• Old: [Costs 3] → New: [Costs 4]

Dev Comment: My bad.

Academic Research

• Old: Start of Game: Draw this. Gain 1 Mana Crystal. (Upgrades each time a friendly minion dies). → New: Gain 1 empty Mana Crystal. (Upgrades each time a friendly minion dies).

Valorous Display

• Old: [Costs 6] → New: [Costs 7]

Tempest’s Fury

• Old: [Costs 3] 2 Attack, 3 Durability → New: [Costs 4] 3 Attack, 3 Durability

Power Up! [Hero Power]

• Old: Give a minion Divine Shield & Windfury. → New: Give a minion Divine & Windfury. Overload: (1)

Scales of Justice

• Old: [Costs 5] → New: [Costs 6]

Ol’ Faithful

• Old: [Costs 3] → New: [Costs 4]

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• Cards like Twinbow Terrorcoil and Electra Stormsurge will now only work on spells that you cast from your hand, rather than spells cast by other cards you control, such as Nagalings or Cast When Drawn cards.
• Granted Lokholar to players who should have been granted Lokholar with their free new/returning player deck selection.
• Updated Unstable Evolution’s text to represent that it now has the “Echo” keyword.
• Fixed bugs with the user interface for Bob’s Bazaar in Tombs of Terror, preventing progression.