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Showdown in the Badlands

Showdown in the Badlands is a Hearthstone patch released on Nov. 7, 2023. It was versioned 28.0.0 with the build number 189017. It was released during the expansion Showdown in the Badlands

Card Changes

New Collectible Cards

New cards have been added to the game.

New Death Knight Cards

  • Reska, the Pit Boss - Overseer of the Bloodrock Mine, Reska will work you to the bone. They'll then reanimate your bones and work THOSE bones to the bone.
  • Maw and Paw - Home is where the disfigured, rotten heart is.
  • Harrowing Ox - Dead or alive, you're pulling that plow.
  • Corpse Farm - It ain't much, but it's dishonest work.
  • Skeleton Crew - They don't sweat, breathe or need lit candles... what more could you ask?
  • Crop Rotation - "Dave, you're never gunna believe this! The plants ARE the zombies!"
  • Pile of Bones - It's a very well-organized pile, I'll give you that.
  • Reap What You Sow - With a hat like that, I'd say their tailor did all of the sowing.
  • Farm Hand - I know it's an Undead hand, but bending your pinky in that way can NOT be good for your joints.
  • Fistful of Corpses - Technically, they're not Corpses YET.

New Demon Hunter Cards

  • Gunslinger Kurtrus - "I have given up (a single copy of) EVERYTHING! What have YOU sacrificed?"
  • Snake Eyes - Hey, put ALL of your hands on the table!
  • Blindeye Sharpshooter - "Bullseye… I think."
  • Bartend-O-Bot - Bartend-O-Bot! Make my Outcast card DO SOMETHING!
  • Fan the Hammer - I thought Kurtrus was more of a fan of glaives.
  • Load the Chamber - Wait! Before we duel, I gotta install these shaders.
  • Parched Desperado - I'm green And I'm about to die Da ba dee da ba di
  • Midnight Wolf - Three of these would make for an EPIC T-shirt.
  • Pocket Sand - I was only trying to get it in your eyes, man. YOU didn't need to open your mouth like that!
  • Oasis Outlaws - With their oasis polluted by the Bloodrock Mining Company, Snake Eyes has set aside her differences with the outlaws of the Badlands to put an end to Bloodrock's operation.

New Druid Cards

  • Fye, the Setting Sun - There is a dragon way down in Bloodrock They call the Setting Sun
  • Rheastrasza - Rheastrasza ascends above loyalty to just her dragonflight to serve all dragonkind. She believes all flights deserve a future and will give her life for the future dragon prince.
  • Dragon Golem - I have a Dragon, I have a Golem. UH! Dragon Golem!
  • Dragon Tales - "Once upon a time, there was a maaaagical toy shop, filled with wonder and Dragons!"
  • Desert Nestmatron - Not as sweet as the Dessert Nestmatron, but still just as refreshing!
  • Splish-Splash Whelp - Little Whelpy, you're the one You make Mana lots of fun
  • Cactus Construct - "I am not Malfurion! I am CACTUS LORD!"
  • Spinetail Drake - Mortal enemy of Cactus Cutter.
  • Take to the Skies - This is one step above reaching for the skies.
  • Rehydrate - Just doing our part as the Hearthstone development team in reminding you to drink more water!

New Hunter Cards

  • Spurfang - He's always smiling… Not by choice, but because it hurts to close his mouth.
  • Theldurin the Lost - He might be lost, but he knows where you can find these hands.
  • Starshooter - Shoot for the stars! And if you miss, just don't hit me.
  • Saddle Up! - And then they rode off into the sunset, not knowing they left their stove on.
  • Camouflage Mount - What mount? I don't see anything…
  • Bovine Skeleton - The secret cow level has been unearthed.
  • Ten Gallon Hat - It actually only holds three quarters of a gallon, but that doesn't sound as good.
  • Silver Serpent - Skilled at exploring hidden temples.
  • Messenger Buzzard - The bird brings the word (which happens to be bird).
  • Sneaky Snakes - You're a sneaky lil snake, aren'tcha?

New Mage Cards

  • Mes'Adune the Fractured - Cracking open an elemental with the boys.
  • Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher - He's a big fan of Control Death Knight live streams.
  • Reliquary Researcher - What good is a researcher if they're just gunna keep it all a secret?
  • Azerite Vein - When the ground trembles near it, are those earthquakes or heartbeats?
  • Blastmage Miner - "So anyways, I started blastminin'!"
  • Stargazing - See those dots up there? Those are called "stars." Except for that one. That's called an "airplane."
  • Heat Wave - This is the hottest summer of your life <i>so far</i>.
  • Sunset Volley - When the light is just right during Golden Hour, that is when you take out the selfie stick and start casting.
  • Overflow Surger - The drip on this elemental is straight fire!
  • Cryopreservation - Remember to take the elementals out of the freezer before Mom gets home!

New Paladin Cards

New Priest Cards

  • Elise, Badlands Savior - From the library to the field, she's proved herself to be a leading intellectual.
  • Pip the Potent - One time, I was trying to get Pip's attention to warn her that the dangerous outlaw Cheery Ollie, who also goes by just 'O', was headed her way. "Pip! Pip! Cheery O!", I shouted.
  • Posse Possession - Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your shadows at gunpoint.
  • Benevolent Banker - "Oh no, you've got me confused. I'm Ben, the evil ent banker. I only work with evil trees!"
  • Thirsty Drifter - Quick! Someone bring her a Manathirst card!
  • Swarm of Lightbugs - No, I asked for 'lightNING in a bottle'!
  • Invasive Shadeleaf - Don't throw shade, bottle it!
  • Tram Heist - How are they gunna steal the whole tram!?
  • Injured Hauler - With how many cacti are all over the Badlands, this job has to be some sort of sick joke.
  • Holy Springwater - Issa bah oh auh woh ah!

New Rogue Cards

  • Drilly the Kid - "I HATE that nickname. Call me Drilliam!"
  • Velarok Windblade - His deceptive manipulations have dug the Bloodrock Company into a hole they can't get out of.
  • Wishing Well - Wishing upon a star? Pssshhh, that's so childish. Anyways, let me throw all my Coins into this well.
  • Dart Throw - Did you know: Hitting the same target twice is only for skilled players. This has been a 'Dart Fact'!
  • Antique Flinger - One man's treasure is another man's statue to the face.
  • Bounty Wrangler - With a smile like that and Coins in her hands, she's one greedy grinner.
  • Shell Game - I thiiink… It's under all three of 'em!
  • Triple Sevens - If you count the 'seven' in the name, there's actually four total 7s, not three. Huge oversight from the designers.
  • Bloodrock Co. Shovel - The 'mpany' is silent.
  • Stick Up - Dude, Velarok, give me a minute to play my turn, the rope's burning!

New Shaman Cards

New Warlock Cards

  • Tram Conductor Gerry - His name is pronounced like 'gif'.
  • Pop'gar the Putrid - All around the arid badlands The Outlaws chased the Townsfolk Gerry had a train full of sludge POP! goes the sludge train
  • Trolley Problem - If only there were thousands of hypotheticals to prepare me for this moment!
  • Smokestack - Don't worry, it's green energy!
  • Mo'arg Drillfist - Also functions as the town dentist.
  • Sludge on Wheels - Cruisin' for an oozin'.
  • Fracking - For fhe person who jusf cannof decide whaf card fo puf info a deck!
  • Waste Remover - Always follow the three Rs: REDUCE their world to ash, REUSE their bones as paperweights, and RECYCLE!
  • Furnace Fuel - Remember Ultrasaur? This is him now. Feel old yet?
  • Disposal Assistant - A bright green liquid that people say is bad for you... That's either hazardous waste OR a new popular brand of soft drink.

New Warrior Cards

  • Boomboss Tho'grun - Ever since the Bloodrock Company hired this guy, business has been booming!
  • Slagmaw the Slumbering - You delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of the Badlands: Rush and Taunt.
  • Badlands Brawler - Watch out watch out watch out - R.K.O. outta nowhere!
  • Misfire - "Me should not have taken candle."
  • Blast Tortoise - Who's that minion? ... Iiiiit's Blast Tortoise! "Blast tortoise."
  • Unlucky Powderman - Welp, guess I'll die... again.
  • Blast Charge - Your Blast spells have +1 Attack.
  • Detonation Juggernaut - Did you really need a whole giant mecha-suit just for one bundle of dynamite?
  • Reinforced Plating - I am become death, destroyer of azerite.
  • Battlepickaxe - You can pick your battles, and you can pick your axes, but you can't uh… pick your friends' battlepickaxes?

New Neutral Cards

  • Kingpin Pud - The good, the bad, and the ugly stats for the Cost.
  • Sheriff Barrelbrim - Is that Sheriff Barrelbrim, owner of the Badlands Barrelbuilding?
  • Flint Firearm - You'll never guess why they call him that.
  • Azerite Giant - Either that giant isn't really giant, or that doorway is HUGE!
  • Ogre-Gang Ace - 100% chance to not play by the rules.
  • Cattle Rustler - What once started as a small-time cat burglary gig has turned into a life of cattle rustling. What a shame.
  • Gattlesnake - He used to be an ordinary snake until he slithered through a saloon during a brawl and walked out looking like this.
  • Howdyfin - You know who to blame if your drinking water tastes a little fishy.
  • Burrow Buster - We almost went with the name "Giant Drill", but then it would've HAD to be an 8/8.
  • Ogre-Gang Rider - Doesn't know his ride from his left.
  • Snake Oil Seller - This oil is absolutely essential to your gameplan.
  • Azerite Chain Gang - How long can this go on? For 6 years at least!
  • Bounty Board - Reno's desire to be a face known around the Badlands might have backfired a little bit.
  • Sunspot Dragon - THIS is why you shouldn't look directly at the sun.
  • Rowdy Partner - Rowdy, partner!
  • Gaslight Gatekeeper - This girl is such a boss.
  • Dang-Blasted Elemental - We were told that "Dag-Nabbin' Dang-Blastin' Rootin'-Tootin' High-Falutin' Elemental" was too long.
  • Ogre-Gang Outlaw - Why don't they just buy another hat?
  • Linedance Partner - Where did you come from? (Linedance Partner's Battlecry) Where did you go? (Face)
  • Eroded Sediment - A perfect minion for those feeling sedimental about their past.
  • High Noon Duelist - "My ultimate is rea- ah, errr, I mean, I have enough Mana."
  • Trapdoor Spider - I can respect that they're important for the ecosystem, as long as you keep them waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over there.
  • Gold Panner - "I don't know why everyone's got their overalls in a jumble with Azerite minin' when there's all this GOLD for the takin'!"
  • Greedy Partner - "Don't worry, we'll evenly split the bounty. Then I'll have two evenly sized piles of gold!"
  • Whelp Wrangler - "Gosh darn it! How did these winged, airborne creatures manage to escape my knee-high, fenced enclosure AGAIN!?"
  • Dryscale Deputy - He's here to tip the scales in our favor… and moisturize them too.
  • Kobold Miner - A mining kobold that costs 2, has very low health, and gives you resources… what is this, Warcraft Rumble?
  • Cactus Rager - What doesn't kill ya makes you deader.
  • Saloon Brewmaster - Brewmaster Bru brought Barrelbrim bursting barrels of barely brewed barley brew. Barrelbrim bought Bru's barley brew, barring the barrels broken from the brazen brunch brawl.
  • Horseshoe Slinger - Some people think this card is broken, but I think it's farrier than that.
  • Bunny Stomper - Has a PhD in stomputational chemistry.
  • Tram Mechanic - He looks at life through sludge-tinted glasses.
  • Miracle Salesman - "Hey! Hope you’re well. Have you ever wanted to be your own boss?"

Quote From Blizzard

Patch 28.0, launching tomorrow, saddles up for Showdown in the Badlands to come to Hearthstone on November 14!

The Showdown in the Badlands is About to Begin!

Hearthstone’s next expansion, Showdown in the Badlands, is riding into Hearthstone on November 14. The new 145-card expansion includes the new Quickdraw and Excavate keywords, Legendary outlaws, and more! See all the new cards in the official Card Library today. This is your last chance to wrangle your Pre-Purchase bundle, only available until the expansion goes live next week!

With the launch of Showdown in the Badlands comes a new Rewards Track, filled with treasures like XP boosts, cards, card packs, and a motherlode of Gold. Eureka! Check out our Rewards Track Refresh blog for details.

Pre-Release Theorycrafting on November 9-10

Join us as your favorite content creators fire off their first shots at the new expansion, before its official launch on November 14. Invited players will be streaming their participation on their own personal streams, so make sure that you’re following your Hearthstone creators and tune in when they go live!

  • NA/LATAM/EMEA players will play on November 9, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (PT)
  • APAC players will play on November 10, 2:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (PT) 

All participants need to include at least 10 Showdown in the Badlands cards in their decks (that can be 10 individual cards, 5 duplicates, or anything in between).

Your favorite posse of casters is also returning for their TheoryCASTING stream on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel. Join them as they bounce between games from all the participating players and provide their expert analysis.

Twitch Drops will be enabled category-wide from November 9, 9:00 a.m. to November 10, 9:00 a.m. (PT), so you can watch any Hearthstone stream you’d like and earn up to 2 Showdown in the Badlands Packs! Just make sure you link your Twitch and Battle.net accounts for your watch time to award drops. In addition to category-wide Twitch Drops, all participating streamers will have Pre-Purchase Mega Bundle codes to give away to their respective audiences during the event!

Hearthstone Updates

Anomalies Update

Yogg-Saron has been contained once again! Anomalies will no longer appear in 1/4 of matches. Anomalies will now only appear if one or both players have Cho-Gall, Twilight Chieftain in their deck at the start of the game.

Card Updates

Stitched Giant

  • Old: [Double Unholy Runes]
  • New: [Single Unholy Rune]

Catch-Up Packs Unlock on November 14

Catch-Up Packs are a new type of pack that was announced at BlizzCon. Each Catch-Up Pack has a variable number of cards in it, based on your collection—up to 50 per pack! Login after Patch 28.0 goes live for 2 free Catch-Up Packs.* Catch-Up Packs have also been added to the Showdown in the Badlands Pre-Purchase Bundles, and more! Check out our dedicated Catch-Up Packs blog for more information.

* Available until Patch 29.0.

In-Game Event—Wanted: Dead or Alive!

Outlaws and crooks ride rampant in the Badlands. Starting on November 20, get deputized and start chasing their bounties! From November 20-December 5, complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. Complete the rewards track to earn 2 Showdown in the Badlands Packs, 5 Catch-Up Packs, and the Trader Rafaam Warlock Hero Skin.

 

Battlegrounds Updates

  • There are no new Anomalies coming with Patch 28.0, but Anomalies will continue to be in all games until the next Battlegrounds Season begins in Patch 28.2.
  • No more choosing between favorites! You can now toggle multiple favorite Strikes and Boards, to get a random one of your favorites at the start of each game.

 

Duels Updates

Season Update

On November 7, the current Duels season will end, ratings will be reset, and current runs will be concluded. At that time, Descent of Dragons and Galakrond’s Awakening will be added to deckbuilding and card pool offerings. Showdown in the Badlands will also become available in all card pool offerings at that time, but will not be available for initial deckbuilding until the launch of the expansion on November 14.

Bucket System Update

Adventure card sets will no longer have their own buckets. Instead, they’ll be rolled into an expansion set bucket. Curse of Naxxramas will be added to the Goblins vs. Gnomes bucket; One Night in Karazhan will be added to the The Grand Tournament bucket; Galakrond’s Awakening and Blackrock Mountain will be added to the Descent of Dragons bucket; and The League of Explorers will be added to the Saviors of Uldum bucket.

Card Pool Updates
  • The following card is banned from deckbuilding and all buckets:
    • Arcane Amplifier*
  • The following cards are banned from all draft buckets, but are legal for initial deckbuilding:
    • Embiggen
    • The Amazing Reno*
    • Goru the Mightree
    • Nozdormu the Timeless
    • All 5 forms of Galakrond*
    • Waxadred*
    • Flik Skyshiv*
    • Maw and Paw
    • Rheastrasza
    • Theldurin the Lost
    • Tae’Thalan Bloodwatcher
    • Spirit of the Badlands
    • Reno, Lone Ranger*

* These cards are also banned from Discover and random generation effects.

 

Minion Update

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  • Old: Whenever you target this minion with a spell that costs (2) or more, add a copy of the spell to your hand.
  • New: After you target this minion with a spell that costs (2) or more, restore 3 Health to another random friendly minion.

 

Arena Updates

On November 7, with Patch 28.0, all current Arena runs will end and a new Arena season will begin. The eligible sets will rotate so that the following sets will make up the Arena card pool:

  • Core
  • Showdown in the Badlands
  • Caverns of Time
  • TITANS
  • Path of Arthas
  • Descent of Dragons
  • Saviors of Uldum

Updated: For the upcoming Arena season, we’re excited to try a new drafting structure! The first pick of each draft is now guaranteed to be a Legendary card. Then, Legendary cards won’t appear at all in subsequent picks. We hope this will allow for the new “no duplicate” Legendary cards in Showdown in the Badlands to feel like a viable strategy in Arena, too. Along with this change, we’ve removed all Titans from the Arena pool (and, as a reminder, Hero Cards are already unable to be drafted in Arena — except for Lord Jaraxxus). We’ll be monitoring the experience and player feedback closely and make adjustments if necessary.

Twist Updates

Journey to Un’Goro has come to Twist for the November season, now live! Head to Twist now to dino-size your climb. After the November season, Twist will be temporarily disabled for the December and January seasons. We look forward bringing Twist back in February with a fun new season!

 

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

  • [General] Addressed various localization issues.
  • [Hearthstone] Void Scripture will no longer reveal a Secret selected and immediately cast by its effect.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a Reborn trigger counted as summoning an extra time.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a doubled Celestial Shot would result in an extra damage buff.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where certain cards were able to Discover different set versions of themselves.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Crusader’s Aura was missing its “turns left” indicator.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Shadowtouched Kvaldir’s effect wouldn’t be spent if it was used to pop a Divine Shield.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug with Shadowtouched Kvaldir and Overheal effects.
  • [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Conjurer’s Calling didn’t work with Fanottem, Lord of the Opera.
  • [Battlegrounds] The Yogg-iseum Anomaly will no longer be able to roll Curse of Flesh on the first turn of the game.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where the Anomaly for the match couldn’t be seen on mobile devices during Hero Select.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Sea Witch Zar’jira’s Spellcraft spell made a base copy instead of an exact copy.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where a minion with Reborn couldn’t re-gain Reborn after it lost Reborn from being attacked by Sin’dorei Straight Shot.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where, if one player disconnected during a game with the Yogg-isseum Anomaly, the same result would then be spun every turn for the rest of the game.
  • [Battlegrounds] Fixed an issue causing disconnects.
  • [Duels] Deathcharger and Joras Thuldoom have had their minion types updated.
  • [Duels] Fixed a bug where Aviana would appear in Duels buckets.
  • [Features] Spacebar input now works with the Mass Pack Opening feature.
  • [Features] Fixed a bug where if you opened 12+ Legendary cards with Mass Pack Opening Harth would be so flabbergasted that the summary screen would show an empty Legendary banner.
  • [Progression] We’ve adjusted the amount of Rewards Track experience gained from playing in Mercenaries.
  • [Progression] Fixed various bugs with the reworked tutorial.
  • [Cosmetics] Fixed bugs with the appearance of Rafaam’s Legendary Skin on Android devices.
  • [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug with Wallflower Halveria’s Hero Power animation.
  • [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug with Omen’s Hero Power animation.
  • [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the “What We Heal in the Shadows” Achievement didn’t properly track AoE effects.
  • [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the “The Answer May Shock You” Achievement didn’t properly track.
  • [???] Fixed issues with the Mystery puzzles.
  • Misc. other bug fixes and game improvements.

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