Alongside the Hysteria change in tomorrow's Hearthstone patch, Blizzard is also making some long-awaited balance changes to Duels. Here are the highlights:

  • Demon Hunter's Outlander Hero Power is no longer passive but costs 1.
  • Hunter's Death Games Hero Power can no longer target minions but instead triggers a random friendly minion's Deathrattle.
  • Hunter's Bonecrusher treasure now costs 8 (up from 6).
  • Cannibalism has moved from Passive Treasure pool 1 to pool 2.
  • Sandy Surprise has been removed from the Passive Treasures pool.

You can find all the details about the Duels changes below.

Quote From Blizzard

Duels Balance Updates

HERO POWER UPDATES

Outlander

  • Old: [Passive] After you play the left- or right-most card, gain 1 Attack this turn. New: [Costs 1] After you play the left or right-most card in your hand, gain +1 Attack this turn.
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Death Games

  • Old: Trigger a minion's Deathrattle. New: Trigger a random friendly minion's Deathrattle.
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SIGNATURE TREASURE UPDATES

Bonecrusher

  • Old: [Costs 6] New: [Beast, Costs 8]
    • Dev Comment: Turns out Bonecrusher is a silly rabbit.
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Fractured Spirits

  • Old: [Costs 5] New: [Costs 4]
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Royal Greatsword

  • Old: [Costs 6] New: [Costs 5]
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Herald of the Scaled Ones

  • Now has the Dragon tag.
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TREASURE POOL UPDATES

  • Cannibalism has moved from Passive Treasure pool 1 to pool 2
  • Sandy Surprise has been removed from the Passive Treasures pool.

Miscellaneous Updates & Game Improvements

  • Fixed a Duels bug where the animation for Harvest Time! would play twice.
  • Fixed a Duels bug where Shadow Word: Void would summon minions based on the target minion's default Health rather than current Health remaining.