Dragons
Dragons is a Hearthstone patch released on Dec. 5, 2019. It was versioned 16.0.0 with the build number 37060. It was released during the expansion Descent of Dragons
New Collectible Cards
New cards have been added to the game.
New Druid Cards
- Ysera, Unleashed - Releash the Dragon!
- Goru the Mightree - He's untreefeated.
- Secure the Deck - "Tied it down, boss. I don't really know why you asked me to do that."
- Embiggen - Did you set it to "wumbo?"
- Aeroponics - Good seeds can go far.
- Breath of Dreams - Ysera has the worst morning breath.
- Treenforcements - Treemendous value!
- Emerald Explorer - Make it a double dragon!
- Shrubadier - Her shoots can kill.
- Strength in Numbers - One minion, two minions... tree minions!
New Hunter Cards
- Veranus - As an empty nester, she just misses her little ones.
- Dragonbane - *Thunk* "That wasn’t a dragon!" *Thunk* "THAT wasn’t a dragon!"
- Stormhammer - It brings the storm before the calm.
- Toxic Reinforcements - In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, a slingshot will be deployed for convenient evacuation.
- Diving Gryphon - Warning: May cause carousel flashbacks.
- Phase Stalker - It's not just a phase! I don't have to tell you anything! GAWSH!
- Clear the Way - The terrifying part is the gryphons' squeaky voices afterward.
- Primordial Explorer - "We're letting the poisonous dude carry the bags?"
- Corrosive Breath - It's a breath of fresh terror!
- Dwarven Sharpshooter - Scissors, knives, needles, you name it! He'll shoot it.
New Mage Cards
- Malygos, Aspect of Magic - It's official. We can say Malygeese.
- Chenvaala - Like the Dragon Soul. If dragons had souls of ice.
- Mana Giant - Spell more and save more with a GIANT discount!
- Rolling Fireball - Why don't they ever run perpendicular?
- Dragoncaster - It’s challenging to perform magic on dragonback. It’s so easy to drop the rabbit.
- Elemental Allies - Reno’s lucky he wasn’t caught by a fire elemental.
- Arcane Breath - One of many side effects from eating mana cookies.
- Azure Explorer - Has an appetite for knowledge!
- Learn Draconic - Upon taking up the spellbook, Reno realized with a start: "I can't read."
- Violet Spellwing - A bird in the hand is worth three missiles in the grave.
New Paladin Cards
- Nozdormu the Timeless - Time is mana!
- Dragonrider Talritha - You can't just run away from your problems. Unless you have another dragon to jump to.
- Lightforged Crusader - Self-appointed president of the Paladins Only Paladin Club.
- Sanctuary - Few quests are completed by cowering under a table.
- Lightforged Zealot - Card-carrying member of the Paladins Only Paladin Club.
- Sky Claw - Carefully engineered to never grab the Mimiron plush toy.
- Righteous Cause - "And I hereby dub thee a cadet of the Explorer’s League! NEXT!"
- Amber Watcher - Healing really resin-ates with him.
- Bronze Explorer - Always ready to explore new friendships! Except with Deathwing.
- Sand Breath - After Uldum, EVERYONE had sand breath.
New Priest Cards
- Murozond the Infinite - "Well, I'm glad YOU knew what I should be doing this turn."
- Mindflayer Kaahrj - It’s pronounced "Kaahrj."
- Fate Weaver - Do not draw the attention of a Fate Weaver, for it will always loom over your destiny.
- Envoy of Lazul - "Note to self: possess someone who's local and knows directions next time."
- Chronobreaker - If he asks to borrow your watch, just say no.
- Time Rip - "It's time. R.I.P."
- Breath of the Infinite - It's called "circular breathing."
- Grave Rune - I'm gravely sorry to rune this.
- Disciple of Galakrond - Raising Galakrond will cause thurible, thurible damage.
- Whispers of EVIL - Madame Lazul’s ASMR program is off to a promising start!
New Rogue Cards
- Flik Skyshiv - Junior explorers scan the night sky in fear of her candle’s flame!
- Waxadred - Waxadred the dragon fought for his king, frolicking through the fields melting everything!
- Necrium Apothecary - Necrium: Get the afterlife without the aftertaste!
- Umbral Skulker - "Three gold?! Do you have any idea how long this quest chain was?"
- Stowaway - Cut him a break. Even economy class tickets are pretty expensive these days.
- Seal Fate - Firmly press the seal of your fates instead of leaving the flap open.
- Dragon's Hoard - The Alliance loves this hoard.
- Candle Breath - "And Waxadred shall light their fires, with roaring breath hotter than pyres! Come before him, scamp and vandal, pledge your faith and lift your candle!"
- Bloodsail Flybooter - They’re pretty fly for some pirate guys.
- Praise Galakrond! - "Turn to Galakrond, Chapter 3 Verse 12. 'SNARL! ROAR! GRAAAAGH!' Let us reflect on this wisdom."
New Shaman Cards
- Nithogg - Not to be confused with Nithogger.
- Bandersmosh - The Shudderwock finds him particularly frumious.
- Dragon's Pack - Each dragon's pack is guaranteed to have at least one rare.
- Cumulo-Maximus - "Are your clouds not entertained?!"
- Corrupt Elementalist - Her element is "Horns."
- Lightning Breath - Recipe: One dragon, four wool socks, thick shag carpet.
- Storm's Wrath - How many dragons does it take to destroy a hot air balloon? One, two, three, CRUNCH!
- Squallhunter - "Oh, the weather outside is frightful… But Squallhunter's so delightful! And since we've gone down this road--overload, overload, overload!"
- Surging Tempest - "Overloaded? Should've gotten a surge protector."
- Invocation of Frost - Galakrond adores a little frosting.
New Warlock Cards
- Zzeraku the Warped - The extra Z is for "zesty."
- Valdris Felgorge - I don't mean to pry, but you don't by chance happen to have six fingers on both of your hands?
- Veiled Worshipper - If you’re not wearing your regulation cultist clothing, how will Galakrond know to devour you last?
- Dark Skies - "It's a drizzle of fire. A fine mist, really."
- Crazed Netherwing - Always tail swipes left.
- Dragonblight Cultist - Galakrond would be extra mad if he was resurrected with gnaw marks on his bones.
- Nether Breath - "Whether the Nether is cold, whether the Nether is hot, we'll burn together, whatever the Nether, whether we like it or not."
- Abyssal Summoner - But gnomes have tiny hands...
- Fiendish Rites - "You have the right to sacrifice an ally. If you do not have an ally, then one will be sacrificed for you."
- Rain of Fire - You know it’s autumn when the skies rain brimstone and fire. Also: pumpkin spice!
New Warrior Cards
- Deathwing, Mad Aspect - Bite that one, bite that other one, claw this one, swallow that one whole....
- Ancharrr - The problem with anchors is they often end up sinking to the bottom of your deck.
- Scion of Ruin - Ruined! RUINED!
- Ramming Speed - Her deductible keeps going up.
- Molten Breath - Pizza so hot it burns OTHER PEOPLE’S MOUTHS.
- Skybarge - It's more of a ship-gun than a gunship.
- Ritual Chopper - Chop chop, Galakrond!
- Awaken! - This is an alarm clock you can't ignore.
- EVIL Quartermaster - He trained for a whole year to become quarter-master. Three more, and he'll be a full-master.
- Sky Raider - Maybe he should've hatched a plan that could actually carry booty back too.
New Neutral Cards
- Dragonqueen Alexstrasza - Givin' lives and takin' names.
- Shu'ma - How to tell your mother to go away.
- Kronx Dragonhoof - The only one who knows how to properly prepare Galakrond's coffee.
- Frizz Kindleroost - Frizz knows that baby dragons need warmth, care, and the highest possible level of goblin engineering.
- Skyfin - "Do you want to be a murloc or a dragon?" "Yes."
- Kobold Stickyfinger - He no take candle. He take sword.
- Chromatic Egg - Nefarian was known for creating two things: horrible monsters and excellent breakfasts.
- Tentacled Menace - He calls this one the "Calamari Special."
- Blowtorch Saboteur - Before he came along, we went through a lot of duct tape.
- Dread Raven - Fun Fact: A group of three Dread Ravens is an unkindness. Four is lethal!
- Grizzled Wizard - When he was young, he was an Outrageous Magus.
- Transmogrifier - All it takes is some imagination and a cardboard box.
- Wyrmrest Purifier - She keeps your deck classy.
- Utgarde Grapplesniper - Note: The dragon may be a little cranky upon arrival.
- Faceless Corruptor - What does Madame Lazul have against faces?!
- Cobalt Spellkin - Spews more spells than a sleep-talking wizard.
- Dragonmaw Poacher - I prefer my dragons over-easy.
- Hoard Pillager - Better to have stabbed and lost. And then found again!
- Zul'Drak Ritualist - Generosity is a core value in cult culture.
- Bad Luck Albatross - Legend holds that it's bad luck to harm it. So maybe just pat it on the head, okay?
- Dragon Breeder - Deathwing would have been more well-adjusted if he'd been raised by this guy.
- Depth Charge - * Does not have <b>Charge</b>.
- Twin Tyrant - They can never agree on whether it's too hot or too cold.
- Evasive Drakonid - Doesn't respond to spells, hero powers, calls, or text messages.
- Camouflaged Dirigible - "What does that cloud look like to you?" "Trouble."
- Evasive Wyrm - Deftly dodges spells like a real wiggle wyrm.
- Gyrocopter - The hula doll is still absolutely required.
- Shield of Galakrond - Realistically, she's the shield for Galakrond's big toe.
- Platebreaker - Worst. Dinner guest. Ever.
- Big Ol' Whelp - A chonker, a real absolute unit.
- Evasive Feywing - I've never heard of this fey-dragon called "Brightwing," but if I HAD, I’d say we’d be best friends.
- Devoted Maniac - There are plenty of apathetic maniacs, but they couldn't be bothered.
- Hippogryph - Known for its ferocious grace, the hippogryph is a truly majestic creature. Except when molting.
- Wing Commander - "Flap! Flap! FLAP!"
- Troll Batrider - "Quiet! The bat can't hear where he's goin'!"
- Fire Hawk - It’s our fault for making all those card backs that look like food.
- Goboglide Tech - The word "glide" is always in quotes in the manual.
- Living Dragonbreath - If you want that muscular physique, you've really gotta feel the burn.
- Scalerider - Do Re Me Fa So La Spear Throw!
- Tasty Flyfish - Reinforced with vitamins and mrglrls.
- Parachute Brigand - She flies standby.
- Evasive Chimaera - One head only tells the truth, while the other head only tells lies. But they both spit poison.
- Hot Air Balloon - The Gadgetzan Pilgrim's Bounty parade is missing a float this year.
- Blazing Battlemage - Weaponized an ancient technique once used to slice cold butter.
Quote From Blizzard The skies above Dragonblight stir with tension as the League of E.V.I.L. eagerly seeks to resurrect Galakrond, Progenitor of all Dragonkind, and use his great power as a tool of destruction in their sinister plans. To answer the impending threat, the League of Explorers are calling upon powerful allies, the same Dragon Aspects who defeated Galakrond once before. To turn the skies in their favor, both good and E.V.I.L. are unveiling some fresh tactics of their own…
Read on for the full details of what’s coming to the tavern with the Descent of Dragons expansion, including a major update to Battlegrounds, and how to claim the Tyrande Priest Hero and Card Back for free with the launch of the new in-game shop!
Descent of Dragons – Launching December 10
Galakrond
There are 5 new legendary Galakrond Hero Cards, one for each League of E.V.I.L. Class: Rogue, Warrior, Warlock, Shaman, and Priest. Over the course of a game, Galakrond can be powered up in three stages – each doubling the strength of his Battlecry, with his final form additionally equipping a 5/2 Claw weapon!
New Keyword: Invoke
When it comes to maximizing Galakrond’s potential, Invoke is an essential mechanic. Each time you play a card with the Invoke keyword, you will gain a class-specific bonus, wherever Galakrond is. Invoking Galakrond twice will upgrade his base form to “Galakrond, The Apocalypse”. From there, Invoking two more times will earn you his ultimate form, “Galakrond, Azeroth’s End”.
Sidequests
While the forces of E.V.I.L. are busy invoking the might of Galakrond, the heroes of good can take on new Sidequests to earn advantages of their own! Unlike the Legendary Quests you would typically build a deck around, Sidequests offer a more lightweight objective with moderate rewards that can fit into varying styles of play. Another key difference from Legendary Quests is that you can put 2 copies of a Sidequest in your deck.
Legendary Dragons
The Dragon Aspects are here in a way you’ve never seen before, along with powerful new Proto-Dragons and Togwaggle’s own candle creation, Waxadred! There’s a total of ten new Legendary Dragons joining the fight – one specific to each class, and the neutral Dragonqueen Alexstrasza. Each class-specific dragon will also have a corresponding Dragon Breath – these cards gain significant bonuses while holding a Dragon. So, remember to keep your friends close, but keep your Dragons closer!
Kronx Dragonhoof
Kronx Dragonhoof, The Herald of Galakrond, can earn you a sizeable advantage whether you have already become Galakrond, or if he is still in your deck. Use Kronx to pull a fully upgraded Galakrond, or if you’ve already become Galakrond, you’ll be able to choose one of four game-changing Devastations to unleash on the battlefield!
Login Bonuses:
Spread your wings and soar into battle as the ultimate dragon! Log into Hearthstone any time within the first 90 days of the launch of Descent of Dragons and receive 3 Descent of Dragons Card Packs, plus 2 copies of Shield of Galakrond to get Invoking straight away. Additionally, when you go to open your packs, you’ll receive all 5 Legendary Galakrond Hero Cards. Now that you’re well equipped for a draconic conquest, embark on a new Legendary Quest Chain to earn gold and even more packs!
Pre-Purchase:
Descend in style with these bonuses when you pre-purchase a Descent of Dragons bundle through December 9!
- Standard Bundle: Includes 60 Descent of Dragons Card Packs, the Shattering Card Back, and a random Descent of Dragons Golden Legendary.
- Mega Bundle: Includes 100 Descent of Dragons Card Packs, the new Deathwing Warrior Hero, The Shattering Card Back, and a random Descent of Dragons Golden Legendary.
Coming Soon – Galakrond’s Awakening:
The final battle in the Year of the Dragon’s solo adventure story is Galakrond’s Awakening, coming this January! We won’t spoil too much, but we hope you’re ready to battle E.V.I.L. (or good) and collect 35 new cards! More details on Galakrond’s Awakening will be coming soon.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds Updates
New Heroes:
- Edwin Vancleef
- Sharpen Blades
- Costs 1. Give a minion +1/+1 for each minion you’ve bought this turn.
- Sylvanas Windrunner
- Banshee’s Blessing
- Costs 0. Remove a friendly minion to give adjacent minions +1/+1.
- Arch-Villain Rafaam
- I’ll Take That!
- Costs 1. Next combat, add a plain copy of the first minion you kill to your hand. (Note: this is an unbuffed, non-golden copy.)
Heroes leaving:
- Patches the Pirate
- Bartendotron
- Pyramad
- Professor Putricide
- Trade Prince Gallywix
Heroes returning:
- Millificent Manastorm
- Lich Baz’hial
New Minions:
*Please note the above image features the Golden version stats and card text
- King Bagurgle
- 6 Attack. 4 Health.
- Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Murlocs +2/+2
- Floating Watcher
- 4 Attack. 4 Health.
- Whenever your hero takes damage on your turn, gain +2/+2.
Balance Changes:
- Minions
- Lightfang Enforcer
- At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+2. → At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+1.
- Heroes
- Millificent Manastorm
- Tinker
- All Mechs in Bob's Tavern get +1/+1. → All Mechs in Bob's Tavern get +1 Attack.
- Patchwerk
- All Patched Up
- Starts at 60 Health. → Starts at 50 Health.
- A. F. Kay
- Procrastinate
- Skip your first 2 turns. Start with a minion from Tavern Tier 3 and Tavern Tier 4. → Start with two minions from Tavern Tier 3.
- The Rat King
- King of Beasts
- Whenever you Hire a Beast give it +1/+2. Swaps type each turn. → Whenever you Hire a Beast give it +1/+1. Swaps type each turn.
- Lich Baz’hial
- Graveyard Shift
- Get a Coin and take 3 damage. → Get a Coin and take 2 damage.
- The Great Akazamzarak
- Prestidigitation
- Will now be harder to get Ice Block consecutively.
- Removed Hand of Salvation as a possible secret.
Advanced Stats v1:
Advanced Stats are now live for players who own 10 or more Descent of Dragons Card Packs, which will retroactively include data from matches played since November 5. From the Battlegrounds lobby screen, advanced stats can be accessed by clicking “More”. We’ll be continuing to add more features and stats with future updates!
A Note on Performance:
With this update, players on low-end devices may experience degraded performance. We’re continuing our efforts to address this issue and optimize Hearthstone Battlegrounds – and we’ll have more to share soon.
Features and Events
New In-game Shop
Hearthstone’s in-game shop is being redesigned to improve navigation and accessibility, with these changes rolling out globally December 9-10. In the new shop, you’ll find bundles, Card Packs, Alternate Heroes, and more together in a single location – additionally, Adventures and Wild Card Packs are being added, with the option to purchase Wild Card Packs using gold.
Claim the Tyrande Whisperwind Priest Hero and Card Back for free!
On December 10, we’re bringing back fan favorite Tyrande for everyone! Stop by the new in-game shop to claim the Tyrande Priest Hero and Card Back for free!
Sylvanas Windrunner Hunter Hero and Card Back
Also coming to the shop on December 10 for a limited time, the Sylvanas Windrunner Hunter Hero and Card Back will be available for $9.99!
Heroes rotating from the shop
On December 10, we’ll be rotating the current lineup of Heroes available in the shop – they may return at a later date, but for now, be sure to take advantage of the current Hero sale featuring Magni, Medivh, and Alleria!
Special event cards moving back to Wild
During the Doom in the Tomb event, 23 cards from Wild were released to be playable in Standard. On December 5, these cards will return to Wild, and any temporarily granted copies will be removed.
Winter Veil Celebration
Snowy cheer will be filling the tavern starting on December 11, with festive board dressings and the return of Winter Veil emotes! Grab your favorite ornament…al axe and wreak havoc in the Decorating Dalaran tavern brawl to earn the Winter Veil Treat Card Back!
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite Hearthstone pal? Celebrate the season with the new Winter Veil Wonder Bundle, available from December 19 until January 7 for $24.99! Included in this bundle:
- The new Dame Hazelbark Druid Hero and Card Back
- 30 Card Packs – 6 packs each from Saviors of Uldum, Rise of Shadows, The Witchwood, The Boomsday Project, and Rastakhan’s Rumble
- The Arena draft pool has been updated:
- Basic
- Classic
- Blackrock Mountain
- The Grand Tournament
- One Night in Karazhan
- Knights of the Frozen Throne
- Rastakhan's Rumble
- Descent of Dragons
Game Improvements and Bug Fixes
- Echo
- Copies of cards with the Echo keyword can no longer cost less than (1). Full Arcane Dust refunds will be available for the following cards until December 19:
- SN1P-SN4P (Normal Only)
- Glinda Crowskin (Normal and Golden)
- Sound the Bells (Normal and Golden)
- Dev Comment: This change is targeted at a very popular deck in Wild that utilizes SN1P-SN4P along with the Echo mechanic to generate extremely large minions or near infinite damage. This change should put a stop to that interaction while having very limited impact on the average use case for Echo cards. Glinda, SN1P-SN4P, and Sound the Bells were the three cards that took advantage of generating 0-cost copies through Echo, so we've opted to refund all three of those cards as a result.
- Zephrys improvements
- Fixed a bug where minions with both Stealth and Taunt (such as Wardruid Loti) weren’t properly accounted for.
- Fixed a bug where weapons would sometimes be offered as a removal option against Stealthed minions.
- Druid Choose One cards now account for having the ‘Choose Both’ effect
- Fixed a bug where Starfall could be offered as removal against a single minion.
- Fixed a bug where Earth Shock was incorrectly offered as removal against targets that were reduced to 1 health by Shrink Ray or Equality.
- Adjusted how Zephrys values enemy Deathrattles.
- Fixed a bug with lethal calculations including Rush minions not eligible to attack heroes.
- Fixed several bugs involving certain cards not being offered:
- King Krush
- Faceless Manipulator
- Shadow Madness
- Doomhammer
- Battlegrounds
- Fixed an issue where tripling Replicating Menace could add the incorrect stats to the target Mech when magnetized.
- Fixed an issue where tripling Replicating Menace did not double its card effects.
- Fixed an issue where Ice Block could trigger during the Recruit phase.
- Fixed an issue where players could sometimes not recruit a minion during their first Recruit phase.
- Fixed an issue where Poisoned Blade would get replaced by Ancient Blades instead of getting +1 Attack.
- Shirvallah is now discounted by spells that get countered, but will no longer be discounted by spells that are paid for with health.
- Fixed an issue where minions summoned from Deathrattle effects would sometimes not appear in the correct position.
- Fixed an issue where taking Fatigue damage would improperly extend the current turn.
- Shadow Reflections generated by Valeera the Hollow now function properly if discarded and then created by Soulwarden.
- Fixed an issue where shapeshifted Druid cards had a last known in-hand cost equal to 0, which triggered Darklight Torch when looking at even cost cards. Shapeshifted Druid cards now retain their pre-transformed cost.
- Buffs made to C'thun while it is still in the deck (and not from Ritual cards) now count towards all "If your C'thun as at least 10 attack…" effects.
- Fixed an issue with Curator, in the One Night in Karazhan Adventure, where Rush minions would forget to check if the opposing hero had Taunt when looking for valid targets.
- Fixed an issue where the client was not considering cards that read a value from a variable rather than the card text when determining spell damage. The damage itself was calculated correctly but the visual indication of spell damage was missing.
- Cards that “transform a minion into a random one that cost (1) more/less”, like Evolve or Devolve, will now always reroll the minion, even if no minion exists in the target-cost minion pool. The minion will be rerolled at the nearest possible cost. Examples:
- When you Devolve a Target Dummy, because there is no negative-cost minion, it will transform into a random 0-cost minion.
- When you Evolve a Shirvallah, the Tiger, because there is no 26-cost minion or another 25-cost minion, it will transform into a new Shirvallah the Tiger.
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