During Day 1 of the Onyxia's Lair reveal season, Spawn of Deathwing was revealed as new Warlock card, and Hearthstone Game Designer Cora "Songbird" Georgiou hinted at the fact that this unit is part of a 4-card-cycle revolving around a certain theme. While there were some ideas (callback to Dragon Aspects, although it would've been redundant with what they did for Descent of Dragons), it was difficult to form a solid consensus on the matter: the only solution was waiting for more cards to be revealed and then guess the theme.

Yesterday the last reveal featuring multiple cards took place, and with that we got to see the 3 missing pieces of the aforementioned cycle: Horn of Wrathion, Tooth of Nefarian and Scale of Onyxia. Later in the day, Cora herself confirmed that these cards are meant to be callbacks to the most (in)famous Black Dragons in Hearthstone:

Horn of Wrathion Card Image Tooth of Nefarian Card Image Spawn of Deathwing Card Image Scale of Onyxia Card Image

Quote From Songbird

Callbacks to the OG legendary black dragons in Hearthstone! More of a thematic cycle than a mechanical one this time around. Inspired in part by the Artifacts of the Old Gods. :)

On a final note, this card cycle was partially inspired by the Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Old Gods' Artifacts: Mask of C'Thun, Oh My Yogg!, Jewel of N'Zoth and Idol of Y'Shaarj.


What do you think of these cards? Do you think this design is flavorful? Let us know in the comments below!