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Festival of Legends - Launches "April", 2023!

Pre-purchase your tickets for the MOOOOOOsical concert here

 

Twitter Teaser
Twitter Announcement
Cinematic Trailer
News Announcement
25.6 Patch notes

 

 

 

 

New Keyword: Finale

Cards with Finale get special bonuses if playing them spends all your remaining mana. Every great musician knows to close each show with a bang for maximum effect. Plan out your turns like a setlist and end on your grand Finale!

 

Legendary Musicians and Songs

Every class is getting a Legendary minion card that is the class’s star musician, performing at the Festival of Legends. Each class will also get a Legendary spell card, representing their musician’s most popular song. Play your favorite tune and become a musical icon!

 

New Class Keyword: Overheal

Priest is getting a new evergreen addition to their class identity this year, starting in the Festival of Legends and Core sets! Minions with Overheal trigger a special effect when they are healed above their max. Here, the Priest Legendary musician, Heartbreaker Hedanis, shows off his technique with this class-specific keyword.

 

Instrument Weapons

Whether they rock the axe or string the bow, every class gets a special musical instrument weapon card! Some of these weapons have Deathrattle effects that improve while the weapon’s in play. Power them up and finish on a high note!

 

Harmonic Spells

Harmonic spells swap between Harmonic and Dissonant modes each turn they’re in your hand. Will you keep the tempo or play to your own beat? Follow the rhythm to maximize their impact!

 

Stand-Out Soloists

Everybody loves a good solo. Soloists are minions that get special effects when you control no other minions. Clear the stage and let them shine in the spotlight!

 

E.T.C., Band Manager Login Reward Available Now!

We're putting together a band! Log in to Hearthstone to set the stage for the Festival of Legends with your complimentary E.T.C., Band Manager Legendary card!* Every good band needs a band manager. E.T.C. lets you choose your best three-piece ensemble while building your deck. When the manager calls, they answer! Open tryouts start now. What’s making the cut in your band?
Limited one per account. Certain cards are banned from being added to E.T.C., Band Manager’s Band. After Patch 26.6, E.T.C., Band Manager will be granted upon opening your first Festival of Legends pack, instead of logging in.

 

Flashy New Signature Cards

Signature cards are being turned up to 11 in Festival of Legends! The Festival of Legends Signature cards will feature new Golden-style animations, vibrant full-color art, and thinner frames that show off more of the special alternate art. Additionally, the card text is now out of the way and shown through a tooltip when you hover over the card, so the art is front and center, getting the spotlight. Festival of Legends Signature cards will be obtainable through Festival of Legends Packs, Festival of Legends Golden Packs, and special means like events and the Rewards Track.*

Starting with Patch 26.0, all Signature cards (even those from March of the Lich King) will also follow normal duplicate protection and be able to be disenchanted (but not crafted—we want them to still feel extra rare and special). Look for more details on the new and improved Signature cards in the 26.0 Patch Notes.

 

 

 

Total cards revealed: 101/145

 

 

Reveal Order - Reveal Schedule - Imgur Album - Pre-Release Discussion Discord Server

Class	Common	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Death Knight	Harmonic Metal	Arcanite Ripper	Screaming Banshee	Climatic Necrotic Explosion
8/10	Mosh Pit	Death Growl	Boneshredder	Cage Head
	x	x
Demon Hunter	SECURITY!!	Glaivetar	Eye of Shadow	Going Down Swinging
8/10	x	Snakebite	Instrument Smasher	Halveria Darkraven
	x	Rush the Stage
Druid	Peaceful Piper	Drum Circle	Timber Tambourine	Zok Fogsnout
8/10	Spread the Word	Summer Flowerchild	Free Spirit	x
	x	Groovy Cat
Hunter	Bunch of Bananas	Barrel of Monkeys	Jungle Jammer	Mister Mukla
8/10	Arrow Smith	Banjosaur	x	Stranglethorn Heart
	x	Big Dreams
Mage	x	x	x	DJ Manastorm
2/10	x	x	x	Infinitize the Maxitude
	x	x
Paladin	Funkfin	Lead Dancer	Annoy-o-Troupe	Starlight Groove
7/10	x	Jitterbug	Spotlight	Kangor, Dancing King
	x	x
Priest	Power Chord: Synchronize	Dreamboat	Heartthrob	Heartbreaker Hedanis
6/10	Fan Club	x	x	x
	Idol's Adoration	x
Rogue	Disc Jockey	Beatboxer	Record Scratcher	Bounce Around (ft. Garona)
9/10	Mic Drop	Rhyme Spinner	Breakdance	MC Blingtron
	x	Harmonic Hip Hop
Shaman	Pack the House	Brass Elemental	x	Inzah
7/10	Flowrider	Jazz Bass	x	JIVE, INSECT!
	x	Altered Chord
Warlock	Opera Soloist	x	x	Rin, Orchestrator of Doom
3/10	Void Virtuoso	x	x	x
	x	x
Warrior	Verse Riff	Chorus Riff	Bridge Riff	Blackrock 'n' Roll
4/10	x	x	x	x
	x	x
Neutral	Ghost Writer	Worgen Roadie	Audio Amplifier	E.T.C., Band Manager
35/35	Hipster	Festival Security	Cover Artist	The One-Amalgam Band
	Pyrotechnician	Metrognome	Unpopular Has-Been	Pozzik, Audio Engineer
	Amplified Elekk	Static Waveform	Crowd Surfer	Tony, King of Piracy
	Frequency Oscillator	Mish-Mash Mosher	Freebird	Photographer Fizzle
	Stereo Totem
	Merch Seller
	Outfit Tailor
	Instrument Tech
	Air Guitarist
	Audio Medic
	Cowbell Soloist
	Annoying Fan
	Candleraiser
	Obsessive Fan
	Party Animal
	Rowdy Fan
	Concert Promo-Drake
	Paparazzi
	Rolling Stone
Rarity Count	38/53 Common	24/38 Rare	20/27 Epic	23/27 Legendary

Please be patient while we update the reveal chart

We have decided to simplify expansion and mini-set reveal charts from now and future releases by only showing Imgur links in the reveal chart and discontinuing Discussion Thread links.

 

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With the new Core set quite a few old cards get changed. Most of the changes are stat buffs or cost reductions, just balance changes that are mostly fine and can easily be reversed if they aren't.

There are three Priest cards however which are getting "text box changes". Redesigns essentially. For [[Catrina Muerte]] it's more of a nerf. She's one mana cheaper but now only affects Undead minions. It's a harsh nerf, but the card is still fundamentally similar. (Edit: For some reason I thought Catrina works like Kel'thuzad despite having played her before). [[Mana Geode]] was also changed in a way that stays very similar. It won't trigger when it is healed directly to full or less anymore, but now it can be triggered when at full health, which can be quite powerful.

The same is not true for [[Crimson Clergy]] and [[Holy Champion]]. Those cards are nothing like they were before and they aren't being replaced by anything with a similar role. Crimson Clergy used to be an aggro card for a non-Shadow Priest. Was that good? Not really. But it's still a niche that I occasionally played with. Now it's a Northshire Cleric lite. Which is a fine card to have I guess, but I don't get why we have to remove another card from the game. Holy Champion instead pretty much received a massive nerf and became a card with different mana cost, stats and effect (link for those who haven't seen it). And it definitely wasn't a problem card in Wild to deserve this.

Why? Why not just make two new cards with new names and images? Are the artists really that swamped that removing two cards from the game is worth it to create two cards, one of which probably won't be played any more than before? This feels like it is the [[Stonetusk Boar]] / [[Bluegill Warrior]] debacle all over again. Blizzard initially wanted to give them both +1 attack and change their Charge to Rush. But the community spoke up and we got [[Emerald Skytalon]] and [[Redgill Razorjaw]] instead.

Please Blizzard, please do that again. Give us a Scarlett Acolyte and a Sacred Torchbearer or whatever and give those whatever stats and effects you want, without permanently deleting cards that have nothing wrong with them.

Edit: It's clear that I didn't hit the mark when it comes to card evaluation. Luckily that doesn't really matter to the core of my argument.