Battlegrounds updates, bug fixes, and the Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, go live today!

Hearthstone Updates

Scorch your opponents with the Into the Emerald Dream Mini-Set, Embers of the World Tree, unlocking today! The Embers of the World Tree has 38 all-new cards. Get them in Into the Emerald Dream packs, or as a complete 72-card* Mini-Set. Get the normal version for $14.99 or 2000 Gold, or get the all-Golden version for $69.99 or 10,000 Gold. The all-Golden version comes with a bonus Diamond copy of the Fyrakk, the Blazing Legendary minion! You can see cards from the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set in the official Card Library.

* 4 Legendary cards, 2 Epic card (x2), 16 Rare cards (x2), and 16 Common cards (x2).

Dev Comment: There are no Hearthstone mode balance changes in this patch because we’d like the to see how the new mini-set cards influence the shape of the format before making other changes. The next balance window is coming shortly after launch, which is where we’ll take a look at meta outliers, new or existing. We also have another balance window before the next expansion, in early June, in case we need to make additional adjustments then.

Battlegrounds Updates

Dev Comment: This set of balance changes is primarily aimed at strengthening underperforming compositions and reducing the power of the two strongest compositions in the current meta, Tavern spell Mechs and End-of-Turn Elementals. At the same time, we generally aim to have at least two different options within each type, so we’re also buffing the Tavern-buff cards in Elementals and returning Kangor’s Apprentice to the minion pool. We also made a few Tier swaps for Naga and Demons, in anticipation of their relative power after these adjustments.

We’ve also made a ton of adjustments to Trinkets and are trying out a rule change to Greater Trinket offerings. We’ll be watching game data and player feedback after this change to decide if we should make this a permanent change.

Trinket Updates (Skip to Hero and Minion Updates)

Trinket Rules Update

The Greater Trinket slot that used to have a 50% chance to offer an untyped Trinket and a 50% chance of a discounted Trinket will now always offer an untyped Trinket. While the original intent of the "pivot" chance was to create opportunities for novel gameplay, we think the Turn 9 timing in the current meta will likely make a neutral Trinket the more compelling choice on average.

Lesser Trinket Updates

Gem Donation

• Old: The first minion you sell each turn plays its Blood Gems on the 2 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern.
• New: The first minion you sell each turn plays its Blood Gems on the 3 highest-Tier minions in the Tavern.

Cliffdiver Sticker

• Old: At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+2. (Improved by each Battlecry you’ve triggered this turn!)
• New: At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+3. (Improved by each Battlecry you’ve triggered this turn!)

Weary Portrait

• Old: [7 Gold] Get a Weary Mage and a Coilskar Sapper. Your Weary Mages’ Spellcrafts are permanent.
• New: [3 Gold] Get a Weary Mage. Your weary Mages’ Spellcrafts are permanent.

Shrine of Evolution

• Old: [0 Gold] Transform all your minions into random Tier 3 minions.
• New: [2 Gold] Transform all your minions into random Tier 4 minions.

Finley’s Helmet

• Old: After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +2/+2 and a random Bonus Keyword.
• New: After each Refresh, give Murlocs in the Tavern +5/+5 and a random Bonus Keyword.

Sacrificial Altar

• Old: [2 Gold] Remove all your minions. Gain 3 Gold for each removed.
• New: [4 Gold] Remove all your minions. Gain 4 Gold for each removed.

Vibrant Bubble

• Old: [2 Gold] Spellcraft: Give a Murloc 2 random Bonus Keywords.
• New: [1 Gold] Spellcraft: Give a Murloc a random Bonus Keyword.

Fountain Pen

• Old: Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1/+1.
• New: Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +2/+1.

Bleeding Heart

• Old: After 7 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.
• New: After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Undead.

Archaic Scroll

• Old: After you cast 6 spells, get a random Tavern spell.
• New: After you cast 7 spells, get a random Tavern spell.

Unholy Sanctum

• Old: Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+3 permanently.
• New: Whenever you trigger a Deathrattle, give your right-most minion +3/+2 permanently.

Goldgrubber Portrait

• Old: [6 Gold] Get a Golden Goldgrubber.
• New: [2 Gold] Get a Goldgrubber and an Aureate Laureate.

Eclectic Shrine

• Old: [0 Gold] Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each different type +2/+2. Improve this permanently.
• New: [1 Gold] Start of Combat: Give a friendly minion of each different type +3/+2. Improve this permanently.

Glowing Gauntlet

• Old: [1 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +3/+3.
• New: [2 Gold] Minions in the Tavern have +4/+4.

Booty Bay Brew

• Old: [0 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +1/+2.
• New: [2 Gold] Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +2/+3.

Heart of the Forest

• Old: [1 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1.
• New: [2 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+1.

Impulsive Portrait

• Old: [0 Gold] Get an Impulsive Trickster. Your Impulsive Tricksters’ Deathrattles target adjacent minions.
• New: [1 Gold] Get a 6/6 Impulsive Trickster. Your Impulsive Tricksters’ Deathrattles target adjacent minions.

Explorer’s Binoculars

• Old: [1 Gold] Get two random Tier 4 minions.
• New: [2 Gold] Get three random Tier 4 minions.

Golden Pendant

• Old: Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of every 2 turns, repeat this.
• New: Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of each turn, repeat this.

Wicket Tome

• Old: [2 Gold] Avenge (4): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.
• New: [3 Gold] Avenge (3): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Attack this game.

Innkeeper’s Hearth

• Old: [1 Gold] Discover a minion of your Tier. Set its stats to 10/10.
• New: [3 Gold] Discover a minion of your Tier. Set its stats to 15/15.

Marvelous Mushroom

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

Blingtron’s Sunglass

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Tarecgosa Sticker

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Tough Tusk Sticker

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [1 Gold]

War Drum

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Divine Signet

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Gritty Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Quilligraphy Set

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Spell-powered Wrench

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Electromagnetic Device

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Yu’lon Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Horn of Summoning

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Vash’jir Anemone

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Implicator Portrait

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Beetle Band

• Now banned from Onyxia.

Primordial Terrarium

• Removed from the pool.

Selfless Portrait

• Removed from the pool.

Greater Trinket Updates

Blood Golem Sticker

• Old: [0 Gold] Whenever a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (2 times per combat.)
• New: [4 Gold] Whenever a friendly Quilboar dies, summon a Golem with stats equal to its Blood Gems. (3 times per combat.)

Reinforced Shield

• Old: Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (4 timers per combat.)
• New: Whenever you summon a minion, give it Divine Shield. (5 times per combat.)

Battle Horn

• Old: [0 Gold] Discover a Battlecry minion. Avenge (3): Trigger a friendly Battlecry.
• New: [1 Gold] Discover a Battlecry minion. Avenge (2): Trigger a friendly Battlecry.

Hackerfin Portrait

• Old: [3 Gold] Get a Hackerfin. Your Hackerfins also trigger at the end of each turn.
• New: [4 Gold] Get a Hackerfin. At the end of each turn, trigger your Hackerfins’ Battlecries.

Heart of the Forest

• Old: [0 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+2.
• New: [2 Gold] Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +3/+3.

Toxic Stinger

• Old: [3 Gold] At the end of each turn, give a random friendly Murloc +7/+7 and Venomous.
• New: [2 Gold] At the end of each turn, give a random friendly Murloc +10/+10 and Venomous.

Fountain Pen

• Old: [2 Gold] Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +2/+2.
• New: [3 Gold] Your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +4/+2.

Feral Talisman

• Old: Your minions have +6/+4.
• New: Your minions have +8/+5.

Extravagant Scale

• Old: [0 Gold] When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions’ Attack. (Once per game.)
• New: [2 Gold] When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions’ Attack. (Twice per game.)

Innkeeper’s Hearth

• Old: [0 Gold] Discover a Tier 6 minion. Set its stats to 20/20.
• New: [2 Gold] Discover two Tier 6 minions. Set their stats to 20/20.

Booty Bay Brew

• Old: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +3/+4.
• New: Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +4/+5.

Hogwash Basin

• Old: Start of Combat: Play 4 Blood Gems on all your minions.
• New: Start of Combat: Play 3 Blood Gems on all your minions.

Wizard’s Pipe

• Old: Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with no type +6/+6.
• New: Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with no type +5/+5.

Poet Portrait

• Old: [0 Gold] Get a Persistent Poet and a Prized Promo-Drake.
• New: [4 Gold] Get a Persistent Poet, a Prized Promo Drake, and a Bronze Steward.

Wicked Tome

• Old: Avenge (4): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
• New: Avenge (3): Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.

Theotar Sticker

• Old: After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +5/+5.
• New: After you play a minion with no type, give a friendly minion of each type +6/+6.

Gilded Anchor

• Old: [0 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +6/+6.
• New: [1 Gold] At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +8/+8.

Artanis Sticker

• Now only Immortal or Mothership can be offered.

Mecha-Jaraxxus Sticker

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Behemoth Portrait

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Rivendare Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Dazzling Dagger

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

Bronze Timepiece

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Czarina Portrait

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Shaker Portrait

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Electromagnetic Device

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Beetle Band

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Thaumaturgist Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Aggem Sticker

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Unholy Sanctum

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Bristlebach Portrait

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Nazjatar Postcard

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Fancy Spellbook

• Old: [2 Gold]
• New: [3 Gold]

Balladist Portrait

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

All-Purpose Kibble

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [6 Gold]

Butcher’s Sickle

• Old: [8 Gold]
• New: [7 Gold]

Turbocharged Drill

• Old: [5 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Boom’s Monster Portrait

• Old: [6 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Great Boar Sticker

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [2 Gold]

S’Thara Sticker

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Nether Pendant

• Old: [1 Gold]
• New: [0 Gold]

Eye of Sargeras

• Old: [4 Gold]
• New: [5 Gold]

Guiding Candle

• Old: [3 Gold]
• New: [4 Gold]

Hero Updates

Hero Power Update

Dinotamer Brann

• Old: Passive. After you buy 6 Battlecry minions, get a Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)
• New: Passive. After you buy 5 Battlecry minions, get a Brann Bronzebeard. (Once per game.)

Armor Reductions

• Forest Lord Cenarius now has 12 Armor and 9 Armor in Duos.
• Buttons now has 13 Armor at higher ranks and 9 Armor in Duos, still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.

Minion and Spell Updates

Minion Pool Changes

• Low Flier, Arm of the Empire, and Slippery Slider have been removed from the minion pool. 
• General Drakkisath, Hunter of Gatherers, Adaptive Ancestor, Coast Guard, Kangor’s Apprentice, Darkcrest Strategist, Handless Forsaken, and Daggerspine Thrasher have been added to the minion pool.

Minion Changes

Tauren Spiritwalker

• Old: 6/5. You cast 1 spell each turn twice.
• New: 7/5. You cast 1 Tavern spell each turn twice.

Silithid Burrower

• Old: 5/1. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1. Avenge (3): Improve this by +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 5/4. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1. Avenge (1): Improve this by +1/+1 permanently.

Gentle Stag

• Old: Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give your right-most Beast +2/+2 permanently.
• New: Whenever you summon a minion in combat, give your right-most Beast +3/+3 permanently.

Valiant Tiger

• Old: 4/3. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your right-most Beast +4/+3 permanently.
• New: 5/5. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your right-most Beast +5/+5 permanently.

Ashen Corruptor

• Old: [Tier 4] 5/5
• New: [Tier 5] 6/6

Shadowdancer

• Old: [Tier 5] 5/2
• New: [Tier 4] 4/2

Fire-forged Evoker

• Old: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +1/+1. After you cast 2 Tavern spells, improve this. 
• New: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +2/+1. After you cast a Tavern spell, improve this.

Spirited Whimsydrake

• Old: [Tier 5]
• New: [Tier 4]

Greenskeeper

• Old: 2/7
• New: 4/8

Bronze Steward

• Old: 7/3. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Dragons +7 Attack.
• New: 10/2. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Dragons +10 Attack.

Technical Element

• Old: [Tier 5] 10/10
• New: [Tier 2] 4/5

Amplifying Lightspawn

• Old: [Tier 6] 5/9. At the end of your turn, your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
• New: [Tier 5] 3/8. At the end of your turn, your Elementals that give stats grant an extra +1 Health each turn. (Swaps to Attack next turn!)

Lokholar, Frostforger

• Old: [Tier 5] 7/5. At the end of your turn, give your other minions +2/+2.
• New: [Tier 6] 8/5. At the end of your turn, give your other Elementals +3/+2.

Blazing Greasefire

• Old: At the end of your turn, give Elementals in the Tavern +3/+2 this game.
• New: At the end of your turn, give Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4 this game.

Dancing Barnstormer

• Old: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +2/+2 this game.
• New: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give Elementals in the Tavern +4/+4 this game.

Land Lubber

• Old: [Tier 3]
• New: [Tier 2]

Electron, Powered Up

• Old: 5/5. After you cast 2 Tavern spells, Magnetize a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs.
• New: 6/6. At the end of your turn, Magnetize a 3/3 Satellite to all your Mechs.

Ancestral Automaton

• Old: Has +2/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).
• New: Has +3/+2 for each other Ancestral Automaton you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).

Grimscale Elegist

• Old: 2/1
• New: 3/2

Shoalfin Mystic

• Old: Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health this game.
• New: Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.

Gormling Gourmet

• Old: 2/2
• New: 4/3

Apprentice of Sefin

• Old: [Tier 4] Battlecry: Give a Murloc +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword.
• New: [Tier 5] At the end of your turn, gain +4/+4 and a random Bonus Keyword.

Hackerfin

• Old: 6/3. Battlecry: Give your other minions +3/+3 for each Bonus Keyword they have.
• New: 5/3. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +1/+1. (Improved by each different Bonus Keyword in your warband!)

Coilskar Sapper

• Old: 5/4
• New: 3/2

Weary Mage

• Old: [Tier 3] 4/1
• New: [Tier 4] 5/1

Slumber Sorcerer

• Old: [Tier 5]
• New: [Tier 4]

Defiant Shipwright

• Old: [Tier 3] 3/6
• New: [Tier 2] 2/5

Starry-eyed Explorer

• Old: 3/4
• New: 5/5

Goldgrubber

• Old: 2/2. At the end of your turn, gain +2/+2 for each friendly Golden minion.
• New: 3/3. At the end of your turn, gain +3/+3 for each friendly Golden minion.

Dastardly Drust

• Old: 5/4. Whenever you get a Pirate, give your other minions +1/+1. Give Golden ones +2/+2 instead.
• New: 6/4. Whenever you get a Pirate, give your minions +1/+2. Give Golden ones +2/+3 instead.

Glowgullet Warlord (Golden only)

• Old: Deathrattle: Summon two 1/1 Quilboar with Taunt. Play 2 Blood Gems on them.
• New: Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Quilboar with Taunt. Play 2 Blood Gems on them.

Dreaming Thornweaver

• Old: 2/6
• New: 2/8

Corrupted Bristler

• Old: [Tier 3]
• New: [Tier 4]

Darkgaze Elder

• Old: [Tier 6] 6/7. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, play a Blood Gem on three friendly Quilboar.
• New: [Tier 5] 5/6. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, play a Blood Gem on all your Quilboar.

Three Lil’ Quilboar

• Old: [Tier 5] Deathrattle: Play 3 Blood Gems on your Quilboar.
• New: [Tier 6] Deathrattle: Play 3 Blood Gems on all your Quilboar.
• Dev Comment: The text update is a non-functional change just for clarity.

Anub’arak, Nerubian King

• Old: [Tier 4] 4/3
• New: [Tier 3] 3/2

Drustfallen Butcher

• Old: 2/8. Avenge (5): Get a Butchering.
• New: 2/9. Avenge (4): Get a Butchering.

Noisul of the Many Faces

• Old: 2/9. Whenever you summon an Undead, give four friendly Undead +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 3/9. Whenever you summon an Undead, give all friendly Undead +2/+1 permanently.

Catacomb Crasher

• Old: 5/10. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your minions +1/+1 permanently.
• New: 6/10. Whenever you would summon a minion that doesn’t fit in your warband, give your Undead +2/+2 permanently.

Arcane Behemoth

• Old: Taunt. After you sell an Elemental, gain half its stats.
• New: Taunt. After you sell an Elemental, gain its stats.

Spell Changes

Natural Blessing

• Old: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +2/+2.
• New: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +3/+3.

Seafood Stew

• Old: Give a minion +1/+1 for each Bonus Keyword it has.
• New: Give a minion +1/+1. Repeat for each different Bonus Keyword in your warband.

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

• [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where players who got Creature of Madness from opening an Into the Emerald Dream Pack (meaning, after the initial claim period) only got one copy instead of two. After this fix is live, we will do a separate grant to affected players so that they get their second copy.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug with Floating Watcher causing lag in late-game Demon compositions.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Spirited Whimsydrake could pull minions that were no longer in the minion pool.
• [Battlegrounds] Made a text-only correction to Guzzle the Goop.
• [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Hackerfin was missing its VFX.