Things are getting crazy in Hearthstone. Warlocks are eating entire decks and Mages have permanent card-draw as a weapon!
At BlizzCon 2017, many announcements were made for Blizzard’s card game Hearthstone. The focus was on the new expansion “Kobolds and Catacombs,” which will be released in December 2017. There will be not only 48 new bosses waiting for players but also plenty of new cards. A handful of cards were already revealed at BlizzCon. We are talking about the (so far) craziest cards from Kobolds and Catacombs.
Mages are getting their first real weapon – Aluneth. In WoW, this is the artifact weapon for Mages, in Hearthstone it is even a bit more powerful. For 6 mana it has 0 attack and 3 durability, but it has a powerful passive effect. At the end of each turn, the Mage draws 3 cards from their deck.
In plain terms, this means that a player draws 4 cards per turn. If there is no way to destroy the weapon, then the corresponding Mage will always have a card advantage.
One of the most powerful cards is likely to be Rin, the First Disciple, the new legendary minion for Warlocks. For 6 mana, it has weak stats of 3/6 and Taunt and a Deathrattle effect: Gain The First Seal to your hand. The First Seal is a spell for 5 mana that summons a 2/2 demon and grants you the card The Second Seal, which calls a 3/3 demon for 5 mana. This repeats up to The Fifth Seal.
At the end of this chain is the demon Azari, the Devourer for 10 mana. It has stats of 10/10 and the Battlecry: Destroy your opponent’s deck. From this moment on, the opponent only has the cards in their hand!
Also highly debated is the Carnivorous Cube. For 5 mana you get a solid 4/6 minion. It destroys a friendly minion via Battlecry. As Deathrattle, it summons 2 copies of that destroyed minion!
The combinations are diverse, especially with other Deathrattle cards, exciting synergies can be found. A single Deathrattle effect could therefore trigger 3 times!
What do you think of these 3 cards? Are they too powerful? Or will cards like Rin, the First Disciple never be played anyway, as they require way too much setup?
We have introduced you to more cards from “Kobolds and Catacombs” in this post!
