Some were too weak, others far too strong. Which six legendary Hearthstone cards were not used, you will find out here.
During an interview with IGN, Mike Donais talked about future plans for Hearthstone and which plans have already been discarded. Donais is Hearthstone’s Principal Game Designer and reported, among other things, on legendary cards that did not make it into the set of the latest Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. Some of the cards were far too strong and could not be included. Others were renamed or were too weak and therefore were not implemented in the game.
Six Discarded Legendaries from Hearthstone
The following cards were designed by the Hearthstone team for Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, but for various reasons did not make it into the game. Looking at the power of some cards, it’s good that we don’t find these in the opponents’ decks.
- Cabal Leader: 6 Mana – 4/8 Stats – Legendary
- At the end of the turn, it fires Arcane Missiles for each unused Mana Crystal.
- Removed because the card used an old version of the Cabal theme (Unused Mana Crystals) and because it was only good if you had it on the board for at least one turn.
- Dios – Warlock: 9 Mana – 12/12 Stats – Legendary
- Battlecry: If you have no unused Mana Crystals, two copies of this card are shuffled into your deck.
- Removed because the card used an old version of the Cabal theme (Unused Mana Crystals).
- Possibly inspired the effect of Jade Idol.
- End Bringer – Warlock: 8 Mana – 9/9 Stats – Legendary
- Battlecry: Discard all cards from your hand. Summon each demon that was discarded.
- A part of this card was used for Krul the Unshackled.
- Khajakus the Banished – Mage: 7 Mana – 7/7 Stats – Legendary
- Battlecry: If you have cast 10 different spells, the card transforms into Khajakus, Dragon form.
- Unfortunately, Donais cannot remember the exact bonuses of the dragon form.
- It was probably renamed to Kazakus.
- Sin-Sor – Priest: 7 Mana – 4/4 Stats – Legendary
- Battlecry: Swap a random enemy minion with a random friendly minion.
- The design of Madam Goya was inspired by this card.
- Pang, The Unthinkable – Mage: 8 Mana – 4/8 Stats – Legendary
- When you deal damage to enemy minions with your spells, that damage is also dealt to the enemy hero.
- No explanation was given by the developers as to why this card did not make it into the game. Probably the combination with AOE spells was too strong.
In the interview with IGN, Mike Donais also talked about whether Blizzard will soon sell ready-made decks for Hearthstone.
