The next wing in Hearthstone’s expansion Naxxramas, the Plague Wing, will open on Tuesday night at 23:59. We take a look at the cards that will be available as rewards there.
The Plague Wing will feature three bosses again with Noth, Heigan, and Loatheb. In this article, we tell you what tricks they have up their sleeves. But here, we want to discuss which cards they leave you after their early (or rather late) demise.
Now it gets tanky – Boss Rewards in the Plague Wing
For the normal rewards for the boss kills, it will get tanky.
Noth, the old necromancer, leaves you:
Stoneclaw Gargoyle – a 1/4 minion for 3 mana that fully heals itself at the start of the player’s turn. A neutral card that would benefit enormously from taunt if it could somehow receive the ability through buffs or minion abilities. Otherwise, probably not a hit.
From Heigan, the dancer among the undead, you get:
Unstable Ghoul – a 1/3 minion with taunt for 2 mana. As a deathrattle, it deals 1 damage to all minions on the board. A neutral card with board-clear potential in the early turns. Especially with the cheap taunt, it’s quite an alternative for defensive Hearthstone decks that need a safety net against an early rush.
Loatheb gives out two cards:
Sludge Belcher – a 3/5 minion with taunt for 5 mana that leaves behind a Slime with 1/2 and also taunt as a deathrattle. A somewhat slower blocker at 5 mana, but not easily removed from the board due to its legacy, provoking two actions from the opponent. With the deathrattle, it has, like many other cards, exciting synergy effects with Baron Rivendare (makes every minion deathrattle twice) and the Gravedigger (buffs itself with every played minion that has a deathrattle effect).
Loatheb himself – For completing the Naxxramas Plague Wing on normal, there is Loatheb. We introduced the card in detail recently.
Unfortunately, it is still unknown what class challenges await players in the Plague Wing. Besides the Rogue and Druid, all classes are still waiting for their class cards that could shake up the meta-game in Hearthstone.
Update 12 PM: Ah, the class cards are now also known. This time, the Mage and Hunter will receive their challenges and class cards. The Mage will be rewarded with the secret card “Duplicate” for 3 mana: When a friendly minion dies, the Mage receives two copies of the card to their hand. The Hunter gets the 1/1 Beast card “Webspinner,” whose deathrattle summons a random Beast card to the Hunter’s hand.
Update 9 PM: The Hunter’s class challenge is to defeat Loatheb with a pre-made deck consisting of 30 Webspinners. The Mage’s class challenge puts her against Heigan. For that, a rather balanced deck is available to her.
