5 new Hearthstone cards will drive you to despair. They are really strong and bring fresh wind into Blizzard’s card game.
The next expansion for Hearthstone was announced a few days ago. The add-on named “Journey to the Sunken City” brings as usual a whopping 135 new cards and heralds the Hearthstone year 2022. Gradually, the developers are releasing various new cards via different content creators – and some of them will drive you up the wall again.
Pirate decks are going to be really nasty and can even steal the key cards from your deck. We show which cool, new, and also really nasty cards have been revealed.
Pirate Captain steals cards from your hand
Pirate Admiral Sharkfin is a new, legendary minion for Rogues. She is a pirate, has solid stats of 8 / 8 and costs 8 mana. Her battle cry states: “Plunder the enemy if you have summoned 8 other pirates in this game!”
This “plundering” occurs in the form of 3 different options from which you can choose:
- Take their supplies! – You take 5 cards from your opponent’s deck.
- Take their gold! – You take 2 cards from your opponent’s hand.
- Take their ship! – You gain control over the enemy minion with the highest attack.
With this, Pirate Admiral Sharkfin can deal quite a bit of damage to the opponent and steal many of the enemy’s key cards. Anyone playing against Rogues should henceforth expect that they will simply pinch your most important cards.
Queen Azshara brings her relics
Another highlight for everyone who enjoys playing spell decks is Queen Azshara. The leader of the Naga is a Hearthstone 5/5 minion for 5 mana and belongs to the tribe of the Naga. Her battle cry states: “Choose an ancient relic if you have cast 3 spells while holding this card.”
There are a total of 4 relics to choose from, all of which are pretty powerful and can almost single-handedly decide the game. The relics are:
- Tide Ring: A spell. After you cast a spell, this card becomes a copy of it that costs 1 mana.
- Xal’atath: A weapon for 2 mana with 0 / 5 and the effect: After you cast a spell, deal 2 damage to the enemy hero and reduce durability by 1.
- Horn of the Ancients: A spell for 3 mana. Adds a random Colossal minion to your hand. It costs 1 mana.
- Golganneth’s Tide Stone: A spell for 1 mana. Shuffle 5 random spells into your deck. Set their costs to 1 mana. Draw 2 cards.
With her low costs, Azshara can already influence the game very early, so that her relics can unfold their effect in the mid to late game.
Warriors rely on plenty of randomness
Warriors receive a pretty powerful spell in their arsenal, but it comes with a high randomness factor. “The Fires of Zin-Azshari” is a spell for 2 mana that replaces all minions in your own deck with minions that cost at least 5 mana or more. The costs of these minions are then reduced to 5 mana.
In plain language, this means that the warrior ends up with a deck full of strong to very strong minions, without them necessarily fitting well together. However, the spell is likely to be particularly popular with penny pinchers who want to try out many cards without spending much money on Hearthstone. Because you can be sure that the deck plays differently each time after you shuffle your minions with this spell.
Shaman spells become jack-of-all-trades
Over the past year, spell shamans have gained popularity. This trend will likely only increase with the new add-on. The elemental “Azshara’s Radiance” brings many combined benefits. It is an elemental for 3 mana and has solid stats of 3 / 4.
However, its three effects are really strong and all active at once:
- Fire spell damage +2.
- Your nature spells cost 1 mana less.
- You gain 3 armor after you have cast a frost spell.
Azshara’s Radiance can thus be perfectly combined with almost all spells from the shaman’s repertoire. Whether the shaman needs armor, wants to deal more damage, or wants to save a few mana crystals, Azshara’s Radiance provides all of that at once.
Priests receive a legendary minion that costs 0 mana
Anyone who thought that priests are already far too mana efficient will be covering their hands in front of their faces at the sight of Naga Priestess Valishj. The legendary naga minion has stats of only 1 / 1 and costs 0, but has a strong effect. As a battle cry, she refreshes the player’s mana crystals – one crystal for each spell played in that turn.
Since priests have many spells with low costs and can further reduce their costs, it is quite possible that the priest will play several dozen cards’ worth in a single turn.
Whether Valishj can stand out against all the other cards remains to be seen. But in one of the upcoming expansions, there will surely be a use for her when players create exciting decks with her.
When will it be playable? The new cards will be playable with the release of the expansion “Journey to the Sunken City” and can then also be drawn from card packs or crafted with arcane dust. The release is scheduled for April 12, 2022 – in about 3 weeks.
Once all cards are known, we will, as usual, list them all on MeinMMO so that you can prepare for them.
