The next Hearthstone expansion wants to impress with 140 new cards. We show you the 5 highlights you can look forward to soon.
With the next Hearthstone expansion “Legacy of the Dragons”, many new deck ideas are bubbling up in the community of Blizzard’s card game. But which cards are particularly exciting and allow for fun combinations or crazy effects?
I have gathered my top 5 of the 140 new cards from Legacy of the Dragons, which we want to present to you here. These are not necessarily the most powerful cards, but those that I think will provide the most fun.
1. Murozond the Eternal
As soon as I saw the card for the first time, I couldn’t help but grin widely. Murozond the Eternal is a priest card and also a dragon. It costs 8 mana and has solid stats of 8/8, making it a strong threat on the board by itself. However, its battle cry makes it incredibly valuable, as it states:
Play all cards that your opponent played last turn.
It often happens that one is completely overwhelmed by a strong combo in Hearthstone within a turn and just wants to press the “Concede” button hopelessly. But with Murozond, you have the perfect answer, which was already a valid counter in kindergarten when it came to insults.
You simply say “You too!” and play exactly what the opponent played – in addition to Murozond. This is likely to frustrate enemies and bring wide grins to the priest.
2. Humperschnork
The Humperschnork not only has the best name of the expansion, but also belongs to the most interesting cards that the shaman can rely on. The 5/5 servant for 5 mana transforms at the start of each turn in hand into a copy of a random legendary servant with stats of 5/5.
Of course, it requires a good dose of luck for the Humperschnork to provide the right answer, but I like to take that risk. Having a potential “Joker” in hand always feels good. And if the Humperschnork is exactly the legendary I need, then it’s time to shine.
No idea if that will often be the case – but he will have a fixed place in my shaman decks.
3. Valdris Demon Hunger
Card number 3 is Valdris Demon Hunger, a legendary servant for warlocks. For 7 mana, it has weak stats of 4/4, but brings with it a rather powerful effect via its battle cry: The maximum hand size of the warlock increases to 12 for the rest of the game. Additionally, 4 cards are drawn, allowing one to immediately benefit from the new limit.
In the past, I often had the problem with the warlock that I had 9 or 10 cards in hand and simply had to play “something” to make room. An increased limit should mean that I don’t have to part with cards as quickly and can wait for the perfect moment. Also, it’s always great to have many options in hand – especially more than the opponent.
4. Plate Breaker
If there is one class that most players are probably fed up with, it’s the warrior. Who doesn’t know those matches where warriors keep burrowing into their armor and would be completely untouchable after a short time? Playing against such decks is frustrating, and often you can tell after just a few turns that your own deck has no chance.
With Legacy of the Dragons, however, that will change, because then warriors will be presented with a terrible card. The Plate Breaker is a neutral servant for 5 mana with solid stats of 5/5. Its battle cry simply causes the armor of the opposing hero to be completely destroyed – reduced directly to 0.
This will make many a warrior (but also some mages or druids) look old.
5. Wyrmhowler
Our last card is the Wyrmhowler. This is an epic, neutral card for 2 mana with stats of 3/2. Its battle cry ensures that all neutral cards in the deck are exchanged for random class cards – depending on which class one is currently playing.
This sounds like a nice opportunity to change your own deck spontaneously when you notice that you have no chance in the current match. While the card is a big RNG factor, I prefer that to already knowing beforehand that my deck has no chance against a specific meta-deck. I’d rather take this change and hope something cool comes out of it!
Have you also got certain cards in your sights? Which ones do you want to build exciting decks with? If you need more suggestions, here you can find all the cards of the upcoming expansion:
