The new Hearthstone expansion “The Witchwood” brings a lot of new cards. We show you our five favorites.
Starting tomorrow, on April 12, 2018, the latest expansion for Hearthstone will launch. With “The Witchwood” there are exactly 135 new cards for players to collect or craft. We have chosen our top 5 from the cards. These cards are not necessarily the strongest in terms of pure power level, but they will likely provide many fun moments and entertaining situations.
1. Smariss
Smariss is a typical “Win More” card. This dragon is available only for Hunters and has values of 8/8 for 10 mana. However, its Battlecry ensures that your hand is greatly improved. All minions in hand receive double health and attack power. Even seemingly small minions become a deadly threat.
Effectively, this doubles the pure “value” of the minions in hand – hardly any other card can achieve this effect.
2. Chameleos
Chameleos is a new minion for Priests – a beast for 1 mana, but it only has values of 1/1. However, its effect ensures that at the start of each turn, it transforms into a copy of a random card in the opponent’s hand. Keeping Chameleos in hand for a long time is helpful to always know which cards the opponent still has and to plan accordingly. Chameleos becomes really powerful when it copies special rewards.
For example, one could copy the opponent’s quest reward or a Legendary from a different class that one otherwise wouldn’t have access to.
3. Dark Obsession
Dark Obsession is a new spell for Warlocks. It costs only 1 mana and deals 2 damage to a friendly character. In exchange, one discovers a demon – so there is a selection of 3 demons from which to choose the desired favorite.
I can already see the endless combinations in front of me and the little decision moments where players summon a Doomguard at the last moment and still manage to win.
4. Voodoo Doll
The neutral minion Voodoo Doll is likely to have a fixed place in most decks – at least Mages will probably definitely include it. For 3 mana this minion has only 1/1, but that suits it well. As a Battlecry, it chooses an enemy minion. Then, through Deathrattle, that minion is directly destroyed.
Mages can thus select a minion and immediately eliminate it thanks to their hero power – for only 5 mana. But other classes can also benefit from it, for example when they grant the Voodoo Doll Taunt.
5. Azalina Soulthief
Do you know that frustrating situation where opponents have eight or even nine cards in hand and you have to hope for a “Top-Deck”? This is exactly where Azalina Soulthief comes into play. This neutral minion for 7 mana has values of 3/3 and as a Battlecry replaces your own hand with a copy of the opponent’s hand. After the Battlecry, both players have exactly the same cards in hand and know what the other can play.
This creates interesting “Mind Games” and leads to many last-second saves.
Which cards from “The Witchwood” do you particularly like? Do you already have deck ideas in mind that you want to implement immediately tomorrow?
