Witchwood Expansion Now Available in Hearthstone

Over the last few weeks, fans of Hearthstone have been drip fed cards from the upcoming Witchwood expansion and evaluating them as they come through on the Hearthstone subreddit. A few days ago, the reveal period came to a close, and today is the official launch for the expansion. For the past month or two, a Witchwood pre-order has been available which gives players 70 packs, plus the packs that were granted as a reward for completing daily quests last week. Upon log in, players will also receive three card packs for free, and a random class legendary.

If you’re just hearing about the expansion for the first time, it introduces two new keywords in the form of Echo and Rush. Echo means you can play this card multiple times per turn as a ghostly copy will return to your hand, while Rush is the same as Charge, but that minion can only target other minions and not go face. The concept of odd and even only decks is here now too, with Genn Greymane being a legendary that makes your hero power cost one at the start of the game, as long as you only have even costing cards in your deck. Baku the Mooneater on the other hand upgrades your hero power, like Justicar Trueheart, as long as your deck only has odd costing cards.

Monster Hunt is a new gamemode that is similar to Dungeon Run that came with Kobolds & Catacombs, but it features new bosses, new cards, and all new heroes. It’s not currently available, and unlocks in around two weeks. If you’re interested in learning more about the cards, you can check out our two prediction articles, here and here, and an exclusive interview we had with Peter McConnell, the composer for Hearthstone. Keep your eyes peeled on Twin Galaxies for more Hearthstone and Witchwood content over the coming weeks.