Three New Hearthstone: The Witchwood Cards Revealed

Today, Shacknews revealed the next three cards for Hearthstone's upcoming first expansion of its Year of the Raven, The Witchwood. These three new cards are the Gilnean Royale Guards who each posses their own unique characteristics. 

The Gilnean Royal Guard posseses three attack and eight health and is a minion, neutral, rare card. The Swift Messenger brings 2 attack and six health to the table and is a minion, neutral, comon card. Finally, the Spellshifter has 1 attack and four health and is also a minion, neutral, common card. All three of the new The Witchwood cards utilize the same ability, which allows the player to swap the attack and health of the card each turn it is in your hand. 

These three Royale Guards are human soldiers who are sworn to protect the monarchy of the Kingdom of Gilneas, but like the rest of the Gilneas population these elite soldiers are also of Worgen nature. 

In statement to Shacknews, Hearthstone Lead Mission Designer Dave Kosak explained the motivation behind the creation of the Royale Guards of Gilneas. "We wanted to create a feeling that Gilneas is a city that has its own defenses and if there's a king, there's a Royal Guard. We wanted to create a whole ecology for Gilneas with different cost cards, from the Pumpkin Peasant all the way up to the Royal Guard." 

In the same manner as the King of Gilneas, these three cards all possess even costs. According to Shacknews, the Spellshifter can be used as a useful early game card, the Swift Messenger has the most versatility of the three cards and the Gilnean Royale Guard shows his value by being able to take down powerful foes, such as the Lich King, and still stay in the fight.

Players will be able to have a chance at getting their hands on the three powerful Gilnean Royal Guards when they release alongside The Witchwood expansion in mid-April 2018. 

(cover photo courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment)