Hearthstone All New Mage Cards in Whizbang's Workshop Explained

The long-awaited expansion of Hearthstone - Whizbang's Workshop was released a few days ago and delivered 145 new cards to the players. We met a lot of new faces but some cards are actually revisited versions of some well-known cards from previous years. In this article, we will look into the ten new Mage cards and explain their flavor texts.

As you may know, every card in Hearthstone has its own "flavor" text which is a specific pun, reference, or joke related to the art or the name of the card. Some "serious" cards have a deeper flavor text that might reveal more about the lore or set the tone of the character. You can see this flavor text when you click on a card in your "My Collection" tab in the game.

Make sure to check out our in-depth explanation articles for each card class in Whizbang's Workshop! Now let's begin!

Hidden Objects

Rarity: Common
Flavor text: There are 99 gnomes in this picture. Can YOU find them all?
Flavor text explanation: This is a reference to the popular games that challenge you to find an X number of objects in a picture. It is also a joke about the size of gnomes and how you can fit all 99 of them in one photo.

Spot the Difference

Rarity: Common
Race: Blood Elf, Yeti
Flavor text: Ah, I see now! One of them is a picture of a Chillwind Yeti, and the other is a Blood Elf.
Flavor text explanation: The card is a reference to the popular kid's game "Spot the Difference". What's funny here is that a Chillwind Yeti and a Blood Elf look nothing alike.

Triplewick Trickster

Rarity: Common
Race: Elemental
Flavor text: You no take candle! Or second candle. You can take third candle though.
Flavor text explanation: "You no take candle!" is an iconic quote in the World of Warcraft universe. It belongs to the cave-dwelling race of Kobolds with their signature candles on their heads.

Frost Lich Cross-Stitch

Rarity: Rare
Race: Elemental
Flavor text: Do not fear power... Fear those who SEW IT!
Flavor text explanation: This card incorporates a lot of sewing puns which can be seen both in the flavor text and the card name. It also changes the famous saying "Do not fear power, fear those who wield it." to fit the sewing theme.

Sleet Skater

Rarity: Rare
Race: Elemental
Flavor text: How do you do, fellow Ice Elementals?
Flavor text explanation: This is a reference to the famous quote from Steve Buscemi in 30 Rock - "How do you do, fellow kids?". In the flavor text, this quote is humorously changed so that it is towards Ice Elementals. In the art, we can also see the famous cap that Steve Buscemi wears.

Manufacturing Error

Rarity: Rare
Race: Human
Flavor text: You thought the 9-piece puzzle would be easy, didn't you?
Flavor text explanation: The card art illustrates a person who is trying to solve a puzzle but faces a "manufacturing error" that prevents him from solving the puzzle. The flavor text makes a self-aware joke about the occurance.

Watercolor Artist

Rarity: Epic
Race: Elemental
Flavor text: They've amassed a largely aquatic body of work, painting lakes, rivers and self portraits.
Flavor text explanation: The joke here comes from the fact that the artist himself is a Water Elemental which makes his self-portraits a part of his aquatic body of work.

Yogg in the Box

Rarity: Epic
Race: Old God
Flavor text: POP! Goes the Old God!
Flavor text explanation: Yogg-Saron is an old god in the World of Warcraft Universe who has been an important character in Hearthstone for a while. In this card we see a funny rendition of the Pop Goes the Weasel song where the Weasel is replaced with the mighty old god.

Puzzlemaster Khadgar

Rarity: Legendary
Race: Human
Flavor text: Khadgar Khadgar in the ball, who is the smartest white-haired, tall, handsome mage of them all?
Flavor text explanation: The flavor text reveals the narcissistic tendencies of the Puzzlemaster Khadgar who not only asks himself this question but also describes himself in the hope of being chosen as the most handsome. As you might have noticed, the quote is a reference to the popular saying from Snow White - "Mirror, mirror on the wall...".

The Galactic Projection Orb

Rarity: Legendary
Race: Celestial
Flavor text: Look closely in the ball and you'll see the expansion of space and time itself. Or their projections, anyway.
Flavor text explanation: The flavor text paints a sarcastic picture of the orb.

Those are all ten Mage cards in Whizbang's Workshop! Now that you got to know them check out our other articles that cover all cards from the different classes in Hearthstone and their meaning!