Hearthstone Patch Notes 29.2 April – Battlegrounds Changes

The latest Hearthstone Patch Notes 29.2 introduced numerous changes to the game, with the most significant being the arrival of Battlegrounds Season 7: Once Upon a Tavern. This new season stands as one of the largest yet, boasting updates to minions, spells, and heroes. Furthermore, a new game mode, Battlegrounds Duos, has been introduced, featuring its own unique minions and heroes. Be sure to give it a try! Now, let's delve into all the new updates within the game!

Table of Contents:

• New Battlegrounds Season
• Battleground Duos
• Hero Pool Updates
• New Minions
• Minion Updates
• New Tavern Spells
• Tavern Spell Updates

New Battlegrounds Season

Season 7 of Battlegrounds is here, and it's called 'Once Upon a Tavern.' With its introduction, we saw the implementation of Duos and many more changes to Battlegrounds. Battlegrounds Season 6 concludes, and Season 7 kicks off on April 16. This transition will reset ratings, remove quests, and switch the track. Unclaimed rewards from Season 6 will be auto-claimed. Tavern spells will persist as a regular feature. Initially, turn timers will be longer but will revert to normal in a future patch.

Battleground Duos

Battlegrounds Duos is an exciting new way of playing Hearthstone. Team up with an ally to fight against 3 other teams in intense team-based combat. Duos come with new mechanics, new cards, and heroes. You can check out ALL changes, rules, and cards in our article on Battlegrounds Duos!

Hero Pool Updates

Apart from all the new Duos exclusive heroes, some changes are coming to standard Battlegrounds. These include the removal of certain heroes from specific formats and altogether. We also see changes in Hero Effects:

• Murloc Holmes – Not available in the Hero Pool for Battlegrounds Duos.
• Illidan Stormrage – Banned from any Dragons games across formats
• Sire Denathrius and E.T.C., Band Manager - temporarily removed for all Battlegrounds games.
• Professor Putricide - temporarily removed from the Hero Pool for Battlegrounds Duos.
• Thorim, Stormlord - Argent Braggart has been removed from the options. Papa Bear now summons three 4/4 Mama Bears that give +4/+4.
• Malygos – The Hero Power can now target Tavern Spells too.
• Captain Hooktusk – NEW - [0 Gold] Remove a minion. Discover one from a Tier lower to get.
• Patchwerk – The effect is the same, the text was changed to make it work properly in Duos.
• The Great Akazamzarak – Can now only choose between Venomstrike Trap, Pack Tactics, Autodefense Matrix, and Redemption.
• Dinotamer Brann – NEW - Passive. After you buy 4 Battlecry minions, get Brann Bronzebeard.

New Minions

• Fire Dancer (Tier 2) - 4/2. Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to all minions.
• Assistant Guard (Tier 4) - 2/3. Battlecry: Give a minion Taunt. Then give your Taunt minions +2/+3.
• Winged Chimera (Tier 4, All)  - 3/6. Whenever this takes damage, give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1.
• Mooneater’s Champion (Tier 5) - 7/8. After you play an odd-Tier card, give your other odd-Tier minions +1/+1.
• Unforgiving Treant (Tier 5) - 1/12. Taunt. Whenever this takes damage, give your minions +1 Attack permanently.
• Greymane’s Champion (Tier 6) - 6/5. After you play an even-Tier card, give your other even-Tier minions +2/+2.
• Murgl Mk II (Tier 3, Mech/Murloc) - 2/4. Avenge (3): Give minions in your hand and board +1/+1 permanently.
• Timecap’n Hooktail (Tier 3, Dragon/Pirate) - 1/5. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your other minions +1 Attack.
• Slimy Felblood (Tier 3, Elemental/Demon) - 3/4. Battlecry: Minions in the Tavern have +2 Health this game.
• Fiery Felblood (Tier 3, Elemental/Demon) - 4/3. Deathrattle: Minions in the Tavern have +3 Attack this game.
• Shellemental (Tier 5, Elemental/Naga) - 5/4. Spellcraft: Choose a minion in the Tavern. Give its stats to a random friendly minion.
• Draconic Deathscale (Tier 4, Naga/Dragon) - 6/3. Spellcraft: Trigger a friendly minion’s Battlecry.
• Nightbane, Ignited (Tier 4, Dragon/Undead) - 6/3. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give 2 random friendly minions this minion’s Attack.
• Untameabull (Tier 6, Mech/Beast) - 10/16. Whenever this takes damage, gain Divine Shield.
• Trusty Pup (Tier 1, Beast) - 1/3. Whenever this takes damage, gain +1 Attack permanently.
• Irate Rooster (Tier 2, Beast) - 3/4. Start of Combat: Deal 1 damage to adjacent minions and give
• Silver Goose (Tier 2, Beast) - 2/3. Whenever this takes damage, summon a 2/2 Fledgling with Taunt.
• Silithid Burrower (Tier 3, Beast) - 3/1. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +1/+1 permanently.
• Rampager (Tier 3, Beast) - 8/8. Whenever this attacks, deal 1 damage to your other minions.
• Goldshell Warden (Tier 4, Beast) - 3/4. Battlecry: Give your other Beasts +1/+4.
• Iridescent Skyblazer (Tier 4, Beast) - 2/5. Whenever a friendly Beast takes damage, give a friendly Beast other than it +1/+1 permanently.
• Trigore the Lasher (Tier 5, Beast) - 6/2. Whenever another friendly Beast takes damage, gain +2 Health permanently.
• Spiked Savior (Tier 5, Beast) -  12/4. Taunt. Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to your minions and give them +1 Health.
• False Implicator (Tier 3, Demon) - 1/2. At the end of your turn, consume a minion in the Tavern to gain its stats.
• Crafty Aranasi (Tier 4, Demon) - 1/8. Whenever this takes damage, deal 5 damage to a random enemy minion.
• Misfit Dragonling (Tier 1, Dragon) - 1/2. Start of Combat: Gain stats equal to your Tier.
• Glim Guardian (Tier 1, Dragon) - 1/3. Whenever this attacks, gain +2/+1.
• Thousandth Paper Drake (Tier 2, Dragon) - 2/3. Start of Combat: Give your left-most Dragon +1/+2 and Windfury.
• Roaring Rallier (Tier 3, Dragon) - 3/4. Whenever a friendly Dragon attacks, give it +2/+2. 
• Persistent Poet (Tier 4, Dragon) - 2/3. Divine Shield. Adjacent Dragons permanently keep your enchantments from combat.
• Yu’lon, Fortune Granter (Tier 5, Dragon) - 8/8. Start of Combat: Make your lowest-Tier minion Golden (except Yu’lon, Fortune Granter.)
• Hoarding Hatespawn (Tier 6, Dragon) - 10/10. Start of Combat: Steal 10/10 from the highest Health enemy minion.
• Marine Matriarch (Tier 5, Elemental) - 3/9. Whenever this takes damage, get a random Tavern spell. (3 times per combat.)
• Cord Puller (Tier 1, Mech) - 1/1. Divine Shield. Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Microbot.

Each different Zilliax Module has an appearance rate 1/3 that of a regular Tier 2 minion’s. Any combination of 3 Modules will combine into a Golden Zilliax: Assembled, which has all the keywords of the Modules used as the components.

• Zilliax: Claw Module (Tier 2, Mech) - 4/3. Taunt. This minion can triple with any Zilliax Modules.
• Zilliax: Crystal Module (Tier 2, Mech) - 4/3. Reborn. This minion can triple with any Zilliax Modules.
• Zilliax: Defense Module (Tier 2, Mech) - 4/3. Divine Shield. This minion can triple with any Zilliax Modules.
• Zilliax: Smoke Module (Tier 2, Mech) - 4/3. Stealth. This minion can triple with any Zilliax Modules.
• Zilliax: Whirring Module (Tier 2, Mech) - 4/3. Windfury. This minion can triple with any Zilliax Modules.
• Zilliax: Bonding Module (Tier 2, Mech) - 4/3. Magnetic. This minion can triple with any Zilliax Modules.
• Charging Czarina (Tier 5, Mech) - 4/2. Divine Shield. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions with Divine Shield +3 Attack.
• Very Hungry Winterfinner (Tier 2, Murloc) - 2/5. Taunt. Whenever this takes damage, give a minion in your hand +1/+1.
• Shell Whistler (Tier 3, Naga) - 3/2. Battlecry: Get a random Tavern spell from Tier 2.
• Soft-hearted Siren (Tier 4, Naga) - 3/6. Whenever this takes damage, get a random Spellcraft spell. (3 times per combat.)
• Long John Copper (Tier 4, Pirate) - 4/6. Whenever this takes damage, get a Gold Coin. (3 times per combat.)
• Bristling Buffoon (Tier 3, Quilboar) - 3/4. Whenever this takes damage, get a Blood Gem. (3 times per combat.)
• Pokey Thornmantle (Tier 6, Quilboar) - 4/5. At the end of your turn, your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game.
• Hateful Hag (Tier 3, Undead) - 4/2. Whenever this attacks, give the minion to the right of this Reborn.
• The Uninvited Guest (Tier 6, Undead)  - 3/2. Start of Combat: Give your other minions “Deathrattle: Summon a 3/2 Shadow.”

Minion Updates

• Kindly Grandmother (Tier 1, Beast) - 1/1. Deathrattle: Summon a 3/2 Big Bad Wolf.
• Octosari, Wrap God (Tier 5, Beast) - 5/6. Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Tentacle. (It gains +2/+2 permanently after you summon a minion in combat!)
• (Golden) Wrath Weaver (Tier 1) - 2/8. After you play a Demon, deal 1 damage to your hero and gain +2/+1, twice.
• Dev Comment: Only the Golden version has changed.
• Malchezaar, Prince of Dance (Tier 3, Demon) - 4/3. 2 Refreshes each turn cost Health instead of Gold.
• (Golden) Backstage Security (Tier 1, Demon) - 8/8. At the start of your turn, deal 1 damage to your hero, twice.
• Dev Comment: Only the Golden version has changed.
• Electric Synthesizer (Tier 4, Dragon) - 4/3. Battlecry: Give your other Dragons +3/+1.
• Prized Promo-Drake (Tier 4, Dragon) - 5/4. Start of Combat: Give your other Dragons +3/+3.
• Molten Rock (Tier 1, Elemental) - 3/1. After you play an Elemental, gain +1 Health. 
• Sellemental (Tier 2, Elemental) - 3/3. When you sell this, get a 3/3 Elemental.
• Party Elemental (Tier 2, Elemental) - 3/2. After you play an Elemental, give a friendly Elemental other than it +1/+1.
• Deep-Sea Angler (Tier 1, Naga) - 2/2. Spellcraft: Give a minion +2 Health and Taunt until next turn.
• Shell Collector (Tier 2, Naga) - 4/3. Battlecry: Get a Gold Coin.
• Daggerspine Thrasher (Tier 5, Naga) - 4/8. Whenever you cast a spell, gain Divine Shield, Windfury, or Venomous until next turn.
• Defiant Shipwright (Tier 2, Pirate) - 2/4. Whenever this gains Attack, gain +1 Health.
• Gem Smuggler (Tier 5, Quilboar) - 4/3. Battlecry: Play 2 Blood Gems on all your other minions.
• Disguised Graverobber (Tier 3, Undead) - 4/4. Battlecry: Destroy a friendly Undead to get a plain copy of it.
• Mummifier (Tier 4, Undead) - 5/2. Deathrattle: Give a different friendly Undead Reborn.

Minion Pool Updates

63 Minions have been removed for Season 7 of Battlegrounds:

Beleaguered Battler, Yrel, Strongshell Scavenger, Rendle the Mistermind, Menagerie Jug, Saloon Dancer, Living Constellation, The Walking Fort, Motley Phalanx, Mad Matador, Mantid Queen, Cogwork Copter, Hunter of Gatherers, Legion Overseer, Felemental, Emergent Flame, Silent Swimmer, Sore Loser, Hawkstrider Herald, Dancing Barnstormer, Manasaber, Hungry Snapjaw, Sewer Rat, Humming Bird, Free-Flying Feathermane, Eagill, Mystic Sporebat, Mama Bear, Banana Slamma, Dreadbeard, Imprisoner, Upbeat Frontdrake, Twilight Emissary, Emerald Proto-Whelp, Bronze Sandspewer, Outback Smolderer, Sandstone Drake, Peckish Feldrake, Razorgore the Untamed, Nether Drake, Warpwing, Ignition Specialist, Master of Realities, Micro Mummy, Lighter Fighter, Kangor’s Apprentice, Omega Buster, Murcules, Wayward Grimscale, Felfin Navigator, Pashmar the Vengeful, Critter Wrangler, Surf n’ Surf, Southsea Busker, Greta Gold-Gun, Bloodsail Cannoneer, Audacious Anchor, Briarback Bookie, Bristleback Knight, Paint Smudger, Corpse Refiner, Steadfast Spirit, Grave Gobbler.

15 minions are returning to the Minion Pool:

Reef Explorer, Leeroy The Reckless, Magmaloc, Octosari, Wrap God, Kindly Grandmother, Backstage Security, Tarecgosa, Prized Promo-Drake, Molten Rock, Scourfin, Heedless Hoarder, Mini-Myrmidon, Deck Swabbie, Defiant Shipwright, Gem Smuggler

New Tavern Spells

Top of the Beanstalk - [Tier 5, 5 Gold] Discover a minion from Tavern Tier 6.

Eyes of the Earth Mother - [Tier 5, 6 Gold] Choose a friendly minion from Tier 4 or below. Make it Golden.

Tavern Spell Updates

Tavern Spell Updates

Boon of Beetles - [Tier 3, 2 Gold] When you have space during combat, summon a 3/3 Beetle. (3 left!)

Fleeting Vigor - [Tier 3, 1 Gold] Start of Combat: Give your minions +2/+1.

Tavern Spell Pool Updates

Brann’s Blessing and Primal Staff have been removed from the Tavern Spell Pool for traditional Battlegrounds and Duos.

Have fun during the newest Battlegrounds season!