Hearthstone's next expansion is taking us to the most beautiful resort - The Marin. This paradise-like place will be introduced to Hearthstone just next week on July 23! The Perils in Paradise expansion will come with many exciting updates, including 145 new cards, the new Tourist keyword, tasty Drinks, rewards, and more!
Right before its release, we are getting Patch 30.0, which is adding the finishing touches before the new expansion is released. Check out everything new in Hearthstone!
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Hearthstone Card Updates
Splish-Splash Whelp
Splish-Splash Whelp was banned from Standard for a while but is now coming back, although in a changed version. Additionally, this card will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks following Patch 30.0.
- Old: [2 Mana] 1/1
- New: [3 Mana] 3/2
Core Set Updates
Demolition Renovator
With the introduction of powerful Locations in Perils of Paradise, Blizzard decided to reintroduce one of the few cards that allow players to destroy enemy Locations. This card is Demolition Renovator and is back in the free Core Set.
Genn Greymane and Baku the Mooneater are being removed from the Standard Core Set with Patch 30.0. There was a lot of fan speculation that Blizzard might leave them in the Core Set for longer because they weren't too strong but created a unique and fun way to play Standard Hearthstone.
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In-Game Event: Perils in Paradise
With the arrival of Perils in Paradise, we are getting a new in-game event that will bring a lot of cool rewards! From July 30 to August 20, you can complete Event Quests to earn Event XP on the special event rewards track. You can get a lot of rewards from the track, including 6 Perils in Paradise packs and the Icecream Sai Death Knight Hero Skin.
Battlegrounds Update
Buddies will remain in Battlegrounds until the next Battlegrounds season in Patch 30.2, so Blizzard is bringing back a Tavern Spell that allows you to make friends.
Buddy Up
[Tier 5, 3 Gold] Discover a Buddy
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Arena Updates
With Patch 30.0, all ongoing Arena runs will be ended, and a new Arena season will begin! In the theme of the new expansion, Blizzard will reintroduce dual-class Arena! This special Arena mode lets you pick not one but two classes in your initial draft. You gain the portrait of the first one picked and the hero power of the second.
Moreover, the card pool lets you draft from both classes. You will still only be offered one Legendary card as the first card of your draft, and for this season, class cards will appear about twice as often as before!
The eligible sets that will make up this Arena card pool are:
- Core Set
- Festival of Legends
- TITANS
- Showdown in the Badlands
- Whizbang’s Workshop
- Perils in Paradise
Bug Fixes & Game Improvements
- [Hearthstone] “Temporary” has now been made into a keyword, meaning “this card will be discarded at the end of your turn.” This is primarily a text-only change that will not change existing card functionality.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Sandbox Scoundrel’s cost reduction effect persisted if the reduced card was Countered.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where a Nostalgic Clown couldn’t ever activate the effect of the Miniaturized Nostalgic Clown (such as, if the Nostalgic Clown was returned to hand and replayed while the Mini was still in hand).
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Galactic Projection Orb could pick itself for the 10-mana spell, but then be blocked from resolving it, resulting in no 10-mana spell going off.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where newly created copies of Floppy Hydra wouldn’t be drawn by Sharp-Eyed Seeker.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Celestial Ink Set was triggered when the enemy played spells.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Wickerclaw’s effect activated when the enemy gained Attack.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Scourge Supplies didn’t function properly with cards that had effects that immediately triggered when drawn.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Magnetic minions given Spell Damage wouldn’t carry the effect over when Magnetized.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where the Immune tooltip was incomplete.
- [Hearthstone] Updated the text on Lab Patron and Molten Giant to more accurately reflect their effects.
- [Twist] Fixed a bug where Thorim’s hero power could get permanently upgraded.
- [Twist] Updated the interaction between Xyrella and Tamsin so that Tamsin’s second life doesn’t block Xyrella from winning if she purifies her shard.
- [Battlegrounds] In Duos, the first person in combat (between you or your partner) will no longer always swap each turn. You can still see the upcoming combat order on the scoreboard on the left side.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where cards like Defiant Shipwright and Whelp Smuggler only triggered once if they got two of the same triggering condition at the same time (such as if you have two copies of Timecap’n Hooktail in play and played a spell).
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Defiant Shipwright’s effect didn’t trigger if it got its Attack buffed while in the Tavern (on Bob’s side of the board, before you buy it).
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where you could sometimes finish a game in Solo Battlegrounds and then have Duos be selected for your next game.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Feisty Freshwater didn’t work with Millhouse Manastorm’s Hero Power.
- [Shop] Fixed a bug where in-game Gold purchases were blocked for some players.
- [Solo Content] Fixed a bug where Dalaran Heist and Tombs of Terror ignored player deck selection.
- [Social] Fixed a bug where some mobile devices would cause crashes when using the in-game chat feature.
- [Cosmetics] Fixed bugs with Ulfar and Blood Queen Lana’thel’s Hero Power animations.
- Misc. other bug fixed and game improvements.
Have fun with the newpatch and get ready for Perils in Paradise! Make sure to check our website for more useful Hearthstone content!
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