Hearthstone: Added a new single player mode and a bunch of unique cards

3 months after “Kobolds and Catacombs” was released, Blizzard has officially announced the next expansion, titled The Witchwood. In this expansion, Hearthstone will be adding a bunch of new cards, old sets including Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan will no longer be usable in standard mode. In addition, a new single-player mode set in a dark and terrifying Gothic setting will also be introduced to gamers.​

Fans of the “Dungeon Run” game mode in the “Kobolds and Catacombs” update will be delighted to know that The Witchwood also has a similar game mode called “Monster Hunt”. Details about this update are still being kept under wraps, all we know is that it will have 8 Bosses and some special Heroes for players to play as. Also, we don’t know yet if it will be “free” or paid to play.​

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The Witchwood will bring gamers 135 new cards, and 7 of them have been revealed. Most of them are of the types that have never appeared in Hearthstone before. The 2 Legendary, Genn Greymane and Baku the Mooneater cards have an extremely powerful effect as soon as the game starts, but you need to build the deck according to special requirements (all cards must have an odd or even cost). .​

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Another Legendary card, Azalina Soulthief, will replace all the cards you hold in your hand with copies from your opponent’s hand. Azalina’s attack and health stats are pretty low compared to cost, but this is definitely a card that will provide interesting “late-game” phases, especially when you have to face opponents that “like” ” hold the “big” cards in hand.​

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Militia Commander, a new card from the Warrior class, introduces us to a new card type called “Rush”, which allows players to attack their opponent’s minion on the turn of the card. Rush is obviously a weaker form of Haste, as it doesn’t allow cards of this type to attack your opponent’s Hero directly.​

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Phantom Militia brings us the new keyword “Echo”, which allows this card to attack multiple times during a turn. The other 2 cards (out of the 7 introduced), have the Lifesteal ability (healing your Hero equal to the damage dealt) with a design very similar to those of Halloween monsters.
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In addition, The Witchwood is also an update that signals the beginning of Hearthstone’s Year of the Crow. That also means that old cards from the Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and the Mean Streets of Gadgetza packs will no longer be usable in the Standard. The Witchwood decks are available for pre-purchase now, with a $50 discount for 70 packs.
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