OurHearthstone Rise of Shadows Guidewalks you through everything you need to know about the new expansion! We’ve got information on the release date, pre-order, new keywords, trailers, game board, and what card backs will be available!
The expansion has finally been revealed, and it’s the Rise of Shadows! We’re getting 135 new cards, and certain cards from the set will be able to summon a new token type called Lackeys! These are a specific five card pool of 1-mana 1/1s that will help do your bidding. There’s a new keyword called “Twinspell” which gives you a second copy of the spell you just cast! There’s also schemes, cards that will grow strong each turn they remain in your hand.
Rise of Shadows Overview
Here’s a quick overview of what’s to come in the new expansion.
Rise of Shadows Pre-Order
There are two bundles for purchase, there’s a standard bundle and a mega bundle!
Rise of Shadows Game Board
While an official high quality image of the new game board isn’t available, we do have this screenshot from the gameplay video!
Rise of Shadows Card Backs
The Madame Laxul Card Back can be obtained by pre-purchasing one of the bundles from the expansion!
Rise of Shadows Trailer Cinematic
Rise of Shadows Teasers
The lead up to the Rise of Shadows expansion involved the Fortune Teller talking to previous expansion leaders and eventually revealing that Arch-Thief Rafaam has a plot for them all to get some kind of revenge!
Rise of Shadows Leaks
IGN Video Leak
It appears IGN jumped the gun a bit with a video post, while it wasn’t viewable it did feature the Rise of Shadows name and artwork.
PhonAndroid Leak
An early leak that showed off a bit of pre-order information and the name of the expansion. It looks like the mega pack pre-purchase will be available again, rather than the smaller version in the previous expansion.
Rafaam Dalaran Card
A minor leak ahead of the expansion hit with Arch-Thief Rafaam being shown holding up a card with the city of Dalaran in it from World of Warcraft. While this didn’t reveal a lot, it does kind of reveal where the events of this expansion will be happening.
