Big League	Only Tavern Tiers 3, 4, 5, and 6 exist.
Little League	Only Tavern Tiers 1, 2, 3, and 4 exist.
Everything’s On Fire!	At the start of the game, take 30 damage. Whenever another hero dies, regain 5 Health. Dev Comment: This is fine.
Wisdom of Ulduar	At the end of every 3 turns, set your right-most minion’s stats to 15/15.
Overseer’s Orb	After you upgrade the Tavern, Refresh it with minions of your most common type.
Perfected Alchemy	Start with a “Goldenizer” that makes a friendly minion Golden.
Blood of Sargeras	At the start of your turn, set your hero’s Health to 12.
Mimiron’s Clockwork Stadium	You cannot upgrade the Tavern with Gold. It upgrades itself every 2 turns.
Path of the Treasure-Seeker	After you Refresh 5 times, find the Golden Monkey!

 

New Hero

Thorim, Stormlord

• Choose Your Champion
  • Passive. At the start of the game, Discover a Tier 7 minion to get after you spend 65 Gold.

Thorim, Stormlord will be offered in every game for the first two weeks after launch. 

27.2 Hero and Minion updates will be represented in the official Card Library with the launch of Patch 27.2. 

Hero Updates

Cariel Roame (Conviction)

• Old: Give 3 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)
• New: Give 2 friendly minions +1/+1. (After you upgrade the Tavern, choose an improvement!)

Kurtrus Ashfallen (Glaive Ricochet)

• Old: Passive: Once per turn, after you buy 4 minions, Discover a plain copy of one of them.
• New: Passive: Once per turn, after you buy 3 minions, get a plain copy of one of them.

New Minions

Oozeling Gladiator [Tier 2]

• 1 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Get two Slimy Shields that give +1/+1 and Taunt.

Iron Groundskeeper [Tier 3]

• 5 Attack, 6 Health. Battlecry: Give a minion Taunt. If it already has it, remove its Taunt.

Living Constellation [Tier 3]

• 4 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Give a minion +1/+1 for each type you control.

Fairy Tale Caroler [Tier 4]

• 2 Attack, 4 Health. Battlecry: If you lost your last combat, give your other minions +2/+1.

Free-Flying Feathermane [Tier 3, Beast]

• 5 Attack, 5 Health. After a friendly Beast dies, summon this from your hand for this combat only.
• Dev Comment: This minion will be summoned once there is board space, after all Deathrattles and Reborns resolve.

Niuzao [Tier 6, Beast]

• 7 Attack, 6 Health. Whenever this attacks, deal damage equal to its Attack to another random enemy minion.

The Glad-iator [Tier 3, Naga]

• 1 Attack, 1 Health. Divine Shield. Whenever you cast a spell, gain +1 Attack.

Daggerspine Thrasher [Tier 3, Naga]

• 3 Attack, 5 Health. Whenever you cast a spell, gain Divine Shield, Windfury, or Venomous until next turn.

Briarback Bookie [Tier 2, Quilboar]

• 3 Attack, 4 Health. If you have any unspent Gold at the end of your turn, get 2 Blood Gems.

Murcules [Tier 2, Murloc]

• 5 Attack, 2 Health. Whenever this kills a minion, give a minion in your hand +2/+2.

Murky [Tier 6, Murloc]

• 6 Attack, 5 Health. Battlecry: Give a friendly Murloc +1/+1. (Improved by each Battlecry minion you played this game!)

Time Saver [Tier 3, Dragon]

• 3 Attack, 5 Health. If you have any unspent Gold at the end of your turn, this sells for 2 more Gold.

Hunter of Gatherers [Tier 5, Dragon]

• 3 Attack, 6 Health. After this gains Attack, give your minions +1 Health.

Warpwing [Tier 6, Dragon]

• 12 Attack, 4 Health. Immune while attacking.

Bejeweled Duelist [Tier 2, Elemental]

• 3 Attack, 4 Health. Taunt. Whenever you Refresh, gain +1 Health.

Spark-ling [Tier 3, Elemental]

• 5 Attack, 2 Health. Battlecry: Give all other minions +1/+1.

Emergent Flame [Tier 4, Elemental]

• 5 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry: Give an Elemental +1/+1. (Improved by each Refresh this turn!)

Carbonic Copy [Tier 5, Elemental]

• 5 Attack, 6 Health. Start of Combat: Summon a copy of this minion.

Invent-o-Matic [Tier 2, Mech]

• 2 Attack, 3 Health. Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +1/+1.

Adaptable Barricade [Tier 5, Mech]

• 12 Attack, 1 Health. Taunt. Whenever this attacked, it shifts its stats to survive with 1 Health (if possible).
• Dev Comment: This respects Venomous/Poisonous. If it is going to take damage from a minion with one of those effects, it will not shift its stats.

Relentless Sentry [Tier 3, Undead]

• 5 Attack, 1 Health. Avenge (4): Gain Taunt and Reborn.

Sore Loser [Tier 3, Undead]

• 1 Attack, 4 Health. Your Undead have extra Attack equal to your Tier.

Champion of the Primus [Tier 5, Undead]

• 1 Attack, 8 Health. Avenge (2): Your Undead have +1 Attack for the rest of the game (wherever they are).

Surf n’ Surf [Tier 1, Naga/Beast]

• 1 Attack, 1 Health. Spellcraft: Give a minion “Deathrattle: Summon a 2/2 Crab” until next turn.

Seaborn Summoner [Tier 2, Naga/Elemental]

• 2 Attack, 4 Health. Spellcraft: Choose a minion. Add a minion of its type to the Tavern.

Withered Spearhide [Tier 3, Undead/Quilboar]

• 2 Attack, 2 Health. Reborn. Deathrattle: Get a Blood Gem.

Dreadbeard [Tier 3, Demon/Pirate]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. At the end of your turn, deal 1 damage to your hero and get a Gold Coin.

Peckish Feldrake [Tier 4, Demon/Dragon]

• 0 Attack, 1 Health. Battlecry: Consume 3 minions in the Tavern to gain their stats.

Mannoroth [Tier 5, Undead/Demon]

• 1 Attack, 10 Health. Venomous. After this kills a minion and survives, gain its maximum stats. (Once per combat).

Mechanized Gift Horse [Tier 5, Mech/Beast]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. Deathrattle: Summon two 2/2 Mechorses with “Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1 Mechapony.”

Transmuted Bramblewitch [Tier 5, Elemental/Quilboar]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. When this attacks, set the defender’s stats to 3/3. (Once per combat).

Relentless Mur’ghoul [Tier 6, Undead/Murloc]

• 5 Attack, 4 Health. Venomous. Avenge (4): Gain Reborn.

Tier 7 Minions

Tier 7 Minions are only accessible through Thorim’s Hero Power or in games with the Secrets of Norgannon Anomaly. In games with the Secrets of Norgannon Anomaly active, Tier 7 can be accessed through any normal means (upgrading the Tavern, getting triples, Patient Scout, etc.). When Tier 7 is active, there are five copies of each Tier 7 minion that’s in that game’s minion pool.

Argent Braggart [Tier 7]

• 1 Attack, 1 Health. Battlecry: Set this minion’s Attack and Health to the highest in the battlefield.

King Varian [Tier 7]

• 9 Attack, 9 Health. When you sell this, Discover two tier 6 minions.

Moira Bronzebeard [Tier 7]

• 3 Attack, 9 Health. Your Battlecries and Deathrattles trigger twice.

Papa Bear [Tier 7, Beast]

• 12 Attack, 12 Health. Deathrattle: Summon 3 Mama Bears.

Champion of Sargeras [Tier 7, Demon]

• 10 Attack, 10 Health. Minions in the Tavern have +10/+10.

Recurring Nightmare [Tier 7, Undead]

• 5 Attack, 5 Health. Deathrattle: Give a different friendly Undead “Deathrattle: Summon a Recurring Nightmare.”

Captain Sanders [Tier 7, Pirate]

• 7 Attack, 7 Health. Battlecry: Make a friendly minion Golden.

Tide Oracle Morgl [Tier 7, Murloc]

• 1 Attack, 10 Health. Poisonous. When this attacks and kills a minion, give its maximum stats to a minion in your hand.

Granite Guardian [Tier 7, Elemental]

• 1 Attack, 17 Health. Taunt. Whenever this is attacked, reduce the attacker’s Health to 1.

Sea Witch Zar’jira [Tier 7, Naga]

• 4 Attack, 5 Health. Spellcraft: Choose a different minion in the Tavern to get a copy of.

Obsidian Ravager [Tier 7, Dragon]

• 4 Attack, 4 Health. Whenever this attacks, deal damage equal to its Attack to the target and an adjacent minion.

The Boommobile [Tier 7, Mech]

• 12 Attack, 12 Health. Magnetic, Reborn, Divine Shield, Taunt, Windfury

Sanguine Champion [Tier 7, Quilboar]

• 9 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game.

Amalgadon [Tier 7, All]

• 6 Attack, 6 Health. Battlecry: For each different minion type you control, randomly Adapt.
• Dev Comment: Note that this is a reversion to a prior version of this card, but now at Tier 7.

Minion Pool Updates

• The following 50 minions have been removed from the minion pool: Sparring Partner; Spawn of N’Zoth; Vigilant Stoneborn; Qiraji Harbinger; Tortollan Blue Shell; Champion of Y’Shaarj; Lightfang Enforcer; Rat Pack; Eventide Brute; Pufferquil; Prophet of the Boar; Gemsplitter; Upbeat Flutist; Plagued Tidewalker; Ring Matron; Tarecgosa; Sanctum Rester; Nadina the Red; Prized Promo-Drake; General Drakkisath; Molten Rock; Felemental; Upbeat Upstart; Magmaloc; Crackling Cyclone; Smogger; Annoy-o Troupe; Harvest Golem; Mecha Jaraxxus; Wargear; Grease Bot; Ghoul of the Feast; Xylo-bones; Radio Star; Mini-Myrmidon; Thorncaptain; Snail Cavalry; Thorncaller; Backstage Security; Briny Bootlegger; Annihilan Battlemaster; Colossus of the Sun; Scavenging Hyena; Cyborg Drake; Mantid Queen; Bonemare; Bristlemane Scrapsmith; Mistake; Tavern Tempest; Yrel.
• The following 12 minions have returned to the minion pool: Reef Explorer; Treasure-Seeker Elise; Mythrax the Unraveler; Bannerboar; Captain Flat Tusk; Floating Watcher; Razorgore, the Untamed; Party Elemental; Mechano-Tank; Omega Buster; Nightmare Amalgam; Faceless Disciple

Minion Updates

Eternal Summoner

• Old (Regular): 8 Attack, 1 Health.
• Old (Golden): 16 Attack, 2 Health. Reborn. Deathrattle: Summon 2 Eternal Knights.
• New (Regular): 8 Attack, 1 Health.
• New (Golden): 16 Attack, 2 Health. Reborn. Deathrattle: Summon a Golden Eternal Knight.

Saltscale Honcho

• Old: After you play a Murloc, give two other friendly Murlocs +1 Health.
• New: After you play a Murloc, give two friendly Murlocs +1 Health.

King Bagurgle

• Old: 6 Attack, 3 Health. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Murlocs +2/+2.
• New: 6 Attack, 4 Health. Battlecry: Give your other Murlocs +2/+3.

Young Murk Eye

• Old (Regular): 9 Attack, 6 Health. At the end of your turn, the minion to the left of this triggers its Battlecry.
• Old (Golden): 18 Attack, 12 Health. At the end of your turn, adjacent minions trigger their Battlecries.
• New (Regular): 8 Attack, 5 Health. At the end of your turn, adjacent minions trigger their Battlecries.
• New (Golden): 16 Attack, 10 Health. At the end of your turn, adjacent minions trigger their Battlecries twice.

Party Elemental

• Old (Regular): [Tier 2] 4 Attack, 2 Health. After you play an Elemental, give another random friendly Elemental +1/+1.
• Old (Golden): [Tier 2] 8 Attack, 4 Health. After you play an Elemental, give another random friendly Elemental +1/+1 twice.
• New (Regular): [Tier 3] 2 Attack, 5 Health. After you play an Elemental, give a friendly Elemental other than it +1/+2.
• New (Golden): [Tier 3] 4 Attack, 10 Health. After you play an Elemental, give a friendly Elemental other than it +2/+4.

Wildfire Elemental

• Old: After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to a random adjacent minion.
• New: After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to an adjacent minion.
• Dev Comment: This is a text-only change with no functional update.

Lava Lurker

• Old: The first Spellcraft spell cast on this each turn is permanent.
• New: The first Spellcraft enchantment on this each turn is permanent.
• Dev Comment: This change means that Lava Lurker’s effect won’t be consumed if it is targeted by Spellcraft spells that don’t leave enchantments, like Seaborn Summoner’s or Sea Witch Zar’jira’s.

Bannerboar

• Old: [Tier 3] 1 Attack, 3 Health
• New: [Tier 4] 3 Attack, 5 Health

Piloted Whirl-O-Tron (Sneed’s Buddy)

• Old: Battlecry: Copy a friendly minion’s Deathrattles.
• New: Battlecry: Copy a different friendly minion’s Deathrattles.
• Dev Comment: This change was made to avoid a bugged interaction. With this change, Sneed has been returned to the hero pool and Piloted Whirl-O-Tron has been returned to E.T.C.’s hero power pool.

Updated Armor Levels

All Armor Tiers at the launch of Patch 27.2 will be as follows: