The eighteenth official Hearthstone® Ranked Play Season is now live—and we’re unveiling a new card back you can add to your collection!
The universe is yours with the enigmatic Exodar card back! You can only earn this card back by playing Hearthstone during the month of September.
These card backs replace the art decorating the reverse side of your cards and are a great way to show off your Hearthstone accomplishments. Add the Exodar card back to your collection by hitting Rank 20 in Ranked Play mode. You’ll receive the Exodar card back at the end of September’s Ranked Play Season.
Don’t forget—the further you move up the Ranked Play ladder, the more bonus stars you’ll receive next season. In Ranked Play, you’ll receive bonus stars based on your performance from the previous season —one bonus star per rank you attained. Please note that even if bonus stars from the previous season get you directly to Rank 20 or above, you still have to log in at least once each Ranked Season to qualify for the card back reward.
Board your space vessel of choice and make a flashy entrance into the eighteenth official Ranked Play Season, Exodar’s Exodus, running through the month of September!
Coming this fall to schools across North America, the TeSPA Collegiate Hearthstone Championship promises fiercely fun Hearthstone competition. The battle to the top will be formidable, but the rewards are truly legendary, with over $100,000 in scholarship money up for grabs!
You won’t face these trials alone. The TeSPA Collegiate Hearthstone Championship is a team event where three-player teams from across the United States and Canada will form to hone their skills, handcraft top-tier decks, and work together to achieve victory. Just ask Gahz’rilla: three heads are better than one, and each team can combine the might of three minds to pilot each of their decks to victory. The top team from each of four regions will move on to compete for ultimate victory at a live finals event later this year.
Are you ready to battle for fame, glory, and a whole lotta scholarship money? Just find two trusty Hearthstone teammates on your campus and sign up today at compete.tespa.org.
There are a few more things to keep in mind:
Got it? Great! It’s time to gather your team and sign up. Act fast, because registration ends September 25!
We’ll have more TeSPA Collegiate Hearthstone Championship news for you as the competition heats up, so stay tuned for information about weekly live broadcasts on Twitch, as well as details regarding the live finals event.
Saddle up your steed, sharpen your steel, and prepare to take your place at the merriest of all contests—The Grand Tournament officially arrives on August 24. This is one celebration of special extravagance you won’t want to miss, so GET IN HERE!
We’ve shown off some of the fun themes of The Grand Tournament, such as jousting, Inspire, and of course, partaking in a grand celebration. Check them out below!
Hero Powers -- Get Inspired
A Grand Celebration! -- Honor! Valor! Knighthood! -- The Joust
The Grand Tournament card packs will be available to purchase via the in-game Shop on August 24 in the Americas and Europe regions for Windows and Mac PCs, iOS and Android tablets, and mobile phones, and pre-purchased card bundles can be opened upon the official release of The Grand Tournament as well. The Grand Tournament will raise its banners in Asia on August 25.
Don’t forget! The pre-purchase period for The Grand Tournament ends when the expansion goes live, so don’t miss out on a treasure trove of card packs at a discounted price as well the festive card back that’s included along with it.
Join us in celebrating the release of The Grand Tournament on August 24!
If participating in or watching Hearthstone tournaments really spark your interests, then we have an electrifying new card back for you—introducing the super-charged Power Core card back!
Bursting with the energy of competitive Hearthstone play, the Power Core card back will be available to players who participate in or attend select Hearthstone eSports tournaments around the world. Keep an eye out for upcoming Hearthstone blogs and announcements that feature officially sanctioned Hearthstone eSports events—you never know when the opportunity to get your hands on the Power Core card back may strike. How you acquire this card back may change from event to event, so don’t stay static!
Stay tuned for more details on how you can add this flashy new card back to your collection!
Raise the banners and sound the trumpets—one of Azeroth’s grandest events is almost here. We’re celebrating this exciting occasion with a most GLORIOUS Tavern Brawl: the Grand Tournament Match!
Wednesday’s Grand Tournament Match features a thrilling Brawl between two potent forces. One, led by that mysterious master of magic, Medivh, will be packed with minions eager to heed your call to battle and power up with Inspire. Standing against them will be the mistress of the hunt, Alleria, along with a full cadre of master jousters who are poised to grow mighty with each contest won.
Starting Wednesday, just hop into Hearthstone, select Tavern Brawl, and play the Grand Tournament Match to get a taste of the fun that awaits you in the new expansion. Don’t dawdle, because this Brawl is only here until August 24.
After you’ve played the Brawl, join us to discuss your favorite The Grand Tournament cards and possible deck ideas on social media using the hashtag #TGT. You can also check out a preview of The Grand Tournament cards on our official Hearthstone Facebook page.
Today, we’ll be taking a stroll past the gates of The Grand Tournament, Hearthstone’s second expansion, to explore the tournament grounds before everything really kicks off later this month.
There are many ways for a knight to prove their valor, but there’s only one true test of mounted might! An aspiring champion may face off against raging beasts in the arena or best skilled challengers in melee combat, but nothing shows off one’s heroic grandeur like mounting a noble steed and charging with a leveled lance in the ultimate chivalrous contest: the joust!
The Grand Tournament wouldn’t be complete without jousting, so you’ll certainly see some tense contests on your Hearthstone board. When a jousting card is played, a random minion is revealed from each player’s deck. The minion with the higher mana cost wins the joust, and both cards are then shuffled back into their respective decks. If the initiating player wins the joust, they get to reap the benefits! Watch jousting in action below!
This spooky skeleton is a skilled knight who has spent his whole un-life practicing the joust! The Skeleton Knight loves the contest so much that when you win a joust, he’ll return for yet another chance at the fray. He also enjoys canned meat and pasta.
Healing Wave is a heapin’ helpin’ of healin’, all in one card. It’s widely considered better than non-healing waves because even if you wipe out, it still feels pretty good. Waaaay better than mangling wave, right? Right.
