

Yes, that might become a thing again! ( Hopefully.) Darkbishop Benedictus rewards you for building a true Shadow Priest deck - that is, adding only Shadow spells, no Holy spells at all, which is unlike how Priest has played for most of its existence, save for a brief moment - Razakus Priest, from the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan era. We move on to Priest - more specifically, to Shadow Priest. It’s very easy to imagine that Devouring Swarm will find some use in a few Hunter decks with its very unique effect, unlike anything we’d seen for the class before. But Hunter has many cards that could benefit from being played over and over again, such as the fearsome Trampling Rhino. Hunter isn’t usually a class that gets ways to bounce back minions - that kind of effect is usually within the Rogue’s domain. But just like with the previous card, you actually want your minions to die in the attack - cause if they do, they get to, somehow, survive, and go back into your hand so that you can play them again! When you cast this spell, you’ll command your minions to act like a swarm and devour an enemy minion. Speaking of taking advantage of minions that would be otherwise wasted, Hunter gets a second card that does just that in Devouring Swarm. Rats of Extraordinary Size already teases us with what United in Stormwind is all about: breaking the mold of what cards can do with concepts such as your board, your hand, and more. We’ve never seen a card that does something like this before.

But that’s not all - they go there in a majorly buffed form, as 5/5 Rats rather than measly 1/1s! So you actually want to “waste” those rats (as long as you have room in your hand) and play them in their new, buffed, extraordinary size. You try to summon a bunch of minions, but any that don’t fit on your board aren’t wasted: instead, they go into your hand. We open with a card that introduces a whole new concept to Hearthstone: that of “leftover minions,” you could say. United in Stormwind will probably shake up Hearthstone in new, unexpected ways - so you might as well be prepared for what’s to come, and rejoice in the absolute zaniness! Which is why we decided to showcase all of that good weirdness here, so that you can have a taste of what to expect with this expansion. So many cards that are being released with this expansion seem so odd, so unique, so… weird! Each new set impresses us more with how wacky and out there the new cards are - in a good way, most of the time! But the newest expansion, United in Stormwind, in particular, seems to dial up the craziness to very high levels. If there’s one Blizzard game that’s unafraid to have fun, that game is Hearthstone.
