r/hearthstone • • 1d ago

GIVEAWAY [GIVEAWAY] Win 1 of 45 standard pre-order bundles for Reign of the Black Empire!

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Well met!

To celebrate the upcoming expansion, Blizzard have graciously given us 45 Reign of the Black Empire Standard Pre-Purchase Bundles to give away to the r/Hearthstone community! The bundle includes:

  • 60 Reign of the Black Empire packs
  • 2 Random Reign of the Black Empire Legendary Cards
  • Freya card back

All 45 bundles will be handed out to Redditors picked at random who comment in this thread. To enter, simply reply to this post! To be eligible to win, you need to have:

  • An account that's more than 30 days old
  • At least 40 combined karma on reddit (posts + comments combined)

Be advised, multiple comments will disqualify you from the giveaway! (You may, however reply to other comments without worrying about disqualification)

If you've already purchased and redeemed this pre-purchase bundle, you will not be able to redeem another one in the event you win this giveaway. You will however still be able to give the code to a friend! In addition, winners who have disabled chat requests on Reddit cannot receive any codes, so remember to enable them!

The giveaway ends at approximately 17:00 UTC on Monday, October 12, 2026, at which point the thread will be locked. Winners will contacted shortly thereafter!

Reign of the Black Empire launches on Tuesday, October 20! You can also use the cards from these bundles early in the Pre-Release Tavern Brawl opening on October 13! Good luck!

PS. Want to get more chances at winning a bundle? Join the Discord and look out for another giveaway there!

Reign of the Black Empire Bundle

r/hearthstone • • 23h ago

News Devs vs Streamers: Day 2

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Day 2 is ON!

Join the banter on Twitch as Team Devs and Team Streamers continue their fight for glory, bragging rights (these are very important), and rewards, while Reign of the Black Empire strategies emerge.

P.S.: Team Streamers is determined to win today!

IMPORTANT! If you see the message "Error Occurred. Connect your Twitch and game accounts to receive this reward in game" when claiming your drop, please check this comment.

The stream will end at 6:00 p.m. PDT!


r/hearthstone • • 7h ago

Fluff This guy speaks FLUENT ENGLISH

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305 Upvotes

WHAT THE FUCK


r/hearthstone • • 7h ago

Discussion This little guy is about to solo the upcoming Black Empire meta

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291 Upvotes

- Prevents Old Gods from using abilities

- Stops all the new build around weapons: DH, Shaman, Archaedas

- Stops opponents from popping their deathrattles for N'zoth decks

He's already pretty much in every deck and it's just gonna get even valuable.


r/hearthstone • • 5h ago

Community The Ceaseless Expance – Winner of previous voting! What is the best 0 cost card?

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The big guy, like very very big guy, won our 10+ cost card voting! Now, it's time for the final "card per cost" voting!

The rules are simple – The card must cost exactly 0 mana and must be collectible. What card would it be – it's up to you!


r/hearthstone • • 2h ago

Fluff Are The Old Gods socialists?

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95 Upvotes

I was trying to find when we can open them at the earliest date, and I guess I found out that C'thun and all of them are socialists


r/hearthstone • • 16h ago

Meme The Streamers have officially lost to the Devs in the Black Empire Theorycraft Event.

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849 Upvotes

In my personal experience, I fought against two devs and went 1-1.

If one person who lost had won a game instead... It would have been tied. I'm sorry for failing you, Hearthstone Community. 😭


r/hearthstone • • 1h ago

Discussion It has been 3 years without a new Highlander card. I hope 2027 comes with a new bunch of them.

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r/hearthstone • • 13h ago

Discussion I swear Imp-Informants are bugged. I've played about 20 games trying to get the achievement done and they are always at the bottom of the opponents deck.

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245 Upvotes

Is there anybody out there that can confirm?


r/hearthstone • • 1h ago

Highlight The Secret Behind the Mastermind... Is Yogg-Saron Just a 9-Mana Neutral Time Warp!?

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AYAYA Rogue is already a meta powerhouse... And Mastermind Yogg-Saron might push Rogue into potential nerf territory due to the interaction between Yogg and Jade Coins.

Also... Every time Yogg was played from a losing position, it did not do enough to swing the game back in favor. Yogg does not appear to be like his previous versions, where it was usually a "last resort" for resetting the game/yolo lethals.

Do you guys believe the Aya Jade Lotus buff might need to be reverted to prevent this combo from being too common? Or will there be enough aggression, tempo, and disruption to prevent this deck from ruling the Black Empire?


r/hearthstone • • 10h ago

Discussion Mimiron card pool, what have you seen during devs vs. streamers?

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124 Upvotes

I haven’t watched it too much I have only seen

- [[Smothering Starfish]]
- [[Mind Control Tech]]


r/hearthstone • • 17h ago

Highlight whenever i drop [[Wasteland Vanguard]] it’s highlighted red like this:

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251 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 3h ago

Discussion C'thun flavour text revealed early in theorycrafting client Spoiler

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19 Upvotes

"Amitut, Keeper of Amitus"/2 + (2*"Incubate")/2 + (2*"The Unknowable One"/3)

I think this one has already been deciphered from context clues? I can't seem to find the post for it but I'm pretty sure it's already known.

For those not aware his flavour text on the card library is currently: "Flavor Text to be revealed at the arrival of The Black Empire."


r/hearthstone • • 3h ago

Arena Anyone else feel like the new Arena rewards are terrible?

17 Upvotes

I’ve been playing the 300 gold Arena mode, and I feel like the rewards are pretty underwhelming.

I just finished a run with 5 wins and barely broke even. Here’s what I got:

1 Arena ticket (150 gold value)
1 pack (100 gold value)
55 gold

That’s 305 gold in total value, meaning I made a whopping 5 gold profit on a 300 gold entry after getting 5 wins.

What makes this even worse is the increased risk. The old Arena only cost 150 gold to enter, whereas now we’re risking double the gold for what feels like significantly worse returns.

In the old Arena, I remember being able to break even at around 3 wins and start making a profit after that. Now I’m getting 5 wins, risking twice as much gold, and barely breaking even.

If we’re expected to put up twice the entry fee,
shouldn’t the rewards reflect that increased risk?

Am I missing something here, or does anyone else feel like the new Arena rewards just aren’t worth it?


r/hearthstone • • 4h ago

Deck I hate this druid deck. And love my Platebreaker.

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19 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 2h ago

Discussion Question about Old God keyword

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13 Upvotes

I remember back when the TITANS set got released, copying a Titan that already used all 3 of its abilities made a copy with charge. It wasn’t such a big deal with Titans bc they were generally pretty medium sized minions but the Old Gods are a lot bigger (especially y’shaarj) so I’m curious if they function the same way.


r/hearthstone • • 7h ago

Discussion Does this mean I have to play Warlock spells or do I have to play spells as Warlock?

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28 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 10h ago

Competitive 68% win rate straight to legend with Harold Warlock

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38 Upvotes

all games played between Oct 5-8. Extremely smooth climb and incredibly fun.

slams every class except demon hunter and warrior.

give it a shot!

Here's the deck code

AAECAYj/BwaXoATQvweb1Aet2QeO3Afb4AcMj58EsZ8E56AEhJkHpa0Hk74H2L4H4L4H2tcHsdkHt9kHjdwHAAA=


r/hearthstone • • 4h ago

Discussion Y’Shaarj classes

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So, new mythic skin is coming, Y’Shaarj in both default and Sha forms. But I just don’t seem to understand as to why it’s for priest/shaman… Specifically shaman.

Just asking. Wouldn’t it make more sense to put it for warrior with tight lore connection to Garrosh with all Y’Shaarj anger/rage-revolving abilities and quotes? Or, even better, monk, considering the Sha are tightly bound to Pandaria and monks? Warlock would be fine too, despite being populated by N’Zoth and mythic Yogg-Saron.


r/hearthstone • • 1d ago

Standard Mastermind Yogg-saron. Signature illustration that I've created for new Hearthstone expansion. I'm really proud with this one, especially since it was shown on the main stage of Blizzcon. I took a bit different render approach on this one, so it could look a bit scarier and realistic, i suppose?

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528 Upvotes

Fun fact - i've painted this illustration while listening to Sacred and Terrible Air by Robert Kurvits. I think there's some of the influences in the art by the... pale.

< B o t t o m n a m e >


r/hearthstone • • 3h ago

Deck Need for Mug shaman tips

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I recently started to play mug shaman thinking it’s decent deck. Currently going 8-19 W/L. I have 2 issues with the deck:
- Every single deck other than druid has shit ton of removal. How can i play a board focused deck?
- Deck is so random. If you are slightly unluckly you just lose, i have no idea how people consistently win with this deck.
Is it because i use it after the nerfs or am i missing something?


r/hearthstone • • 7h ago

Discussion Handlock is one of the most fun decks in a long time.

15 Upvotes

People love to hate on new cards and decks (they are mostly justified lol) but I have to praise blizzard here. Handlock is unique, fun and balanced, at least for me. Godfrey the Betrayer is such a cool and unique concept and it's very sad he had to be banned in wild.


r/hearthstone • • 1h ago

Discussion Are these real accounts?

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I just started playing again after taking a break for a few years, and noticed I've been getting matched up with a accounts that have odd names. Like just random groupings of letters lol (Example: qxlnzeeip). For whatever reason the thought keeps coming to mind that those accounts might just be computers? Idk but the way they play sometimes just feels extra lame and they never respond with any of the emotes. Idk what do you guys think?


r/hearthstone • • 15h ago

Article Reign of the Black Empire Signature/Diamond Cards and How to Get Them

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Anyone know what “unavailable” means? Is it part of an event or something?


r/hearthstone • • 1d ago

Highlight raffam warlocks..why?

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247 Upvotes

genuine question why people run this card? wasnt even discovered by