Hearthstone‘s first new expansion for 2018, “The Witchwood,” was announced yesterday; among news of brand-new Echo and Rush cards, a Genn Greymane legendary and a Monster Hunt single-player mode was an interesting “half-spoiler” towards the end of the cinematic trailer: an 8-mana card with the silver dragon border used to denote Legendaries, depicting a cronish-looking orc woman.
According to a Twitter conversation with game director Ben Brode, the card, whose only discernible text reads “Hagatha the,” is one that will be extremely meaningful to “The Witchwood.”
It's a Shaman Hero. Hagatha is a dark shaman who has twisted the woods around Gilneas. She is the Witch in the Witchwood – we wanted to make her a hero card so that she'd stand out!
— Ben Brode (@bbrode) March 12, 2018
“Hagatha is a dark shaman who has twisted the woods around Gilneas. She is the Witch in the Witchwood – we wanted to make her a hero card so that she’d stand out!” says Brode, who also noted that the Hero card would be the only new one of the expansion.
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Will the Shaman hero card of “The Witchwood” feature an interesting new Ability? Will Hagatha increase Shaman representation on the Ranked ladder?
Update: Hagatha the Witch’s Battlecry and Hero Power have been revealed in the official Witchwood card reveal stream on the Hearthstone Twitch.tv channel.
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