Riiiiiiise!!! Hearthstone is adding Death Knight as a new class in the March of the Lich King expansion. ⛄
I do want to quickly touch on the hero power, because obviously that's the heart of how any class functions. It's called Ghoul Charge, costs 2 Mana, and reads:"Summon a 1/1 Ghoul with Charge. It dies at the end of the turn." At a glance that might seem worse than Mage—a charging Ghoul can be blocked by Taunt—but what you need to understand about the Death Knight class is that it really thrives on stacking up dead bodies.
While playing as Death Knight, next to your Mana Crystals you'll find a new corpse counter. Whenever a friendly minion dies it will create a Corpse, which a number of Death Knight cards can then spend to generate powerful effects. For example, Army of the Dead is a 5-Mana, 2 Unholy rune spell that reads:"Raise up to 5 Corpses as 2/2 Risen Ghouls with Rush."
Or there's Corpse Explosion, a 5-Mana, 2 Blood rune spell that reads:"Detonate a Corpse to deal 1 damage to all minions. If any are alive, repeat this." Again, our explainer goes into much more detail, but suffice to say generating and then spending a sizable cache of cadavers is a key part of playing Death Knight.
The addition of a new class is the main talking point in March of the Lich King, but the expansion still comes with the usual gamut of new features and mechanics. Here are three highlights: Because Manathirst cards get a bump in power when played during the late game they should be less painful to top deck.
The other main thematic component of March of the Lich King is the Blood Elves and their insatiable love of slurping power from the Sunwell. In-game, this is represented in the form of cards which proc a bonus effect when you have a certain number of Mana crystals. For example, Sunfury Clergy is a neutral 3-Mana 2/4 minion that reads:"Battlecry: Restore 3 Health to all friendly characters. Manathirst : Restore 6 Health instead.
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