So much senseless hay shed on the path to glory.įor a list of all changes made with the accompanying patch, see Patch 3. The expansion's data was added to the game with Patch 3., on August 18, 2015.Īchieving Rank 20 in Ranked Season 17 (August 2015)Īll over The Grand Tournament's grounds, you can find knights at jousting practice. The Brawl opened August 19 and closed August 24, several hours before the release of the expansion. The Brawl allowed players access to certain cards from the expansions before they were otherwise available, through special pre-made decks. The release of the expansion was preceded by Grand Tournament Match, a special Grand Tournament-themed Tavern Brawl designed to showcase the expansion's two new mechanics: Inspire and Joust. The expansion introduces numerous characters and races from the Argent Tournament and Northrend in general, such as the tuskarr, val'kyr and kvaldir.

Arena was for the first time changed to award random card packs, previously only awarding those from Goblins vs Gnomes. In addition to new cards, the expansion saw changes to the Quest Log and Ranked Play mode, and the introduction of the Highest Rank Bonus chest. When activated, this ability causes a minion to be revealed from each player's deck, and if the player who initiated the Joust has the higher mana cost minion, a special effect is activated, depending on the Joust minion. It also introduced a new non-keyword mechanic, Joust. The expansion was released August 24, 2015, shortly after 10am PDT/7pm CEST.īased around World of Warcraft's Argent Tournament, the expansion features a strong Hero Power theme, with numerous ways to modify, augment and replace Hero Powers, and introduced the first full keyword since the game's launch, Inspire - a special kind of triggered effect which activates each time the controlling hero uses their Hero Power.

The Grand Tournament is the second expansion to Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, featuring 132 collectible cards, as well as 19 uncollectible cards. With the arrival of the Year of the Mammoth, The Grand Tournament is now a Wild format card set, which means cards from the The Grand Tournament will no longer be playable in Standard format matches.

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