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Hearthstone’s next expansion has creatures so big, they spread across multiple cardsColossal critters coming in Voyage To The Sunken City

Colossal critters coming in Voyage To The Sunken City

The multi-card Xhilag of the Abyss in Hearthstone.

Recognising that land was a mistake and our ancestors should never have left the oceans, Blizzard have announced thatHeartstonewill rectify that with the next expansion, Voyage To The Sunken City. The watery set of 135 new cards will visit the city of Zin-Azshari with new Naga critters and a monstrous new keyword, Colossal, which is for creatures so big that their body is spread across several cards. Unfathomable megafauna is my favourite part of water.

Voyage to the Sunken City Cinematic TrailerWatch on YouTube

Voyage to the Sunken City Cinematic Trailer

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The new Naga minion type is a “permanent addition to Hearthstone,” Blizzard say inthe expansion announcement, and “tend to give bonuses for playing spells while the Naga are in your hand.” New keywordDredgelets you look at the bottom three cards of your deck and put one on the top; anything to search for cards is always welcome. And the Colossal keyword, well! It’s a big’un.

Big naturals.

Colaque in Hearthstone: Voyage to the Sunken City.

For cards revealed so far, visitBlizzard’s virtualibrary.

Hearthstone: Voyage To The Sunken City will launch on the 12th of April. Log in now, as ofpatch 22.6, and you can get a wee peek with a free copy of a Legendary minion, Blademaster Okani.

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