Hearthstone Beta Patch Nerfs Mage Decks

Adam Barnes

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Published on Jan 14, 2014

Blizzard has revealed what it expects will be the final balancing patch of the closed beta, making a number of changes to help the overall variety of deck building.

It's biggest change in this patch is to Pyroblast, which is now a 10-mana cost, meaning it is the only card you can play once you've aquired the maximum mana.

This will please many players who often come up against Pyro builds as they delay the game as long as possible to get the points necessary for the heavy-hitting spell.

Other changes include Slyvanas Windrunner, Unleash the Hounds and everyone's favourite 'draw a card' card Novice Engineer. Take a look at the changes in full below, as detailed by Blizzard's community manager Zeriyah.

Unleash the Hounds mana cost is now 2 (down from 4)

Pyroblasts mana cost is now 10 (up from 8)

Blood Imp is now a 0/1 and now reads: Stealth. At the end of your turn, give another random friendly minion +1 Health.

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