31.6.2 Patch Notes

General Update

• Turn Timer: In Duos, the turn timer has been made longer from turn 8 onwards.

Hero Updates

• Jim Raynor: Hero power now gives Upgrades, not the Battlecruiser.
• Artanis: Hero power now requires 14 cards instead of 16; Carrier stats and effects adjusted.
• Kerrigan, Queen of Blades: Armor reduced; hero power cost adjustments; no Tier 1 morphs at final stage.
• Tae’thelan Bloodwatcher: Buddy is now Tier 5.
• Greybough: Banned in Mech games.
• The Great Akazamzarak: Banned in Mech games.

Card Pool Updates

• Minions Returned: Hunter of Gatherers and Choral Mrrrglr.
• Spells Removed: Toxic Tumbleweed and Recruitment Program (Duos).
• Quest Reward Removed: Red Hand.
• Minion Removed: Relentless Sentry from Professor Putricide pool.
• Trinket Removed: Staff of the Scourge.

Minion Updates

• Arm of the Empire: Attack bonus increased from +2 to +3.

• Nalaa the Redeemer: Stats changed from 5/6 to 5/7; buff increased to +3/+2.

• Slitherspear, Lord of Gains: Stats changed from 5/6 to 4/6; effect now affects other Naga.

• Floating Watcher: Tier changed from 4 to 3.

• Batty Terrorguard: Tier changed from 5 to 6; stats changed from 6/2 to 8/4.

• Forest Rover: Tier changed from 3 to 2; stats changed from 5/2 to 3/2.

• Turquoise Skitterer: Stats changed from 2/5 to 2/4; Deathrattle buff increased to +1/+2.

• Gentle Djinni: Tier changed from 5 to 6; stats changed from 3/4 to 4/5.

• Nether Drake: Stats changed from 4/12 to 2/6.

• Dozy Whelp: Stats changed from 0/3 to 0/4.

• Coast Guard: Tier changed from 6 to 5; stats changed from 5/5 to 4/4; effect changed to trigger on sell.

• Gemsplitter: Stats changed from 2/4 to 2/1; gains Divine Shield.

• Boar Gamer: Gains Taunt; bug fix for Choose One card effect.

• Pokey Thornmantle: Tier changed from 6 to 5; stats changed from 6/7 to 5/6; Blood Gem effect reduced.

• Implant Subject: Reborn now counts as losing a Bonus Keyword.

• Champion of the Primus: Stats changed from 3/9 to 3/13; Avenge increased from 2 to 3.

• Deadstomper: Stats changed from 4/11 to 3/11; Attack bonus increased to +4.

• Eternal Knight: Stats changed from 4/1 to 5/1.

• Anub’arak, Nerubian King: Tier changed from 4 to 3; stats changed from 4/3 to 3/2.

Spell Updates

• Eyes of the Earth Mother: Tier changed from 5 to 6; cost reduced from 6 Gold to 4 Gold.

Anomaly Updates

• Secrets of Norgannon: Appears more frequently.
• Emergency Landing: Appears less frequently at higher ranks.
• Golden Friendship, All Bottled Up, Line in the Sand: Appear less frequently.
• Cosmic Duality: Appears less frequently; Artanis and Greybough banned from each other's hero powers.
• Scout’s Honor: Tess Greymane and Scabbs Cutterbutter added to banlist.
• Incubation Mutation: Kerrigan, Queen of Blades added to banlist.
• Treasure Hoard: Rock Master Voone added to banlist.
• Line in the Sand: E.T.C., Band Manager added to banlist.
• Light the Way: Millhouse Manastorm added to banlist.
• Nguyen’s Shifting Disks: Lord Barov’s hero power added to banlist.
• Golden Arena: Jim Raynor, Queen Azshara, and Gift of the Golden Kobold added to banlist.
• Golden Arrow: Galakrond added to banlist.
• Golganneth's Tempest: Jim Raynor and Artanis added to banlist.
• Instant Warband: Aranna Starseeker and Ini Stormcoil added to banlist.
• Mimiron’s Clockwork: E.T.C., Band Manager added to banlist.
• Planar Alignment: Chenvaala added to banlist.
• Prudence of Amitus: Alexstrasza added to banlist.
• Uncompensated Upset: Doctor Holli’dae and Snake Eyes added to banlist.
• All Bottled Up: A.F. Kay added to banlist.

Bug Fixes

• Factory Line Anomaly: Fixed a bug where it would stop working if it failed once due to an empty board.
• Cosmic Duality Anomaly: Fixed a bug where it could rarely grant your starting Hero Power a second time.
• Card Tooltips: Fixed various visual bugs with card tooltips not matching the card’s effects.