Developer Blizzard Entertainment kicked off the latest expansion for Hearthstone. Escape from Violet Hold is now live with 135 new collectible cards, featuring new Legendary Rulebreaker minions, the new Prepare keyword, and sneaky new Disguise and Bribe cards.
“Vanessa VanCleef is orchestrating a daring breakout from Azeroth’s maximum security prison, the Violet Hold, with a crew of infamous inmates. Meet the Rulebreakers! Each class gets its own Legendary Rulebreaker minion that defies a core concept of Hearthstone. After all, rules are made to be broken.”
The new Prepare keyword lets you set up explosive plays in advance. By dragging a Prepare card into your deck, you spend all your remaining mana to Prepare it, discounting the card by that amount, plus one. Then you can unleash it on a later turn for a big surprise play out of nowhere.
For the first time in Hearthstone history, you can play minions onto your opponent’s board. Disguised minions give you flexible options: play them on your side to utilize their ability for yourself or send them to your opponent’s side to unleash effects that can disrupt their game plan.
Playing a Bribe card gives you a powerful effect, but in exchange your opponent gets a little something too.
