(4/18/2020) Patch 2.0: Gameplay and Balance Update

In this post we are detailing everything in patch 2.0 as well as providing a download link with exclusively these changes, available until the next expansion releases. If you no longer see a link here, it is because this has occurred. To download these updates, you must download these cards by re downloading newly updated expansion packs that these cards came from in order to get the new card.

## Details

### Hero Gameplay Update

Hero cards have been replaced with Hero portraits. Once a game begins, they are played and allow you to use your on-going power from the start of the game. Both heroes are immune for the first two turns before they can start to lose life. Once a hero's life hits 0, the game is over.

**Life** is now replacing **Armor**. Life is displayed on the bottom right of a hero's portrait. Every hero has 6 life.

Armor is now a way to gain more than 6 life. You can not restore your hero's life past 6. However, if you have 6 life and gain armor, you can technically have more than 6 life. 1 Armor equals 1 Life.

The following are **new cards** that fall under this category:

* Lyfos Hero Portrait
* Hagg Hero Portrait
* Numana Hero Portrait
* Veragonda Hero Portrait
* Jordan Hero Portrait
* Irilla Hero Portrait

The following **hero cards** have been **discontinued**:

* Wolf King Lyfos
* Veragonda the Reviver
* Dragon Master Hagg
* Champion Irilla
* Explorer Jordan
* Numana the Lantern

Three **on-going powers** have been **updated**:

* Jade Mist On-Going Power (Irilla)
	+ Text now reads as **"Your Hero can have a maximum of (10) energy bars. Gain (1) empty energy bar."** instead of "Gain (1) empty energy bar."
* Dread Light On-Going Power (Numana)
	+ Text now reads as **"Frighten a friendly minion and all enemy minions that have as much or less scare than it."** instead of "Frighten a friendly minion and all other minions that have less scare than it."
* Hidden Artifact On-Going Power (Jordan)
	+ Text now reads as **"Look at the top 3 cards in your deck. Choose one to put on top."** instead of "Give a friendly minion Hidden. If it is already Hidden, Adapt it."

### Special Set Card Updates

The following **new cards** were **added** to the Special Set:

* Amak'thal Guardian (Irilla)
* Dispel (Veragonda)
* Nightrider (Lyfos)
* Destroy Barrier (Numana)
* Surging Vanguard (Jordan)
* Elemental Surge (Jordan)
* Keeper of Light (Irilla)
* Light Word: Telepathy (Irilla)

The following **cards** have been **updated**:

* By The Elements Combined! (Hagg)
	+ Now titled **"By the Elements Combined!"**
	+ Text now reads as **"Pick One - Frighten an enemy minion; or Draw a card."** instead of "Pick One: Frighten a card in play or draw a card or give one of your cards in play hidden or adapt."
* Witchwood Drake (Hagg)
	+ Text now reads as **"At the end of your turn, add a random Invurdi minion to your hand."** instead of "Frightened: If it's your turn, gain (5) energy this turn only."
* Patience (Numana)
	+ Text now reads as **"The next spell you cast this turn costs (3) less."** instead of "The next spell you cast this turn costs (2) less."
* Blint Ashvale (Numana)
	+ Text now reads as **"Play: Discard your hand. Frightened: Summon or cast every card discarded."** instead of "Play: Place your hand in the frightened deck. Frightened: Cast 'The Golden Find'."
* Jade Assassin (Numana)
	+ Text now reads as **"Play: Frighten an enemy minion twice."** instead of "Ambush, Play: Add a card owned by your opponent's hero to your hand."
	+ Now has **3 scare** instead of 4.
* Loot Hoarder (Numana)
	+ Text now reads as **"Frightened: Steal a card from your opponent's deck."** instead of "Play and Frightened: Add a card owned by a random hero other than your's to your hand."
	+ Now has **4 scare** instead of 5.
* Necrogue (Numana)
	+ Now costs **4 energy** instead of 5.
	+ Text now reads as **"Play: Frighten a friendly minion to draw 3 cards."** instead of "Play: Give a card in play Immune this turn only."
	+ Now has **5 scare** instead of 4.
* Shadow Lurker (Numana)
	+ Now costs **4 energy** instead of 5.
	+ Text now reads as **"When you cast your on-going power, gain +1 Health."** instead of "Ambush. When you cast your on-going power, gain +1 health."
* Dark Oakling (Veragonda)
	+ Text now reads as **"Frightened: Add a 'Dark Brute' to your hand."** instead of "Frightened: Return this card to your hand (can only occur once)."
	+ Now has **3 scare** instead of 2.
* Jade Claws (Jordan)
	+ Text now reads as **"Give a minion in your hand +3 scare."** instead of "Adapt a minion in your hand."
* Treefolk Shaman (Jordan)
	+ Text now reads as **"Play: Restore 2 Life to your hero."** instead of "Play: Give your adjacent minions +3 scare until the end of your turn."
* Energy Tide (Irilla)
	+ Text now reads as **"Gain (2) empty energy bars. If you have (10) energy, draw a card instead."** instead of "Frighten a minion with less scare than your total amount of energy bars."

The following Special Set cards have been **discontinued**:

* Ascended Guardian (Irilla)
* Rebuke (Veragonda)
* Nightrider Skarghz (Lyfos)
* Shadow Barrier (Numana)
* Druid of the Hunt (Jordan)
* Mini Might (Jordan)
* Ajah Lightbane (Irilla)
* Light Word: Justice (Irilla)

The following **uncollectible** **token cards** have been **added**:

* Ghoulish Steed (Lyfos) [Generated by *Nightrider*]
* Dark Brute (Veragonda) [Generated by *Dark Oakling*]

### Basic Set Card Updates

The following **new cards** were **added** to the Basic Set:

* Asmera (Garagzhan)
* Xerce (Invurdi)

The following **cards** have been **updated**:

* Molten Tygor (Garagzhan)
	+ Text now reads as **"Frightened: Summon a copy of this minion (without this text)."** instead of "Frightened: Summon a copy of this minion."
	+ Now has **5 scare** instead of 4.
	+ Is now an **Elemental** instead of a Beast.
* Trained Archer (Garagzhan)
	+ Text now reads as **"At the start of your turn, frighten a random enemy minion."** instead of "Play: Adapt twice."
	+ Now has **4 scare** instead of 1.
* Sashragaraj (Garagzhan)
	+ Text now reads as **"Play: Summon two random minions from your frightened pile."** instead of "Pick One - Summon two random minions from your frightened pile; or summon two from your deck."

### Card Nerfs

The following cards have been **nerfed**:

* Unorthodox Pet (Garagzhan)
	+ Now has **4 scare** instead of 5.
* Holy Colossus (Garagzhan)
	+ Text now reads as **"Play: Set a friendly minion's scare to 7."** instead of "Play: Set a friendly minion's scare to 7. If it already has 7 scare, give it +2 Health."

## The Scourge Brawl Hearthcards Portal

Previously, in order to download new and updated cards, we used a download link through media fire. We understand why this can concern those who do not want to click on stranger's links. This is why we are introducing our **new method of downloading cards**, both new and updated: **the Scourge Brawl Hearthcards Portal**.

### What is the Scourge Brawl Hearthcards Portal?

We are using a special feature on hearthcards.net (where our cards are made), to create portals that you can access to download cards individually, rather than as an entire set.

While this may take longer thinking about new expansions, we ultimately see this as an opportunity to update cards more often and allow new players to only download the cards they are going to print out and play with.

### What does it look like / How does it work?

On the right is an image of the portal explaining what each button does and how to download the cards.

**Every expansion will have its own portal created for it to house only the cards exclusive to said expansion.**

We will be creating a separate post that will be updated to include each and every expansion portal. Patch note posts will also include expansion portals if valid.

### What are Hero Code Names?

Because of how the website works, we are unable to add names for each hero into the portal. However, each hero has their own section for their cards, titled by what we are referring to as a "Code Name." Code names are listed below, but will also be able to be found in a separate post under the Scourge Brawl tab.

 Jordan
 Irilla
 Lyfos
 Hagg
 Numana

### What about Hero Portraits and On-Going Powers?

These cards cannot be transported to the portal, and will have their own media fire download link in a separate post.

### Temporary Download Link

This link will bring you to mediafire to download all cards that have been edited this patch.

#### Notes

* If you are uncomfortable downloading a link from this website, you can manually search the expansion portals to re download these cards individually.
* Hero Portraits and edited on-going powers can be downloaded through a separate mediafire download link. This will be posted separately. As of now, there is unfortunately no other way to download these cards. They do not appear on any Hearthcards portal.