With the release date of the new Hearthstone expansion Whispers of the Old Gods fast approaching us, it’s time for a round-up of all the cards that have been revealed to us this week.

Firstly though, if you’ve found yourself unable to afford the 50 pack pre-order of the new card packs, no worries. Hearthstone will be offering you ways to earn yourself up to 13 free packs of the new cards when the expansion releases, through a series of completable quests, one of which is extremely easy.

Here’s the run down:

• Log into the game during the game’s first week (starting April 26 in North America and April 27 in Europe, Asia and Australia) – 3 packs
• Complete a quest to win 2 games in the new Standard format – 5 packs
• Complete a quest to win 7 further games in Standard, after completing the last quest – 5 packs

C’Thun and two of the cards that complement it will also be earned by players who log into the game during the opening week of the expansion – meaning that you’ve a chance to get yourself a free Legendary if you take a few minutes to log yourself in during those first few days and if you’re a collector like me… well, Legendaries look good in a collection.

A few cards from the Classic and Basic sets have also had a few changes, mainly to stop the overplay of certain deck strategies:

As you can see, the main strategy that suffers from these changes is the Savage Roar/ Force of Nature combo that many Druid decks are fond of using. Other changes are just seeking to rebalance the cost of Silence, Charge and Stealth abilities.

With the big news out of the way, let’s get onto introducing you to the new terrors about to invade our meta in the next week:

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Cyclopian Horror

Minion, 3 Attack, 3 Health, 4 mana cost.

Taunt.

Battlecry: Gains +1 Health for each enemy Minion.

Darkspeaker

Minion, 3 Attack, 6 Health, 5 mana cost.

Battlecry: Swaps stats with friendly Minion.

Zealous Initiate

Minion, 1 Attack, 1 Health, 1 mana cost.

Deathrattle: Gives a random friendly Minion +1/+1.

Forbidden Ancient

Minion, 1 Attack, 1 Health, 1 mana cost.

Battlecry: Spends all Mana, and gains +1/+1 for each spent.

Rallying Blade

Weapon, 3 Attack, 2 Durability, 3 mana cost.

Battlecry: +1/+1 to all friendly Minions with Divine Shield.

Blood to Ichor

Spell, 1 mana cost.

Deal 1 damage to a Minion. If it survives, summon a 2/2 Slime.

Evolve

Spell, 1 mana cost.

Transform your Minions into random Minions that cost 1 Mana more.

Journey Below

Spell, 1 mana cost.

Discover a Deathrattle card.

Addled Grizzly

Beast Minion, 2 Attack, 2 Health, 3 mana cost.

After you summon a Minion, give it +1/+1.

Blackwater Pirate

Pirate Minion, 2 Attack, 5 Health, 4 mana cost.

Your Weapons cost 2 Mana less.

Bloodsail Cultist

Pirate Minion, 3 Attack, 4 Health, 3 mana cost.

Battlecry: If you control a Pirate, give your Weapon +1/+1.

Corrupted Seer

Murloc Minion, 2 Attack, 3 Health, 6 mana cost.

Battlecry: Deal 2 damage to all non-Murloc Minions.

Cult Sorcerer

Minion, 3 Attack, 2 Health, 2 mana cost.

Spell Damage +1.

After you cast a Spell, give your C’Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).

Darkshire Librarian

Minion, 3 Attack, 2 Health, 2 mana cost.

Battlecry: Discard a random card.

Deathrattle: Draw a card.

Disciple of C’Thun

Minion, 2 Attack, 1 Health, 3 mana cost.

Battlecry: Deal 2 damage. Give your C’Thun +2/+2 (wherever it is).

Doomcaller

Minion, 7 Attack, 9 Health, 8 mana cost.

Battlecry: Gives your C’Thun +2/+2 (wherever it is) and if it’s dead, shuffles it back into your deck.

Infested Wolf

Beast Minion, 3 Attack, 3 Health, 4 mana cost.

Deathrattle: Summons two 1/1 Spiders.

Midnight Drake

Dragon Minion, 1 Attack, 4 Health, 4 mana cost.

Battlecry: Gains +1 Attack for each other card in your hand.

Selfless Hero

Minion, 2 Attack, 1 Health, 1 mana cost.

Deathrattle: Give a random friendly Minion Divine Shield.

Silithid Swarmer

Minion, 3 Attack, 5 Health, 3 mana cost.

Can only attack if your Hero attacked this turn.

Twilight Darkmender

Minion, 6 Attack, 5 Health, 5 mana cost.

Battlecry: If your C’Thun has at least 10 Attack, restore 10 Health to your Hero.

A Light in the Darkness

Spell, 2 mana cost.

Discover a Minion. Give it +1/+1.

Divine Strength

Spell, 1 mana cost.

Give a Minion +1/+2.

Feral Rage

Spell, 3 mana cost.

Choose One: Give your Hero +4 Attack this turn OR Gain 8 Armor.

On the Hunt

Spell, 1 mana cost.

Deal 1 damage. Summon a 1/1 Mastiff.

Power Word: Tentacles

Spell, 5 mana cost.

Give a Minion +2/+6.

Primal Fusion

Spell, 1 mana cost.

Give a Minion +1/+1 for each Totem you have.

Shadow Strike

Spell, 3 mana cost.

Deal 5 damage to an undamaged Character.

Shatter

Spell, 2 mana cost.

Destroy a Frozen Minion.

Stormcrack

Spell, 2 mana cost.

Deal 4 damage to a Minion.

Overload: (1)

Aberrant Berserker

Minion, 3 Attack, 5 Health, 4 mana cost.

Enrage: +2 Attack.

Am’gam Rager

Minion, 1 Attack, 5 Health, 3 mana cost.

Bilefin Tidehunter

Murloc Minion, 2 Attack, 1 Health, 2 mana cost.

Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Ooze with Taunt.

Bladed Cultist

Minion, 1 Attack, 2 Health, 1 mana cost.

Combo: Gains +1/+1.

Bloodhoof Brave

Minion, 2 Attack, 6 Health, 4 mana cost.

Taunt.

Enrage: +3 Attack.

Bog Creeper

Minion, 6 Attack, 8 Health, 7 mana cost.

Taunt.

Carrion Grub

Beast Minion, 2 Attack, 5 Health, 3 mana cost.

Darkshire Alchemist

Minion, 4 Attack, 5 Health, 5 mana cost.

Battlecry: Restore 5 Health.

Darkshire Councilman

Minion, 1 Attack, 5 Health, 3 mana cost.

Gains +1 Attack after you summon a Minion.

Duskboar

Beast Minion, 4 Attack, 1 Health, 2 mana cost.

Eldritch Horror

Minion, 6 Attack, 10 Health, 8 mana cost.

Evolved Kobold

Minion, 2 Attack, 2 Health, 4 mana cost.

Spell Damage +2.

Faceless Behemoth

Minion, 10 Attack, 10 Health, 10 mana cost.

Fiery Bat

Beast Minion, 2 Attack, 1 Health, 1 mana cost.

Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to a random enemy.

Flamewreathed Faceless

Minion, 7 Attack, 7 Health, 4 mana cost.

Overload: (2)

Grotesque Dragonhawk

Beast Minion, 5 Attack, 5 Health, 7 mana cost.

Windfury.

Hooded Acolyte

Minion, 3 Attack, 6 Health, 4 mana cost.

Whenever a Character is healed, give your C’Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).

Nerubian Prophet

Minion, 4 Attack, 4 Health, 6 mana cost.

At the start of your turn, reduce this card’s Cost by 1 mana.

Psych-o-Tron

Mech Minion, 3 Attack, 4 Health, 5 mana cost.

Taunt.

Divine Shield.

Southsea Squidface

Pirate Minion, 4 Attack, 4 Health, 4 mana cost.

Deathrattle: Give your Weapon +2 Attack.

Squirming Tentacle

Minion, 2 Attack, 4 Health, 3 mana cost.

Taunt.

Twilight Geomancer

Minion, 1 Attack, 4 Health, 2 mana cost.

Taunt.

Battlecry: Give your C’Thun Taunt (wherever it is).

Twisted Worgen

Minion, 3 Attack, 1 Health, 2 mana cost.

Stealth

Usher of Souls

Minion, 5 Attack, 6 Health, 5 mana cost.

Whenever a friendly Minion dies, give your C’Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).

Shifter Zerus

Legendary Minion, 1 Attack, 1 Health, 1 mana cost.

For each turn this is in your hand, transform it into a random Minion.

Princess Huhuran

Legendary Beast Minion, 6 Attack, 5 Health, 5 mana cost.

Battlecry: Trigger a friendly Minion’s Deathrattle effect.

Dark Arakkoa

Minion, 5 Attack, 7 Health, 6 mana cost.

Taunt

Battlecry: Gives your C’Thun +3/+3 (wherever it is).

Anomalus

Legendary Minion, 8 Attack, 6 Health, 8 mana cost.

Deathrattle: Deal 8 damage to all Minions.

Fandral Staghelm

Legendary Minion, 3 Attack, 5 Health, 4 mana cost.

Your Choose One cards have both effects combined.

Malkorok

Legendary Minion, 6 Attack, 5 Health, 7 mana cost.

Battlecry: Equips a random Weapon.

Nat the Darkfisher

Legendary Minion, 2 Attack, 4 Health, 2 mana cost.

Your opponent has a 50% chance to draw an extra card at the start of their turn.

Twin Emperor Vek’lor

Legendary Minion, 4 Attack, 6 Health, 7 mana cost.

Taunt

Battlecry: If your C’Thun has at least 10 Attack, summon another Emperor.

Forbidden Ritual

Spell, 0 mana cost.

Spend all your Mana and summon that many 1/1 Tentacles.

Blade of C’Thun

Minion, 4 Attack, 4 Health, 9 mana cost.

Battlecry: Destroy a Minion and add its Attack and Health to C’Thun (wherever it is).

Crazed Worshipper

Minion, 3 Attack, 6 Health, 5 mana cost.

Taunt

Gives your C’Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is) when this Minion takes damage.