Behemoths of Thera: Draft and Event Previews

Behemoths of Thera: Draft and Event Previews

Before the Behemoths of Thera arrive, some of these creatures are too hard to contain and will be bursting out in Draft and an Event. Draft will be updated today and the Event will be live Friday.

Draft Preview

30+ cards will be available when you draft. As always, you keep the cards you draft. Including the five  Delivery cards. And as a special treat for our constructed players, these five cards will be craftable today.

Preview Event – Battle in the Wilds

Want to win some packs from the new set? Bring a two-faction Throne deck to the event, and play with some of the new cards from Behemoths of Thera, coming next week.

Here are the details:

  • Enter the Battle in the Wilds Preview Event with a two-faction Throne deck.
  • After finishing redraws, one player will draw a beast from the upcoming Behemoths of Thera expansion with its cost reduced by 2. The other player will draw two copies of one of the people of Thera instead.
  • The Preview Event costs 4,000 Gold or 300 Gems to enter.
  • Each run continues until you have either 10 wins or 3 losses.
  • Players may run the Event any number of times using any faction, but only the best record in each faction will be kept.
  • The event will begin Friday, January 13 at 10 AM MST (16:00 UTC) and end Tuesday, January 17th at 10 PM MST (Wednesday, January 18th 4:00 UTC).

It’s Humans vs Beasts!

Run Rewards

All packs come from Behemoths of Thera, and will be openable as soon as the set releases! Win some games and get ready to open some new cards!

Wins       Prizes
10 8 packs, 1 x Premium Rare, 1 x Premium Legendary
9 8 packs, 2 x Premium Rare
8 7 packs, 2 x Premium Rare
7 6 packs, 2 x Premium Rare
6 6 packs, 1 x Premium Rare, 1 x Rare
5 5 packs, 1 x Premium Rare, 1 x Rare
4 5 packs, 1 x Premium Rare
3 4 packs, 1 x Premium Rare
2 4 packs, 1 x Rare
1 4 packs
0 3 packs

Leaderboard Rewards

For the Preview Event: each of the ten faction pairs will have a separately-tracked Leaderboard that grants prizes after the conclusion of the event. (Please give us a couple days to get the prizes delivered.) Faction Leaderboards will be visible on the web, and will give the top players of each faction pair a chance to earn copies of the new Heroes that carried you to victory!

Rank       Prizes
1-10   2 x Gold Chest, 4 Packs
11-50   1 x Gold Chest, 1 Silver Chest, 2 Packs
51-100   2 x Silver Chest, 1 Pack
101+   2 x Silver Chest

Check out the Faction Leaderboards here!

Balance Update

Leading up to the release of Behemoths of Thera, we wanted to take action on some dominant strategies, particularly those that are likely to soon become even stronger. These changes will be going into effect today, January 11th, 2023.

Nerfs

Parliament Elder has proven to be one of the most popular and interesting cards with Unleash, but its high health takes it out of range of many tempo-equal removal cards and can brick-wall small attackers. With its new 3 health, it should be less oppressive while retaining its core function.

Alessi was buffed to 2/2 just over a year ago to let her compete in Throne. She’s been fun, but she’s had her time in the sun and is only going to get more powerful with Hunt and Advantage coming in Behemoths of Thera.

Abundance turned out stronger than desired, especially for a card with such an unpredictable output. And just like Alessi, we expect that the upcoming Hunt mechanic would serve to further strengthen Abundance’s explosive potential. 

Since Abundance is from a campaign, players who purchased it will receive 1,250 gold and owners of the premium campaign will receive an additional 1,250 gold.

Buffs

  • Lake Terror to “At the start of your turn, exhaust Lake Terror.” (previously exhausted at the start of each turn)

To round out the list of changes, we’re giving a fringe card a bit of extra oomph. This change makes this rare aquatic monster significantly more likely to be able to block.

We’re a week out from the arrival of Behemoths of Thera! Enjoy exploring the new set in the Draft Preview, and be sure to get your pre-order in before the set drops next Wednesday!

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