Shop Update: Whizbang's Workshop Pre-Purchase, New & Returning Skins, Signature Bundles, Battlegrounds Cosmetics

Another shop update dropped ~~today!~~ (Technically yesterday but I didn’t have time to post about it because of all the other news) It’s a really big update with all kinds of cosmetics and bundles for both Constructed and Battlegrounds. You can also now pre-purchase the upcoming Whizbang’s Workshop expansion… and here’s the problem. Pre-purchasing it gives you early access to Corridor Sleeper Epic card. Players who don’t buy it now won’t be able to play the card for over a month. And that’s completely unacceptable and something we should push against. It seems that this card isn’t particularly powerful (at least so far), so it might not be a problem now, but imagine if it was meta-defining and you couldn’t play it unless you pre-purchased. That’s something that should NOT be happening. I’ve already given more detailed feedback to Blizzard and Old Guardian will cover the topic in detail on our website later this week. Anyway, I hope that they change their mind and it won’t ruin the hype around what seems to be a really fun expansion. Here are all of the new items that are available this week:

Whizbang’s Workshop Pre-Purchase Bundle (5000 Runestones or $50) – 60 Whizbang’s Workshop card packs + 2 random Legendary cards from Whizbang’s Workshop expansion + Patches the Pirate Card Back + Early access to 2x Corridor Sleeper
Whizbang’s Workshop Mage Pre-Purchase Bundle (8000 Runestones or $80) – 80 Whizbang’s Workshop card packs + 10 Golden Whizbang’s Workshop card packs + 1 random Golden Legendary from the expansion + 1 Random Signature Legendary from the expansion + Patches the Pirate Rogue Cosmetic Hero + Patches the Pirate Card Back + Early access to 2x Corridor Sleeper
Toastmaster Medivh Bundle (1000 Runestones or $10) – New Tier 2 Mage skin + 5 Mage card packs.
Anniversary Finley Bundle (1000 Runestones or $10) – New Tier 2 Paladin skin + 5 Paladin card packs.
Deathwing Hero Set (1500 Gold or $10) – Returning Tier 1 Warrior skin + related card back. Originally available with Descent of Dragons Pre-Purcahse in November 2019. Last available in December 2021.
Black Ox Rexxar (1000 Gold or $7) – Returning Tier 2 Hunter skin. Originally available in January 2022.
Signature Sif Bundle (5000 Runestones or $50) – Signature Sif Legendary Card + 5 Showdown in the Badlands card packs.
Signature DJ Manastorm Bundle (5000 Runestones or $50) – Signature DJ Manastorm Legendary Card + 5 Showdown in the Badlands card packs.
Signature Commons Bundle (2000 Runestones or $20) – 2 Signature N'Zoth's First Mate Common cards + 2 Signature Annoy-o-Tron Common cards + 10 Caverns of Time card packs.
Signature Annoy-o-Tron Bundle (1200 Runestones or $12) – 2 Signature Annoy-o-Tron Common cards + 5 Caverns of Time card packs.
Signature N’zoth’s First Mate Bundle (1200 Runestones or $12) – 2 Signature N'Zoth's First Mate Common cards + 5 Caverns of Time card packs.
Showdown in the Badlands Signature Bundle (2000 Runestones or $20) – A random Signature Legendary card from Showdown in the Badlands + 5 Showdown in the Badlands card packs.
Golden Showdown in the Badlands Signature Bundle (5000 Runestones or $50) – 2 random Signature Legendary cards from Showdown in the Badlands + 5 Golden Showdown in the Badlands card packs + 5 Showdown in the Badlands card packs.
Hearthstone Anniversary Battlegrounds Mega Bundle (2000 Runestones or $20) – 5 Epic Battlegrounds Hero Skins + 1 Rare Battlegrounds Hero Skin + Rare Battlegrounds Board.
Anniversary Zephrys (1200 Runestones or $12) – Epic Battlegrounds Bartender.
Birthday Ball (700 Runestones or $7) – Legendary Battlegrounds Strike.

Tier 1 skins are “premium” ones while Tier 2 are more basic. In general, Tier 1 skins tend to include more extra features like completely new emotes, Hero Power animations, and some extra visual effects. Some of those might be also included in Tier 2 skins, but usually only 1 of those special features is present (if any). It’s not an official classification – it’s just something we use to differentiate between more basic and premium skins! Blizzard has added their own “rarities” for Battlegrounds skins, but they haven’t done it so far for Constructed (the only one is Legendary with 3D animated portraits).

New items usually stay in the shop for around 2-3 weeks – sometimes it’s longer (4 or more weeks) and very rarely it’s shorter (a week).