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34.6 Patch Notes
February 9, 2026By Blizzard Entertainmentpatch

34.6 Patch Notes

The most impactful change in this patch is the introduction of the new hero Morchie with the unique ability to visit the Minor Timewarp on Turn 5.

Heroes

New Hero

Morchie - Warped Conflux

  • On Turn 5, visit the Minor Timewarp. (4 turns left!)
Morchie - Warped Conflux

Hero Changes

Loh, the Living Legend

  • Hero Power: Heroic Inspiration - After 15 friendly minions attack, get a Triple Reward. (15 left!)
  • Buddy: Stoneshell Guardian - [Tier 5] 5/5. The first Triple Reward you play each turn Discovers from Golden minions. (1 left!)
Loh, the Living Legend Stoneshell Guardian Stoneshell Guardian

Minion and Spell Updates

New Minions

Felhorn [Tier 3, Demon/Beast]

  • 2/4. Battlecry: Give your other Demons and Beasts +1/+2 and deal 1 damage to them, twice.
Felhorn Felhorn

Shore Marauder [Tier 6, Elemental/Pirate]

  • 4/5. Your Pirates and Elementals give an extra +1/+1.
Shore Marauder Shore Marauder

Burgeoning Whelp [Tier 5, Dragon]

  • 5/5. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Your Whelps have +3/+3 this game.
Burgeoning Whelp Burgeoning Whelp

Relentless Deflector [Tier 3, Mech]

  • 5/4. Has Taunt while this has Divine Shield. Avenge (4): Gain Divine Shield.
Relentless Deflector Relentless Deflector

Photobomber [Tier 5, Mech]

  • 6/6. Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the highest-Health enemy minion. (Improved by Tavern spells you've cast this game!)
Photobomber Photobomber

Azsharan Veteran [Tier 5, Naga]

  • 4/4. Spellcraft: Give your minions +2/+1. Repeat for each Bonus Keyword in your warband.
Azsharan Veteran Azsharan Veteran

Stellar Freebooter [Tier 4, Pirate]

  • 8/4. Taunt. Deathrattle: Give a friendly minion Health equal to this minion's Attack.
Stellar Freebooter Stellar Freebooter

Eternal Tycoon [Tier 5, Undead]

  • 2/7. Avenge (5): Summon an Eternal Knight. It attacks immediately.
Eternal Tycoon Eternal Tycoon

Changed Minions

Lava Lurker [Tier 2, Naga]

  • 2/5. The first Spellcraft spell played from hand on this each turn is permanent. (1 left!)
Lava Lurker Lava Lurker

Defiant Shipwright [Tier 2, Pirate]

  • 2/5. Whenever this gains Attack from other sources, gain +1 Health.
  • Dev Note: The Golden versions of all Pirates that give stats have been changed to trigger the regular effect twice, rather than doubling the buff. This is to support their interaction with Shore Marauder.
Defiant Shipwright Defiant Shipwright

Gunpowder Courier [Tier 4, Pirate]

  • 2/6. Whenever you spend 6 Gold, give your Pirates +2 Attack. (6 Gold left!)
Gunpowder Courier Gunpowder Courier

Cannon Corsair [Tier 6, Pirate]

  • 3/8. After you gain Gold, give your Pirates +1/+2.
Cannon Corsair Cannon Corsair

Fleet Admiral Tethys [Tier 6, Pirate]

  • 5/6. After you spend 10 Gold, get a random Pirate. (10 left!)
Fleet Admiral Tethys Fleet Admiral Tethys

The following Pirates have had their Golden version updated to trigger twice:

  • Underhanded Dealer [Tier 3, Pirate] 6/6. After you gain Gold, gain +1/+2 twice.
  • Peggy Sturdybone [Tier 3, Pirate] 6/4. Whenever a card is added to your hand, give another friendly Pirate +1/+1, twice.
  • Timecap'n Hooktail [Tier 3, Pirate] 2/8. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions +1 Attack twice.
  • Plankwalker [Tier 4, Pirate] 12/8. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give three random friendly minions +2/+1, twice.
  • Lovesick Balladist [Tier 4, Pirate] 6/4. Battlecry: Give a Pirate +1 Health twice. (Improved by each Gold you've spent this turn!)
  • Yorik Smite [Tier 5, Pirate] 12/12. At the end of your turn, give your minions +2/+2 twice. Golden ones gain +6/+6 instead.
  • Cannon Corsair [Tier 6, Pirate] 6/16. After you gain Gold, give your Pirates +1/+2 twice.
  • Ship Master Eudora [Tier 6, Pirate] 20/10. Deathrattle: Give your minions +8/+8 twice. Golden ones keep it permanently.
  • The Last One Standing [Tier 7] 24/24. Rally: Give a friendly minion of each type +12/+12 permanently, twice.
  • Timewarped Hooktail [Tier 5, Pirate] 12/24. Whenever you cast a Tavern spell, give your minions +2/+1 twice.
  • Timewarped Peggy [Tier 5, Pirate] 18/10. Whenever a card is added to your hand, give your Pirates +1/+1 twice.
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Returning Minions

  • Buzzing Vermin
  • Forest Rover
  • Turquoise Skitterer
  • Silky Shimmermoth
  • Bubble Gunner
  • Shoalfin Mystic
  • Gormling Gourmet
  • Hackerfin
  • Weary Mage
  • Groundbreaker
  • Eternal Knight
  • Eternal Summoner
  • Needling Crone
  • Three Lil' Quilboar
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Minions Returning With Changes

Unleashed Mana Surge [Tier 5, Elemental]

  • 5/3. After you play an Elemental, give your Elementals +1/+1.
Unleashed Mana Surge Unleashed Mana Surge

Apprentice of Sefin [Tier 4, Murloc]

  • 4/4. At the end of your turn, gain +2/+2 and a random Bonus Keyword.
Apprentice of Sefin Apprentice of Sefin

Showy Cyclist [Tier 5, Naga]

  • 4/3. Deathrattle: Give your Naga +2/+2. (Improved by every 4 spells you've cast this game!)
Showy Cyclist Showy Cyclist

Removed Minions

  • Manasaber
  • Ship Master Eudora
  • Reef Explorer
  • Sewer Rat
  • Sly Raptor
  • Goldrinn, the Great Wolf
  • Indomitable Mount
  • Tardy Traveler
  • Ultraviolet Ascendant
  • Deflect-o-Bot
  • Metal Dispenser
  • River Skipper
  • Primitive Painter
  • Hot Springer
  • King Bagurgle
  • Canopy Swinger
  • Corrupted Myrmidon
  • Greedy Snaketongue
  • Rimescale Priestess
  • Sunken Advocate
  • Slitherspear, Lord of Gains
  • Dastardly Drust
  • Elite Navigator
  • Bloodsnout Warlord
  • Ghostly Ymirjar
  • Ghoul of the Feast
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New Tavern Spells

Time Snap [Tier 6]

  • [2 Gold] Discover a 1-Cost minion from the Major Timewarp.
Time Snap

Menagerie Tableware [Tier 7]

  • [4 Cost] Give your minions +3/+3. Repeat for each different friendly minion type.
Menagerie Tableware

Returning Tavern Spells

  • Boon of Beetles
boonofbeetles

Removed Tavern Spells

  • Blade of Ambition
  • Raptor's Revenge
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Timewarped Tavern Updates

New Minor Timewarp (Turn 6) Cards

New Minions

Timewarped Zerus [Tier 3]

  • [2 Chronum] 6/6. Once per turn, choose from 2 Minor Timewarped minions to transform into. Keep this minion's stats.

Timewarped Traveler [Tier 3]

  • [2 Chronum] 4/5. Avenge (5): Get a random 1-Cost minion from the Minor Timewarp.

Timewarped Chimera [Tier 3]

  • [2 Chronum] 1/8. Whenever this takes damage, give a friendly minion of each type +1/+1 permanently.

Removed Minions

  • Timewarped Stoneshell

New Timewarp Spells

Timewarped Scroll [Tier 3]

  • [1 Chronum] Each turn this is in your hand, transform into a random 2-Cost card from the Minor Timewarp.

Timewarped Apples [Tier 3]

  • [1 Chronum] After the Tavern is Refreshed this game, cast Them Apples.
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New Major Timewarp (Turn 9) Cards

New Minions

Timewarped Nest Swarmer [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 7/7. Battlecry, Deathrattle, and Rally: Your Beetles have +2/+2 this game. Summon a 2/2 Beetle.
beetle

Timewarped Icky Imp [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 12/12. Deathrattle: Summon 2 Imps with this minion's maximum stats.

Timewarped Stone Drake [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 6/6. Start of Combat: Gain the stats of all the minions you sold this turn. (0/0)

Timewarped Trumpeter [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 7/8. After you sell 4 Elementals, get a random Elemental. (4 left!)

Timewarped Swirler [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 9/9. Your Elementals give an extra +3/+3 this game.

Timewarped Wargear [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 5/5. Magnetic. After you Magnetize this, double the target's stats.

Timewarped Astrogill [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 5/5. While this is in your hand, after a different friendly Murloc gains stats, gain +1/+1.

Timewarped Lava Lurker [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 8/9. After you cast a Spellcraft spell from hand on a minion, also cast a permanent copy on this. (Twice per turn.)

Timewarped Collector [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 12/12. Also damages adjacent minions. Rally: If you control 4 Golden minions, gain Divine Shield.

Timewarped Shadequill [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 7/11. At the end of your turn, gain the stats of 3 highest‑Health minions in the Tavern.

Timewarped Hag [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 6/8. Start of Combat: Give the Undead to the right Reborn and “This is Reborn with full Health and enchantments.”

Timewarped Magnanimoose [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 8/2. Deathrattle: Summon and get a minion from a random opponent's warband.

Timewarped Lucky Egg [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 2/2. In two turns, Discover a Golden Tier 7 minion to transform into. (2 turns left!)

Timewarped Mythrax [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] 8/8. Start of Combat: Gain the stats of 3 friendly minions of different types.

Timewarped Amalgam [Tier 5]

  • [2 Chronum] 7/9. After you play a minion, give minions of its type in the Tavern +3/+3 this game.

Removed Minions

  • Timewarped Bristler

New Timewarp Spells

Timewarped Revelation [Tier 5]

  • [1 Chronum] Discover a 1‑Cost and 2‑Cost minion from the Minor Timewarp.

Timewarped Secrecy [Tier 5]

  • [3 Chronum] Discover a Golden Tier 7 minion.

Anomaly Updates

New Anomalies

Major Goldthorn Potion

  • The Major Timewarp offers 5 Golden minions this game. They do not give Triple Rewards.
Major Goldthorn Potion

Minor Goldthorn Potion

  • The Minor Timewarp offers 5 Golden minions this game. They do not give Triple Rewards.

Boon of Chronum

  • You get an extra Chronum at each Timewarp.
Boon of Chronum

Major Waygate

  • On Turns 8 and 9, visit the Major Timewarp. There is no Minor Timewarp in this game.
Major Waygate

Twisting Hourglass

  • All 4 Chronum this game can be spent at the Minor Timewarp. Any unspent carries over to the Major Timewarp.
Twisting Hourglass

Oathstone's Summoning

  • Minor Timewarped minions enter the Tavern pool on Turn 7, and Major ones on Turn 10.
Oathstone's Summoning

Unforeseen Portal

  • Visit an extra Timewarp on a random turn this game.
Unforeseen Portal

Darkmoon Faire Prizes

  • Every 4 turns, Discover a Darkmoon Faire Prize. (3 turns left!)
Darkmoon Faire Prizesprize

Returning Anomalies

  • Cosmic Duality
  • Secrets of Norgannon
  • Audience's Choice
  • Grapnel of the Titans
  • Double Header
  • False Idols
  • Bring in the Buddies
  • Eleventh Hour
  • Golden Arrow
  • Perfected Alchemy
  • Scout's Honor
  • The Yogg-iseum
  • Treasure Hoard
  • Treasure Hoard
  • Treasure Hoard
  • Up-Prizing
  • All Bottled Up
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Darkmoon Faire Prizes

Darkmoon Faire Prizes

Darkmoon Faire Prizes return with their very own Anomaly. We've updated some of the older Darkmoon Fair Prizes as well as created new ones!

Tier 1

  • Gacha Gift: Discover a Tier 1 minion.
    gachagift
  • The Good Stuff: Give minions in the Tavern +1/+1 this game.
    thegoodstuff
  • Rocking and Rolling: For the rest of the game, gain 1 free Refresh at the start of each turn.
    rockingandrolling
  • New Recruit: The Tavern offers an extra minion with +2/+2 this game.
    newrecruit
  • Banana Bunch: Get 2 Tavern Dish Bananas.
    bananastaverndishbananabananabunch
  • Unfurled Codex: Get a random Tavern spell that costs (2) or more.
    unfurledcodex
  • Crystallization: Your Tavern spells give an extra +1/+1 this game.
    crystallization

Removed from Tier 1

  • Pocket Change
    pocketchange
  • Might of Stormwind
    mightofstormwind

Tier 2

  • Evolving Tavern: Replace all cards in the Tavern with ones of a Tier higher.
    evolvingtavern
  • Gruul Rules: Give a friendly minion "At the end of your turn, gain +4/+4."
    gruulrules
  • Time Thief: Discover a minion from your last opponent's warband.
    timethief
  • On the House: Discover a minion of your Tier.
    onthehouse
  • The Unlimited Coin: Gain 1 Gold. Return this to your hand at end of turn.
    theunlimitedcoin
  • I'm Still Just a Rat in a Cage: Give a friendly minion +2 Attack, then double its Attack.
    imstilljustaratinacage
  • The Bouncer: Give a friendly minion Taunt, then double its Health.
    thebouncer
  • Big Brann Play: Your Battlecries trigger an extra time this turn.
    bigbrannplay
  • Mageroyal Blossom: Discover a Tavern spell of your Tier.
    mageroyalblossom

Removed from Tier 2

  • Great Deal
    greatdeal

Tier 3

  • Training Session: Discover a new Hero Power.
    trainingsession
  • Buy the Holy Light: Give a friendly minion +10 Attack and Divine Shield.
    buytheholylight
  • B.A.N.A.N.A.S.: Fill your hand with Tavern Dish Bananas.
    bananastaverndishbanana
  • Top Shelf: Discover a minion from a Tier higher (up to Tier 7).
  • Repeat Customer: Return a friendly minion to your hand.
    repeatcustomer
  • All That Glitters: Make a random minion in the Tavern Golden.
    allthatglitters
  • Mindflayer Goggles: Steal all cards from the Tavern, then Refresh it.
    mindflayergoggles
  • Reserve Prices: Tavern spells cost (2) less this turn.
    reserveprices

Tier 4

  • Raise the Stakes: Make a friendly minion Golden and return it to your hand.
    raisethestakes
  • Friends and Family Discount: Minions in the Tavern cost (2) this game.
    friendsandfamilydiscount
  • Fresh Tab: Gain 12 Gold.
  • Open Bar: Gain 5 free Refreshes. At the start of each turn, gain 5 more.
    freerefreshes
  • Give a Dog a Bone: Give a friendly minion Divine Shield, Windfury, and +15/+15.
    giveadogabone
  • Big Winner!: Discover a Darkmoon Prize from each of the previous Prize Tiers.
  • Gorgeous Goblet: Fill your hand with random Tavern spells.
    gorgeousgoblet
  • All-Seeing Elder. 1/1. Start of Combat: Gain the Attack of your left-most minion and the Health of your right-most minion twice.
    allseeingelder

Removed from Tier 4

  • Argent Braggart
    argentbraggart

Bug Fixes and Gameplay Improvements

Hearthstone

  • Fixed a visual bug where several Signature cards showed their normal artwork in the history tile, including Portal Vanguard, Whelp of the Infinite, and Devious Coyote.
  • Fixed a visual bug where Husk, Eternal Reaper’s Deathrattle skull remained on screen after the effect resolved.
  • Fixed a bug where the second card discovered by Cultist Map was shuffled into the deck after playing a Rewind card.
  • Fixed a bug where Wallow, the Wretched retained the Short Claws Dark Gift from Raptor Herald after playing a Rewind card.
  • Fixed a bug where Spell Damage buffs persisted after rewinding.
  • Fixed a visual bug where the lethal damage tooltip appeared when attacking a hero with infinite armor.
  • Fixed a bug where Muradin, High King could not gain Mega-Windfury from Whirlwind Tempest.
  • Fixed a bug where Timelooper Toki returned to hand after playing three minions transformed from spells generated by Toki.
whirlwindtempest

Arena

  • Fixed a bug where Vuja De could Discover itself.
  • Fixed Timebound Giant so it is now properly tagged as an Elemental.
  • Fixed Iron Juggernaut by adding its missing bucket.

Battlegrounds

  • The Buff tooltip now supports all minion types.
  • We’ve added Hand Protection to the Treasure Hoard Anomaly.
  • Fixed a bug so Saloon’s Finest can no longer refresh into another Saloon’s Finest.
  • Fixed an issue where Golden Timewarped Tavern rules were not consistently applied when Major Goldthorn Potion and Minor Goldthorn Potion anomalies were active.
  • Fixed a bug where the Blood Gem granted by Timewarped Bloodbinder could not gain a Tavern Spell buff.
  • Fixed a bug where the first Spellcraft spell played from hand on Lava Lurker in the Tavern was not permanent.
  • Fixed a bug where only the first repeat effect of Timewarped Big Winner! activated when cast multiple times.
  • Fixed a bug where refreshing the Tavern granted friendly minions stats after the opponent cast Blood Gem Barrage during the Combat Phase.
  • Fixed a bug where Timewarped Master Thief could be purchased for 2 Chronum instead of its correct cost of 3.
  • Fixed a bug where Timewarped Upstart could not buff a minion previously buffed by Blood Gem Barrage.
  • Fixed a bug where Golden minions did not correctly double their Health after Pyramad stole and tripled a minion.
  • Fixed a bug where Timewarped Chameleon caused the Deathrattle effect to double when transforming into a copy of Silithid Burrower.
  • Fixed a bug where Whelp Watcher’s effect did not trigger.
  • Fixed a visual issue where turn counters for Growing Collection and Fantastic Treasure displayed incorrect numbers.
  • Fixed a bug where Wandering Treant failed to apply its Health buff correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where Timewarped Ichoron did not overwrite the Divine Shield granted by Ichoron the Protector, causing the shield to last only one turn instead of permanently.
  • Fixed a bug where Audience’s Choice Anomaly offered duplicate card options.
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Last updated: February 10, 2026 at 01:53 AM