July 27, 2026By Vyraneerpatch
[Battlegrounds] Season 14: Minion Updates
Patch 36.2 reintroduces several Battlegrounds minions and implements significant balance changes, shaping a new meta for players to explore.
Neutral
Motley Phalanx
- Old: Taunt. Deathrattle: Give a friendly minion of each type +2/+2 permanently.
- New: Taunt. Deathrattle: Give a friendly minion of each type +2/+2 permanently.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Dual Types
Prosthetic Hand
- Old: Magnetic. Reborn. Can Magnetize to Mechs or Undead.
- New: Magnetic. Reborn. Can Magnetize to Mechs or Undead.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Beasts
Goldrinn, the Great Wolf
- Old: Deathrattle: Until next turn, your Beasts have +8/+8.
- New: Deathrattle: Until next turn, your Beasts have +8/+8.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Demons
Devout Hellcaller
- Old: After another friendly Demon deals damage, gain +1/+2 permanently.
- New: After another friendly Demon deals damage, gain +1/+2 permanently.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Dragons
Electric Synthesizer
- Old: Battlecry and Start of Combat: Give your other Dragons +1/+1.
- New: Battlecry and Start of Combat: Give your other Dragons +1/+1.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Elementals
Wildfire Elemental
- Old: After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to an adjacent enemy.
- New: After this attacks and kills a minion, deal excess damage to an adjacent enemy.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Mechs
Mechagnome Interpreter
- Old: Whenever you play or Magnetize a Mech, give it +3/+1.
- New: Whenever you play or Magnetize a Mech, give it +3/+1.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Murlocs
Diremuck Forager
- Old: Start of Combat: When you have space, summon the highest-Attack Murloc from your hand for this combat only.
- New: Start of Combat: When you have space, summon the highest-Attack Murloc from your hand for this combat only.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Naga
Abyssal Bruiser
- Old: Divine Shield. Has +2/+1 for each Tavern spell you’ve cast this game.
- New: Divine Shield. Has +2/+1 for each Tavern spell you’ve cast this game.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Pirates
Aureate Laureate
- Old: Divine Shield. This minion is always Golden, but doesn’t give a Triple Reward.
- New: Divine Shield. This minion is always Golden, but doesn’t give a Triple Reward.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Quilboar
Sanguine Refiner
- Old: Rally: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game.
- New: Rally: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Undead
Maw Caster
- Old: Battlecry: Destroy a friendly Undead to Discover an Undead.
- New: Battlecry: Destroy a friendly Undead to Discover an Undead.
- Diff: No change in functionality.
Removed Minions
- Gluttonous Trogg

- Mooneater’s Champion

- Barrens Conjurer

- Nalaa the Redeemer

- Upbeat Duo

- Felemental

- Felhorn

- Surf n’ Surf

- Technical Element

- Dead Sea Ravager

- Ring Bearer

- Rylak Metalhead

- Trigore the Lasher

- Spiked Savior

- Hardy Orca

- Rabid Panther

- Hunting Tiger Shark

- Iridescent Skyblazer

- Monstrous Macaw

- Wyvern Outrider

- Silky Shimmermoth

- Woodland Defiler

- Famished Felbat

- Consummate Conqueror

- Shadowdancer

- Felfire Conjurer

- Picky Eater

- Silent Enforcer

- Lord of the Ruins

- Red Chromadrake

- Blue Chromadrake

- Prized Promo-Drake

- Incubation Researcher

- Twilight Hatchling

- Charmwing

- Twilight Broodmother


- Upbeat Frontdrake

- Sleepy Supporter

- Green Chromadrake

- Bronze Chromadrake

- Black Chromadrake

- Firelands Fugitive

- Leyline Surfacer

- Dune Dweller

- Marquee Ticker

- Alert Alarmist

- Junk Jouster

- Holo Rover

- Divine Sparkbot

- Moonsteel Juggernaut

- Ingenious Inventor

- Tad

- Tidecaller Prophet

- King Bagurgle

- Mrglin’ Burglar

- Coldlight Diver

- Tide Raiser

- Deep Blue Crooner

- Sundered Matriarch

- Reef Riffer

- Wrathscale Rogue

- Maelstrom Emergent

- Volcanic Visitor

- Ruthless Queensguard

- Freedealing Gambler

- Lost City Looter

- Brazen Buccaneer

- Peggy Sturdybone

- Spacefarer

- Dastardly Drust

- Roving Sailor

- Defiant Shipwright

- Hog Watcher

- Geomagus Roogug

- Hot-Air Surveyor

- Pufferquil

- Glowgullet Warlord

- Darkgaze Elder

- Sun-Bacon Relaxer

- Three Lil’ Quilboar

- Earthsong Shaman

- Bristlemane Scrapsmith

- Prophet of the Boar

- Bristlebach

- Prickly Piper

- Redtusk Thornraiser

- Moon-Bacon Jazzer

- Vinespeaker

- Skeletal Strafer

- Eternal Tycoon

- Wintergrasp Ghoul

- Catacomb Crasher

- Archlich Kel’Thuzad


- Old Soul
- Magnanimoose
- Timewarped Leapfrogger

- Timewarped Clefthoof
All minions will become available in our Card Library in coming days.
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Last updated: July 27, 2026 at 09:33 PM