Developer Insight: Timewarped Tavern

New System: Timewarped Tavern

The Timewarped Tavern is a special feature available on turns 6 and 9, offering unique cards and mechanics that significantly alter gameplay strategies.

Timewarped Tavern Rules

• You cannot Freeze or Refresh the Timewarped Tavern.
• Your hand, board, and hero power do not function here.
• If buying cards causes you to exceed your hand limit, your hand limit will be temporarily increased to accommodate those cards.
• You cannot sell minions in the Timewarped Tavern.
• Timewarped cards cannot Triple with their regular versions.
• The Timewarped Tavern will always offer three cards that cost 1 Chronum and two cards that cost 2 or more Chronum.
• The Timewarped Tavern will always offer 3 minions and 2 non-minions.
• The Minor Timewarp will always offer a 2nd hero power as an option.
• Cards in the Timewarped Tavern are divided into two pools: Minor and Major.
• The pool of eligible Timewarped cards is based on the minion types in the game, your warband, and your hero power.
• Some Timewarped cards have an internal tag that ties them to a particular type.
• A Timewarped card can be considered part of a type even if the card doesn’t have that minion type.
• A Timewarped card can be considered NOT part of a type even if it has that minion type.
• You need 2 minions of a type to be considered “in” for the Minor Timewarp. For the Major Timewarp, you need 3 minions.
• Certain heroes can always be offered typed Timewarped cards even if they don’t have minions of that type in their warband.
• Timewarped cards will be arranged by cost in the Tavern.
• You need 3 minions of different types to be considered “in” menagerie.
• You can’t be offered more than 1 card from a type that isn’t your most common type.
• You cannot be offered multiple Timewarped StarCraft cards.
• Timewarped Leapfrogger cannot be offered in Duos.
• N’Zoth cannot be offered Timewarped Saurolisk.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Mothership, Timewarped Geomancer, or Timewarped Recycler unless you have at least 4 minions.
• Gallywix, Millhouse, Sindragosa, Flurgl, Hoggarr, and Kaelthas cannot be offered Timewarped Skipper.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Lei if your hero doesn’t have a Buddy.
• You cannot be offered Power of Al’Akir, Power of George, Power of Teron, Power of Guff, Power of Zephrys, Power of Flurgl, or Power of Sylvana if you already have their respective hero powers.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Jungle King, Timewarped Tamuzo, or Timewarped Karathress if you did not summon any minions in the previous combat.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Whirl-O-Tron if you don’t have a Deathrattle minion.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Murk-Eye if you don’t have a Battlecry minion.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Sylvar if you have no Golden minions.
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Stoneshell if you don’t have a Rally minion.
• Few special notes for Timewarped Thief:
• This card is rarer than almost all other Timewarped cards
• You cannot be offered Timewarped Thief if your past warband had 5 or less minions on it
• Timewarped Thief should offer from your last warband in the mode you’re playing in.
• Yes, you can get minions that don’t exist in your lobby.
• Yes, you can technically get minions that are no longer in the game.