Hearthstone’s ‘Deadmines’ mini-set lands on November 2, brings multiple parrots with it

The patch notes for the big 21.6 update also includes some new Mercenaries.

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Blizzard announced today that following a brief delay caused by the launch of the Mercenaries expansion,Hearthstone’sUnited in Stormwind Deadmines mini-set will roll out on November 2 as part of the 21.6 patch.

The pirate-themed mini-set will feature 35 unique new cards available in United in Stormwind card packs, or you can grab the whole 660card mini-set—4 Legendary Cards (x1), 1 Epic Card (x2), 14 Rare Cards (x2), and 16 Common Cards (x2)—for $15 or 2000 gold. To accompany the announcement all the commons have been revealed (see below). Keep an eye out in particular for those parrots, which look quite strong.

Some of the higher rarity cards will be spoiled over this weekend, and the full mini-set will be revealed on November 1. But wait, as the cinematic says—there’s more! The 21.6 patch will also bring in the first content update for the new Mercenaries mode, which will see five new piratically-flavoured characters join the fight. Honestly, it’s a bit odd that we’re already getting new Mercs to collect when most players are likely still struggling to level up the ones they already have, but the content must flow I suppose.

Edwin, Defias Kingpin (Legendary Fighter)

Sneed (Epic Protector)

Eudora (Epic Fighter)

Mr. Smite (Rare Protector)

Cookie the Cook

There are also new Bounties coming to the Blackrock Zone of Mercenaries, a trio of new Heroes for the Battlegrounds mode including Diablo, the Lord of Terror, a “special event character” who will be available to everyone but only for a limited time, and an update to Hearthstone Duels that will see all ratings reset and the pool of cards available for deckbuilding updated to include cards from the new Deadmines mini-set. Battle-ready decks, which wereintroduced earlier this yearas a time-limited leg-up for newcomers in Hearthstone’s Standard constructed zone, are also returning, with decks for Rogue, Druid, Hunter, and Paladin.

Naturally, there are numerous fixes, changes, and tweaks accompanying this new content—the full details are up atplayhearthstone.com.

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