Hearthstone Celebrates Lunar New Year With New Tavern Brawl

The New Lunar Year is the sign of starting fresh with new opportunities, and Hearthstone is no different. Starting on January 29 there’s a new Tavern Brawl along with themed quests.

Called Lunar Blessing, the new Tavern Brawl has players choose a class and are then given a random deck. That’s not all, as each class gets a selection of three different Blessings. It’s important to choose the right animal, especially one that fits your strategy. Here are the different blessings:

• Blessing of the Rat
  • Whenever you summon a minion that costs (3) or less, give it Reborn.
    • Reborn is an ability that lets a minion be resummoned with 1 Health the first time its destroyed.
• Blessing of the Ox
  • Whenever you summon a minion give it +3 Health
• Blessing of the Tiger
  • Whenever you summon a minion give it +1 Attack
• Blessing of the Rabbit
  • Whenever you summon a minion that costs (3) or less, give it Rush.
    • Rush allows a minion to attack other minions on the same turn that is was summoned or put under a player’s control.
• Blessing of the Dragon
  • Whenever you cast a spell, add a random Dragon to your hand.
• Blessing of the Snake
  • Whenever you summon a minion that costs (3) or less, give it Stealth.
    • Minions with Stealth cannot be the target of enemy attacks, spells, and effects until they attack.
• Blessing of the Horse
  • Your spell cost (1) less.
• Blessing of the Sheep
  • At the start of your turn, restore 3 Health to a damaged friendly character.
• Blessing of the Monkey
  • At the end of your turn transform a random friendly minion into one that costs (1) more.
• Blessing of the Rooster
  • Whenever you use your Hero Power, deal 2 damage to a random enemy.
• Blessing of the Dog
  • Whenever you summon a minion, give it Deathrattle: Summon a 1/1/ Mastiff.
    • Deathrattle is an ability with the stated effect occurs when the minion is destroyed.
• Blessing of the Pig
  • Whenever you summon a minion, add a Coin to your hand.

During the event players also get the chance to complete a total of eight different special themed quests. Each quest finished rewards both gold and dust.

What are you waiting for? Ready for the celebration!