Hearthstone’s Cataclysm expansion is just over a month away, and that means it’s time for Blizzard to begin unveiling the cards we can expect to shake up the meta in the coming months. We’re kicking off reveal season with an exclusive look at the dragon lord Ultraxion.
Ultraxion is a 6-mana 6/7 minion, aligned with the Deathwing classes, and it comes with a pair of big effects. Its Battlecry effect will Herald your Colossal minion and reduce Deathwing’s cost by 1. But on top of that, if you’ve strengthened Ultraxion itself with other Herald minions, you can improve the cost-reduction effect as well.
Ultraxion in Hearthstone’s Cataclysm expansion
The Cataclysm expansion imagines a world in which Deathwing was victorious, and Murozond pulled this victorious version of Deathwing into the world of Hearthstone. Naturally some of the classes align with Deathwing, while others align with Chromie, the dragon aspect who gathers her dragonflight against him. The new Herald keyword is used by Deathwing-aligned cards and has stacking effects the more you play. Each Herald card you play has an immediate effect on the board, while also strengthening your class’s Colossal minion, and powering up Deathwing’s cataclysm effect. Colossal minions, powerful Legendaries that spread their stats across several bodies on the board, make their return from 2022’s Sunken City expansion.
Suffice to say, if you plan to play a Deathwing deck, Ultraxion is a must-include. It powers up two of your win conditions simultaneously, and it synergizes with any other Herald cards in your deck. You can probably expect to see a lot of this card in competitive play.
Cataclysm launches on March 17 and will be the first expansion released in the new Year of the Scarab. The core set rollover means lots of cards will be rotating in while others rotate back out. All players will get the new Core Set as well as a set of trial cards for free, filling out quite a bit of the Standard card pool. Players who already have most of those cards will instead get Signature versions of two Legendary cards, Ysera, Emerald Aspect and Endbringer Umbra, for free. The new year is also introducing a new annual Legendary card back, encouraging players to hit Legend more frequently.
