Patch changes

This page lists all patch changes made in Battlegrounds.

Only intentional design changes are listed here. Minor changes to card text, mentioning of older descriptions, and underlying mechanics can be found on individual card or patch pages.

Changes are listed by patch, in date order.

Patch 21.0.0.88998

• New hero: Galewing

• Bug fixes
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Y’shaarj’s Battlegrounds Hero Power would not take its newly summoned minion into account when deciding which warband attacked first.
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Bivendare was causing visual issues when in a warband with golden Kaboom Bot.
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Galakrond’s Greed was missing a tooltip for Discover.
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Come One, Come All! Was missing a tooltip for Discover.
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Avatar of N’Zoth was missing a tooltip for Deathrattle.
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Sprout It Out! Was missing a tooltip for Taunt.
• Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Hero Powers for Aranna Starseeker, Infinite Toki, Millhouse Manastorm, Nozdormu, and Tess Greymane were missing a tooltip for Refresh.

Patch 20.8.2.86605

• Bug fixes:
  • Updated the wording of Kurtrus Ashfallen’s fully upgraded Battlegrounds Hero Power to clarify its one-time completion (no functional change).
  • Updated Archdruid Hamuul in Battlegrounds so that when your minion types are tied, he will not refresh Bob’s Tavern with minion types that are not in the pool.
  • Adjusted Darkmoon Prizes to offer better Prizes for players on the bottom half of the leaderboard.

Patch 20.8.0.86601

• New hero: Kurtrus Ashfallen
• Removed hero: Shudderwock
• Returning heroes: Galakrond, Trade Prince Gallywix, Maiev Shadowsong
• New minion: Archdruid Hamuul
• Minion updates:
  • Deflect-o-Bot: Now reads "Divine Shield. Whenever you summon a Mech during combat, gain +2 Attack and Divine Shield."
  • Lieutenant Garr: Now an 8/8.
  • Refreshing Anomaly: Now a 1/4.
  • Bigfernal: Now a 6/6.
  • Razorgore, the Untamed: Now a 4/6.
  • Pack Leader: Now a 4/4.
  • Mama Bear: Now a 5/5 and reads "Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +5/+5."
  • Soul Juggler: Now a 3/5.
  • Nathrezim Overseer: Now a 2/4.
• Hero Power updates:
  • Galakrond's Greed: Now costs 1 Gold and reads "Choose a minion in Bob's Tavern. Discover a higher Tier minion to replace it."
  • Smart Savings: Now reads "Passive After you sell a minion, get 1 extra Gold next turn. (Can exceed 10)"
  • Imprison: Now reads "Make a minion in Bob's Tavern Dormant. After 3 turns, get it with +1/+1."
  • Sharpen Blades: Now reads "Give a minion +2/+1 for each minion you've bought this turn."
  • Battle Brand: Now reads "Passive. After you buy 5 Battlecry minions, add Brann Bronzebeard to your hand. (Once per game)".
  • Wingmen: Now reads "Start of Combat: Your left and right-most minions gain +2 Attack and attack immediately."
  • Stay Frosty: Now costs 0 Gold and reads "Freeze a minion in Bob's Tavern. Frozen minions get +2/+1 every turn."
  • Natural Balance: Now reads "Give a friendly minion of each Tavern Tier +1/+1."
  • For the Horde!: Now reads "Give +2 Attack to the next minion you buy this turn. (Upgrades each turn!)"
  • Avatar of N'Zoth: Now reads "Start the game with a 2/2 Fish that gains all your Deathrattles in combat."
  • Menagerist: Now reads "Start the game with a 2/2 Amalgam with all minion types."
  • Bananarama: Big Banana rate increased to 50% (up from 33%).
• Darkmoon Prizes updates:
  • Might of Stormwind: Now reads "Give 3 random friendly minions +1/+1."
  • The Good Stuff: Now gives +2 Health.
  • Great Deal: Now reduces the cost of upgrading Bob's Tavern by (3).
  • I'm Still Just a Rat in a Cage: Moved from Prize Turn 3 to Prize Turn 2.

Patch 20.4.2.86314

• Minion updates
  • Captain Flat Tusk: Now reads "After you spend 4 Gold, gain a Blood Gem." (from 3 Gold)
  • Kangor's Apprentice: Now a 3/6 (from 4/8)
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Battlegrounds Rating to show as “0” when first opening the Player Profile.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Player Profile to show number of Battlegrounds first place finishes instead of Battlegrounds Top 4 finishes, as intended.

Patch 20.4.0.84593

• New heroes: Guff Runetotem, Mutanus the Devourer
• Removed heroes: Maiev Shadowsong, The Lich King
• New minions: Hexruin Marauder
• Removed minions: Siegebreaker
• Quilboar are no longer guaranteed to be in every Battlegrounds match.
• Cap'n Hoggarr's text has been reworded to say "whenever" instead of "after" (no functional change).

Patch 20.2.2.82994

• Minion updates:
  • Roadboar - Now a 1/4.
  • Prophet of the Boar - Now a 2/3.
  • Bannerboar - Now a 1/4.
  • Bristleback Brute - Now reads: "The first Blood Gem played on this each turn gives an extra +2/+2."
  • Groundshaker - Now reads: "After a Blood Gem is played on this, give your other minions +2 Attack for next combat only."
  • Dynamic Duo - Now a 3/4.
  • Bonker - Now a 3/7.
  • Bonker (golden)
    • Now a 6/14.
    • Now reads: "Mega-Windfury. After this attacks, gain a Blood Gem."
  • Charlga
    • Now a 4/4.
    • Now reads: "At the end of your turn, play a Blood Gem on all other friendly minions."
• Removed minions: Barrens Blacksmith

Patch 20.2.0.81706

• New heroes: Death Speaker Blackthorn, Vol'jin, Xyrella
• New minions: Razorfen Geomancer, Sun-Bacon Relaxer, Roadboar, Tough Tusk, Prophet of the Boar, Bristleback Brute, Bannerboar, Thorncaller, Necrolyte, Dynamic Duo, Bonker, Groundshaker, Bristleback Knight, Aggem Thorncurse, Agamaggan, the Great Boar, Charlga, Captain Flat Tusk
• New spells: Blood Gem
• Hero power updates:
  • A Tale of Kings now affects Quilboars
• Fixed a bug where triples formed by Khadgar were not counting toward the Ruler of Thirds Achievement.
• Fixed a bug where the Three Wishes Hero Power would flip back over after all three wishes had been used.
• Fixed a bug where Golden Imp Mama would turn non-Golden during her token spawning animation.
• Fixed a bug where spectators were unable to see parts of the board when there were more than 5 players.

Patch 20.0.2.79904

• Returning heroes: Queen Wagtoggle, Captain Hooktusk
• Hero power updates:
  • Wax Warband - Now reads: "Give a friendly minion of each minion type +1/+1."
  • Trash for Treasure
    • Now costs 0.
    • Now reads: "Remove a friendly minion. Choose one of two from a Tavern Tier lower to keep."
• Minion updates:
  • Steward of Time
    • Now a 3/3.
    • Now reads: "When you sell this minion, give all minions in Bob's Tavern +2/+1."
  • Pack Leader - Now a 3/3.
  • Monstrous Macaw - Now a 5/3.
  • Herald of Flame - Now a 6/6.
  • Wildfire Elemental - Now a 7/4.
  • Lieutenant Garr - Now a 8/1.
  • Lil' Rag - Now a 6/6.
• (Undocumented) Barrens Blacksmith added to minion pool.
• Fixed a bug where Minions could show an outline of their Tavern Tier icon when played.

Patch 20.0.0.77662

• New heroes: Overlord Saurfang
• New minions: Barrens Blacksmith (Note: Barrens Blacksmith not added to minion pool)
• Removed minions: Piloted Shredder
• Fixed a bug where minions that buff others would not visually update all minions that are spawned during combat.
• Fixed a bug where the Prize Wall Hero Power would not show the correct number of turns left for players other than Tickatus.
• Fixed a bug where secrets generated from Prestidigitation showed a Gold cost despite not costing any Gold to cast. (All Secrets now cost 0 gold)

Patch 19.6.0.74257

• Removed Darkmoon Prizes
• Instead of checking for triples after each minion is summoned, all minions will now summon first before any triples are generated.
• Removed heroes: Captain Hooktusk
• Hero power updates:
  • Embrace your Rage - Now reads: "Start of Combat: Summon a minion from your Tavern Tier. Add a copy to your hand."
  • Lead Explorer: Recruitment Map now costs 3.
  • Bananarama: Big Banana's drop rate increased to 1/3.
  • Prestidigitation - Ice Block can now only be Discovered once per game.
• Minion updates:
  • Rabid Saurolisk
    • Now a 3/2.
    • Now reads: "After you play a minion with Deathrattle, gain +1/+2."
  • Waxrider Togwaggle - Now a 1/3.
  • Yo-Ho-Ogre - Now a 2/6.
  • Molten Rock - Now a 2/4.
  • Arm of the Empire - Now reads: "Whenever a friendly Taunt minion is attacked, give it +2 Attack permanently."
  • Champion of Y'Shaarj - Now a 4/4.
  • Junkbot - Moved to Tavern Tier 4.
  • Kangor's Apprentice - Now a 4/8.
• Removed minions: Elistra the Immortal

Patch 19.4.0.71003

• New heroes: Greybough, Tickatus
• New minions: Soul Devourer, Ring Matron
• Removed minions: Floating Watcher

Patch 19.2.1.70828

• Minion updates:
  • Elistra the Immortal - Now a 4/4.
• Fixed a bug where Infinite Toki's Temporal Tavern would not function correctly with the New Recruit Darkmoon Prize.
• Fixed a bug where Ysera's Dream Portal, when used with the New Recruit Darkmoon Prize, would not offer a Dragon when Bob's Tavern is full.

Patch 19.2.0.68600

• Added Darkmoon Prizes
• New heroes: C'Thun, N'Zoth, Y'Shaarj
• Removed heroes: Galakrond
• Returning heroes: Sir Finley Mrrgglton, The Great Akazamzarak
• Hero power updates:
  • Come One, Come All! - Increased chances of getting tickets after turn 1.
  • Three Wishes - Now costs 3.
  • Pirate Parrrrty! - Now costs 3.
• New minions: Acolyte of C'Thun, Tormented Ritualist, Warden of Old, Arm of the Empire, Bigfernal, Qiraji Harbinger, Champion of Y'Shaarj, Faceless Taverngoer, Mythrax the Unraveler, Elistra the Immortal
• Removed minions: Righteous Protector, Crowd Favorite, Shifter Zerus, The Beast

Patch 18.6.1.65000

• Removed heroes: Nefarian
• Hero power updates:
  • Wax Warband - Now reads:"Give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1."
  • Menagerist - Now reads: "Start the game with a 1/2 Amalgam with all minion types."
  • Trash for Treasure
    • Now costs 1.
    • Now reads: "Remove a friendly minion. Discover a random one from a Tavern Tier lower."
  • A Tale of Kings now reads: "Whenever you buy a minion of a specific type, give it +2/+2. Swaps type each turn."
  • Tavern Lighting - Now reads: "Give a friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier."
  • Boon of Light now costs 2.
  • Dream Portal - Now reads: "Bob always offers an extra Dragon whenever the Tavern is refreshed."
  • Prestidigitation
    • Now costs 1.
    • Effigy is removed from the pool of possible secrets.
  • Galakrond's Greed now costs (0) and no longer freezes the minion.
  • Bob's Burgles - Now reads: "Refresh Bob's Tavern with your last opponent's warband."
  • Lead Explorer: Recruitment Map now costs (2).
  • Friendly Wager now gives the gold back on ties (1 gold refunded).
• Minion updates:
  • Wrath Weaver - Now a 1/3.
  • Yo-Ho-Ogre
    • Now a 2/5.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 2.
  • Iron Sensei - Moved to Tavern Tier 3.
  • Southsea Strongarm
    • Now a 4/3.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 3.
  • Ripsnarl Captain - Now a 4/5.
  • Lightfang Enforcer - Now reads: "At the end of your turn, give a friendly minion of each minion type +2/+2."
  • Gentle Djinni - Moved to Tavern Tier 6.
  • Lieutenant Garr - Now a 5/1.
  • Lil' Rag - Now a 4/4.
  • Dread Admiral Eliza - Now reads: "Whenever a friendly Pirate attacks, give all friendly minions +2/+1."
  • Amalgadon - Now reads: "Battlecry: For each different minion type you have among other minions, Adapt randomly."

Patch 18.6.0.63160

• New hero: Zephrys, the Great
• Battlegrounds Parties Adjustments:
  • Post-game rating updates will no longer include results between players within the same group. When you queue Battlegrounds with a group now, your rating gains are only based on your results against players outside of your group.
  • You'll now be matched based on the highest player rating in your group, rather than the group's rating average. End of game rating updates will take this rating disparity into account.
  • Disabled 2-4 player Battlegrounds Parties for players above 10,000 rating.

Patch 18.4.2.62331

• Removed heroes: Bartendotron
• Hero power updates:
  • Ragnaros the Firelord:
    • DIE, INSECTS! - Now reads: "After you kill 25 enemy minions, get Sulfuras."
    • Sulfuras - Now reads: "At the end of your turn, give your left and right-most minions +3/+3."
  • Imprison - Now reads: "Make a minion in Bob's Tavern Dormant. After 2 turns, get it with +1 Attack."
  • Avalanche - Now reads: "After you play 3 Elementals, reduce the cost of upgrading Bob's Tavern by (3)."
  • All Patched Up - Now reads: "Start with 55 Health instead of 40."
  • Stay Frosty - Now reads: "At the end of your turn, Frozen minions get +2/+1."
  • Bananarama - Now has a chance to give King Mukla a Big Banana that gives a minion +2/+2.
• Removed minions: Whirlwind Tempest, Pogo-Hopper
• Minion updates:
  • Selfless Hero - Moved to Tavern Tier 2.
  • Deadly Spore - Moved to Tavern Tier 5.
  • Salty Looter - Now a 4/4.
  • Bloodsail Cannoneer - Now a 4/3.
  • Party Elemental - Now a 3/2.
  • Arcane Assistant - Now a 3/3.
  • Majordomo Executus - Now reads: "At the end of your turn, give your left-most minion +1/+1. Repeat for each Elemental you played this turn."
  • Lil' Rag
    • Now a 6/6.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 6.
  • Gentle Djinni
    • Now a 4/5.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 5.

Patch 18.4.0.60352

• New heroes: Al'Akir, Chenvaala, Rakanishu
• New minions: Refreshing Anomaly, Sellemental, Molten Rock, Party Elemental, Arcane Assistant, Crackling Cyclone, Stasis Elemental, Deadly Spore, Majordomo Executus, Wildfire Elemental, Whirlwind Tempest, Lil' Rag, Nomi, Kitchen Nightmare, Tavern Tempest, Gentle Djinni, Lieutenant Garr
• Returning minions: Micro Mummy
• Returning heroes: Ragnaros the Firelord
• Hero power updates:
  • DIE, INSECTS! - Now is a passive power and reads: "After you kill 20 enemy minions, get Sulfuras."
    • Sulfuras: At the end of your turn, give your left- and right-most minions +4/+4. (Passive)
• Changes to Battleground rankings:
  • External Battlegrounds ratings will be reset for all players and a new progression system will be introduced. The new system is similar to the progression system players are familiar with from our constructed Ranked mode.
  • Players will see their rating reset to 0, and all new players will start with 0 rating. With every Top 4 placement, players will gain rating—up to 300 per win. A player's rating will never go below 0, and they cannot lose rating until they’ve climbed above 2000.
  • Between 2000 and 6000 rating, every 500 rating (2500, 3000, etc.) will act as a new rating floor where you cannot lose rating.
  • Below 6500 rating, players will earn a small bonus to their rating gains at the end of each match, which will in turn make for a faster climb.
  • Rating losses will remain consistent.
  • Matchmaking will now be done based on the player's invisible internal rating. Internal ratings for players will not be reset and will not be affected by the above modifications to external ratings. When your external rating is lower than your internal rating, you will gain rating faster.

Patch 18.2.0.58638

• Removed minions:
  • Micro Mummy has been temporarily removed from the pool of possible minions due to technical issues.

Patch 18.2.0.58213

• New heroes: Lord Barov, Jandice Barov, Forest Warden Omu
• New minions: Micro Mummy
• Removed minions: Mecharoo
• Minion updates:
  • Pack Leader
    • Now a 2/3.
    • Now reads: "Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +2 Attack."
• Battlegrounds Parties added, allowing matchmaking with private lobbies.
  • Up to 4 players will be able to queue for a normal ranked Battlegrounds match together.
  • Once the group lobby exceeds 4 players, the game type will automatically switch to a private Battlegrounds match for 5-8 players.
• (Undocumented) Now, if the player's next opponent is a dead player, a sidebar on the left will show Kel'Thuzad with a dark turquoise glowing.

Patch 18.0.2.56359

• Removed heroes: Lady Vashj
• Removed minions: Arcane Cannon, Gentle Megasaur
• Minion updates:
  • Rabid Saurolisk - Now a 4/2.
  • Rat Pack - Moved to Tavern Tier 3.
  • Pack Leader - Moved to Tavern Tier 2.
  • Monstrous Macaw - Now a 4/3.
  • Primalfin Lookout
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 4.
    • Now only Discovers minions from the player's current Tavern Tier or below.
  • Nat Pagle, Extreme Angler - Now reads: "After this attacks and kills a minion, add a random minion to your hand."
  • Mama Bear
    • Now a 4/4.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 5.
    • Now reads: "Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +4/+4."
  • Goldrinn, the Great Wolf - Now reads: "Deathrattle: Give your Beasts +5/+5."
• Hero power updates:
  • Buried Treasure - Now reads: "Dig for a Golden minion! (5 Digs left.)"
  • Galakrond's Greed - Now freezes the minion added to Bob's Tavern.
  • Gonna Be Rich! - Now costs 0.
  • Reborn Rites - Now costs 0.

Patch 18.0.0.54613

• New hero: Mr. Bigglesworth
• New minions: Menagerie Mug, Menagerie Jug
• Removed minions: Zoobot, Menagerie Magician.

Patch 17.6.0.53261

• New hero: Tess Greymane
• New minion: Amalgadon
• Returning heroes: King Mukla, Dinotamer Brann
• Minion updates:
  • Goldrinn, the Great Wolf - Moved to Tavern Tier 6.
• Hero power updates:
  • Bananarama
    • Now costs 1.
    • Now reads: "Get 2 Bananas. At the end of your turn, give everyone else one."
  • Battle Brand
    • Now costs 1.
    • Now reads: "Refresh Bob's Tavern with Battlecry minions."
  • Demon Hunter Training - Now reads: "After you Refresh 5 times, Bob always has 7 minions."
  • Trash for Treasure - Now reads: "Remove a friendly minion. Get a random one from a Tavern Tier lower."
• Pirates are no longer guaranteed to appear in every Battlegrounds game.

Patch 17.4.1.51510

• Minion updates:
  • Rabid Saurolisk
    • Now a 3/2.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 2.
  • Scavenging Hyena - Moved to Tavern Tier 1.
  • Monstrous Macaw - Moved to Tavern Tier 3.
• Hero power updates:
  • Bloodfury - Now costs 1.
  • Imprison - Dormant minions no longer reduce the number of minions you see when refreshing Bob's Tavern (Unless you're at Tier 6 and have 2 Dormant minions in play, then it will reduce by 1).
  • Tinker - Now reads: "Mechs in Bob's Tavern have +1/+1."
  • Gonna Be Rich! - Now costs 2.

Server-side Patch (2020-06-16)

• New hero: Aranna Starseeker

Patch 17.4.0.49534

• At the start of each game, five out of six minion types (Beasts, Demons, Dragons, Mechs, Murlocs, and now Pirates) from the tavern recruitment pool. The active minion types are displayed during hero selection, and it can also be checked during the Recruit phase by hovering over Bartender Bob's deck. Heroes designed with synergies around a specific minion type will also sit out if their corresponding minion type is unavailable. Pirates will always be available in the minion pool until they join the rest of the shifting minion pool in a future update (in Patch 17.6).
• New heroes: Captain Eudora, Captain Hooktusk, Skycap'n Kragg
• New minions: Deck Swabbie, Scallywag, Southsea Captain, Arcane Cannon, Monstrous Macaw, Freedealing Gambler, Yo-Ho-Ogre, Salty Looter, Bloodsail Cannoneer, Southsea Strongarm, Goldgrubber, Ripsnarl Captain, Seabreaker Goliath, Nat Pagle, Extreme Angler, Cap'n Hoggarr, Dread Admiral Eliza, The Tide Razor
• Returning heroes: Patches the Pirate
• Removed heroes: Professor Putricide
• Removed minions: Holy Mackerel
• Hero power updates:
  • Patches the Pirate - Hero Power changed to Pirate Parrrrty! (Previously: Fire the Cannons!)
  • Wax Warband - Updated to include Pirates.
  • The Rat King
    • Now has King of Pirates.
    • Hero Power now starts with a random variant.
• Minion changes:
  • Lightfang Enforcer - Updated to include Pirates.

Patch 17.2.0.47374

• New minion: Rabid Saurolisk
• New heroes: Lady Vashj, Maiev Shadowsong, Kael'thas Sunstrider
• Removed minions: Dire Wolf Alpha
  • Players with Battlegrounds perks will have immediate access to playtest these three new heroes before they are fully unlocked on May 26.

Patch 17.0.0.44222

• New hero: Illidan Stormrage
• New minions: Deflect-o-Bot, Felfin Navigator (Note: Felfin Navigator not added to minion pool)
• Removed minions: Cobalt Guardian
• (Undocumented) Imp Mama now a 6/10.
• (Undocumented) Maximum number of heroes offered at start increased from 3 to 4.
• (Undocumented) Felfin Navigator added to minion pool.

Patch 16.6.0.43246

• Battlegrounds Tavern Pass perks system added.
  • An all-new way to access Perks for Battlegrounds. Available for $19.99 or 2500 Gold, the Tavern Pass includes four Arena Tickets and the following Battlegrounds Perks for the duration of the Ashes of Outland expansion cycle: advanced stats, visual emotes, a third and fourth hero to choose from at the start of a game, and early access to new Battlegrounds Heroes (subject to the release schedule of new Heroes).
• New hero: Fungalmancer Flurgl
• Returning heroes: Sir Finley Mrrgglton, Professor Putricide
• Removed heroes: Patches the Pirate, Ragnaros the Firelord, Sylvanas Windrunner
• Minion updates:
  • Savannah Highmane - Moved to Tavern Tier 4.
  • Herald of Flame - Now a 5/6.
  • Steward of Time - Now a 3/4.
  • Kalecgos, Arcane Aspect - Now a 4/12.
  • Nathrezim Overseer - Now a 2/3.
  • Twilight Emissary
    • Now a 4/4.
    • Moved to Tavern Tier 3.
    • Now reads: "Battlecry: Give a friendly Dragon +2/+2."
• Hero power updates:
  • Sir Finley Mrrgglton: Hero Power changed to Adventure! (Previously: Power Up!)
  • Rage Potion - Now gives a targeted friendly minion +10 Attack this round.
  • Reborn Rites - Now can target any friendly minion.
  • Dream Portal
    • Now a passive Hero Power.
    • Now reads: "At the start of your turn, add a Dragon to Bob's Tavern."
  • Brick By Brick - Now reads: "Give a random friendly minion +4 Health."
  • Manastorm - Now the player starts with 3 Gold.
  • The Rat King - Hero Powers now give the bought minions +1/+2.
  • Tinker - Now reads: "Mechs in Bob's Tavern have +2 Attack."
  • ALL Will Burn! - Now reads: "ALL minions +2 Attack."
  • Gonna Be Rich! - Now costs 3.
• Transformation animations when playing a minion from hand will be sped up during the Recruit Phase, cutting down on the time players are left waiting for animations to resolve.

Server-side Patch (2020-03-05)

• Removed heroes: Tirion Fordring
• Returning heeroes: Queen Wagtoggle
• Fixing an issue that causes Refresh to show you one less minion than it should.
• Fixing an issue that causes Triple rewards to only offer 2 options.
• Fixing an issue where Replicating Menace causes combat to desync between two players.
• Fixing an issue where Demons summoned by Khadgar via Imp Mama do not have Taunt.
• Fixing an issue where Hero Powers for Malygos and Galakrond cause unintended effects, such as triggering Holy Mackerel.
• (Undocumented) Wax Warband now affects Dragons.

Patch 16.4.0.42174

• New heroes: Alexstrasza, Deathwing, Galakrond, Malygos, Nozdormu, Reno Jackson, Ysera
• New minions: Dragonspawn Lieutenant, Red Whelp, Glyph Guardian, Steward of Time, Waxrider Togwaggle, Unstable Ghoul, Bronze Warden, Hangry Dragon, Drakonid Enforcer, Herald of Flame, Cobalt Scalebane, Murozond, Twilight Emissary, Razorgore, the Untamed, Holy Mackerel, Imp Mama, Kalecgos, Arcane Aspect, Nadina the Red
• Removed heroes: Professor Putricide
• (Undocumented) Temporarily removed Queen Wagtoggle.
• Removed minions: Shielded Minibot, Annoy-o-Tron, Mounted Raptor, Phalanx Commander, Psych-o-Tron, Tortollan Shellraiser, Piloted Sky Golem, Festeroot Hulk, The Boogeymonster, Sated Threshadon
• Minion updates:
  • Sneed's Old Shredder - Moved to Tavern Tier 5.
  • Mama Bear
    • Now 5/5.
    • Now reads: "Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +5/+5."
  • (Undocumented) Lightfang Enforcer now also gives Dragons +2/+1.
  • (Undocumented) Piloted Shredder new drops: Dragonspawn Lieutenant and Unstable Ghoul.
  • (Undocumented) Sneed's Old Shredder new drops: Murozond, Waxrider Togwaggle, Razorgore, the Untamed, Kalecgos, Arcane Aspect, Nadina the Red.
• Hero power updates:
  • Boon of Light - Now costs 3.
  • (Undocumented) The Rat King's Hero Power now affects Dragons.
• Battlegrounds adjustments and improvements:
  • Speeding up animations from 0.8s > 0.2s across all game modes for Overkill, Lifesteal, Poisonous, Inspire, and cards that reference "Whenever" and "After" in their text, outside of some special cases.
  • "Recruit" will no longer be displayed on the turn timer when a player is about to lose in Battlegrounds.
  • Rafaam's Hero Power will no longer trigger a Triple notification before you transition to the combat phase in Battlegrounds.
  • Fixed a visual issue in which Golden Primalfin Lookout would sometimes display Golden Murloc cards.
  • Fixed an issue where the scoreboard would not sort players correctly on the first turn if they conceded during the mulligan in Battlegrounds.
  • Fixed an issue where the scoreboard could appear unsorted when reconnecting to a game in progress in Battlegrounds.
• (Undocumented) The number of copies of each Tier 1 minion is now 16
• (Undocumented) The number of copies of each Tier 6 minion is now 7

Server-side Patch (2020-02-13)

• Minion updates:
  • Floating Watcher - Moved to Tavern Tier 4.

Patch 16.2.0.39954

• New heroes: Millhouse Manastorm, Tirion Fordring
• New minions: Fiendish Servant, Imprisoner
• Removed heroes: Sir Finley Mrrgglton
• Returning heroes: Professor Putricide
• Removed minions: Voidwalker
• Minion updates:
  • Golden Zapp Slywick - Now has Mega-Windfury
• Battlegrounds adjustments and improvements:
  • Players will not encounter the same opponent or Kel'Thuzad for 3 rounds since last fighting them unless there are 2 players remaining. (Not implemented until a server-side patch on January 29th)
  • Scoreboard hovering added. When hovering over opponents on the scoreboard, the player is now able to see how many of the majority minion type is in the opponent's lineup. If the opponent has the same number of minions from multiple minion types, the scoreboard will display "Mixed Minions".flaoting
  • Cut down the animation time of the Poisonous animation
  • Reduced screen shake effect
  • Disabled spawn animations and snoring (summoning sickness) animations
• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where a +0 rating was incorrectly shown at the end of the game.
  • Fixed an issue where minions would swap positions on the board when playing and moving them very quickly.
  • Fixed an issue where minions in the shop would be un-interactable if you clicked on them immediately after a refresh.
  • Fixed an issue where Battlegrounds buttons could not be clicked while the hand was enlarged on mobile devices.
  • Fixed an issue on mobile devices where tapping a minion would cause it to hover on the board.
  • Fixed an issue where Zapp Slywick would attack a Taunt minion before redirecting to his correct target.
  • Fixed an issue where a minion's voice-over line would play when buying a minion immediately after a reroll.
  • Fixed an issue where a minion resurrected by Redemption would not attack.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the effects of normal Brann Bronzebeard and golden Brann Bronzebeard to stack.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the effects of normal Baron Rivendare and golden Baron Rivendare to stack.
  • Fixed several issues related to spectating Battlegrounds games.
  • A fix has been implemented to prevent accidental use of the Hero Power during the hero select phase.
  • History for damage done to Kel'Thuzad now correctly includes damage from minions.

Patch 16.0.8.39282

• Returning heroes: Patches the Pirate, Pyramad
• Minion updates:
  • Selfless Hero - Deathrattle now only targets minions without Divine Shield.
  • Golden Soul Juggler - Now reads: "After a friendly Demon dies, deal 3 damage to a random enemy minion twice."
• Hero power updates:
  • Temporal Tavern
    • Now costs 1.
    • Now reads: "Refresh Bob's Tavern. Include a Minion from a higher Tavern Tier."
  • Fire the Cannons! - Now reads: "At the start of next combat, deal 4 damage to two random enemy minions."
  • Brick by Brick - Now reads: "Give a random friendly minion +3 Health."
  • Wax Warband - Now reads: "Give a random friendly Mech, Demon, Murloc and Beast +2 Attack."
  • Burbling - Now costs 1.

Patch 16.0.5.38377

• Returning heroes: Bartendotron
• Removed heroes: Brann Bronzebeard
• Removed minions: Nightmare Amalgam
• Minion updates:
  • The Boogeymonster - Moved to Tavern Tier 4.
  • Mechano-Egg - Moved to Tavern Tier 4.
  • The Beast - Moved to Tavern Tier 3.
  • Coldlight Seer – Moved to Tavern Tier 3.

Server-side patch (2019-12-12)

• Minion updates:
  • Primalfin Lookout - Moved to Tavern Tier 5.

Patch 16.0.0.37060

• New heroes: Edwin VanCleef, Sylvanas Windrunner, Arch-Villain Rafaam
• Returning heroes: Millificent Manastorm, Lich Baz'hial
• Removed heroes: Patches the Pirate, Bartendotron, Pyramad, Professor Putricide, Trade Prince Gallywix
• New minions: King Bagurgle, Floating Watcher
• Minion updates:
  • Lightfang Enforcer - Now reads: "At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+1."
• Hero power updates:
  • Tinker - Now reads: "All Mechs in Bob's Tavern get +1 Attack."
  • All Patched Up - Now reads: "Starts at 50 Health."
  • Procrastinate - Now reads: "Start with two minions from Tavern Tier 3."
  • The Rat King - Now the hero powers give a minion +1/+1.
  • Graveyard Shift - Now reads: "Get a Coin and take 2 damage."
  • Prestidigitation
    • Now is harder to get Ice Block consecutively.
    • Removed Hand of Salvation from the pool of possible secrets.

Server-side patch (2019-11-19)

• New heroes: Sindragosa, Elise Starseeker, Brann Bronzebeard, Sir Finley Mrrgglton
• Removed heroes: King Mukla, Giantfin, Millificent Manastorm, Lich Baz'hial
• Minion updates:
  • Junkbot – Moved to Tavern Tier 5.
  • Coldlight Seer – Moved to Tavern Tier 2.
  • Primalfin Lookout – Moved to Tavern Tier 4.
  • Voidlord – Moved to Tavern Tier 5.

Patch 15.6.2.36393

• Entered open beta
• Minion updates:
  • Kangor's Apprentice – Now a 3/6.
  • Mama Bear
    • Now a 4/4.
    • Now reads: "Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +4/+4."
• Hero power updates:
  • Temporal Tavern
    • Now costs 2.
    • Now reads: "Refresh Bob's Tavern. Add a minion from a higher Tavern Tier."
  • Bananarama Now reads: "Whenever you buy a Beast, add a Banana to your hand."
  • Bloodfury Now costs 2.

Patch 15.6.0.35747

• Entered closed beta, available to Blizzcon 2019 attendees or Virtual Ticket holders.