Doom in the Tomb (Tavern Brawl)

The subject of this article is only available in Tavern Brawls.

Week 1 art

Week 2 art

The Headless Horseman is haunting the tombs of Uldum! Fight to his lair... if you dare!

Doom in the Tomb is a Tavern Brawl. It debuted on October 9th, 2019.

This brawl celebrates the Doom in the Tomb event.

History

Tavern Brawl	Start	End	Notes
226	October 9, 2019	October 16, 2019	There were a number of rewards available after certain conditions were met: Complete a run in 60 minutes or less: 1 Rastakhan's Rumble card pack Complete a run in 40 minutes or less: Golden Ancient Mysteries
227	October 16, 2019	October 23, 2019	Week 2 of the brawl added 4 more heroes and additional rewards: Complete a run in 60 minutes or less: Golden Temple Berserker Complete a run in 40 minutes or less: Golden Generous Mummy

Overview

This single-player Brawl sees players navigating through the Tombs of Terror as one of five playable heroes: Hagatha, Dr. Boom, Madame Lazul, King Togwaggle, and Rafaam. In the second week, 4 additional heroes were added: Elise, Sir Finley, Reno, and Brann.

It is similar to the Dungeon Run mode, and the encounters mirror those from the Tombs of Terror adventure, except for the Headless Horseman.

Note: Because this is a Tavern Brawl, games played in this mode do count towards completing daily quests, even though the games are not played against other humans.

Special cards

Player's cards

Headless Horseman

Rules

• The objective of Doom in the Tomb is to defeat eight bosses of increasing difficulty to win the run.
  • Starting on round 3, bosses begin with a Squashling in play. The bosses starting on round 7 begins with two.
• The player begins with a collection of ten cards, consisting of different cards for each class.
• The player starts on 20 Health, and gains additional Health per defeated boss, up to 40 Health for the eighth, and final boss.
• After rounds 1 and 5, the player receives a Passive buff, selected from one of three random passive buffs from the pool of Passives.

• These passives give a permanent effect to the player for the rest of the run. These are applied at the start of the match, meaning some buffs that affect cards will not affect cards added to your hand or deck later in the game.

• After rounds 3 and 7, the player receives a Treasure card, selected from one of three random cards from the pool of Treasure cards. These are very powerful cards, and often have low mana costs.
• After each round, the player is offered three bundles of three cards each. The player can only select one of these three bundles. This allows the player to increase their deck size in tandem with the boss' decks increasing in size.
• Should a game end in a tie, the player will be given the chance to try the round again.
• The player always goes first. The enemy also does not get The Coin.

Notes

• Best Friend Forever's Battlecry removes all copies of Best Friend Forever from your deck and hand and gains +1/+1 for each. You will draw cards to replace any that were in your hand.
• Each Best Friend Forever you add to your Adventure deck remains in your starting deck for the rest of the brawl.
  • Only a maximum of 20 Best Friends Forever will carry over.

Heroes

Hero	Hero Power	Notes
King Togwaggle	Fool's Gold: "Reduce the cost of a random card in your hand to (0)." (2 Mana)
Dr. Boom	Overmine: "Shuffle two Bombs into your opponent's deck." (1 Mana)
Madame Lazul	Leap of Fate: "Summon a 1/1 copy of a random Deathrattle minion from your deck." (1 Mana)	Replaced by Return Fateful: "Resurrect a friendly Deathrattle minion which died this game." (1 Mana) when no more Deathrattle minions exist in deck.
Hagatha	Evolution: "Transform a friendly minion into one that costs (1) more." (2 Mana)
Rafaam	Master Schemer: "Discover a card that was played this turn. Replay immediately with random targets." (2 Mana)
Reno Jackson	Arcane Craftiness (Tombs of Terror): "Fire two missiles that deal 1 damage each. If any minion dies, repeat this." (2 Mana)
Sir Finley	Power Up! (Tombs of Terror): "Give a minion Divine Shield & Windfury. (2 Mana)
Elise Starseeker	Druidic Teaching (Tombs of Terror): "Restore 2 Health, then draw a card if the target is at full health." (2 Mana)
Brann Bronzebeard	Spread Shot (Tombs of Terror): "Deal 1 damage, then deal 1 damage to the enemy hero." (2 Mana)

Starting decks

Upon starting a fresh run, a player is given a starting deck of 10 or 11 cards. These decks are always the same for that class. Each deck runs one copy of each of the cards in the below lists.

Dr. Boom's Starting Deck
Total cards	Class	Cards
11	Treasures	Resourcefulness
		Dr. Boom's Boombox
	Neutral	Explodinator
		Augmented Elekk
	Warrior	Improve Morale
		N'Zoth's First Mate
		Rampage
		Vicious Scraphound
		Bash
		Bloodsworn Mercenary
		Brawl

Lazul's Starting Deck
Total cards	Class	Cards
10	Treasures	Amulet of Domination
	Neutral	Twilight Drake
	Priest	Forbidden Words
		Crystalline Oracle
		EVIL Conscripter
		Mind Blast
		Acolyte of Agony
		Shadowfiend
		Psychopomp
		Convincing Infiltrator

Togwaggle's Starting Deck
Total cards	Class	Cards
10	Treasures	Bag of Coins
		THE CANDLE
		Greedy Pickaxe
	Rogue	Swashburglar
		Pit Snake
		Underbelly Fence
		Blink Fox
		EVIL Miscreant
		Hench-Clan Burglar
		Vendetta

Sir Finley's Starting Deck
Total cards	Class	Cards
10	Treasures	Maxwell, Mighty Steed (Tombs of Terror)
		Truesilver Lance (Tombs of Terror)
	Neutral	Murmy
	Paladin	Brazen Zealot
		Lost in the Jungle
		Hydrologist
		Murloc Knight
	Shaman	Primalfin Totem
		Soul of the Murloc
		Feral Spirit

Bosses

Week 1

Boss	Encountered in Round		Hero Power	Notes
	Ichabod the Cursed	1			Spreading the Curse: "Summon a Leper Gnome. Give it Rush." (2 Mana)
Isiset	2		Mistress of Magic: "Whenever a player casts their first spell, add a copy to their hand." (Passive)
Setesh	3		Lord of Destruction: "Curse a random enemy minion to damage its owner each turn." (0 Mana, autocast)
Totally Normal Jar	4		What's in the Jar?: "Choose a minion. Summon a 1/1 copy of it." (2 Mana)
Colossus of the Sun	5		Power of Wrath: "Deal 2 damage to all damaged minions." (0 Mana, autocast)
Ammunae	6		Lord of Life: "Restore a minion's Health to full." (2 Mana)
Dark Ritualist Zafarr	7		Mummy Ritual: "Resurrect a Reborn minion with 1 Health." (3 mana)
Headless Horseman	8		Slash: "Deal 2 damage randomly split among all enemies." (3 mana)	Upon being mortally wounded, he becomes Immune and summons the Headless Horseman's Head.

Week 2

Boss	Encountered in Round		Hero Power	Notes
	Pillager Drasar	1			Pillaged Relics: "Choose a minion. Give it +1/+1, Taunt, or Divine Shield at random." (2 Mana)
Kham	2		Spectral Swordsman: "Your hero is Stealthed while you have a weapon equipped." (Passive)
Trap Room	3		Tricks and Traps: "Play a random Secret from your hand or deck." (2 Mana)
Octosari	4		Massive Tentacles: "If there are 8 or more minions on the battlefield, destroy them all." (0 Mana, autocast)
Lich Baz'hial	5		Lich's Phylactery: "Restore 20 Health to your hero. Reduce by 1 for every friendly minion that dies." (0 Mana)	Becomes Broken Phylactery: "You take double damage from fatigue." (Passive) upon reaching 0.
Kasmut	6		Tol'vir Necromancy: "After a minion is Reborn, restore its Health to full." (Passive)
Sothis	7		Titan Ritual: "Summon two 1/1 Mogu Cultists." (2 mana)
Headless Horseman	8		Slash: "Deal 2 damage randomly split among all enemies." (3 mana)	Upon being mortally wounded, he becomes Immune and summons the Headless Horseman's Head.

Narrative

This brawl continues the story established in the Doom in the Tomb event.

Known bugs

• When playing as Madame Lazul and you have either the Aegis of Death or Soulreaper's Scythe treasures in your deck, Leap of Fate will be able to select them from your deck due to both having Deathrattles, despite being weapons. This will cause the player to equip the weapon, which will have 1 attack but retains its original durability. If Leap of Fate selects the weapon again, the Hero Power will destroy and reequip the weapon, triggering its Deathrattle.
• If the Headless Horseman's Head is mind controlled through cards like Sylvanas Windrunner, it will transfer its Immune effect to your hero and the Headless Horseman will be vulnerable to being targeted.
• When the Headless Horseman is killed in his first phase with the Kodo Hide Whip, he will begin his next phase as usual, but you will be given the internal hero card of the Headless Horseman, which has the warrior class and costs 0 mana. It shares its card text with the Headless Horseman's preview subtitle: "He's seen the battle in Uldum! Now he's here in this tomb!"
  • Playing the hero card will softlock the game, but reconnecting will result in your hero being replaced by the Headless Horseman's first form, complete with Slash. If you take lethal damage, you will transform into the Horseman's headless form and summon a Headless Horseman's Head of your own.
  • Attempting to emote as the Headless Horseman will play his laughing sound effect with a "..." speech bubble. The enemy Horseman will respond to the emote with a blank speech bubble.
  • A theorized reason for this glitch is that the Kodo Hide Whip is coded to trigger its copying effect when you attack a character that isn't the current enemy hero, not necessarily a minion. When the Headless Horseman changes into his second phase, his first form is moved to the set-aside zone with full health between the enemy hero's transformation and the resolution of the Kodo Hide Whip's effect. Due to him technically being replaced by another hero, his first form is valid for the effect of the Kodo Hide Whip and he is added to the hand.

Trivia

• In the patch notes for Patch 15.4.0.34670, this brawl was called "Legends of the Haunted Temple". This is a reference to Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple.