History Characters / HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftBattlegrounds

Her buddy, Snack Vendor, was a Tier 4 5/4 that gave your Tier 3 minions +1/+2 at the end of your turn, with the Golden version give +2/+4.

His buddy, Spirit of Air, was a Tier 3 6/4 Elemental that gave a random friendly minion Windfury, Divine Shield, and Taunt on death with the Golden version gave 2 random minions.

Her buddy, Vaelastrasz, was a Tier 3 5/3 Dragon that has a Battlecry to add a random Dragon of your current Tavern Tier to your hand with the Golden version add 2 Dragons.

His buddy is Submersible Chef, a Tier 4 4/3 that added a random Tier 1, 3, and 5 minion to your hand with the Golden version add 2 random minions.

The younger sister of Elise Starseeker and a demon hunter in training. Aranna's Hero Power, ''Demon Hunter Training'', has no effect initially. After 16 friendly minions attack, it changes to ''Spectral Sight'', a passive power that makes her first minion purchased from bob's tavern free each turn.\\

Her Hero power used to activate after 5 refreshes, which changed it to Spectral Sight and made bob's tavern always have 7 minions.

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Her buddy was Skibb, Demon Hunter, a Tier 1 4/4 that set the cost of Refresh to 0 after you played a minion with the Golden version set the cost of the next 2 Refresh to 0.

His buddy, Loyal Henchman, is a tier 3 4/6 that gave him a copy of the second minion he kills each combat, with the Golden version add 2 copies.

His buddy was Spirit Raptor, a Tier 3 3/2 that remembered each new Invocation you cast and repeated them on death with the Golden version cast twice each of the Invocations.

Her buddy was Dagwik Stickytoe, a Tier 3 5/5 that gave a random Golden minion +5/+5 at the end of your turn with the Golden version gave +10/+10.

A troll pirate captain who always [[BlatantLies fights fair.]] ''Promeeese''. Her free Hero Power is ''Trash for Treasure'', which destroys a friendly minion and allows you to pick one of two minions from a lower Tavern Tier to take in exchange.\\

Her buddy was Raging Contender, a Tier 5 5/3 that allow you to gain Gold equal to the minion removed by her Hero Power's Tavern Tier with the Golden version allow you to gain double the amount. The old version of her Buddies allow her hero power to offer 3 options instead of 2 and 4 options in the golden version.

Her buddy, Captain Fairmount, was a Tier 5 7/5 that allow you to choose whether her Hero Power gives an additional +2 Attack for the rest of the game; or +2 Health. Its old version gave five random friendly minions +1/+1 at the end of your turn and +2/+2 for the Golden version.

Her buddy, Snow Elemental, was a Tier 3 4/3 Elemental that added an extra frozen Elemental to Bob's Tavern whenever the tavern was refreshed with the Golden version add 2 extra Elementals.

His buddy was Sous Chef, a Tier 2 2/5 that let you use your hero power an additional time each turn with the Golden version allow you use your Hero additional 2 times.

His buddy, Tentacle of C'thun, is a Tier 3 3/3 that gained +1/+1 until your next turn each time a different friendly minion gained stats, with the Golden version gain +2/+2.

His buddy was Mishmash, a Tier 3 2/2. Every time the Amalgam gained stats, Mishmash gained the same amount with the Golden version gain double the amount.

A dancing murloc originally found in Dalaran's sewers. His passive ''Hat Trick'' Hero Power give each minion he buys a +1/+1 Hat buff, and said buff passes to another friendly minion when sold.

His hero power originally gave randomly three +1/+1 buffs to minions Bob's Tavern whenever he sold a minion.
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His buddy was Asher the Haberdasher, a Tier 3 2/2 that gained +1/+1 each time you sold a minion with the Golden version gain +2/+2.

His buddy, Death's Head Sage, was a Tier 3 3/6 Quilboar that gave you an extra Blood Gem each time you gained one, with the Golden version gave you 2 extra Blood Gems.

The former Aspect of Earth who went mad and caused the Cataclysm. His Hero Power, ''All Will Burn!'', gives all minions +2 Attack permamently at the start of each combat.\\

His buddy was Lady Sinestra, a Tier 3 1/6 that gave your minions +3 Attack, with the Golden version gave +6 Attack.

A renowned explorer and dinotamer. The current iteration of his Hero Power, ''Battle Brand'', is passive and, once per game, adds the Brann Bronzebeard minion to your hand after you buy 5 Battlecry minions.\\

His buddy was Brann's Epic Egg, a Tier 3 0/3 Taunt that summoned a random Battlecry minion on death and added a copy of it to your hand, with the Golden version summon and add 2 minions.\\

His buddy was Frostwolf Lieutenant, a Tier 3 7/4 with an Avenge 2 effect that gave minions in the Tavern +1 Attack permanently, with the Golden version gave +2 Attack.

His buddy, SI:7 Scout, was a Tier 2 3/3 that gained +1/+1 every time you bought a minion, with the Golden version gain +2/+2.

Her buddy was Jr. Navigator, is a tier 2 3/3 with a Battlecry that caused her Hero Power to cost 2 less, with the Golden version cause her Hero Power to cost 4 less. An old version of it was a Tier 3 4/4 that added a Recruitment Map to your hand at the start of your turn and made your maps cost 1.

A little bot that was made to enhance others. Its hero power, ''Enhancification'', passively gives a random minion in Bob's Tavern Taunt, Windfury, Reborn, or Divine Shield each time it refreshes.

Her buddy, Evergreen Botani, was a Tier 5 9/7 that added a random minion from your Tavern Tier to your hand at the end of your turn, with the Golden version add 2 minions.

* {{Foil}}: Omu's Hero Power is similar to Bartendotron's one, except instead of reducing the cost of upgrading Bob's Tavern, she gets gold afterwards.

His buddy was Sparkfin Soothsayer, a Tier 5 5/4 Murloc with a Battlecry that transformed all minions in Bob's Tavern into Murlocs with the same Tavern tier, with the Golden version transform them into Murloc with a higher Tavern tier instead.

His buddy, Apostle of Galakrond, was a Tier 2 2/4 that replaced all minions in Bob's Tavern with ones from a higher tier, with the Golden version transform them into minions from 2 Tavern Tiers higher.\\

His buddy was Flight Trainer, a Tier 2 2/3 that caused your next flight path to trigger twice, with the Golden version caused your flight path to trigger 3 times. An old version of it was a 5/4 that progressed your flight path by one extra turn at the start of your turn, with the Golden version progress your path by 2 extra turns.

His buddy was Karl the Lost, a Tier 4 3/4 that gave your Divine Shield minions +2 Attack after you used your hero power, while the Golden version gave +4 Attack.

A goblin "[[ConMan magician]]". His 1-Gold Hero Power, ''Prestididgitation'', lets him Discover a Secret from a specific list and puts it into play.\\

His buddy, Street Magician, was a Tier 3 5/3 that put a random Secret into play on death, with the Golden version put 2 Secrets.

* LastChanceHitPoint: He can generate Ice Block, saving him from lethal damage.
* {{Nerf}}: His Hero Power used to be able to roll [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Hand_of_Salvation Hand of Salvation]], but it was removed from the pool in the ''Descent of Dragons'' patch. He was also made less likely to get multiple Ice Blocks.

** He only uses a small list of Secrets, specifically only the ones that can actually take effect in Battlegrounds.[[labelnote:List]]Magic Black Soulstone, Venomstrike Trap, Ice Block, Splitting Image, Autodefense Matrix, Reckoning, Redemption, and Competitive Spirit[[/labelnote]]
** In case anyone tried to keep 5 Secrets active by not playing a single minion to get infinite Ice Blocks, Blizzard added Competitive Spirit to make this impossible to pull off forever.

* TrapMaster: Currently the only hero capable of using Secrets. (Except Tickatus, who can discover Ice Block as a Darkmoon Prize.)
** During the Buddy era, any hero could use secrets in theory after stealing Street Magician off Akazamzarak (through Murozond or their hero powers).
* VictoryByEndurance: Except for first place, it's theoretically possible for Akazamzarak to outlast his opponents despite losing the entire time, thanks to his Ice Block Secret. Due to this interaction, Blizzard reduced the probability to get multiple Ice Blocks in a row. This was later removed by making it so Akazamzarak can only discover Ice block ''once per game''.

Her buddy, Wandering Treant, was a Tier 2 3/5 that gave any Taunt minions you summoned +2/+2, with the Golden version gave +4/+4.

* ZergRush: Her Hero Power gives a buff to token-generating minions, making her especially strong with Mechs and Beasts. Since the newly summoned minions come with Taunt, she has strong synergy with other Taunt-supporting minions like Champion of Y'shaarj or Qiraji Harbinger.

His buddy was Baby Kodo, a Tier 5 3/6 Beast that refreshed Bob's Tavern with one minion from each available Tavern Tier.

The former king of the kobolds, now Rafaam's partner-in-crime! Togwaggle's hero power is The Perfect Crime, which steals every minion in Bob's Tavern. It starts at 10 Gold, but the next use is reduced by 1 Gold every turn.

* {{Nerf}}: His hero power used to start at 9 gold. This was too strong, as he could just upgrade to tier 3 in his 3rd turn then hero power on his next turn to steal a bunch of tier 1-3 minions and easly compensate any tempo loss. It was nerfed to start at 10 gold.

His buddy was Eclipsion Illidari, a Tier 3 6/3 that caused your first minion that attacked to be Immune during the initial swing.

Her buddy, Clockwork Assistant, was a Tier 5 3/3 Mech that has the Battlecry Discovered a minion from a Tavern Tier higher than her current one, with the Golden version Discover 2 minions.

Her buddy, Sub Scrubber, was a Tier 4 4/4 that gained +2/+2 whenever you played a Mech, with the Golden version gain +4/+4.

His Buddy is Mawsworn Soulkeeper, a Tier 2 2/2 Undead that summon 3 Tier 1 minions on death, with its Golden version summon 6 tier 1 minions

Her buddy was Jandice's Apprentice, a Tier 3 4/4. Whenever she swapped minions, both gained stats equal to Jandice's Tavern Tier, with the Golden gain double the stats whenever she swapped.

His buddy was Crimson Hand Centurion, a Tier 5 7/5 that gave all minions in your hand and board +1/+1 each time Verdant Spheres triggered, with the Golden version give +2/+2 per each activation.

The king of the apes. His Hero Power is ''Bananarama'', a passive that adds two Bananas to his hand at the start of each turn and every other player gets 1 Banana as well. Bananas give a minion +1/+1 for free. There is also a chance to get a Big Banana, which gives a minion +2/+2. \\

His buddy was Crazy Monkey, a Tier 2 4/4 Beast that made his Bananas give the target an additional +1/+1, with the Golden version give +2/+2.

A defector from the Illidari seeking to prevent the return of the Dreadlord that claimed his kinfolk to Azeroth. Kurtrus's hero power is ''Glaive Ricochet'', a once-per-turn passive that after purchasing 3 minions, it awards Kurtrus with a copy of one of them(which one is random).


His hero power used to be unique in that he had an evolving passive Hero Power with three stages, each of which is described below:
* At the start of the game, Kurtrus' Hero Power is ''Final Showdown''. If you buy 3 minions in one turn while this is active, those minions gain +2/+2 and Kurtrus swaps to his second Hero Power.
* Kurtrus' second Hero Power is ''Gain Momentum''. If you buy 4 minions in one turn while this is active, all minions in your hand and on your board gain +2/+2 and Kurtrus swaps to his last Hero Power.
* Kurtrus' third and final Hero Power is ''Close the Portal''. If you buy 5 minions in one turn while this is active, ALL of your minions this game gain a permanent +2/+2 buff.\\

His buddy, Living Nightmare, was a Tier 2 5/3 that gave minions in Bob's Tavern +2/+1 that turn after you bought a minion.

Her Buddy is Coilfang Elite, a Tier 1 3/2 Naga that activate whenever a Spellcraft minion appears in Bob's Tavern, get a copy of its spell, with the Golden version gave you 2 copies.

A lich haunting the tombs of Uldum. Her Hero Power is ''Graveyard Shift'', which costs 2 gold and lets you steal a minion from bob's tavern with the drawback of taking damage based on its tavern tier.\\

Her original hero power was free but dealt 4 damage and gave her 2 gold for that turn only.

Her buddy was Unearthed Underling, a Tier 4 2/2 Undead that prevented your hero from taking damage twice each turn and gained +2/+2 each time damage was prevented, with the Golden version gain +4/+4.

His buddy was Arfus, a Tier 3 6/3 Undead Beast with Reborn that gave a friendly minion its Attack whenever that minion is Reborned, with the Golden version gave your Reborn minions twice the amount of Arfus's Attack. Its old version is a 4/3 that caused your other Reborn minions to summon an extra copy after dying, with the Golden version summon 2 extra copies.

His buddy, Barov's Apprentice, was a Tier 4 5/4 that made Gold Coins grant an extra Gold, with the Golden version grant 2 extra Golds.

His buddy was Kil'rek, a Tier 3 3/6 Demon with Taunt that added a random Demon to your hand on death and the Golden version add 2 random Demons.

The warden of Illidan Stormrage and leader of the Watchers. Her Hero Power, ''Imprison'', adds a minion to her hand for 1 gold but makes it unavailable to play until 2 turns later.

Her hero power used to costs 1 Gold and puts a minion in Bob's Tavern in the Dormant status. After 3 turns, the minion is given to her and gets +1 Attack.\\

Her buddy was Shadow Warden, a Tier 2 4/4 that caused the target of her next hero power to awaken one turn early and be Golden and the Golden version caused the target to awake 2 turns early.

The Aspect of Magic until he went insane and tried to destroy all magic users on Azeroth. Malygos's Hero Power, ''Arcane Alteration'', can be used twice in a turn and replaces a minion with a random one from the same tier for 0 Gold.\\

His buddy, Nexus Lord, was a Tier 4 6/6 that caused his hero power to replace the minion with one from a higher Tavern Tier instead, with the Golden version allow to replace with a minion from 2 higher Tavern Tiers.

His buddy, Lei Flamepaw, was a Tier 2 3/6 that let you choose between three different hero powers instead of two and 4 options with the Golden version.

His buddy was Magnus Manastorm, a Tier 5 4/4 that, whenever you bought a minion from Bob's Tavern, added a minion of the same tier to the tavern for free. The Golden version add 2 minions of the same Tavern Tier.

The villainous wife of Millhouse Manastorm. Her passive Hero Power is ''Tinker'', which gave all Mech you summon +2 Attack \\

Her buddy was Elementium Squirrel Bomb, a Tier 4 4/4 Mech that dealt 2 damage to a random enemy minion on death and repeated for each friendly Mech that died that combat, with the Golden version deal 4 damage.

His buddy was Lil' KT, a Tier 3 5/4 that gave you a copy of the minion from the lowest health enemy's warband at the start of your turn, with the Golden version gave you 2 copies.

His Buddy is Watfin, a tier 3 2/6 Beast that gave you a copy of the minion you guessed correctly with your Hero Power, with the Golden version gave you 2 copies.

His buddy was Nightmare Ectoplasm, a Tier 3 5/4. When Mutanus devoured it, its stats were spit onto an extra minion, with the Golden version spit onto 2 extra minions.

His buddy was Chromie, a Tier 4 6/6 that gave all minions in Bob's Tavern +1/+1 for each time the Tavern was refreshed that turn, with the Golden version gave the minions +2/+2.

His buddy, Baby N'Zoth, was a Tier 4 8/4 that made a friendly Deathrattle minion Golden, with the Golden version made all friendly Deathrattle minions Golden.

Her buddy was Many Whelps, a tier 2 4/2 Dragon that gained +2/+2 each time a whelp was summoned, with the Golden version gain +4/+4.

His buddy was Dranosh Saurfang, a tier 4 9/5 that caused For the Horde! to also grant health, with the Golden version gain double the amount of Health.

His Buddy is Tamuzo, a Tier 2 Beast that has Avenge 2: give your Tentacles +1/+1, with the Golden version gave the Tentacles +2/+2.

His buddy was Tuskarr Raider, a Tier 4 4/4 Pirate that gave a minion +1/+1 for each Pirate you played that game, with the Golden version gave a minion +2/+2.\\

His buddy was Weebomination, a Tier 4 6/6 that gave a minion +1 Health for each health your hero was missing, with the Golden version gave +2 Health.

His Buddy is Festergut, a Tier 3 4/2 Undead that summon a Creation when it dies, with the Golden version summon 2 Creations when it dies.

His buddy was Titanic Guardian, a Tier 4 5/2 that gained health whenever another friendly minion did, with the Golden version gain double the Health.

The queen of the Highborne who made a deal with N'Zoth, turning her people into naga. Her passive hero power, ''Azshara's Ambition'', initially does nothing. Upon reaching 25 attack across her warband, it transforms her into Naga Queen Azshara, whose hero power ''Naga Conquest'' allows her to Discover a Naga for 1 Gold.

Her Buddy is Imperial Defender, a tier 4 2/4 Naga that cast a Spellcraft spell on itself whenever you cast a Spellcraft spell on a different minion, with the Golden version that the spell twice.

Her old Hero Power gives a friendly friendly minion of each type +1/+1 for 1 Gold.\\

Her buddy was Elder Taggawag, a Tier 2 3/2 that give you 1 Gold for each minion type you control, with the Golden version gave you 2 Golds. Its previous version is a tier 3 5/4 that activated your hero power for free (twice each turn) whenever you played a minion of type you didn't currently control.

His buddy, Lucifron, was a Tier 5 6/5 that caused your end of turn effects to trigger an additional time. The Golden version caused your End of Turn effect to trigger two additional times.\\

His buddy, Lantern Tender, was a Tier 4 3/5 that gave a random friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier at the end of each turn, with the Golden version gave stats twice the amount of your Tavern Tier.

A massive rat that lives in Dalaran's Underbelly. The Rat King's Hero Power is ''A Tale of Kings.'' Every turn, for 2 Golds he can Discover a minion from a randomly selected type.

His Hero Power previous gave minions from a certain tribe that are bought are given +2/+2. The favored tribe swaps every turn.\\

His buddy was Pigeon Lord, a Tier 1 3/4 that caused Refresh to cost 0 while Bob's Tavern contained no minions that matched your current hero power.

His buddy was Sr. Tomb Diver, a Tier 1 4/1 with Taunt that made the rightmost minion Golden for the current combat on death. The Golden version made 2 rightmost minions Golden on death.\\

Her buddy was Icesnarl the Mighty, a tier 4 5/2 Beast that gained +1 health each time a friendly minion killed an enemy, with the Golden version gain +2 Health.

His buddy was Warden Thelwater, a Tier 4 2/6 that added a copy of your next opponent's buddy to your hand at the start of your turn, with the Golden version gave you 2 copies.

His buddy was Sharkbait, a Tier 5 4/2 Beast that let him use his hero power an additional time.

* BalanceBuff: He recieved a very minor buff in August 2022 that let his Piggy Bank scale beyond 10 Gold.

His buddy was Burth, a Tier 4 5/6 that gave a minion you Discover +4/+4, then upgrade this effect by +1/+1, with the Golden version upgrade the effect by +2/+2. Its previous restored 1 gold whenever a minion with a Darkmoon Ticket was bought.

Her buddy, Thawed Champion, was a Tier 3 5/7 that added a random Frozen minion from Bob's Tavern to your hand at the end of your turn. The Golden version added 2 random Frozen minions.

His buddy was Maxwell, Mighty Steed, a Tier 4 1/1 Beast that added the buddy that matched your hero power to your hand. The Golden version add 2 Buddies.\\

The Master of Revendreth and lord of Castle Nathria. Denathrius' passive hero power is ''Whodunnit?'', which lets him choose between one of two different Quests at the start of the game, which can be completed for a reward.

His Buddy is Shady Aristocrat, a Tier 2 2/2 that has the Battlecry of Discovering a Quest for him to complete in exchange for a Pouch that gave you 8 Golds, with the Golden version gave you 16 Golds.

* AscendedExtra: The Quest system. Similar to Tickatus and the Darkmoon Prizes, the Quests were added as a limit-time event available for every character. While the event is active, Denathrius gets two Quests. Otherwise, the system becomes his own unique gimmick.

The horror of the Witchwood, with snatching claws and biting jaws. His Hero Power Snicker-Snack allow you to trigger a friendly minion's Battlecry effect.

His buddy was Muckslinger, a Tier 3 5/5 that added a random Battlecry minion to Bob's Tavern whenever you played a minion and gave it +2/+2, with the Golden version gave it +4/+4.\\

His old Hero Power was ''Burbling'', which, for 1 Gold, doubled his next Battlecry that turn. A previous version of his Hero Power Snicker-Snack is twice per game and for 1 Gold, Shudderwock's Hero Power, ''Snicker-snack'', adds a Shudderling to your hand. The Shudderling is a 1/1 minion that repeats all Battlecries you've played.

His buddy was Piloted Whirl-o-Tron, a Tier 2 4/3 Mech that copied a friendly minion's Deathrattles when played.

The Banshee Queen of the Forsaken. Her Hero Power is ''Reclaimed Soul'', cost 1 Gold and give +2/+1 for all friendly minions that died last combat.\\

Her old Hero Power is ''Banshee's Blessing'', which is free to use and sacrifices a minion to give adjacent minions +1/+1.

Her Buddy is Nathanos Brightcaller, a tier 6 3/6 Undead that remove a friendly minion and give its stats to its neighbors. The Golden version gave the neighbors minions twice the stats of the removed minion.

Her buddy, Monstrosity, was a Tier 4 0/14 Undead that gained the Attack of any friendly minion that died. The Golden version game twice the amount of Attack of the friendly minions that died.

A former member of the Stormpikes now turned mercenary. Tavish's free hero power is ''Deadeye'', which lets him target either the opponent's leftmost, rightmost, highest-health, or lowest-health minion and deal 2 damage to it at the start of combat. The damage doubles every 3 turn.\\

His buddy was Crabby, a Tier 5 2/3 Beast that gave adjacent minions stats equal to the damage dealt by his hero power each time it fired. The Golden version gave twice the amount of Stats to the adjacent minions.

A fallen orcish warlock who was resurrected into the body of a slain human knight, becoming the first Death Knight. Teron's Hero Power is ''Rapid Reanimation'', which costs no Gold and lets him choose a friendly minion. At the start of next combat, that minion is destroyed and a copy of it is summoned when his board had enough room.

His Buddy is Shadowy Construct, a tier 3 3/4 Undead that activate whenever a friendly minion dies, give its neighbors +1/+1. The Golden version gave the neighbors +2/+2.

Her buddy, Hunter of Old, was a Tier 4 5/3 that added a copy of her last opponent's buddy to her hand at the start of her turn. The Golden version add 2 copies of the Buddies of her last opponent.

His buddy was Ticket Collector, a Tier 5 6/6 that let him Discover a prize from the upcoming prize turn when he sells his Buddy. The Golden version gave him 2 prizes.

His buddy, Bilgewater Mogul, was a Tier 4 6/3 that give a minion +1 Attack oor +1 health for each Gold you've spent this turn. The Golden version gave +2 Attack or +2 Health.

His buddy was Stormpike Lieutenant, a Tier 3 4/7 with an Avenge 2 effect that gave his minions in the Tavern +1 Health permanently. The Golden version gave +2 Health.

Their buddy was Varden's Aquarrior, a tier 4 3/6 Elemental that caused Twice as Nice to also grant the both the original and copied minions stats equal to your tavern tier. The Golden version grant twice the amount of stats to the original and copied minions.

* BalanceBuff: Initially, Varden's hero power copied a random minion on the tavern . This was too unreliable and blatantly weak, so the hero power was buffed later by copying the highest tier minion in the tavern instead.

His buddy was Master Gadrin, a Tier 4 6/5 that caused the minion to his left to copy his Attack at the end of your turn. The Golden version gave the adjacents minions his Attack.

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Her buddy was Baby Elekk, a Tier 3 2/2 that gained +2/+2 each time you played a minion with attack equal to its health.

* NumerologicalMotif: Obviously, number 2. Her Hero Power cost 2 Gold, set the minion it bought to 2/2. Her Buddy is a 2/2 that gain +2/+2 (+4/+4 when Golden) that was originally acquired by Tier 2 whenever she played minions with the same Attack and health.

His buddy, Acolyte of Yogg-Saron, was a Tier 3 5/4 Murloc that spins the Wheel of Yogg-Saron when it is sold. The wheel randomly either caused your hero power to trigger an extra time for the rest of the game, granted 3 random Darkmoon Prizes, gave your minions +3/+3 then shuffled their stats, consumed all minions in Bob's Tavern to gain their stats, or casted Pyrobuff at random targets to give them +4/+4 until your hero was hit. The Golden version spin the wheel twice when it is sold.

Her buddy was Valithria Dreamwalker, a Tier 4 6/4 Dragon that passively gave all Dragons in Bob's Tavern +3/+3. The Golden version gave them +6/+6.

His buddy, Baby Y'Shaarj, was a Tier 4 6/6. Whenever you summoned a minion of your current Tavern Tier, it gave it +4/+4. The Golden version gave them +8/+8.

His buddy, Phyresz, was a Tier 4 3/3 Elemental that Discovered a copy of a minion that you already had exactly one of.\\

A black market auctioneer with ties to the Jade Lotus. Her Hero Power, ''Efficient Exchange'', allows her to pass a non-Gold minion to her teammate, either from her Warband or the Tavern.

Its Buddy is a Tavern tier 1 that gave minions in Bob's Tavern with Taunt, Reborn, Divine Shield, or Windfury have +1/+1 for each, with the Golden version gave +2/+2.

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The powerful Ogre magi that leads the Twilight's Hammer. Cho'gall is exclusive to Duos, and takes advantage of that fact by having one teammate play as Cho, and the other Gall. Both Cho and Gall share the passive Hero Power ''Double Trouble'', which for the first three times either of them play a Golden minion, causes both Cho ''and'' Gall to receive a Triple Reward.

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: They make unique use of the Duos submode, having a hero power that synergizes directly with the two heads.

* MechnicallyUnusualClass: They make unique use of the Duos submode, having a hero power that synergizes directly with the two heads.

* {{Nerf}}: The Western Plaguelands flightpath originally upgraded your Tavern for free, which wound up being too strong. It was eventually nerfed to only reduce your next upgrade's cost by 5 gold.

His buddy was Karl the Lost, a Tier 4 3/4 that gave your Divine Shield minions +2 Attack after you used your hero power, with the Golden version gave +4 Attack.

The powerful Ogre magi that leads the Twilight's Hammer. Cho'gall is exclusive to Duos, and takes advantage of that fact by having one teammate play as Cho, and the other Gall. Both Cho and Gall share the passive Hero Power Double Trouble, which for the first three times either of them play a Golden minion, causes both Cho ''and'' Gall to recieve a Triple Reward.

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''See Ragnaros' section below, in the R-Z folder, for information on Tikilord Ragnaros.''

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bartender_bob.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Hey, my favorite commander is back! Ready to get started?]]

First appearing in the Great Dalaran Heist single-player adventure, Bob acts as the default bartender in Battlegrounds. Multiple alternate skins have also been released as part of themed Battlegrounds cosmetic bundles and as rewards on the Premium halves of Tavern Passes.

Initially appearing as an optional boss in ''Wrath of the Lich King'''s Ulduar raid, Algalon was made available as part of the cosmos-themed "Cosmic Dreams" Battlegrounds cosmetic bundle.

!!Elder Starsong
-->''Greetings! What a joyous occasion!''
A night elf ghost and one of the many Lunar Festival Elders. It seems she's celebrating with a bit of Battlegrounds!\\
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Elder Starsong was made available as part of a bundle celebrating the 2022 Lunar New Year.

* AscendedExtra: The Lunar Festival Elders are ''extremely'' minor [=NPCs=] that only appear as a part of the event. Why Starsong was chosen over any of the other Elders is anyone's guess.

!!Flightmaster Dungar
-->''Get your goggles on! We're clear for a take-off.''
Stormwind's main flightmaster, who evidently also has some experience in bartending. While he provides words of encouragement to everyone, as per usual, his trusty gryphon Galewing is currently fighting as one of the available Heroes, so Dungar's likely a tad biased.\\

Dungar was made available in November 2021 as part of a vehicle-themed cosmetic bundle.

!!Fizzy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fizzy_full.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:I'm so glad you're here! Let's get started!]]
An alemental- as in, an elemental made of brew. Fizzy was made available as part of a special Battlegrounds cosmetic bundle in the store starting in August 2021.

!!Gala Medivh
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gala_medivh_full.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Your destiny awaits! Just remember: it's rude to keep others waiting!]]
The last guardian of Tirisfal... The master of Karazhan... ''And'' the host of the GREATEST parties Azeroth has ever seen!\\

This youthful, life-of-the-party take on Medivh was initially created for the ''One Night in Karazhan'' Solo Adventure, and was made available as part of a limited-time Hallow's End-themed cosmetic bundle in November 2021.

!!Greatfather Boom
-->''New game means new things to blow up! Heheheh... Well? What're ya waiting for?''
It seems Dr. Boom's in a festive mood, having dressed up as Greatfather Winter to celebrate Winter's Veil! ...No, wait, he's just stealing the Feast and blowing everything up as usual.\\
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Greatfather Boom was made available in December 2021 as part of a bundle for that year's Winter's Veil event.

!!Harth Stonebrew
-->''The competition's fierce tonight!''
This mysterious, but jovial dwarven innkeeper has always had his doors open for a good round of Hearthstone, but it looks like he's opened the floodgates and let his tavern become the home of the Battlegrounds, as well!\\

The de-facto face of ''Hearthstone'', Harth Stonebrew was made available to players who purchased the ''Voyage to the Sunken City'' Tavern Pass.
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!!Headmaster Kel'thuzad
-->''Welcome back to the Battlegrounds! Are you ready to be victorious?''
Scholomance Academy is hosting a grand ball, complete with Battlegrounds! Make sure you try the punch- just ignore the rumors of the school's headmaster using necromantic magicks to give it a special kick.\\

This human form of Kel'thuzad, created for the ''Scholomance Academy'' expansion, was made available as part of the "Scholomance Ball" cosmetic bundle.
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!!Ve'nari
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Aysha Selim (EN)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/venari_full.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Ah! A new commander. Let us see how long you last...]]
A broker- a humanoid energy being native to an unnamed region of the Warcraft universe's land of the dead, the Shadowlands- that can usually be found in her refuge in the Maw. A secretive trader of information by trade, it seems she's recently taken to tending bar.\\

Hailing from the ''Shadowlands'' expansion from ''World of Warcraft'', Ve'nari was made available prior to the launch of ''United in Stormwind'', both as a standalone purchase and as a bonus for pre-ordering that expansion's Mega Bundle.
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!!Wrathion
-->''The black prince welcomes you to the battlegrounds.''
One of the last of the Black Dragonflight, Wrathion works from the shadows creating plans with the intent of redeeming his flight and protecting Azeroth.\\

Wrathion was first made available in a mega bundle featuring Fire Festival-themed hero skins in July 2022.
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!!Battlegrounds Heroes
!!!General
* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** With the addition of Pirates in June of 2020, Battlegrounds was changed to only use five tribes at once each game instead of all of them. This helps prevent bad RNG from keeping you out of your desired build, since otherwise the pool would be too big. Additionally, heroes tied to a specific tribe are exempt from the pool if their tribe is out and The Rat King won't cycle to the excluded tribe on his Hero Power.
** As of 2023, certain heroes that rely on synergies that are more powerful in certain tribes, such token generation or Deathrattles, will no longer be available if there are no tribes in the game that support that synergy.
** Buddy generation effects such as E.T.C.'s Hero Power or Friend of A Friend cannot generate Buddies that tie to specific Hero Power (like Crazed Monkey, a Buddy who can only work with Bananas), reducing the pool of bad outcomes.
* AscendedExtra: While most of the Heroes are important characters, a great number of Battlegrounds heroes were one-off bosses from previous expansions, like Queen Wagtoggle and The Rat King.
* {{Familiar}}: From January 2022 to May 2022, Battlegrounds had a 'Buddy' system. Every hero had a special Buddy minion that synergized with their gameplay and was generated after completing hero-specific objectives. Buddies' surprisingly high power level, combined with other changes to the game mode, wound up notably warping matches to the point that they were eventually removed, though whether the change is for good remains to be seen.
* FlatCharacter: There are no voice lines or verbal emotes in this mode, giving each character essentially no personality.
* FunctionalMagic: The late 2023 update added 'spells' to the tavern, with variable gold cost and 1 spell (of your same tavern tier or lower) being guaranteed to show up after each refresh. Unlike spellcrafts, you can stockpile them for later user if you choose to do so. The effects range from stat buffs to giving divine shield to a minion, discover a minion of your most common tribe or make a minion in the tavern golden.
* PutOnABus: Quite a few heroes are removed from the roster, oftentimes because of being [[PowerCreep left in the dust too hard to make a comeback]] or [[TooPowerfulToLive having the exact opposite problem]]. They do sometimes [[TheBusCameBack come back]] more than often completely reworked.

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!!A. F. Kay
Formerly one of Tirion Fordring's "Raid members" in the first ''Knights of the Frozen Throne'' encounter, she reappeared as a boss in Dungeon Run. As a Battlegrounds hero, A. F. Kay somewhat mirrors her boss encounter. Her passive Hero Power, ''Procrastinate'', causes her to skip her first two turns. However, on her third turn she's allowed to Discover two Tier 3 minions for free.\\

Her buddy, Snack Vendor, was a Tier 4 5/4 that gave your Tier 3 minions +1/+2 at the end of your turn, with the Golden version give +2/+4.
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* BigEater: She's always chowing down on conjured cupcakes and donuts.
* LethalJokeCharacter: She can't take any actions on her first two turns (aside from Freezing the tavern), forcing her to take whatever damage is incoming. That said, that's only going to be ~5 damage on average. The trade-off for starting with two powerful minions and some free time to cut down on the cost of upgrading your tavern is well worth it.
* {{Nerf}}: Kay's initial release version proved to be a bit too lethal for a LethalJokeCharacter, so her Hero Power was changed to only give her Tier 3 minions as opposed to a Tier 3 and a Tier 4. However, this isn't necessarily seen as a nerf actually, as build-defining minions like Cobalt Guardian are both on Tier 3. Since having two Tier 3 minions on Turn 3 makes it likely for A. F. Kay to win the next rounds, she can make full use of win-more minions like Hangry Dragon as well.
* {{Stripperific}}: Her outfit isn't exactly up to par for being in the middle of Northrend on her artwork. She's wearing essentially a ChainmailBikini with an exposed stomach for good measure.

!!Al'Akir the Windlord
The Elemental Lord of the Winds. His Hero Power, ''Swatting Insects'', gives his left-most minion at the start of combat Windfury, Taunt and Divine Shield.\\

His buddy, Spirit of Air, was a Tier 3 6/4 Elemental that gave a random friendly minion Windfury, Divine Shield, and Taunt on death with the Golden version gave 2 random minions.
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* BlowYouAway: What his Hero Power symbolizes.

!!Alexstrasza
The Lifebinder, Queen of Dragons and former Aspect of Life on Azeroth. Her Hero Power, ''Queen of Dragons'', allows the player to Discover 2 Dragons after upgrading Bob's Tavern to Tier 5.\\

Her buddy, Vaelastrasz, was a Tier 3 5/3 Dragon that has a Battlecry to add a random Dragon of your current Tavern Tier to your hand with the Golden version add 2 Dragons.
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* GatheringSteam: Alexstrasza's Hero Power encourages the player to aggressively level up to Tier 5, which then rewards the player with 2 Dragons, most likely Tier 5 since you're very likely the only hero that gets access to them.
* MagikarpPower: Rushing Tavern Tiers to make use of her Hero Power means Alexstrasza will likely end up getting smacked around quite a bit in the early- and mid-game, but once she gets her precious tier 5, the free Dragons she gets can often be enough to return the favor later on.
* SeahorsesAreDragons: Her Seadragon skin turns her into a massive seahorse.

!!Ambassador Faelin
The investor for the expedition to Zin-Azshari. Faelin's hero power is ''Expedition Plans'', which causes him to skip his first turn but lets him Discover a tier 2, 4, and 6 minion to add to his hand once he reaches that Tavern Tier.\\

His buddy is Submersible Chef, a Tier 4 4/3 that added a random Tier 1, 3, and 5 minion to your hand with the Golden version add 2 random minions.
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* CrazyPrepared: His hero power represents him taking an extra turn to prepare before setting off for his expedition.

!!Aranna Starseeker
The younger sister of Elise Starseeker and a demon hunter in training. Aranna's Hero Power, ''Demon Hunter Training'', has no effect initially. After 16 friendly minions attack, it changes to ''Spectral Sight'', a passive power that makes her first minion purchased from bob's tavern free each turn.\\

Her Hero power used to activate after 5 refreshes, which changed it to Spectral Sight and made bob's tavern always have 7 minions.

Her buddy was Skibb, Demon Hunter, a Tier 1 4/4 that set the cost of Refresh to 0 after you played a minion with the Golden version set the cost of the next 2 Refresh to 0.

* BalanceBuff:
** Her true Hero Power initially came up a bit too late, so with the July 2020 update, she now only needs to Refresh 5 instead of 7 times to unlock it.
** The reward was still a bit underwhelming, so she was buffed in August of 2022 to '''always''' have 7 minions in the tavern, instantly restocking whenever one is bought.
** Then it was completely revamped in June 2023 by giving her a free minion purchase every turn after 16 friendly minions attacked.
* MagikarpPower: She starts with no Hero Power until 16 minions attack. However, at that point she gets a ''massive'' tempo boost with a free purchase for whatever minion she wants in bob's tavern.
* TransformationSequence: She starts the game as a normal night elf. After activating her Hero Power, she transforms into her {{horned|Humanoid}} demon hunter form.

!!Arch-Villain Rafaam
Supreme archaeologist and leader of the League of E.V.I.L., Rafaam's Hero Power, ''I'll Take That!'', costs 1 Gold and gives him a regular copy of the first minion he kills in the next combat.\\
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His buddy, Loyal Henchman, is a tier 3 4/6 that gave him a copy of the second minion he kills each combat, with the Golden version add 2 copies.

* CrutchCharacter: Downplayed. Rafaam is especially powerful in the early-game, when he gets minions for free to quickly build a full warband. While it's still possible to get useful triples from minions like Spawn of N'Zoth in the mid-game, getting a useful minion in the late-game becomes less likely, and his Hero Power becomes more of a tool to store Gold.
* DittoFighter: In a sense. Rafaam can steal whatever he first killed, which means a lucky turn can give you a combination of multiple powerful minions. Usually his Hero Power is just used as a way to stock up Battlecries and easy extra money.
* {{Foil}}: Tess Greymane's Hero Power works similar to Rafaam's in a way that she can copy her opponent. However, while Rafaam is very strong in the early-game, Tess is far stronger in the late-game, because the opponent cannot play around her Hero Power as well as against Rafaam, while she cannot make much use out of her power in the early-game , due to less synergy in early warbands and the number of minions that can show up being limited to the Tavern Tier.
* ImpossibleThief: He steals ''your minions''. Well, technically, he creates a copy of them (and sold copies will add to the minion pool), but this made him the only other hero who still potentially had access to Amalgams (if he manages to steal one from The Curator) and could even triple them until the introduction of Murozond, Amalgadon and Tess.
** To prevent his hero power from being too overpowered, Rafaam only grabs the leftmost minion if two of them are killed by a HerdHittingAttack (from Red Whelp, Cave Hydra or Foe Reaper 9000).

!!Bru'kan
A medicine man of the Darkspear tribe and the mentor of Rokara. Bru'kan's free hero power is ''Embrace the Elements'', which lets him choose one of four elements to call upon at the start of next combat; ''Earth Invocation'', which gives four random friendly minions a Deathrattle that summons a 1/1 Elemental; ''Fire Invocation'', which doubles his leftmost minion's attack; ''Water Invocation'', which gives his rightmost minion +3 Health and Taunt; and ''Lightning Invocation'', which deals 1 damage to five random enemies.\\

His buddy was Spirit Raptor, a Tier 3 3/2 that remembered each new Invocation you cast and repeated them on death with the Golden version cast twice each of the Invocations.

* AllYourPowersCombined: His Hero Power is suspiciously similar to the Hero Power of heroes that have been removed for being too weak: Fire is extremely similar to Putricide, Earth is the Elemental version of Giantfin and Lightning is basically a slightly less reliable version of Nefarian's Hero Power
* ElementalPowers: Each of his Invocations are one of the primary elements.
* HerdHittingAttack: ''Lightning Invocation'' damages up to five random enemies.

!!Captain Eudora
A freelance vulpera pirate. Her Hero Power is ''Buried Treasure'', which costs 1 Gold and does nothing initially. However, every 5th cast will dig up a random Golden minion from her current Tavern Tier or lower.\\
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Her buddy was Dagwik Stickytoe, a Tier 3 5/5 that gave a random Golden minion +5/+5 at the end of your turn with the Golden version gave +10/+10.

* LuckBasedMission: The Golden minion she gets is entirely random (though limited to Bob's current tier). While a triple reward for playing a Golden minion is guaranteed, the Golden minion she gets can either be a really good or a ''[[CriticalFailure really bad]]'' investment.
* {{Nerf}}: Eudora could potentially get a golden Tier 3 and a Tier 4 minion by turn 4, considerably speeding up the game and giving her an edge on par with pre-nerf A. F. Kay, ''while still being able to build a warband'', making her the hero with the highest winrate after Hooktusk was nerfed. In August 2020, Blizzard increased the number of casts to get a golden minion by 1.
* PirateBooty: What her Hero Power represents.

!!Captain Hooktusk
A troll pirate captain who always [[BlatantLies fights fair.]] ''Promeeese''. Her free Hero Power is ''Trash for Treasure'', which destroys a friendly minion and allows you to pick one of two minions from a lower Tavern Tier to take in exchange.\\

Her buddy was Raging Contender, a Tier 5 5/3 that allow you to gain Gold equal to the minion removed by her Hero Power's Tavern Tier with the Golden version allow you to gain double the amount. The old version of her Buddies allow her hero power to offer 3 options instead of 2 and 4 options in the golden version.

* {{Foil}}:
** Hooktusk's Hero Power contrasts Elise's one, which also has a Discover mechanic. However, Elise can only Discover one minion for each tier and she has to pay 2 Gold for a minion in Bob's Tavern, while Hooktusk can Discover a minion each round.
** With the July 2020 update, her Hero Power resembles Malygos' one, except he can use his on Bob's offered minions as well, and the new minion is from the same Tavern tier. However, Hooktusk gets the minion in her hand, allowing her to use potential Battlecries or buff effects from minions on the board like from Mama Bear.
** Her Hero Power is the opposite of Galakrond's. While she can only use her Hero Power on her own minions, Galakrond can only use his on Bob's offered minions. Galakrond transforms the minion into one of a higher tier, while Hooktusk can only downgrade her minions.
* HumanResources: Her Hero Power recycles a minion to get another one.
* MasterOfAll: Hooktusk's Hero Power is universally good, no matter which kind of warband the player eventually decides to play, and no matter at what stage of the game. Since she can control the tier of the minion she gets, she is extremely versatile.
* {{Nerf}}: Hooktusk used to be able to Discover the minion she gets from her Hero Power. As this proved to be far too consistently powerful, the Discover mechanic was scrapped and added more randomness to her playstyle. In November 2020, she got her original Hero Power back, but with a Gold cost attached to it. Later, her hero power was slightly reworked, now being free, but making it so that she can only take one of two minions rather than three.
* WalkThePlank: Her Hero Power is depicted as this (specifically taking its art from the Rogue card Walk the Plank).
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Like the old version of Sylvanas, Hooktusk is based on removing a worthless or unscaling friendly minion for a buff.

!!Cap'n Hoggar
A gnoll pirate captain, Hoggar started life as [[GameBreaker/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft one of the most powerful and popular pirate minions in the entire game until his removal]]. Since then, he made his way to the list of playable heroes instead. His Hero Power is ''I’m the Cap’n Now'', a passive that refunds 1 gold each time he purchases a pirate minion.

* {{Foil}}:His hero power could be considered one to Chenvaala. While Chenvaala's hero power discounts 3 gold off tarvern upgrades based on elementals purchased, Hoggar gives 1 gold back for each pirate minion he purchased (so a total of 3 gold if he purchase 3 pirates off the tavern).
* CharacterSelectForcing: You pretty much need to play pirates if you want to make use of his hero power at all.
* DifficultButAwesome: Just like other tribal heroes, Hoggar requires a specific minion type( pirates) to make the most use out of his hero power. If the tavern is particularly unkind and doesn't offer any, he is essentially playing with no hero power.If he find pirates, his hero power synergy with them will quickly create a unstoppable board.
* PromotedToPlayable: As noted above, Hoggar was originally a tier 5 legendary pirate minion that was eventually booted from the game. As a result, he was re-added as a playable hero with his hero power being the exact same one he had as a minion.
!!Cariel Roame
A freshly-anointed Paladin of the Silver Hand and daughter to a guard captain in Stormwind. Cariel's Hero Power, ''Conviction'', randomly gives a set number of friendly minions +1/+1; the number of minions is dependent on her Hero Power's Rank, which upgrades with her tavern: at the start of the game, her Hero Power is Rank 1 and only buffs 2 minion, at Tavern Tier 3 it upgrades to Rank 2 and buffs 4 minions, and at Tavern Tier 5 it upgrades to Rank 3 and buffs all minions.\\

Her buddy, Captain Fairmount, was a Tier 5 7/5 that allow you to choose whether her Hero Power gives an additional +2 Attack for the rest of the game; or +2 Health. Its old version gave five random friendly minions +1/+1 at the end of your turn and +2/+2 for the Golden version.

* BalanceBuff: Her former Hero Power used to only buff 1, 3 and then 5 minions.
* MagikarpPower: Her starting hero is very weak. However, it scales throughout the game until it reaches a respectable +7/+7 across the board for 1 Gold.

!!Chenvaala
An ice elemental that was defeated by Madame Lazul. Her Hero Power, ''Avalanche'', reduces the cost of upgrading the Tavern by 3 every time she plays 3 Elementals.\\

Her buddy, Snow Elemental, was a Tier 3 4/3 Elemental that added an extra frozen Elemental to Bob's Tavern whenever the tavern was refreshed with the Golden version add 2 extra Elementals.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Just like Kael'thas, she has a has a unique UI element that shows how close she is to her third Elemental play.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Her Hero Power can massively decrease the cost of upgrading Bob's Tavern... provided she can find Elementals. If the player is unlucky or Elementals are too heavily contested, she basically has no Hero Power.
* BalanceBuff: Chenvaala was by far one of the worst heroes when she was introduced, so her Hero Power's cost reduction was increased subsequently.
* CharacterSelectForcing: You need to play Elementals to see any use out of her Hero Power.
* SequenceBreaking: She can upgrade Bob's Tavern unbelievably fast if she gets multiple Elementals in a row, especially when she finds Sellementals, Gentle Djinnis or Tavern Tempest.
* SignificantAnagram: Chenvaala is an anagram for "avalanche".

!!Cookie the Cook
A piratey Murloc chef in the service of Captain Greenskin and Edwin [=VanCleef=]. Cookie's Hero Power, ''Stir the Pot'', costs nothing and lets him throw a minion in his pot; once three have been put into the pot, Cookie gets to Discover a minion from each of the thrown minion's tribes.\\

His buddy was Sous Chef, a Tier 2 2/5 that let you use your hero power an additional time each turn with the Golden version allow you use your Hero additional 2 times.

* AwesomeButImpractical: His hero power can be this in rare cases when Bob's tavern consists entirely of neutral minions.
* ChefOfIron: The Defias cook, who can still put up quite the fight.
* HumanResources: Cookie can throw his own minions in the "pot" as well.

!!C'Thun
The Old God of Madness and Chaos. His Hero Power is ''Saturday C’Thuns!'', which costs 2 Gold and gives a random minion +1/+1 at the end of your turn, repeating for every turns that passed this game.\\

His buddy, Tentacle of C'thun, is a Tier 3 3/3 that gained +1/+1 until your next turn each time a different friendly minion gained stats, with the Golden version gain +2/+2.

* CombatTentacles: His buddy is one of his tentacles, which can grow to massive size temporarily.
* GatheringSteam: His Hero Power at first is rather weak, but it stacks on top of itself the longer the game goes on.

!!The Curator
The guardian of Karazhan's menagerie. His Hero Power, ''Menagerist'', causes him to start the game with a 1/1 Amalgam in play that has all minion types and Venomous.\\

His buddy was Mishmash, a Tier 3 2/2. Every time the Amalgam gained stats, Mishmash gained the same amount with the Golden version gain double the amount.

* BalanceBuff: The Amalgam was originally just a 1/1. It got 1 additional Health in the November 2020 patch, and later, in July 2021, its attack was also increased by 1. Unfortunately, PowerCreep settled in and The Curator has been a very weak hero choice for a long time, culminating in the June 2023 update reverting his Amalgam back to a 1/1 but giving it Venomous instead to compensate.
* PoisonousPerson: Since the June 2023 update, his Amalgam became this with Venomous, which insta-kills the first minion it deals damage to on each combat.
* MasterOfAll: Thanks to his free Amalgam, The Curator can build into any minion strategy easily.

!!Dancin' Deryl
A dancing murloc originally found in Dalaran's sewers. His passive ''Hat Trick'' Hero Power give each minion he buys a +1/+1 Hat buff, and said buff passes to another friendly minion when sold.

His hero power originally gave randomly three +1/+1 buffs to minions Bob's Tavern whenever he sold a minion.

His buddy was Asher the Haberdasher, a Tier 3 2/2 that gained +1/+1 each time you sold a minion with the Golden version gain +2/+2.

* BalanceBuff: Between his high skill floor and the other options available, Deryl was considered weak compared to the rest of the hero pool. As such, in August 2021 his Hero Power was buffed to dole out his buff three times per sold minion instead of two. Then it was revamped in the late June 2023 update to its current version.
* DifficultButAwesome: Playing Deryl requires careful calculation of not only which minion to leave in the Tavern in order to maximize his effectiveness, but also when to not upgrade your Tavern in order to manage the number of minions on the battlefield since you can only buy and sell so many minions with 10 Gold each turn, not to mention his playstyle will very likely lead to a few early losses in order to trigger his buff, which can land you in trouble if you don't have enough Health. However, playing right, Deryl will easily land in the top 4.
* HatOfPower: How does Deryl buff his minions? By hatting them. With lots and lots of hats.
* LuckBasedMission: His Hero Power is very strong, but also at the mercy of RNG for which minions it buffs.
* MagicDance: Due to his name and ability, the "rhythm" to buy and sell minions to buff the remaining minions is commonly called "dancing".
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: Making full use of Deryl's Hero Power requires a very unorthodox strategy of aggressively buying and selling minions to buff one or two specific targets. It's not always easy to pull off, but getting something like Cave Hydra to double-digit attack before even buying it is no laughing matter.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The original trailer for Battlegrounds described the mode as having 23 heroes... and one dancing murloc.
* WillfullyWeak: One of the strategies to play Deryl efficiently is to willfully stay on a lower tier, so that later on the player can buy all weak minions first to forego any randomness and massively buff the minion that is left, as the higher the tier, the more minions are offered. While it rarely lets the player win the whole round, it's entirely possible for Deryl to get a high place by staying on Tier 1 the whole game.

!!Death Speaker Blackthorn
The leader of the Death's Head cult, a fanatical group of quilboar that worship the Scourge. His Hero Power is ''Bloodbound'' and gives him two Blood Gems by paying 1 gold, which he can do up to two times per turn.\\

His buddy, Death's Head Sage, was a Tier 3 3/6 Quilboar that gave you an extra Blood Gem each time you gained one, with the Golden version gave you 2 extra Blood Gems.

* BalanceBuff: His power power has been very average from its inception, but PowerCreep and shifting metas slowly made him even worse over time. After a long time of bad winrates and being OvershadowedByAwesome, Blackthorn had his hero power changed to give you 2 blood gems by paying 1 gold up to twice per turn instead of receiving them on a tavern upgrade.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Blackthorn is essentially locked into Quilboars. Getting nothing but two +1/+1 buffs for leveling up is pathetically weak, unless you have minions that synergize with Blood Gems. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] after the late June 2023 update. While his hero power will still make the most use with Quilboar synergy, he is no longer confined to them and the 4 blood gems he can obtain once per turn can be used to boost other minions like Baron Rivendare or Banana Slamma, should Blackthorn decide to play those.

!!Deathwing
The former Aspect of Earth who went mad and caused the Cataclysm. His Hero Power, ''All Will Burn!'', gives all minions +2 Attack permamently at the start of each combat.\\

His buddy was Lady Sinestra, a Tier 3 1/6 that gave your minions +3 Attack, with the Golden version gave +6 Attack.

* BalanceBuff: His hero power originally gave ALL minions +3 attack, but this was too strong as the early battlegrounds meta seasons gave him plenity of choices to abuse his hero power like Icky Imp and Rat Pack. It was nerfed to only give +2 attack, but it was eventually reverted in 2022 after enough meta shifts and PowerCreep made his hero power almost completely worthless. Even this iteration just wasn't that strong anymore with the nerf reverted, so his hero power was changed again in late June 2023 to give ALL minions permanent attack on each combat but changing the amount of attack it gives +2.
* AttackAttackAttack: His Hero Power is this in principle, giving all minions a lot of Attack and make it incredibly hard for them to survive.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Deathwing gives '''all''' minions +2 Attack permanently, including his opponents'. While the player can build around this by heavily investing in tokens, you don't always get early token minions. Should your opponent get a Rat Pack or two and you don't, your own Hero Power can cause you to very quickly lose.
* {{Nerf}}: Deathwing was originally changed to only give +2 Attack, largely due to him instantly winning the early-game with a Rat Pack. Enough meta shifts and PowerCreep had set in since then that it was reverted in 2022 however.
* ZergRush: His Hero Power encourages players to pick tokens since even with buffs, the +2 Attack from your opponent's side still have a high chance to kill your buffed minions while token generators allow you to go on the offensive to take advantage of the buff provided by your Hero Power. Alternatively, using minions with divine shield like Deflect-o-bot is a valid strategy to make the most out of his hero power.

!!Diablo
[[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} The infamous Lord of Terror himself.]] Diablo's passive Hero Power, ''Realm of Terror'', causes ALL of the other players to fight your warband every four turns; Diablo himself only fights one player and may take damage if he loses, while the other players fight an invulnerable Diablo with 666 health. A special minion, Diablo, Lord of Terror, is added to Diablo's warband during these fights.[[note]]If Diablo already has 7 minions, Lord of Terror will join the fight after one of Diablo's minions dies.[[/note]] Lord of Terror starts out as a 5/5 and doubles its attack and health each time it appears. Its Deathrattle gives one of four special treasures to any player that kills it, but Diablo gets ''two'' treasures for each copy of Lord of Terror that survives.

* BalanceBuff:
** Lord of Terror was initially a mere 3/3, which was ''pathetically'' underpowered and just made Diablo a free loot piñata for every other player. It was buffed within a few days to a 5/5, which immensely helps its scaling since it's also now a 10/10, 20/20, 40/40 etc. on subsequent appearances.
** This still ended up not being a big enough buff, so many of his treasures were buffed at the announcement of ''Fractured in Alterac Valley''.
* {{Crossover}}: With Blizzard's ''other'' popular fantasy series, ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment: Diablo, Lord of Terror, the unique minion summoned by Diablo's Hero Power, can drop unique treasures if he's killed, with the treasures increasing in strength alongside Lord of Terror's. These treasures include Sigil of Hell[[note]]Deal 1, 3, 9, or 27 damage to 3 enemy minions[[/note]], Claws of Terror[[note]]Increase a minion's attack and health for the next combat only; the first three tiers give +2/+2, +6/+6, and +12/+12 respectively, while the final tier doubles their attack and health instead[[/note]], Magma Horns[[note]]Give a minion either Windfury (tier 1), Reborn (tier 2), Divine Shield (tier 3), or all 3 (tier 4) for the next combat only[[/note]], Hellfire Hooves[[note]]Increase all of your minions' attack by +1, +3, +9, or +27 for the next combat only[[/note]] and Black Soulstone[[note]]A Secret that summons 1, 2, 3, or 4 random Demons after your last minion dies[[/note]].
* {{Nerf}}: His temporary reintroduction in June 2022 also lowered the power of a few of his treasures, since he was quite overpowered post-buff of his initial run.
* NumberOfTheBeast: The special boss Diablo has 666 health.
* PlayAsABoss: His Hero Power in a nutshell. Every four turns, all of the other players fight the Lord of Terror and your warband, with the victors gaining loot.
* TemporaryOnlineContent: He only appeared as a limited-time event hero. Originally, he was only intended to be available for a couple weeks as a part of 2021's Hallow's End event, but he wound up sticking around until the end of November. He's since reappeared occasionally for limited-time events.

!!Dinotamer Brann
A renowned explorer and dinotamer. The current iteration of his Hero Power, ''Battle Brand'', is passive and, once per game, adds the Brann Bronzebeard minion to your hand after you buy 5 Battlecry minions.\\

His buddy was Brann's Epic Egg, a Tier 3 0/3 Taunt that summoned a random Battlecry minion on death and added a copy of it to your hand, with the Golden version summon and add 2 minions.\\
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Initially his Hero Power was passive and gave a random friendly minion +1/+1 whenever he played a Battlecry. The second iteration of his Hero Power, meanwhile, costed 1 gold and refreshed Bob's Tavern with Battlecry minions.

* AdaptationalNameChange: His name was originally Brann Bronzebeard, but was swapped for Dinotamer Brann (the artwork he uses anyway) to distinguish him from his minion counterpart.
* BalanceBuff: The second iteration of Brann's Hero Power was underpowered compared to the rest of the field, so in July 2021 it was given a total rework, now being a passive that rewards you for buying Battlecry minions- something you should normally be doing anyway- by giving you a very powerful, ''very rare'' Tier 5 minion for buying five of them.
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: Random Battlecry minions don't make for any consistent strategy (unless you're going for multiple golden [[LethalJokeCharacter Pogo Hoppers]]), making the second version of his Hero Power less of a tribal synergy and more of a search with unique parameters.

!!Drek'thar
The leader of the Frostwolf clan and shaman mentor to Thrall. Drek'thar's passive hero power is ''Lead the Frostwolves'', which has an Avenge 2 effect that gives his minions +1 Attack permanently.\\
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His buddy was Frostwolf Lieutenant, a Tier 3 7/4 with an Avenge 2 effect that gave minions in the Tavern +1 Attack permanently, with the Golden version gave +2 Attack.

* AttackAttackAttack: He favours aggresively-statted minions and could increase their attack further with his buddy.
* BalanceBuff: Initially, Drek'thar's hero power let him choose a minion and made it copy the attack of his highest-attack minion until next turn. While not as bad as Vanndar, this was still a pretty lame hero power, so it was reworked to almost match his Buddy.
* {{Foil}}: Drek'thar's hero power and buddy are literally inverted versions of Vanndar's. Makes sense, considering they're leaders of opposing factions. With their simultaneous reworks in August 2022, the only difference now is that Vanndar has Avenge 2 while Drek'thar has Avenge 3. Even this difference was done away in the late June 2023 update by making Drek'thar's an avenge 2 effect.

!!Edwin [=VanCleef=]
Leader of the Defias Brotherhood. His Hero Power, ''Sharpen Blades'', costs 1 Gold and gives a minion +1/+1. His hero power upgrades an extra +1/+1 for every 4 minions he buys.\\

His buddy, SI:7 Scout, was a Tier 2 3/3 that gained +1/+1 every time you bought a minion, with the Golden version gain +2/+2.

* BalanceBuff: His hero power was overhauled in late June 2023 update, by making it so his hero power' stat buff is permanently boosted for every 4 minions bought.
* BoringButPractical: [=VanCleef's=] Hero Power sounds simple enough, and the Attack and Health he can give each turn is limited to his purchase power, but the fact that his Hero Power isn't limited to any tribe, is cheap and can be targeted makes him a solid choice in any round and contender for a high placement.
* {{Foil}}: King Mukla's way to buff minions with Bananas is similar to [=VanCleef's=], except Mukla's Hero Power is limited to +2/+2 each turn and has a major drawback that benefits every other player, while [=VanCleef=] can comfortably buff a minion each turn without any downsides.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: His buddy is a member of SI:7, despite them being an opposing faction to the Defias.

!!Elise Starseeker
The brains of the League of Explorers. Her Hero Power, ''Lead Explorer'', lets her Discover a minion from her Tavern Tier. It starts at 1 Gold, but each use will cost 1 Gold more.\\

Her buddy was Jr. Navigator, is a tier 2 3/3 with a Battlecry that caused her Hero Power to cost 2 less, with the Golden version cause her Hero Power to cost 4 less. An old version of it was a Tier 3 4/4 that added a Recruitment Map to your hand at the start of your turn and made your maps cost 1.

* BalanceBuff:
** The map's Gold cost was reduced from 3 to 2 Gold in the November 2020 update.
** Her hero power was completely reworked in August 2022. It used to add a map to her hand upon leveling the Tavern Tier. Now it gives you as many minions as you want, for an increasing price.
* {{Foil}}: Hooktusk's Hero Power contrasts Elise's one, which also has a Discover mechanic. However, Elise can only Discover one minion for each tier and she has to pay 2 Gold for the minion, while Hooktusk can Discover a minion each turn for 1 Gold.
* MissionControl: Her Hero Power plays into this aspect of her character, with the minion discovered from the map having a very high chance of being a key build-around minion like Tier 3 Cobalt Guardian or Tier 5 Baron Rivendare.
* ObviousRulePatch: Her buddy's original effect on the 2023 redesign reduced the cost of ANY hero power when used, whenever it was Elise's or not. This led to ridiculous and broken interactions when E.T.C, Scabbs and Tess obtained her buddy, which was laughably easy to do, and the devs subsequently changed Jr. Navigator's battlecry to only discount ''Lead Explorer'' hero power as a result.
* TreasureMap: Her Recruitment Maps.

!!Enhance-o Mechano
A little bot that was made to enhance others. Its hero power, ''Enhancification'', passively gives a random minion in Bob's Tavern Taunt, Windfury, Reborn, or Divine Shield each time it refreshes.

Its Buddy is a Tavern tier 1 that gave minions in Bob’s Tavern with Taunt, Reborn, Divine Shield, or Windfury have +1/+1 for each, with the Golden version gave +2/+2.

* AscendedExtra: The first Battlegrounds minion based on a non-legendary card. Its hero power even mirrors its collectible counterpart, whose effect granted your minions random keywords.
* LuckBasedMission: Its playstyle mainly consist of refresh the Tavern and hope the buff it provide landed on crucial targets.

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!!Forest Warden Omu
A botani who guards the forests around Scholomance. Her passive Hero Power, ''Everbloom'', gives the player 2 Gold for the turn if they upgrade Bob's Tavern.\\

Her buddy, Evergreen Botani, was a Tier 5 9/7 that added a random minion from your Tavern Tier to your hand at the end of your turn, with the Golden version add 2 minions.

* {{Foil}}: Omu's Hero Power is similar to Bartendotron's one, except instead of reducing the cost of upgrading Bob's Tavern, she gets gold afterwards.

!!Fungalmancer Flurgl
A murloc from the Dungeons that empowers his followers with fungus. Flurgl's passive Hero Power, ''Gone Fishing'', puts a random Murloc into his hand after he sells five minions.\\

His buddy was Sparkfin Soothsayer, a Tier 5 5/4 Murloc with a Battlecry that transformed all minions in Bob's Tavern into Murlocs with the same Tavern tier, with the Golden version transform them into Murloc with a higher Tavern tier instead.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The nature of his Hero Power makes him a late-tier monster, but poor in the mid-game like Murlocs in general are. Flurgl can thus become the most powerful hero in the game, but his inconsistency leads to abysmal average winrates.
* BalanceBuff:
** Flurgl's reliance on finding murlocs to sell made him fairly weak compared to the other heroes, and as such his Hero Power was significantly buffed in August 2021, making it so that selling ''any'' minion, not just Murlocs, would add a Murloc to the Tavern.
** His hero power was still a bit too slow, so he was burfed to require selling four minions instead of two but get the Murloc straight into his hand rather than into the Tavern. This was later adjusted to require 5.
* CharacterSelectForcing: Flurgl was pretty much designed to go Murlocs, as he can sell minions that aren't pulling their weight (such as tokens) to fish for Murlocs.
* DeathOrGloryAttack: Murlocs are the most high-risk/high-reward tribe in the mode. Should the player successfully transition into Tier 5 and get enough buffs and triples without losing too much health, they will very likely win against anyone. If they are too slow or take too many hits in the mid-game, they are likely one of the first to get knocked out. The inconsistencies in making it to the late-game with a weak Hero Power are reflected in the statistics, which show that on average Flurgl's winrate is terrible.
* DifficultButAwesome: Just like Murlocs, Flurgl is extremely difficult to survive with, as his Hero Power won't help him much in the early- and mid-game. If he safely makes it to Tier 5, the probabilities are high to exchange his Murlocs for big buffing ones and triples, which in turn makes his warbands very quickly unstoppable.
* MagikarpPower: Flurgl's Murlocs from his Hero Power are tied to Bob's current Tavern Tier, meaning that he only starts to get the really good King Bagurgle and Primalfin Lookout once he reaches Tier 5. This leaves him with a very weak Hero Power at the beginning, but also one of the most powerful ones at the end.
* {{Nerf}}: Flurgl's passive was nerfed in the 23.2.2 patch - now he only gets a new murloc in the tavern after selling two minions, not one.

!!Galakrond
The proto-dragon that was recently awakened by the League of E.V.I.L. For 1 Gold, his Hero Power, ''Galakrond's Greed'', lets you choose a minion in Bob's Tavern, then Discover a higher Tier minion to replace it.\\

His buddy, Apostle of Galakrond, was a Tier 2 2/4 that replaced all minions in Bob's Tavern with ones from a higher tier, with the Golden version transform them into minions from 2 Tavern Tiers higher.\\

The previous version of his Hero Power simply replaced a minion in Bob's Tavern with one from a higher tier for free.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Galakrond's Hero Power not only used to be a giant investment to [[LuckBasedMission get a decent high-tier minion]] eventually, it forced him to keep freezing Bob's Tavern, which means that he couldn't refresh the Tavern to find minions which complemented his warband better. The freeze effect only marginally helped with that, which is why since his release Galakrond was one of the worst heroes in the game. By removing the cost to his Hero Power, he at least can level up Bob's Tavern normally like the other heroes.
* BalanceBuff: In the November 2020 patch, the freeze effect was removed, but his Hero Power is now free.
* {{Foil}}:
** His Hero Power is suspiciously similar to Toki's Hero Power, but only single target, and can stack on many turns similar to Sindragosa.
** Hooktusk's Hero Power is the opposite of Galakrond's. While she can only use her Hero Power on her own minions, Galakrond can only use his on Bob's offered minions. Galakrond transforms the minion into one of a higher tier, while Hooktusk can only downgrade her minions.
** Malygos is also similar to Galakrond, except Malygos can affect both Bob's and his own minions, and the transformed minions are of the same Tavern tier.
* {{Nerf}}: The buff to his Hero Power described above ended up making Galakrond ''incredibly overpowered'', and he was removed from the pool of available heroes a little over a month afterwards. When he was brought back in July 2021, his Hero power was reverted back to costing 1 Gold, but also changed to allow Galakrond to pick the replacement minion through the Discover interface, akin to how Hooktusk's Hero Power was changed.
* SequenceBreaking: His Hero Power allows him to get access to higher Tavern Tier minions than his current tier would allow.

!!Galewing
The trusty gryphon of Dungar Longdrink, flightmaster for the city of Stormwind. Galewing's Hero Power, ''Dungar's Gryphon'', cost nothing and lets you choose a flightpath, which grants you a reward after a set number of turns before refreshing your Hero Power but you cannot choose the same flight paths twice in a row:
* Selecting the path to ''Westfall'' gives your left-most minion +2/+2 after 1 turn.
* Selecting the path to ''Ironforge'' give you 2 extra Golds after 2 turns.
* Selecting the path to the ''Western Plaguelands'' allows you to Discover a minion from your tavern tier after 3 turns\\

His buddy was Flight Trainer, a Tier 2 2/3 that caused your next flight path to trigger twice, with the Golden version caused your flight path to trigger 3 times. An old version of it was a 5/4 that progressed your flight path by one extra turn at the start of your turn, with the Golden version progress your path by 2 extra turns.

* BalanceBuff:
** His hero power was lightly buffed in August 2022, with Westfall now giving +1 Health as well as +2 Attack, and Eastern Plaguelands reducing it by 6 instead of 5.
** His Hero Power was completely reworked in the Buddy patch, now that he can't pick the same options twice in a row (because the Discover option was picked way too often) as well as getting a new option to gain 2 Golds after 2 turns in exchange for getting rid of the 5 turns options that allow him to discount Tavern Tier upgrade by 5 Golds.
* {{Nerf}}: The Western Plaguelands flightpath originally upgraded your Tavern for free, which wound up being too strong. It was eventually nerfed to only reduce your next upgrade's cost by 5 gold.

!!George the Fallen
A vengeful paladin that joined the League of E.V.I.L. to seek revenge for Karl. His Hero Power is ''Boon of Light'', which gives a minion Divine Shield at the cost of 2 Gold.\\

His buddy was Karl the Lost, a Tier 4 3/4 that gave your Divine Shield minions +2 Attack after you used your hero power, with the Golden version gave +4 Attack.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Being able to give Divine Shield to any minion you want would be absolutely amazing if it wasn't kept in check by the high cost. You're generally better off spending your Gold on upgrades and minions until the very late-game, at which point you'll have to try and stay alive for several rounds before you can get Divine Shield across your board. This was lessened with the February 2020 patch that reduced its cost from 4 to 3 Gold.
* BalanceBuff: His Hero Power's cost was reduced from 4 to 3 Gold in the February 2020 patch. In November 2020, it was further reduced to 2 Gold.
* BarrierWarrior: George can give his minions permanently [[SingleUseShield Divine Shields]]. Ironically, this makes him a suitable hero for Demon warbands, which have big stats, but [[AchillesHeel lack any defenses against Poisonous]].
* MagikarpPower: He effectively has no Hero Power for most of the game, making it a struggle to keep up with his opponents. On the flipside, once his team is locked in he bar-none has the strongest Hero Power in the game.
* StoneWall: The Divine Shield he grants is permanent, letting him very easily build a tough wall out of his team.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Nefarian's Hero Power eats Divine Shields for breakfast, completely ruining him. To a lesser extent, Ragnaros can also de-value his Hero Power significantly. The addition of Unstable Ghoul also gives all heroes a fantastic tech card against him.

!!Giantfin
A massive murloc from the jungles of Stranglethorn. His Hero Power is ''Murloc King'', which costs 1 Gold to give all of his minions at the start of the next combat a Deathrattle that summons a 1/1 Murloc.

* UnskilledButStrong: His Hero Power is straightforward and tries to force him down the Murloc route. He's exceptionally good at this, but otherwise inflexible.
* ZergRush: Giantfin obviously has incredible synergy with Murlocs, which tend to focus on swarms over tall stacks.

!!The Great Akazamzarak
A goblin "[[ConMan magician]]". His 1-Gold Hero Power, ''Prestididgitation'', lets him Discover a Secret from a specific list and puts it into play.\\

His buddy, Street Magician, was a Tier 3 5/3 that put a random Secret into play on death, with the Golden version put 2 Secrets.

* BalanceBuff: His Hero Power cost was reduced from 2 to 1 Gold in November 2020. In addition, Effigy was replaced by the more useful Competitive Spirit. His secret pool was updated again in June 2023 to remove Snake Trap and Avenge (due to their complete lack of relevance after the first 3 rounds) and replace them with Reckoning[[note]] After an enemy minion deals 3 or more damage, destroy it[[/note]] and Magic Black Soulstone[[note]] After your last minion dies, summon 2 random Demons instead[[/note]].
* LastChanceHitPoint: He can generate Ice Block, saving him from lethal damage.
* {{Nerf}}: His Hero Power used to be able to roll [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Hand_of_Salvation Hand of Salvation]], but it was removed from the pool in the ''Descent of Dragons'' patch. He was also made less likely to get multiple Ice Blocks.
* NotTheIntendedUse: Akazamzarak was able to get Ice Block 100% of the time. This initially worked after only 7 secrets remained in the pool due to Effigy being removed in November 2020, which is why Akazamzarak was temporarily disabled, as with infinite Ice Blocks he is guaranteed to get second place or alternatively survive the 50 turn timer to force a draw against the remaining player.
* ObviousRulePatch:
** He only uses a small list of Secrets, specifically only the ones that can actually take effect in Battlegrounds.[[labelnote:List]]Magic Black Soulstone, Venomstrike Trap, Ice Block, Splitting Image, Autodefense Matrix, Reckoning, Redemption, and Competitive Spirit[[/labelnote]]
** In case anyone tried to keep 5 Secrets active by not playing a single minion to get infinite Ice Blocks, Blizzard added Competitive Spirit to make this impossible to pull off forever.
* StoneWall: With cards like Autodefense Matrix, Splitting Image, Redemption, Ice Block and any big taunts, Akazamzarak can be surprisingly hard to take out.
* TrapMaster: Currently the only hero capable of using Secrets. (Except Tickatus, who can discover Ice Block as a Darkmoon Prize.)
** During the Buddy era, any hero could use secrets in theory after stealing Street Magician off Akazamzarak (through Murozond or their hero powers).
* VictoryByEndurance: Except for first place, it's theoretically possible for Akazamzarak to outlast his opponents despite losing the entire time, thanks to his Ice Block Secret. Due to this interaction, Blizzard reduced the probability to get multiple Ice Blocks in a row. This was later removed by making it so Akazamzarak can only discover Ice block ''once per game''.

!!Greybough
An ancient of lore at the Darkmoon Faire. Her passive Hero Power, ''Sprout It Out!'', gives minions that are summoned during combat +1/+2 and Taunt.\\

Her buddy, Wandering Treant, was a Tier 2 3/5 that gave any Taunt minions you summoned +2/+2, with the Golden version gave +4/+4.

* ZergRush: Her Hero Power gives a buff to token-generating minions, making her especially strong with Mechs and Beasts. Since the newly summoned minions come with Taunt, she has strong synergy with other Taunt-supporting minions like Champion of Y'shaarj or Qiraji Harbinger.

!!Guff Runetotem
An ultra-pacifistic tauren druid and the grand-nephew of Hamuul Runetotem, Archdruid of Thunder Bluff. His hero power, ''Natural Balance'', gives +2/+2 to a friendly minion of each Tavern Tier for 2 Gold.\\

His buddy was Baby Kodo, a Tier 5 3/6 Beast that refreshed Bob's Tavern with one minion from each available Tavern Tier.

* {{Nerf}}: Similarly to the buffed version of Queen Wagtoggle, Guff's Hero Power buff was originally +2/1, which wound up being very strong in the long term. Also like Wagtoggle, his Hero Power was nerfed to only give a +1/+1 buff. It was then burfed to +3/+2 for 2 Gold, before they settled on +2/+2 for 2.
* SequenceBreaking: Baby Kodo could give him minions way above his current tavern.

!!Heistbaron Togwaggle
The former king of the kobolds, now Rafaam's partner-in-crime! Togwaggle's hero power is The Perfect Crime, which steals every minion in Bob's Tavern. It starts at 10 Gold, but the next use is reduced by 1 Gold every turn.

His Buddy is Waxadred, the Drippy, a Tier 5 7/5 Elemental Dragon that allows him to Refresh Bob’s Tavern with the highest Tier minion from each opponent’s last Warband.

* ImpossibleTheft: His hero power steals every minion for sale right from under Bob's nose.
* {{Nerf}}: His hero power used to start at 9 gold. This was too strong, as he could just upgrade to tier 3 in his 3rd turn then hero power on his next turn to steal a bunch of tier 1-3 minions and easly compensate any tempo loss. It was nerfed to start at 10 gold.
!!Illidan Stormrage
The Betrayer and leader of the Illidari. Illidan's passive Hero Power is ''Wingmen'', which, at the start of every combat, causes his left-most and right-most minions to gain +2/+1 then attack the enemy board immediately.\\

His buddy was Eclipsion Illidari, a Tier 3 6/3 that caused your first minion that attacked to be Immune during the initial swing.

* ActionInitiative: Illidan's Hero Power circumvents the rule that whoever has more minions on the board at the start of combat will attack first from left to right and if both players have the same amount, who attacks first is randomly resolved via coin flip. Illidan's left- and then right-most minions will ''always'' attack first, regardless of whether Illidan's opponent has more minions on the board or not. After their attacks, the attack sequence is resolved as always, meaning that his left-most minion may be able to attack again shortly after.
* BalanceBuff: Originally, Illidan's Hero Power only caused the left-most and right-most minions to attack first, which was a very under-whelming effect. To help boost his power a little, it was updated in July 2021 to also give the minions +2 Attack. Then it was further updated in late June 2023 to give the minions +2/+1 instead.
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: Illidan needs to position his board differently from every other hero, since his right-most minion will attack second in sequence every round. This means Illidan should put his best attackers on the edges of the board.
* PunnyName: Illidan is a WingedHumanoid. He attacks with his ''wingmen''.

!!Infinite Toki
Toki, Time-Tinker from a BadFuture. Her Hero Power is ''Temporal Tavern'', which lets her Refresh Bob's Tavern for 1 Gold and replace the last minion with one from the next tier.\\

Her buddy, Clockwork Assistant, was a Tier 5 3/3 Mech that has the Battlecry Discovered a minion from a Tavern Tier higher than her current one, with the Golden version Discover 2 minions.

* BalanceBuff: With the addition of new stronger heroes as well as adjustments of key minions, her Hero Power was reverted back to its original version.
* {{Nerf}}: Toki's Hero Power cost 2 Gold from launch until January 14th, which severely limited her effectiveness.
* NotTheIntendedUse: Temporal Tavern means she never has to go up to Tier 6, since she can get Tier 6 minions at Tier 5. In fact, it's ''better'' than Tier 6, since it guarantees she'll get one of those rare minions that don't appear in every refresh.
* SequenceBreaking: Her Hero Power lets her access tiered up minions without spending the Gold to tier up, letting her get a more powerful board earlier.
* TimeMaster: She refreshes her way into minions from the future.
* XanatosSpeedChess: For most heroes, you'll want to go into the Battlegrounds with a strategy in mind and then pick minions that fit the theme. When playing Toki, you'll instead want to keep your eyes open for powerful minions generated by her Hero Power, and then build around those. They might not fit your envisioned strategy or synergize with each other, but a power spike is a power spike, and you can always change your strategy on the fly in the early- to mid-game.

!!Ini Stormcoil
A mechagnome inventor serving as the engineer for Faelin's expedition to Zin-Azshari. Her passive Hero Power, ''Mech-Gyver'', adds a random Mech to her hand each time 10 of her minions die.\\

Her buddy, Sub Scrubber, was a Tier 4 4/4 that gained +2/+2 whenever you played a Mech, with the Golden version gain +4/+4.

* CharacterSelectForcing: While you ''could'' just use the free Mechs Ini's Hero Power gives you purely as selling material, the tribe's token-heavy nature means that you're likely better off just playing a Mechs board to trigger her Hero Power more often and increase the odds of getting triples on your Mechs.
* {{Nerf}}:
** Sub Scrubber was initially a Tier 2 buddy, which combined with Ini's Hero Power allowed her to quickly snowball through the rest of the game. He was consequently bumped to Tier 4 to slow him down significantly.
** Ini's Hero Power initially triggered after 9 friendly minion deaths, making her extremely good in the early-to-mid-game, even after Sub Scrubber's nerf. As a result, the requirement was bumped to 12 deaths, which successfully slowed her down for good. However, This plummeted her winrate, so the nerf was partially reverted in the late June 2023 update by requiring 10 minions instead.

!!The Jailer
The former arbiter of the afterlife, who became the lord of the Maw for his diabolical schemes. His hero power is ''Runic Empowerment'', which gives a minion +1/+1 for 1 Gold. Every 9 friendly minions that die increase this amount by +1/+1.

His Buddy is Mawsworn Soulkeeper, a Tier 2 2/2 Undead that summon 3 Tier 1 minions on death, with its Golden version summon 6 tier 1 minions

* MagikarpPower: The initial effect to grant +1/+1 is horrifically slow, but it can be built to a much, much larger buff over the course of the game.

!!Jandice Barov
Daughter to Lord Alexei Barov, a powerful archmage and an instructor of the Scholomance. Her 0-cost Hero Power, ''Swap, Lock & Shop it'', allows her to swap one of her minions with a random one in Bob's Tavern.\\

Her buddy was Jandice's Apprentice, a Tier 3 4/4. Whenever she swapped minions, both gained stats equal to Jandice's Tavern Tier, with the Golden gain double the stats whenever she swapped.

* {{Foil}}: Jandice is a hero who primarily makes use of Battlecry minions similar to Dinotamer Brann. However, instead of rolling the dice to get one she needs, she can keep reusing the ones she already found. This makes her very strong with Murlocs and absolutely overpowered with [[LethalJokeCharacter Pogo-Hoppers]] without needing to triple them, while at the same time comfortably leveling up to find other powerful minions like Brann Bronzebeard or Amalgadons.

!!Kael'thas Sunstrider
The prince and leader of the blood elves, until he joined the Burning Legion. His passive Hero Power, ''Verdant Spheres'', gives each third played minion +2/+2.\\

His buddy was Crimson Hand Centurion, a Tier 5 7/5 that gave all minions in your hand and board +1/+1 each time Verdant Spheres triggered, with the Golden version give +2/+2 per each activation.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Kael has a unique UI element that shows how close he is to his third purchase, letting you easily keep track between turns.
* BalanceBuff: His hero power was altered to work on every third minion you ''played'' rather than bought, giving you far greater control over what gets the buff.
* CrutchCharacter: His Hero Power is incredibly strong in early-game, particularly if you can line it up with something like a Rat Pack or Deflect-o-bot. In the late-game however, not only is it inconsistent with how often you want to cycle through minions, the +2/+2 buff is small potatoes by that point.
* RuleOfThree: Like his collectible card, his Hero Power takes effect on every third of something.

!!King Mukla
The king of the apes. His Hero Power is ''Bananarama'', a passive that adds two Bananas to his hand at the start of each turn and every other player gets 1 Banana as well. Bananas give a minion +1/+1 for free. There is also a chance to get a Big Banana, which gives a minion +2/+2. \\
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His buddy was Crazy Monkey, a Tier 2 4/4 Beast that made his Bananas give the target an additional +1/+1, with the Golden version give +2/+2.

* BalanceBuff:
** His Hero Power originally required him to sell Beasts to get Bananas, which was much slower and generally not at all useful in the late-game.
** After his "Buy one Beast, get one Banana for free" Hero Power proved ineffective, he was given two Bananas for 1 Gold with the July 2020 update, but now with an EquivalentExchange mechanic added to it, which balances out the buffs he can get.
** With the October 2020 update, he has a 20% chance to get a Big Banana instead, which gives a minion +2/+2. This 20% chance was later buffed to 33% in February 2021, and then to an incredible ''50/50 chance'' in July 2021.
** His hero power was revamped again in late june 2023 by making Bananarama a passive and activating at the start of every turn,
* {{Foil}}: King Mukla's way to buff minions with Bananas is similar to [=VanCleef's=], except Mukla's Hero Power is limited to +2/+2 each turn and has a major drawback that benefits every other player, while [=VanCleef=] can comfortably buff a minion each turn without any downsides.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He's the only character who was given redone art for Battlegrounds.

!!Kurtrus Ashfallen
A defector from the Illidari seeking to prevent the return of the Dreadlord that claimed his kinfolk to Azeroth. Kurtrus's hero power is ''Glaive Ricochet'', a once-per-turn passive that after purchasing 3 minions, it awards Kurtrus with a copy of one of them(which one is random).


His hero power used to be unique in that he had an evolving passive Hero Power with three stages, each of which is described below:
* At the start of the game, Kurtrus' Hero Power is ''Final Showdown''. If you buy 3 minions in one turn while this is active, those minions gain +2/+2 and Kurtrus swaps to his second Hero Power.
* Kurtrus' second Hero Power is ''Gain Momentum''. If you buy 4 minions in one turn while this is active, all minions in your hand and on your board gain +2/+2 and Kurtrus swaps to his last Hero Power.
* Kurtrus' third and final Hero Power is ''Close the Portal''. If you buy 5 minions in one turn while this is active, ALL of your minions this game gain a permanent +2/+2 buff.\\

His buddy, Living Nightmare, was a Tier 2 5/3 that gave minions in Bob's Tavern +2/+1 that turn after you bought a minion.

* BalanceBuff: Because of his below average winrate and hero power that didn't age well thanks to PowerCreep, his hero power was completely overhauled to its current version in the late June 2023 update. This iteration, however, was somewhat polarizing: It was too slow in the early game where you can't purchase that many minions in a single turn, and it was pretty overpowered when used in late-game if Kurtrus lived long enough and found strong minion purchases to discover from. As a result, it was changed again: now he only requires 3 minion purchases to activate the passive, but the minion copy is now awarded at random instead of being allowed to discover it.
* DifficultButAwesome: While the first two stages of Kurtrus' Hero Power were relatively easy, completing the final stage requires careful Gold management and buying minions like Alleycat, Sellemental, and Freedealing Gambler to recoup costs, and due to the various rules regarding what minions can and can't appear in Bob's Tavern, you aren't guaranteed to find them. If you did complete the final stage, though, the reward used to be well worth it: a ''permanent'' +2/+2 buff to ALL of your minions. And while it isn't immediately obvious, "ALL your minions this game" not only includes minions in your hand and on your board, but also minions for sale in Bob's Tavern, Triple rewards, and minions summoned through Deathrattles in combat, making what on the surface appears to be a fairly decent buff ''ridiculously powerful'' given the right game state.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Kurtrus's Hero Power used to be basically the Demon Hunter Questline, but predated it and all other Questlines, making this a predecessor to the mechanic as a whole.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Kurtrus' evolving Hero Power represented his quest to prevent the Dreadlord Anetheron from returning to Azeroth and causing havoc, just like he did to his kinfolk. The first hero power represents the start of their battle, the second is Kurtrus "gaining momentum" in the fight, as the name implies, and the third and final Hero Power is Kurtrus closing the portal Anetheron used to return to Azeroth, concluding Kurtrus' quest.
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: While there have been Heroes that have two-stage Hero Powers that evolve if certain conditions are met, such as Arrana and Ragnaros, Kurtrus used to take this mechanic to a new level by having a Hero Power with ''three'' stages and increasingly more powerful effects, with each stage even having its own name.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Unfortunately, while his hero power was fairly decent and could lead to some strong minions summons, it was eventually overshadowed as PowerCreep caught on battlegrounds and tribes/heroes offered better scaling options in general. Even the two niches his hero power was good for were eventually overshadowed with the likes of Banana Slamma[[note]]Beasts summed via Deathrattle or Reborn have their stats doubled[[/note]], the revamped Millificent Manastorm[[note]]Her hero power boost mechs from the get-go passively and without needing extra imput. While it only boosts attack +2, almost all mechs are GlassCannon by nature so a conditionless +2 attack to mechs is far more useful[[/note]] and even Uther[[note]]Sets minion stat to 15/15, which made Uther's buff far more powerful than Kurtrus for the protection of key minions like Slamma and Baron Rivendare.[[/note]]. Because of this, his hero power was revamped in the late June 2023 update

!!Lady Vashj
The former handmaiden of Queen Azshara and the leader of Illidan's naga. Her hero power is ''Relics of the Deep'', which lets her Discover a Spellcraft spell from her tier or lower for 1 Gold. It also passively causes the first Spellcraft she casts each turn to be permanent.\\

Her original Hero Power was ''Evolving Electricity''. Whenever Bob's Tavern was upgraded, the minions he offered were replaced with ones of a higher tier.
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Her Buddy is Coilfang Elite, a Tier 1 3/2 Naga that activate whenever a Spellcraft minion appears in Bob’s Tavern, get a copy of its spell, with the Golden version gave you 2 copies.

* BalanceBuff: Her new hero power is much stronger and more synergistic than her old one.
* CharacterSelectForcing: Nothing forces her to go Naga per say, but getting a free Spellcraft is better than having to throw down 1 Gold to use her hero power every turn. As such, she's out of the lobby in games without Naga.
* LuckBasedMission: This was the main issue with her original hero power. While she would always get minions of a higher tier, the current minions Bob offers are random and might not be of the highest tier possible. Even then, there's no guarantee she'd evolve into something useful.

!!Lich Baz'hial
A lich haunting the tombs of Uldum. Her Hero Power is ''Graveyard Shift'', which costs 2 gold and lets you steal a minion from bob's tavern with the drawback of taking damage based on its tavern tier.\\

Her original hero power was free but dealt 4 damage and gave her 2 gold for that turn only.
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Her buddy was Unearthed Underling, a Tier 4 2/2 Undead that prevented your hero from taking damage twice each turn and gained +2/+2 each time damage was prevented, with the Golden version gain +4/+4.

* BalanceBuff: Baz'hial's original Hero Power used to cost 3 health, but was dropped to 2 as the risk was a bit too much for the reward. Then her Hero Power now deal 4 damage but gain you 2 Golds instead.
** Eventually, they reworked her hero power to a once-per-turn 1 gold purchase of any minion in bob's tavern, with the drawback being that it deals damage to her based on the tier level of the purchased minion. This iteration was a bit too strong, however, so it was nerfed into a 2 gold purchase of any minion that still deals damage based on tavern tier of the minion.
* CastFromHitpoints: Her power gives her a stacking economy boost, but comes at a very hefty cost. Keep in mind that WoundThatWillNotHeal is in full effect for this gamemode.
* EvilCounterpart: Her current hero power iteration is one to Xyrella. Both hero powers cost 2 gold to use, but while Xyrella sets the minion's base stats to 2/2 as a drawback, Baz'hial instead suffers damage based on the minion's tavern tier.
* {{Nerf}}: Her Hero Power was reworked to give a bigger immediate benefit at double the immediate cost, but she can no longer horde coins to use them all at once anymore. This also removes her broken synergy with Nagas, which have effects that trigger on playing spells. Her hero power was completely replaced with something else eventually, as mentioned above.
** Her hero power minion purchase was a bit too efficient so it was changed to cost 2 gold, up from 1.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Kel'Thuzad, a far more popular lich. KT does make an appearance, but only as a game mechanic to fill-in for a dead hero when necessary.

!!The Lich King
Arthas, the fallen prince of Lordaeron. The Lich King's Hero Power is ''Reborn Rites'', which costs no gold to use and grants a minion Reborn for the next combat.\\

His buddy was Arfus, a Tier 3 6/3 Undead Beast with Reborn that gave a friendly minion its Attack whenever that minion is Reborned, with the Golden version gave your Reborn minions twice the amount of Arfus's Attack. Its old version is a 4/3 that caused your other Reborn minions to summon an extra copy after dying, with the Golden version summon 2 extra copies.

* BalanceBuff:
** The Lich King's Hero Power formerly only worked on the right-most minion before being upgraded to let him choose which minion to use it on.
** In August 2020, The Lich King's Hero Power's Gold cost was removed, drastically increasing his power in the early- and mid-game.
* DifficultButAwesome: His Hero Power is positional and uses an uncommon keyword with a lot of rules. Making the most out of it (such as resurrecting a Deathrattle or Taunt/Divine Shield) is key to playing him well.
* {{Necromancer}}: His Hero Power lets him bring one minion back to life.
* SeriesMascot: For Battlegrounds. He's one of two characters featured on the key art (alongside Ragnaros), and is the character you take control of should you go through the tutorial.

!!Lord Barov
Alexei Barov is the lord of Caer Darrow, where the Scholomance is located. His Hero Power, ''Friendly Wager'', costs 1 Gold, and has him guess between two chosen players who will win the next combat. If chosen correctly, the Barov player is given 3 Coins at the start of the next round. If the players tied, he is given 1 Coin.\\

His buddy, Barov's Apprentice, was a Tier 4 5/4 that made Gold Coins grant an extra Gold, with the Golden version grant 2 extra Golds.

* BalanceBuff: Draws used to count as a loss for Lord Barov. With the November 2020 patch, Lord Barov is given 1 Coin, at least giving him back his wager.
* TheGambler: Barov's Hero Power rewards players who can correctly guess the winner of the next combat. Thus Barov's Hero Power either potentially gives him 2 more Gold every turn or makes him pay 1 Gold for nothing. While it also involves analyzing the warbands of his opponents, due to the random nature of the mode, there will always be a probability to waste gold, and even in an even match the odds are often against Barov, as ties will count as an incorrect guess without any recuperation.
* {{Nerf}}: His buddy was a bit too strong on release, since it could be obtained very early (it was originally a Tier 2 buddy) and Barov could use the extra gold to upgrade the tavern several times in a single turn and hit Tier 5-6 before the other heroes could even upgrade to Tier 4, all without losing much tempo. The 15 damage cap in the early game also made it impossible for any Barov with more than 30 health to die if he hits Tier 6 while all the other opponents were alive, ensuring he has free turns to grab high-tier minions and quickly starts to decimate anyone else. His buddy was booted to tier 3, and when buddies returned in early 2023, it was further nerfed to tier 4.
* ObviousRulePatch: He had to be removed from the pools while Diablo was active. His hero power is a complete headache when everyone is facing off against a single player.

!!Lord Jaraxxus
The '''EREDAR LORD OF THE BURNING LEGION.''' His 1-Gold Hero Power, ''Bloodfury'', lets him choose a friendly Demon and makes it consume a random minion in Bob's Tavern to gain its stats. Previously, it used to give his Demons +1/+1.\\

His buddy was Kil'rek, a Tier 3 3/6 Demon with Taunt that added a random Demon to your hand on death and the Golden version add 2 random Demons.

* BalanceBuff: His Hero Power used to cost 3 Gold initially, but left him one of the worst heroes in the game. It was reduced to 2 as a result, and in June 2020 to 1 Gold, as he was still bottom-tier. Ultimately, Blizzard gave up and reworked his hero power entirely.
* CharacterSelectForcing: You're pretty much required to go demons if you want to be at all effective as Jaraxxus.
* GatheringSteam: Jaraxxus has a fairly weak Hero Power on its first use (compare Millificent, who passively gives the Mechs she hires +1 Attack). However, once you have your crew locked in, casting a free Crystal Weaver every turn is pretty insane.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: While Jaraxxus has a decent Hero Power, he is outclassed by more flexible heroes who decide to play Demons.
** A. F. Kay has access to two Tier 3 minions when she gets started. If she managed to freeze a Wrath Weaver beforehand and gets at least one Floating Watcher, she already has made up for the fact that she started two rounds later than everyone else. If she gets two Floating Watchers with a Wrath Weaver, she will almost guarantee to outlast every other Demon player. This is no longer possible after the Watchers were moved to Tier 4.
** Rafaam can get more Demons and triples because of his Hero Power. Playing one more Demon gives the biggest Demon minions, Floating Watcher and Wrath Weaver, more stats than Jaraxxus could with his spread Hero Power.
** Tirion does not actually buff Demons directly, but he can buff Wrath Weaver and Soul Juggler, who are tribeless, and he can mix his warband up with buffed Selfless Heroes and/or Righteous Protectors, who protect the stacked Demon minions with Divine Shields. His Hero Power also only costs half as much as Jaraxxus'.

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!!Maiev Shadowsong
The warden of Illidan Stormrage and leader of the Watchers. Her Hero Power, ''Imprison'', adds a minion to her hand for 1 gold but makes it unavailable to play until 2 turns later.

Her hero power used to costs 1 Gold and puts a minion in Bob's Tavern in the Dormant status. After 3 turns, the minion is given to her and gets +1 Attack.\\

Her buddy was Shadow Warden, a Tier 2 4/4 that caused the target of her next hero power to awaken one turn early and be Golden and the Golden version caused the target to awake 2 turns early.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Getting a minion for only 1 Gold and even buffing it slightly sounds fair if one keeps in mind that it comes with a delay, until you learn that the Dormant minion takes up a spot in Bob's Tavern, and thus severely hinders your rerolls. As a result, it was most often better to just not use her Hero Power at all. This was the reason it was eventually changed to no longer reduce the number of available minions after each refresh.
* BalanceBuff:
** Since June 2020, Maiev's Dormant minions no longer reduce the number of available minions in the tavern.
** The second of the two nerfs mentioned below wound up being too harsh, and so in August 2021 her buff was increased to +2/+2 to balance out the longer Dormant period.
** Even this buff wasn't enough to prevent Maiev from having abysmal winrates, so her hero power was changed again in early December 2023, by reverting it back to a 2 turns wait but adding the minion to the hand(albeit in locked form until 2 turns pass since the purchase).
* DifficultButAwesome: Playing Maiev effectively requires having a plan and thinking ahead a few turns, as she can jail up to two minions, yet the player has to keep their own warband strong enough to not lose too many rounds. However, her Hero Power, combined with the freeze function, leads to more triples and can very quickly help the player achieve a powerful warband.
* TheJailer: Her Hero Power is based on her status as this in ''Warcraft''.
* {{Nerf}}:
** Maiev was one of the top three heroes up until October 2020 (only slightly behind Jandice Barov and Ragnaros the Firelord), so the minions she gets from her Hero Power no longer gain Health.
** This nerf wasn't ''quite'' enough to keep her down, and she was removed from the Hero pool in June 2021, returning at the start of July with a nerf to the number of turns the buffed minion is Dormant, going from 2 turns to 3.
* NotTheIntendedUse: If Maiev's hand is full, the minion she gets from her Hero Power isn't added to her hand and actually dies. If it has a Deathrattle, the Deathrattle will trigger on Bob's side of the board, and if a minion is affected, the minion will get the effect permanently, like Selfless Hero's Divine Shield.

!!Malygos
The Aspect of Magic until he went insane and tried to destroy all magic users on Azeroth. Malygos's Hero Power, ''Arcane Alteration'', can be used twice in a turn and replaces a minion with a random one from the same tier for 0 Gold.\\

His buddy, Nexus Lord, was a Tier 4 6/6 that caused his hero power to replace the minion with one from a higher Tavern Tier instead, with the Golden version allow to replace with a minion from 2 higher Tavern Tiers.

* BalanceBuff: Malygos' Hero Power, while decent, wasn't quite up to snuff, and as such it was buffed in August 2021, now allowing Malygos to use it twice in one turn.
* {{Foil}}:
** With the July 2020 update, Captain Hooktusk's Hero Power resembles Malygos' one, except he can use his on Bob's offered minions as well, and the new minion is from the same Tavern tier. However, Hooktusk gets the minion in her hand, allowing her to use potential Battlecries or buff effects from minions on the board like from Mama Bear.
** Malygos is also similar to Galakrond, except Malygos can affect both Bob's and his own minions, and the transformed minions are of the same Tavern tier. His buddy made him a straight upgrade over Galakrond, at the cost needing to keep a subpar minion in play.
* LuckManipulationMechanic: Malygos makes it easier to get key minions without having to refresh a bunch of times, as you can simply grab any minion and then reroll it until you get something nice. It's especially good when used on tokens for something like Wrath Weaver.

!!Master Nguyen
One of Pandaria's Five Sorcerers- and perhaps the only one still alive. At the start of every turn, Nguyen's passive Hero Power, ''Power of the Storm'', lets him choose one of two other Hero Powers to use for that turn.\\

His buddy, Lei Flamepaw, was a Tier 2 3/6 that let you choose between three different hero powers instead of two and 4 options with the Golden version.

* DiscardAndDraw: Every turn, he loses his previous hero power and gains a totally new one.
* DittoFighter: His Hero Power copies one of the other heroes' Hero Powers at the start of every turn.
* {{Foil}}: To Sir Finley. Finley's current Hero Power lets him choose one of three Hero Powers to use for the rest of the game, while Nguyen only picks one of two ''and'' is forced to pick again at the start of his next turn.
* {{Nerf}}: His hero power originally allowed him to choose one of three other hero powers, which was a bit too strong and consistent. He was nerfed to only be able to choose from one of two choices instead, and his pre-nerf iteration was given as a effect to his buddy instead.
* OriginalGeneration: He's the first Battlegrounds hero to not appear in constructed or adventure mode.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after, and a tribute to, Dan Nguyen, one of the founding members of the ''Hearthstone'' team who sadly passed away. Also likely one of the last tributes of this kind, since he was added just before Blizzard's new no dev-naming policy following the 2021 lawsuit.

!!Millhouse Manastorm
A trigger-happy gnome mage/warlock of questionable morals, sanity, and competence. His passive Hero Power is ''Manastorm'', which makes his minions cost 2 Gold. However, refreshing the Tavern also costs 2 Gold, and upgrading Bob's Tavern costs 1 Gold extra.\\

His buddy was Magnus Manastorm, a Tier 5 4/4 that, whenever you bought a minion from Bob's Tavern, added a minion of the same tier to the tavern for free. The Golden version add 2 minions of the same Tavern Tier.