36.0.3 — First major Violet Hold balance pass

Released July 21, 2026

This was the first large balance update after Escape from Violet Hold.

Selected nerfs

• Vanessa the Ringleader: six-cost 4/4 → seven-cost 4/3.
• Warptooth needs four friendly characters to take damage on your turn, up from three.
• Confront the Tol'vir: four → five Mana. A later patch changes it again.
• Blazing Invocation loses its one-Mana discount. Patch 36.2.2 later brings it back.

Selected buffs

• Blood Doctor Thal'ena: five → four Mana.
• Sawbones: six-cost 6/4 → five-cost 5/3.
• Annihilation drops to eight Mana.
• Moragg drops to nine Mana.
• Irida Sinseeker becomes 7/7.
• Azalina Soulsever adds a starting Health of 40.
• Karov the Broken gains Taunt.

Older guides may show earlier costs, Health, or trigger rules. This page records the patch as released. Later patches take priority.