Hearthstone Getting "Diamond Cards" In New Forged In The Barrens Season

Blizzard has announced some revisions to Hearthstone's Tavern Pass rewards track for the coming season, and part of that includes a new type of cosmetic reward for reaching certain milestones. The new track to accompany the Forged in the Barrens expansion will include diamond cards, a new cosmetic tier that looks even fancier than gold cards.

As detailed on the Hearthstone blog, diamond cards feature 3D animations, a larger space for the card art to shine, and a unique diamond border on both the card in hand and the play token on board. Unlike gold cards, there won't be a corresponding diamond card for every single card in the set. Instead, these are unique cards that can only be obtained by special means.

Forged in the Barrens will introduce two diamond cards, and Blizzard promises at least one for each expansion going forward. For Barrens, Blademaster Samuro and Bru'kan will get the diamond treatment. You can obtain Samuro by purchasing the Tavern Pass, and Bru'kan by completing the Legendary Collector achievement (i.e. collecting all Legendary cards in the Barrens set).

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Diamond cards were announced as part of a series of other changes to this edition of the Tavern Pass. The free track will include several uncraftable golden cards, random Legendary cards, and new Year of the Phoenix packs that will grant a mix of cards from all of the last year's expansions. The premium track will give you access to XP boosts and new hero portraits, including another chance at choosing one of the top-tier hero portraits for reaching the highest reward level. You can find the full table of rewards and XP requirements below.

Finally, Barrens will introduce a new set of collectible Coin cards, which you can earn by reaching level 90 of the reward track, or collecting all 135 Barrens cards. A Bigglesworth coin will also be added, which you can gain by collecting all the Scholomance Academy cards.

Forged in the Barrens is coming on March 30, and Blizzard is currently revealing all the cards in the set--so some of the rewards in the track are listed as "to be revealed." For more details, check out everything we know about Hearthstone's 2021 plans.

Lvl	XP to level	Cumulative XP	Free Track	Tavern Pass
1	0	0	Mankrik (Uncraftable Legendary)	10% XP Boost, Diamond Blademaster Samuro (Uncraftable)
2	100	100	50 Gold
3	100	200	Barrens Pack
4	150	350	2x Golden Venomous Scorpid (Uncraftable Common)
5	150	500	Barrens Pack	Young Rokara Hero Skin (Warrior)
6	225	725	2x Golden Peon (Uncraftable Common)
7	225	950	50 Gold
8	300	1250	2x Golden Hog Rancher (Uncraftable Common)
9	300	1550	Barrens Pack
10	325	1875	Random Epic Card	Initiate Kurtrus Hero Skin (Demon Hunter)
11	325	2200	50 Gold
12	350	2550	50 Gold
13	350	2900	Golden [TO BE REVEALED] (Uncraftable Rare)
14	375	3275	50 Gold
15	375	3650	Zuldazar Card Back	Survivor Xyrella Hero Skin (Priest)
16	400	4050	50 Gold
17	400	4450	50 Gold
18	425	4875	Year of the Phoenix Pack
19	425	5300	50 Gold
20	450	5750	Random Legendary Card	15% XP Boost
21	450	6200	50 Gold
22	550	6750	50 Gold
23	600	7350	Golden Burning Blade Acolyte (Uncraftable Rare)
24	650	8000	50 Gold
25	675	8675	Year of the Phoenix Pack	Golden Vol'jin (Uncraftable Legendary)
26	675	9350	50 Gold
27	875	10225	50 Gold
28	875	11100	Golden Horde Operative (Uncraftable Rare)
29	1000	12100	50 Gold
30	1100	13200	Tavern Ticket	Barrens Card Back
31	1200	14400	50 Gold
32	1200	15600	50 Gold
33	1250	16850	Golden [TO BE REVEALED] (Uncraftable Rare)
34	1250	18100	50 Gold
35	1300	19400	Year of the Phoenix Pack
36	1300	20700	50 Gold
37	1350	22050	50 Gold
38	1350	23400	Golden Burning Blade Acolyte (Uncraftable Rare)
39	1400	24800	50 Gold
40	1400	26200	Year of the Phoenix Pack	Recruit Rokara Hero Skin (Warrior)
41	1450	27650	50 Gold
42	1450	29100	50 Gold
43	1500	30600	Golden Horde Operative (Uncraftable Rare)
44	1500	32100	50 Gold
45	1550	33650	Tavern Ticket
46	1550	35200	50 Gold
47	1600	36800	50 Gold
48	1600	38400	Year of the Phoenix Pack
49	1650	40050	Tavern Ticket
50	1650	41700	Random Legendary Card	Firefang Rexxar Hero Skin (Hunter)
51	1700	43,400	75 Gold
52	1700	45,100	75 Gold
53	1750	46,850	75 Gold
54	1750	48,600	75 Gold
55	1800	50,400	Year of the Phoenix Pack
56	1800	52,200	75 Gold
57	1850	54,050	75 Gold
58	1850	55,900	75 Gold
59	1900	57,800	75 Gold
60	1900	59,700	Year of the Phoenix Pack	Adept Kurtrus Hero Skin (Demon Hunter)
61	1950	61,650	75 Gold
62	1950	63,600	75 Gold
63	2000	65,600	75 Gold
64	2000	67,600	75 Gold
65	2050	69,650	Golden Primordial Protector (Uncraftable Epic)
66	2050	71,700	75 Gold
67	2125	73,825	75 Gold
68	2125	75,950	75 Gold
69	2250	78,200	75 Gold
70	2250	80,450	Year of the Phoenix Pack	20% XP Boost
71	2375	82,825	75 Gold
72	2375	85,200	75 Gold
73	2500	87,700	75 Gold
74	2500	90,200	75 Gold
75	2500	92,700	Golden Primordial Protector (Uncraftable Epic)
76	2500	95,200	100 Gold
77	2500	97,700	100 Gold
78	2500	100,200	100 Gold
79	2500	102,700	100 Gold
80	2500	105,200	100 Gold	Shardseeker Xyrella Hero Skin (Priest)
81	2500	107,700	100 Gold
82	2500	110,200	100 Gold
83	2500	112,700	100 Gold
84	2500	115,200	100 Gold
85	2500	117,700	100 Gold
86	2500	120,200	100 Gold
87	2500	122,700	100 Gold
88	2500	125,200	100 Gold
89	2500	127,700	100 Gold
90	2500	130,200	150 Gold	Kazakus Cosmetic Coin
91	2500	132,700	150 Gold
92	2500	135,200	150 Gold
93	2500	137,700	150 Gold
94	2500	140,200	150 Gold
95	2500	142,700	150 Gold
96	2500	145,200	150 Gold
97	2500	147,700	150 Gold
98	2500	150,200	150 Gold
99	2500	152,700	150 Gold
100	2500	155,200	Hero Skin Choice	Trainer Kurtrus Hero Skin (Demon Hunter), Lightweaver Xyrella Hero Skin (Priest), Rokara of the Horde Hero Skin (Warrior)
101-130	1325-1475	[…]	50 Gold
131-400	1500	602,200	50 Gold