Update 07-2021
By Kitty · Official · 07/2021Back to releases
Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early July, bringing balance changes, a new card, and some further Brawl developments!
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Balance changes
This release, like any other, brings some balance changes.
- Slyboots now force the confused unit(s) to move after confusing them.
- Excited Mousers’ strength is now 5/6/7/9/11 (up from 3/4/5/6/7), mana is now 5 (up from 3) and their ability now counts all friendly units on the board instead of surrounding only.
- Destructobots can now inflict damage to friendly structures instead of friendly units only.
- Temple of Space’s ability now only destroys the older copy instead of both temples.
- Spellbinder Zhevana’s ability can now trigger on friendly units as well such as Iceflakes.
- Counselor Ahmi’s ability now considers surrounding units (instead of surrounding enemies).
- Temple of Focus no longer deals self-damage.
As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Destructobots and Counselor Ahmi, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.
Rare card: 
15 coins and 
2 fusion stones at level 2, 30 coins and 3 fusion stones at level 3, 90 coins and 7 fusion stones at level 4, 190 coins and 10 fusion stones at level 5.
Legendary card: 1 fusion stone at level 1, 20 coins and 5 fusion stones at level 2, 50 coins and 10 fusion stones at level 3, 150 coins and 20 fusion stones at level 4, 300 coins and 50 fusion stones at level 5.
In case you missed it, the page of every card now lists the changes the card went through over the years and provides a handy way to visualize former versions of the card, before balance patches happened. Give it a try with Counselor Ahmi for instance!
New card
A new card is joining the neutral faction, an alternative to Fort of Ebonrock, which plays on the new “fixedly forward” movement that was introduced with Headless Hotheads.
At the start of your turn, give fixedly forward movement to a random non‑Hero unit card from your hand, then kill all friendly confused units
At the start of your turn, give fixedly forward movement to a random non‑Hero unit card from your hand, then kill all friendly confused units
At the start of your turn, give fixedly forward movement to a random non‑Hero unit card from your hand, then kill all friendly confused units
At the start of your turn, give fixedly forward movement to a random non‑Hero unit card from your hand, then kill all friendly confused units
At the start of your turn, give fixedly forward movement to a random non‑Hero unit card from your hand, then kill all friendly confused units
As usual, there will be an exclusive pack to quickly get access to some copies of the new card, for a week after its release date.
It will be available from July 2nd at $9.99, and will grant the following :
- 10 copies of Temple of the Mind
- 5 fusion stones
- 750 coins
New Brawls
Following the revamp of the Brawl from June, this release is going to bring 4 new and very unique Brawl modifiers.
- Pure Amalgamation: Both players are forced to play the same deck (at the same levels), randomly composed of 6 cards of one player and 6 cards of the other. No duplicates, and the strongest card copy is preferred. Say hello to multi-faction decks!
- Fights of Threes: A player cannot place more than 3 units on the board. Therefore, this Brawl will encourage a careful balance of units, spells and structures to be successful.
Interestingly, Summon Militia and Call for Aid can be played but their tokens immediately get destroyed if there are already 3 friendly units on the board. - Thin No-Man’s Land: The initial frontline starts on the second row instead of the first and cannot fall lower than the second row at any time.
- Stunning Attack: Units get confused on receiving any damage. This Brawl should be all about confusion.
To celebrate these new Brawls, the Pure Amalgamation modifier will be issued on all difficulty levels on July 1st as a try out. Enjoy it!
On the topic of Brawls, the loss counter will be replaced with a heart counter instead, in preparation for upcoming features.
Deck slots
After having considered the community’s opinion on the cost of the new deck slots, we decided to significantly reduce it to 
25 rubies, 50 rubies and 100 rubies.
In order to make sure no one wasted resources needlessly, players who already bought these slots will receive compensation of course.
FAQ
- When is the update going to be released?
The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. Temple of the Mind will be available from July 2nd along with its promotional pack (for a week). The new Brawl modifiers will be released in the next few weeks.