Hearthstone Wiki:Card reveal
Well met! The reveal season for Across the Timeways is currently ongoing and we have some hunter cards to reveal to all of you! This reveal is a bit different from last time, as we've collaborated with a known hunter player in the community, Sidisi! For each card we're revealing today, Sidisi has given us some insights on how each of them could pop up in ranked play.
Without further ado, let's get to the cards:
Cards
- Ticking Timebomb: 2 Mana 1/1 Mech - Deathrattle: Destroy a random enemy minion.
- Untimely Death: 2 Mana spell - Secret: When a friendly minion dies the turn after being played, resummon it.
- Wormhole: 3 Mana spell - Rewind. Summon a random 3-Cost Beast. It attacks a random enemy.
- Epoch Stalker: 6 Mana 3/4 Beast - Rush, Elusive. Battlecry: Summon a copy of this.
Insights and trivia
Ticking Timebomb
“Hunter's been building an aggressive Deathrattle deck thanks to cards like 
Extraterrestrial Egg, 
Terrorscale Stalker, new 
Ankylodon & Raptor-Nest Nurse. Ticking Time Bomb is a great early minion to help control board or pick off a key minion for the opponent in the mid-late game. There may be some potential to use this in a "small hand" package with new 
King Maluk, Quel'dorei Fletcher, Arrow Retriever, Precise Shot & Windrunner sister trio. Endbringer Umbra could work as a top end closer in this deck thanks to 
Parrot Sanctuary ramp shenanigans.”
- — Sidisi
Ticking Timebomb might remind you of a card we've seen in the past, 
Spider Bomb! It's 1 mana cheaper, but with the drawback of -1/-1 and no Magnetic. A simple but potentially effective Mech card.
Untimely Death
“A new Secret in Standard! Hunter hasn't had one printed since 
Bargain Bin in Whizbang's Workshop. This one punishes the opponent for killing your dangerous new minion (thinking Ankylodon, Niri, Scout etc). There's very little Secret synergy in Standard right now which is what typically makes them playable. We have no discounts or methods of drawing them directly. Product 9 is around for a Beast-angle payoff to replay Secrets? Maybe this one sees play just to protect a specific minion plan? Increased Observer of Mysteries options!”
- — Sidisi
Indeed, not only is this the first hunter Secret since Bargain Bin in the Dr. Boom's Incredible Inventions mini-set, it is the first Secret at all since then. It's been a long time since we've seen one!
The card art appears to depict a giant hourglass falling on top of an unlucky demon. Bad timing!
Wormhole
“Hunter's Rewind spell is here! Don't like the random Beast or the random enemy? Re-roll & hope for some better hits. Hunter needs some extra motivation to run this one- maybe a future payoff for Beast summons? For now this may mostly be seen off spell Discovers.”
- — Sidisi
Wormhole's artwork depicts a 
Giant Sand Worm coming out of a wormhole. Clever double meaning there. Unfortunately, Giant Sand Worm costs a little bit too much mana that it can never actually pop out of this card, but some smaller slitherers definitely will!
Epoch Stalker
“Another buff Beast friend for Ranger Gilly & his Cups of Muscle / Reserved Spot! Rush & Elusive are intriguing when these get big & opponent wants to target with removal. Epoch gives Hunter a diverse 3rd option on Birdwatching when we don't want to run a big spell-Bumbling Bellhop version of Handbuff Hunter. Likely too slow for Quest Hunter but can be Discovered from Odd Map!”
- — Sidisi
Epoch Stalker depicts a Warp Stalker that has been infused with energy of the infinite dragonflight. In lore, the word "Epoch" can be seen e.g. in the name of Chrono-Lord Epoch, who is the third boss of the Culling of Stratholme instance in Caverns of Time in World of Warcraft. Infinite drakes known as Epoch Hunters are also seen there.
Conclusion
That's the end for our reveal today! We hope you enjoyed reading up to this point. Thank you to Team 5 and Alkali that we could do another card reveal! Additionally, special thanks to Sidisi for the insights!
Check out Across the Timeways for all currently revealed cards, and follow the page for new cards as they're revealed. The expansion launches on November 4, 2025, with 145 cards, including the new keywords Rewind and Fabled.
- VGhost01 (Twitter/X) 19:00 9 October 2025 (UTC)
