
However, you should expect to see new Tradeable cards introduced throughout the Year of the Wolf and for years to come. Since Tradeable currently only exists in United in Stormwind and Fractured in Alterac Valley, we’re starting by adding a few of the more popular Tradeable cards from those expansions into Core. Starting this year, Tradeable will be an evergreen keyword-meaning that it’s a keyword that we intend to use across most expansions for the foreseeable future, like Rush or Divine Shield. In short, it’s a good keyword that players were sad to see leaving Standard. It’s easily understood, it helps smooth out draws, and it makes situational cards feel better to play. Tradeable has been incredibly popular since its introduction. Cards with Tradeable can be played for their normal cost or traded into your deck for another card. Tradeable is a keyword that was introduced in United in Stormwind. We’re also looking to be more flexible about the Core Set throughout the year by allowing for both planned adjustments and unplanned balance changes. We’re adding new keywords to Core and adding cards that just rotated out of Standard because we think they can do some good if they stick around a little longer.

We’re making philosophical changes to the Core Set this year. This year, we have a big shakeup for the Core Set, with over 70 cards being swapped out for new ones! After the rotation, Standard will consist of Voyage to the Sunken City, Murder at Castle Nathria, March of the Lich King, Festival of Legends, and the updated Core Set. Soon, Standard will be saying goodbye to the expansions from the Year of the Gryphon: Forged in the Barrens, United in Stormwind, and Fractured in Alterac Valley. But first, let’s take a look at this year’s Core Set.
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Throughout the Year of the Wolf, we’ll be focusing our efforts on making Hearthstone and Battlegrounds the best they can be, with more new cards and more Battlegrounds updates than ever before! We even have a few surprises planned for later in the year, including a Wild-focused update and a fun new way to play with older cards. We’re excited to keep that momentum rocking and rolling with our next expansion, Festival of Legends, to kick off Phase 1 of the Year of the Wolf. Since that fateful meeting, we’ve played over 4.4 billion Undead minions across all modes.

And finally, we faced the cold beyond in March of the Lich King, where we were introduced to the new Death Knight class and its Undead army. We solved a murder-mystery (of sorts) in Murder at Castle Nathria, playing over 973 million Locations in our quest for clues. The Year of the Hydra has been an amazing year for Hearthstone! We swam with giants in Voyage to the Sunken City, playing over 325 million Colossal minions to make big waves. It’s almost that time again when the big Hearthstone clock in the sky counts down to a new Hearthstone year: the Year of the Wolf!īefore we sink our teeth into the Year of the Wolf, let's take a look back at the Year of the Hydra.
