Year of the Hydra was the Standard format year from April 12, 2022 to April 11, 2023.[1]
Card sets[]
These card sets are released as a part of Year of the Hydra.
Core set[]
List of Year of the Hydra's Core set cards can be found here.
Roadmap[]
Patches[]
These patches were released during Year of the Hydra.
| Version | Build | Release date | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.6.2 | 170126 | 2023-03-24 | Battlegrounds' Card changes |
| 25.6.0 | 168788 | 2023-03-14 | Festival of Legends pre-order, Event Track: Headliner's Tour, New Battlegrounds/Battle Bash, The return of Buddies, Battlegrounds card changes |
| 25.4.3 | 168129 | 2023-03-03 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes |
| 25.4.0 | 165029 | 2023-02-14 | Return to Naxxramas mini-set, Mercenaries Mythic Boss Rush, Mercenaries Factions and updated types, Arena rotation and new leaderboard |
| 25.2.2 | 163976 | 2023-01-26 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes |
| 25.2.0 | 162867 | 2023-01-18 | Battlegrounds updates, New Battlegrounds/Battlegrounds Track and Season, New Event Track, Heroic Brawliseum |
| 25.0.4 | 162171 | 2023-01-05 | |
| 25.0.4 | 160910 | 2022-12-19 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Arena updates |
| 25.0.3 | 160183 | 2022-12-09 | Card changes |
| 25.0.0 | 159202 | 2022-11-30 | |
| 25.0.0 | 158725 | 2022-11-29 | Death Knight release, March of the Lich King and Path of Arthas release, New Death Knight Core cards, Card changes, Battlegrounds new content, Duels new season and content, Mercenaries new content, Arena rotation, Duels rotation, New Event Track: The Lich King's Call, New Event Track: The Siege of Iceforge, New feature: Improved Duplicate Card Handling |
| 24.6.2 | 155409 | 2022-11-10 | Battlegrounds card changes, Arena updates |
| 24.6.0 | 154818 | 2022-11-02 | |
| 24.6.0 | 154203 | 2022-11-01 | March of the Lich King pre-order, Legendary hero skins, New Event system, Hallow's End, Knights of the Frozen Throne returns to Standard, Battlegrounds updates, Battle Bash introduction, Mercenaries updates, Dual-class Arena and rotation, New returning player deck system |
| 24.4.3 | 152904 | 2022-10-13 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes |
| 24.4.0 | 150659 | 2022-09-27 | Maw and Disorder release, Battlegrounds Legendary Boards, Mercenaries huge updates, Arena rotation, Early Progression and Milestone Offer Updates |
| 24.2.2 | 149417 | 2022-09-09 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes, Mercenaries card changes |
| 24.2.0 | 148526 | 2022-09-02 | Battlegrounds card changes |
| 24.2.0 | 148211 | 2022-08-30 | Runestone introduction, In-game reporting, Battlegrounds Season 2, Battlegrounds Quests, Battlegrounds Track, Battlegrounds card changes, Mercenaries card changes |
| 24.0.3 | 147348 | 2022-08-16 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes |
| 24.0.0 | 145077 | 2022-07-26 | Murder at Castle Nathria release, Battlegrounds new emotes, Duels new season and content, Mercenaries updates and balance changes, Arena rotation, New feature: Multiple Favorite/Random Hero Skins, Updated Returning Player Experience |
| 23.6.2 | 144772 | 2022-07-15 | |
| 23.6.2 | 144666 | 2022-07-15 | |
| 23.6.2 | 143410 | 2022-07-11 | Performance improvement, Battlegrounds' Battlegrounds/Card changes, Taverns of Time card changes |
| 23.6.0 | 142295 | 2022-06-27 | Murder at Castle Nathria pre-order, Battlegrounds updates, Mercenaries event, Arena rotation, Taverns of Time, Fire Festival event |
| 23.4.3 | 141643 | 2022-06-16 | Card changes, Battlegrounds' Card changes, Mercenaries' Card changes |
| 23.4.0 | 139963 | 2022-06-01 | Throne of the Tides release, Huge Mercenaries updates, Battlegrounds updates, Arena rotation, Book of Heroes: Faelin |
| 23.2.2 | 139719 | 2022-05-20 | |
| 23.2.2 | 139522 | 2022-05-19 | Card changes, Battlegrounds' Battlegrounds/Card changes, Duels' card changes |
| 23.2.0 | 138759 | 2022-05-11 | Arena micro-adjustments, Arena card bans |
| 23.2.0 | 137922 | 2022-05-10 | Battlegrounds update: Naga, Mercenaries update: N'Zoth event, New feature: Upgrading regular to golden, New feature: Copying deckcode in chat, New feature: Multiple favorite card backs |
| 23.0.3 | 137436 | 2022-04-26 | Card changes, Battlegrounds' Battlegrounds/Card changes |
| 23.0.0 | 135540 | 2022-04-05 | Voyage to the Sunken City release, Mercenaries updates, Battlegrounds updates, Mercenaries' Card changes, New year: Year of the Hydra, Duels updates, Arena rotation, Duels rotation |
Notable announcements[]
- On March 17, 2022, the first expansion of Year of the Hydra, Voyage to the Sunken City was announced. This also marks the first time the first expansion of a year is announced before the year’s theme is.[2]
- On April 5, 2022, the Year of the Hydra was announced. In this year, Team 5 focuses on adding to and improving current systems, instead of creating entirely new game modes. This will include specific quality of life improvements, like the random hero skin feature and in-game reporting, as well as overall client performance improvements. Alongside the year announcement:[1]
- Changes to the Core set were revealed, with 57 cards rotating out and 72 cards coming in.
- Team 5 also announced plans for the future of Mercenaries, with the first task system rework immediately active in-game, which allows players to complete a mercenary's task chain of 18 tasks in a row.
- Battlegrounds will begin organizing Seasons similar to Ranked seasons, starting with Patch 23.2 coming in the future.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Welcome to the Year of the Hydra. (2022-04-05). Retrieved on 2022-04-08.
- ↑ Announcing Voyage to the Sunken City, Hearthstone’s Next Expansion!. (2022-03-17). Retrieved on 2022-04-09.