Year of the Wolf is the Standard format year from April 11, 2023 to an unknown date in 2024.[1]
Card sets[]
These card sets are released as a part of Year of the Wolf.
Core set[]
List of Year of the Wolf's Core set cards can be found here.
Roadmap[]
Patches[]
These patches were released during Year of the Wolf.
| Version | Build | Release date | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27.2.2 | 184727 | 2023-08-30 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes |
| 27.2.0 | 183876 | 2023-08-22 | Caverns of Time release, Battlegrounds updates, Card changes, Event Track: Battle of Ahn'Qiraj, Duels card changes |
| 27.0.3 | 183433 | 2023-08-10 | |
| 27.0.3 | 182995 | 2023-08-08 | Card changes |
| 27.0.0 | 181554 | 2023-07-25 | TITANS release, New Duels and Arena rotations, Event Track: Ulduar Grand Championship, Two new Core cards, Battlegrounds card changes |
| 26.6.2 | 180614 | 2023-07-06 | |
| 26.6.0 | 179020 | 2023-06-27 | New game format: Twist, TITANS pre-order, Event Tracks: New Age and Fire Festival, Battlegrounds updates |
| 26.4.3 | 178555 | 2023-06-15 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes |
| 26.4.0 | 175913 | 2023-05-31 | Audiopocalypse mini-set, Event Track: Epic Duels of Rock Legends, Battlegrounds updates, Duels updates |
| 26.2.2 | 176014 | 2023-05-19 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes, Duels card changes |
| 26.2.0 | 174258 | 2023-05-09 | Battlegrounds updates, New Battlegrounds/Battlegrounds Track and Season, New Event Track, Heroic Brawliseum |
| 26.0.4 | 173781 | 2023-04-27 | Card changes, Battlegrounds' Card changes, Duels' Card changes |
| 26.0.2 | 172421 | 2023-04-14 | Card changes, Battlegrounds card changes |
| 26.0.0 | 170824 | 2023-04-04 | Festival of Legends release, New year: Year of the Wolf, Card changes, Duels card changes and new season, Arena rotation, Event Track: Legends Take the Stage |
Notable announcements[]
- On March 14, 2023, the first expansion of Year of the Wolf, Festival of Legends was announced, around 1 week before the announcement of the Core set update.[2]
- On March 23, 2023, the Year of the Wolf was announced. In this year, Team 5 focuses on specifically on improving Hearthstone and Battlegrounds, after Mercenaries was set into maintenance mode indefinitely.
- Battlegrounds is planned to have "more new cards and updates than ever before".
- Wild will receive an update focused on the format, containing new cards as well as updates to old cards.[3]
- Tradeable is reintroduced as an evergreen keyword both in the Core set, as well as in upcoming expansions.
- Priests also receive Overheal as a new evergreen keyword to reinforce their identity as a healing class and to make healing minions more impactful.
- Magnetic is reintroduced just for this Core set (not as an evergreen keyword) with a few Magnetic Mechs from The Boomsday Project being brought back.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Year of the Wolf Core Set Update!. (2022-03-23). Retrieved on 2022-03-27.
- ↑ Announcing Festival of Legends, Hearthstone’s Next Expansion!. (2024-03-14). Retrieved on 2023-04-14.
- ↑ Year of the Wolf: 2023 Core Set Update. (2023-03-23).