They have not officially said that it is rotating but they have multiple times mentioned that it is a card that they are looking at for Hall of Fame. When the last nerfs were announced here is what they said about Ice Block: "We’ve seen discussions about moving Ice Block to the Hall of Fame. As previously mentioned, moving cards to the Hall of Fame occurs at the start of the Hearthstone Year, which will occur with the first expansion release in 2018. Our general stance regarding Hall of Fame is that we want to avoid moving cards mid-year." So they have not explicitly said that it will be Hall of Famed, in fact iirc they clarifiied in another post that the reason they wont commit to saying it will be Hall of Famed is because a lot could change between now and rotation, but most believe itll be rotated then. If the past is any indication, that means April... ~6 months from now.
Ice Block doesn't meet the qualifications for rotation right now. The only deck that truly utilizes it is exodia mage which is currently a tier 3 deck. Freeze/control mage also use it but are pretty much non-existent in the current meta. Cards only get rotated due to being over used.
Ice Block doesn't meet the qualifications for rotation right now. The only deck that truly utilizes it is exodia mage which is currently a tier 3 deck. Freeze/control mage also use it but are pretty much non-existent in the current meta. Cards only get rotated due to being over used.
From what I understand cards that get rotated out are not cards that are necessarily overpowered or found in Tier 1 decks. Rather, cards that are auto includes that have been a staple for too long like Azure Drake was, or unhealthy for the game and the future of standard like Ragnaros the Firelord and Sylvanas Windrunner which were cards that really were auto include in any deck that could fit them and literally won you the game on their own.
Ice Block is definitely worthy of HoF. Basically every mage list is running it and builds around it. And Ice Block literally wins you games that you should not have won. My last match against Quest Mage I lost because even though I had Lethal, he played Ice Block 3 times in a row. Literally that card is so horrible to lose to, sure it isn't overpowered necessarily, but it is a terrible example of card design and it is healthy for the game to experience new and different Mage Archetypes when new cards are released.
As already mentiond, its not certain that Ice Block will rotate out, but realy likely.
In addition, i think that the next HoF rotation will hit a bigger number of cards, because the first "try" went realy well with Azure Drake, Sylvanas and Ragnaros. And due to the increasing number of missing cards, there could be replacements for the missing slots. Like Shatter for Ice Lance. And Ice Block, would be replaced by an other secret.
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When is the next card rotation? Also did Blizzard ever say anything about Hall of Faming Ice Block yet?
Pree sure its not rotating out so that exodia mage can be favored against control matchups
Apparently it's rotating out (to HoF) once spring expansion of 2018 arrives.
They have not officially said that it is rotating but they have multiple times mentioned that it is a card that they are looking at for Hall of Fame. When the last nerfs were announced here is what they said about Ice Block: "We’ve seen discussions about moving Ice Block to the Hall of Fame. As previously mentioned, moving cards to the Hall of Fame occurs at the start of the Hearthstone Year, which will occur with the first expansion release in 2018. Our general stance regarding Hall of Fame is that we want to avoid moving cards mid-year." So they have not explicitly said that it will be Hall of Famed, in fact iirc they clarifiied in another post that the reason they wont commit to saying it will be Hall of Famed is because a lot could change between now and rotation, but most believe itll be rotated then. If the past is any indication, that means April... ~6 months from now.
Hopefully it doesn't, but it probably will be rotated out in 2 expansions.
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Ice Block doesn't meet the qualifications for rotation right now. The only deck that truly utilizes it is exodia mage which is currently a tier 3 deck. Freeze/control mage also use it but are pretty much non-existent in the current meta. Cards only get rotated due to being over used.
As already mentiond, its not certain that Ice Block will rotate out, but realy likely.
In addition, i think that the next HoF rotation will hit a bigger number of cards, because the first "try" went realy well with Azure Drake, Sylvanas and Ragnaros. And due to the increasing number of missing cards, there could be replacements for the missing slots. Like Shatter for Ice Lance. And Ice Block, would be replaced by an other secret.
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