No, Expansions are Not Rotating to Wild When Kobolds Hits - How Set Rotations Work in Hearthstone
At this point I personally believe that this shouldn't need to be said, but I've been proven wrong time and time again, so here we go. This is how set rotations work in Hearthstone, StrifeCro. If anyone has friends that don't understand the rotation, send them here to teach them and prevent the spread of misinformation.
- Sets rotate once a year.
- Basic and Classic will always be a part of the core game set which does not rotate.
- Standard format upon rotation is restricted to sets released in two calendar years. (2018 = sets from 2017 and 2018)
- The time at which sets rotate coincides with the release of the first expansion for a calendar year.
- The first set of a year also marks the new name of a "Hearthstone Zodiac" year. (Mammoth, Kraken).
This information is subject to change, but any changes will be listed before the start of a new rotational year. Let's take a look at historical set rotations.
Year of the Kraken
- Started with the release of Whispers of the Old Gods.
- Curse of Naxxramas, and Goblins vs Gnomes cards became Wild only.
- Promotional and Reward sets were also removed.
Year of the Mammoth
- Started with the release of Journey to Un'Goro.
- Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, and The League of Explorers became Wild only.
- Some cards from Classic and Basic were moved to the Hall of Fame set, a new Wild only set.
Year of the -Insert 2018 Zodiac Here-
- Starts with the release of the first 2018 set.
- Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan will become Wild only.
- It is possible we could see some other individual card rotations, but nothing has yet been confirmed.
- Things will start out with Basic, Classic, Journey to Un'Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne, Kobolds and Catacombs, and Set1-2018.
Ben Brode Takes Away Your Deckslots
I need to emphasize that this isn't happening, but with the amount of times we and other sites have posted about the rotation, it seems like a fitting punishment! Especially so when you consider that the decks slots were originally added when set rotations became a thing.
Quote from Ben BrodeAre MSOG , Karazhan, and Whispers rotating the moment kobolds hits or at the beginning of the year? Doing a card review soon and I need some context.
I’m taking away your deck slots
Key Cards We're Losing in the Next Rotation
Here are some pretty great cards we're going to lose when things rotate next year. Goodbye Patches the Pirate!
Are there any cards that you're looking forward to seeing being removed from Standard, or any leavers that make you sad?
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Posted Nov 26, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)I actually quite like barnes and my jade evolve shaman would be gone too, kinda unfortunate that people link jades to cancer op decks when jade shaman and rogue is actually really balanced and fun
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Honestly, I feel like we should get some kind new mode, like Excavated Treasures in the Hearthstone Innviational. But other than that, I feel pretty much nothing about these cards, as they will terrorize wild. Except for Purify, we still need that meme.
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)At the time of rotations, they should open a popup in the game that shows Jade Idol burning in hell, just for the fun of it.
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Who doesn't know how the rotation works these days? It's not hard
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)*Patches the Pirate and Jade Idols are rotating next year*
"This calls for a Celebration !"
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Good old Yogg-Saron, I'll miss you too!
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)good bye kazakus-priest and jade-druid.
can't say I'm going to miss you.
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Will be glad to see the end of Yshaarj, N'Zoth, Jade Golems, Aya and Patches. The Year of Mammoth has benefited Druid far more significantly than any other class.
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Posted Nov 26, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)I have no problems playing against RazaKus Priest. It centers around 3 combo pieces and it's too predictable. The only other priest deck in the meta is Big Priest, that one's a tad harder to play against, but the game is always within control because the threats come one by one, as compared to playing against Druids who have a whole lot of variety like aggro druid (with UI), ramp/big druid, jade druid, they literally just swamp the board. You can only keep it contained for so long.
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Posted Nov 25, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)This article made me smile, first Ben Brode nailing it and then Purify listed as keycard.
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Gonna miss Old Gods so bad
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Oh come on, was this article really needed? I mean people aren't that stupid, the average player must know what YEARLY means, right?
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Oh no...
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)so what you're saying is k&c is gonna be the only standard expansion when it drops
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)no, all this year expansions will be standar
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Wow, your attitude in this article is deplorable. Would it have killed you to just post this information again but without all the attitude? Every person who came in and read this article is your customer and you just insulted every one of them.
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)For all the guys that says that they hope some cards survives the rotation: you can still play those cards in wild, and is totally a good thing that standard loose them and stay fresh. Also, seems everybody is forgetting, that whit the one coming, we are going to get 2 more expansions before things rotates out. It will be a lot of new cards, and we can bet that there will be enough to replace the tools that there will no longer be availables in the future... We used to say the same thing last year about Brann, Reno, Ragnaros and a few others, but someone is really missing them? When you do you, if you do, just have to play a couple of wild games...
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)This guy is right, we'll have all of basic and classic plus 540+ cards from the expansions released before the rotation.
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)Ok, so I'll concede that not every player visits reddit/hearthpwn or any other site so it's possible to forgive your 'average' player from not understanding/knowing how set rotation works since it's not really explained in game that well.
However...StrifeCo, a SEASONED veteran of hearthstone, streamer, and pro-player (part of a team) should know how rotations work, how cards work, and pretty much everything about the game since it's ...you know THEIR JOB. (Yes, if you are a pro-player/streamer your JOB is to play/know the game). StrifeCo is the epitome of why people look down on gamers, because it proves you can be halfway decent/popular at a game and still be either an inattentive player at best...or an idiot at worst.
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Posted Nov 24, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)The interesting thing is that just by patches being removed from the game, the scene of the game will change completely.
I don't think druid needs jades anymore after getting even more broken cards. At least it will lose some ramp next year.
Sadly shaman might become pretty useless without much support from these sets. Hunter will lose a lot of stuff, Warrior will lose every good tool it has. Priest got a lot of help in Un'goro so it will be fine. Rogue too won't need anything. Mages will lose some key stuff, but they might be alright.
Sadly this new expansion seems to be a Status Quo one, the best classes will become even better, the worse will still be pretty bad from what we have seen so far.