{"id":190977,"date":"2021-02-11T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/hearthstone-core-set-changes\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T11:22:37","slug":"what-hearthstones-new-core-set-means-for-the-games-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/what-hearthstones-new-core-set-means-for-the-games-future\/","title":{"rendered":"What Hearthstone’s New Core Set Means for the Game’s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, Blizzard announced a change to Hearthstone<\/em><\/strong> that has massive implications for the game. The Basic and Classic card sets, which have been available since the game’s release in 2014, will be rotating to the evergreen Wild format. In their place, Blizzard is adding a new set of 235 cards called the Core set, which will be playable in Standard. The Core set will be freshly curated each year to contain a selection of cards from Hearthstone<\/em><\/a>‘s past, as well as a few new ones. Perhaps most exciting of all, the Core set will be free for all players to use.<\/p>\n

Fans have been requesting a change like this for years. The Classic set alone boasts 240 cards, which is larger than any other card set in\u00a0Hearthstone<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>Basic and Classic cards continue to see play the game’s Standard format, and in some cases define it. For example, the incredibly powerful legendary card Edwin VanCleef has been a staple in Rogue decks for nearly seven years, but only earned a nerf last month. These cards’ permanent place in Standard has made it so that all decks feel like variations on the same themes year after year, even when expansions try to introduce new cards and archetypes.<\/p>\n

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Magic: The Gathering<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was first released in 1993, and remains one of the world’s oldest trading card games. Over the years,\u00a0Hearthstone<\/em> has borrowed many design principals from\u00a0Magic<\/em>, as well as many strategies to ensure its long-term health as a game. The first example was Blizzard’s decision in 2016 to split the competitive ladder into the Standard and Wild formats, similar to the multiple formats of Magic: The Gathering. <\/em>Upon hearing the news about the Core Set, popular Hearthstone<\/em> streamer and former competitive Magic <\/em>player Brian Kibler expressed optimism and relief. <\/em><\/p>\n