Year of the Wolf
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Year of the Wolf is the Standard format year from April 11, 2023 to March 19, 2024.[1][2]
Card sets[edit | edit source]
These card sets are released as a part of Year of the Wolf.
Core set[edit | edit source]
List of Year of the Wolf's Core set cards can be found here.
Roadmap[edit | edit source]
Patches[edit | edit source]
These patches were released during Year of the Wolf.
Notable announcements[edit | edit source]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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.
- In Patch 27.0.0.181554, two new cards were added to the Core set and used right away:
Resistance Aura and Crusader Aura. From this onwards, Aura is considered to be one of Paladin's design spaces.[5]
Timeline[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Hearthstone timeline
2023[edit | edit source]
March 14
- Festival of Legends, Hearthstone's 23rd expansion is announced.[6]
March 23
April 1
- For April Fools, joke "patch notes" are released on the website.[8]
April 11
- Festival of Legends is released.
- The seventh Standard year (the Year of the Hydra) ends, and the eigth Standard year (the Year of the Wolf) begins.
May 2
- Battlegrounds Season 4 is announced.[9]
May 9
- Battlegrounds enters Season 4.
May 25
- Audiopocalypse, Hearthstone's eigth mini-set is announced.[10]
May 30
- Audiopocalypse is released.
June 20
- Twist format is announced, a new constructed format with rotating sets and rules to replace Classic format.[11]
June 27
- TITANS, Hearthstone's 24th expansion is announced.[12]
- Twist format is released, with a beta period running until August 1. Consequently, Classic format is deprecated.
June 30
- A lore blog post is released, dwelving into the story of the Titans.[13]
August 1
- TITANS is released.
- Twist exits beta and is disabled until September 1, when it will formally launch.
August 15
- Battlegrounds Season 5 is announced.[14]
August 17
- Caverns of Time, Hearthstone's first direct-to-Wild card set is announced, as well as the largest batch of buffs to cards so far, focusing on pre-2017 cards.[15]
August 22
- Battlegrounds enters Season 5.
- Caverns of Time cards are fully revealed.[16]
August 31
- Caverns of Time is released.
September 1
- Twist format launches officially.
September 12
- Fall of Ulduar, Hearthstone's ninth mini-set is announced.[17]
October 17
- Showdown in the Badlands, Hearthstone's 25th expansion is announced.[18]
- A new feature is released: Mass pack opening. Now you’ll be able to open up to 40 of the same type of pack at once (or up to 20 at once for Golden Packs)
November 3
- At BlizzCon 2023, new catch-up card backs aimed to help new players at building their collections are announced.[19]
- Also at BlizzCon, Duos, the fist new mode for Battlegrounds is announced.[20]
November 14
- Showdown in the Badlands is released.
November 29
- Battlegrounds Season 6 is announced.[21]
December 5
- Battlegrounds enters Season 6.
2024[edit | edit source]
January 4
- It is announced that support for Duels will be discontinued and the mode will be deleted from the client in April 2024.[22]
January 11
- Delve into Deepholm, Hearthstone's 10th mini-set is announced.[23]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Year of the Wolf Core Set Update!. (2022-03-23). Retrieved on 2022-03-27.
- ↑ Announcing Whizbang’s Workshop, Hearthstone’s Next Expansion!. (2024-02-13).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Aleco Pors (2023-07-31). Developer Insight: Paladin and Core Set Changes. Blizzard Forums. Retrieved on 2023-08-12.
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921497/announcing-festival-of-legends-hearthstone-s-next-expansion
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921495/year-of-the-wolf-core-set-update
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921493/26-0-patch-notes-v3-final-final2-pr-edit-final
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935321/announcing-battlegrounds-season-4
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23957167/encore-encore-it-s-time-for-the-audiopocalypse-mini-set
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23968054/introducing-hearthstone-s-new-mode-twist
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23973114/announcing-titans-hearthstone-s-next-expansion
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23973116/the-lore-of-the-titans
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23987536/announcing-battlegrounds-season-5
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23987537/27-2-patch-notes
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23987538/come-explore-the-caverns-of-time
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23999070/unleash-yogg-saron-s-chaos-with-the-fall-of-ulduar-mini-set
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23989480/announcing-showdown-in-the-badlands-hearthstone-s-next-expansion
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24008690/introducing-catch-up-packs
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24008691/introducing-battlegrounds-duos
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24008696/announcing-battlegrounds-season-6
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24033780/duels-runs-coming-to-an-end
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24046222/unearth-powerful-new-synergies-with-the-delve-into-deepholm-mini-set