Only a handful of hours separate us from the full reveal of the new Core set and we're very excited to see what we'll be playing with for the next year. As a quick recap and an appetizer for what's about to come, here's what we know so far about the upcoming Core set.
Special thanks to ZelKnow who caught some of these that we didn't.
Buffed Cards
Here are all the cards that we know will receive a buff.
- Assassinate - Cost decreased from 5 to 4 mana.
- Menagerie Warden - Cost decreased from 6 to 5 mana; stats will be reduced by -1/-1.
- Feral Spirit - Overload reduced from (2) to (1) mana.
- Lightning Storm - Damage dealt is now only 3, the possibility of 2 has been removed - no more highrolls and lowrolls!
- Earth Elemental - Overload reduced from (3) to (2) mana.
- Lord Jaraxxus - Hero Card! We don't know what it will look like exactly, but here's something you can chew on while we wait for the actual announcement.
- Raid Leader - Health increased from 2 to 3.
- Sprint - Cost decreased from 7 to 6 mana.
- Tidal Surge - Nature school. Gains Lifesteal keyword.
Wild Cards Returning Without Changes
Here are all the cards we know so far that will be brought back from the Wild format.
Brand New Cards
Here's a list of all the new cards that will be part of the Core set. If you're interested in reading our thoughts about the new Dragon Aspects, we advise you to click here.
- Ysera the Dreamer, which will replace the old Ysera (Dream cards got changed! Check all the changes here!)
- Malygos the Spellweaver, which will replace its older self Malygos.
- Deathwing the Destroyer, pretty much a better Deathwing under any point of view.
- Novice Zapper - A solid 1-drop with Spell Damage synergy for Shaman.
- Thrive in the Shadows - Also known as Lesser Shadow Visions.
- Felsoul Jailer - Acceptable hand disruption for Warlock.
- Overlord Runthak - Very interesting card in handbuff deck.
- Vanessa VanCleef - The only worthy successor of Edwin VanCleef.
Returning Basic & Classic Cards
- Grommash Hellscream
- Tirion Fordring
- Crazed Alchemist
- Murloc Tidecaller
- Abusive Sergeant
- Argent Squire
- Dire Wolf Alpha
- Jungle Panther
- Lightning Bolt - Nature School.
- Deadly Poison - Nature School.
- Rockbiter Weapon - Nature School.
- Elven Archer
- Fireball
- Kobold Geomancer
- Sinister Strike
- Windfury
- Acidic Swamp Ooze
- Fire Elemental
- Sen'jin Shieldmasta
Core Set Breakdown
Here is the breakdown of what we can expect from the new core set.
- 88 cards returning from Classic (54 class cards, 34 neutral cards).
- 54 cards returning from Basic (41 class cards, 13 neutral cards).
- 55 cards returning from Wild (36 class cards, 19 neutral cards).
- 4 cards returning from Ashes of Outland (4 Demon Hunter Class cards).
- 4 cards returning from Demon Hunter Initiate.
- 1 card returning from Hall of Fame.
- 29 new cards (20 Class cards, 9 Neutral cards).
What are your predictions about the upcoming Core set? What cards do you think will come back from Wild? What will stick to Standard and maybe get buffed? Let us know in the comments!
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Comments
1 card returning from Hall of Fame.
Aren't two cards returning from Hall of Fame in addition to Shadowform. I could swear that both Ragnaros the Firelord and Sylvanas Windrunner were also returning.
Nobody ever said that. That was a rumor being spread around, but the initial announcement even said ONLY Shadowform was returning.
That must be it, thanks. I thought I was going crazy.
TAZ'DINGO!
Thank Yogg they're keeping Taz'Dingo around!!!
It's now strictly better than Warsong Commander.
Wrong.
They should give all minions charge to balance it.
You listed Rockbiter Weapon twice in the Returning Basic & Classic Cards. One labeled -Nature school, and one Not. Other than that, a Very good solid recap, thank you!
well duh, you're supposed to use it with Doomhammer so it shows up twice :^)
Yes, to get the Two punch man achievement, Doomhammer + 2x Rockbiter Weapon
imagine needing windfury to deal 16 damage in one swing
this post was made by the Demon Hunter gang
Tidal Surge LIFESTEAL LET'S GOOOO. Finally it becomes a decent heal with spell damage decks
What time is reveal? I can't find it anywhere. I wish they did it like DMF Races w/ a class every hour. Small digestible bits rather than a data dump.
When was the info, that the full set is going to be revealed today? Made a quick check at playhearthstone on Twitter but there wasn't any recent news about the core set.
As I recall, they said on stream that it will be revealed on February 25. You can also see the date here:
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23622607/welcome-to-the-year-of-the-gryphon
Look for Core Set, you can't miss.
I thought Tirion Fordring and Fireball were also returning cards?
Also with this core set shake up I wonder if cards like Senjin Shieldmasta will see play or not, haven't seen that dude in a meta in AGES.
and adding the spell schools to specific cards means we'll definitely get spells or minions in this next set that can discover them specifically, and will probably reduce the amount of regular spell damage in the game.
I'm super excited for the full reveal. I wanna see that new Jaraxxus hero card
You're right - I completely forgot about those two!
Sure thing.
I think Fireball also has the "arcane" tag on it, too
Surely it will have "fire" tag? It was one of the spell classes right?