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Why are Blizzard not using their keywords?

I've been thinking about this for a while - I'm sure we're all familiar with "Inspire", the mechanic introduced in TGT, for those that aren't, Inspire is the keyword for an effect that activates when you use your hero power. So why does Phase Stalker (Hunter Minion - 2 mana 2/3 - After you use your Hero Power, cast a Secret from your deck.) not use the inspire keyword?

Another example is a card that's coming out this expansion - Guardian Animals (Hunter/Druid Spell - 7 mana - Summon two Beasts that cost (5) or less from your deck. Give them Rush.) - why doesn't this card use the Recruit keyword? For those unfamiliar the keyword is as follows "Recruit is a card ability which summons a random minion from the player's deck.".

TLDR ; it's weird that Blizzard introduce keywords but seem to forget about them by the next time an expansion rolls around :)

Edit: consistent formatting

  • Iksar
    Posted 5 years, 4 months ago (Source)

    They've spoken on this before. It's all about "not wanting to confuse new players". They believe that one card having an older keyword will be confusing to the average new player who may only play standard and having that single instance of an old keyword will.be confusing (Think about [[Witch's Brew]] ).

    https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/7arq1f/peter_whalen_confirms_that_yshaarj_rage_unbound/dpdpb5m/

  • Iksar
    Posted 5 years, 4 months ago (Source)

    Oh hey glad your sabbatical is over. Happy to see you around again.

    Thank you! Hope you enjoy the expansion, I'm back to lurking forums and will be posting from time to time.

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