With this week's news of the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard going through, finally, we thought it would be a great idea to look at some of Hearthstone's iconic cards and see what might be in store for them in the future when it comes to their names. It's no secret that priorities of companies can change after an acquisition, so there's no reason to think the Activision Blizzard one is going to be any different.

Microsoft is going to want to make sure all the people playing this CCG (children's card game) are growing up and being familiarized with the full suite of Microsoft intellectual property, a feat which has been getting more difficult considering many schools make use of the Google suite of tools. Anyway, enough chatter, let's take a look at some new cards!

The Painfully Obvious

Blizzard? This spell can be very Entertaining. The entertainment value certainly won't be going away as it gets renamed to Microsoft and almost certainly comes alongside a revert back to the original cost of this spell, 5 mana, to help promote its use in games; Like it needed it.

Powerful Priest Pieces

Priests will be preaching a brand that Hearthstone players may not be too familiar with - Microsoft Word! With the freshly renamed Power Word Doc: Fortitude for when you want to excel-lerate your your typing skills, and Power Word Doc: Tentacles for when you're busy writing your 69th fanfic about Yogg-Saron, every Hearthstone player can find enjoyment when writing.

If you're a user of Dark Mode though on your operating system of choice, which is obviously Windows, there's a sneaky batch of Shadow Word Doc cards that are also available to prevent that painful retina burn while reminding you of the horrors of the aforementioned tentacular fanfic.

Don't forget about Power Word: Replicate either! Microsoft is doing some cross-promotion to add more players to Hearthstone so this new action, replacing copy for a limited-time, is coming to a Windows shell near you!

Hearthstone: Coming to Xbox?

While we believe it is highly unlikely that Hearthstone will end up on Xbox, just think of how bad the roping experience will become, we do know that there is always a chance of Hearthstone finding its way onto Xbox Game Pass. With that, it only makes sense some of Hearthstone's box-y cards get a revamp.

Speaking of Game Pass...

Maths R Important 2

It's great that everyone wants to Spread the Word, but we all know that the cool kids in Hearthstone truly Excel at spreading Plague and Madness. With maths being an important focus of Hearthstone, it's important to have cross-promotion so folks don't forget about which software they will want to pull up on monitor two when playing the game.

And with how wild... Wild gets sometimes, it's important to be quick with your maths.

Achieve More With a Fresh Outlook

If you're still using snail mail, you're in luck because Microsoft has the product for you. Microsoft Outlook is both a web and desktop client you can use to fetch your email. Hearthstone's fresh iteration will keep you notified of new bills, scams, and chain letters, all with a quick little wiggle in Stormwind.

A problem has been detected and this article has decided to shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

The problem seems to be caused by the following file: HEARTHSTONE.SYS

OVERPOWERED_CARDS_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your Hearthstone client, if this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new cards or hero skins you have purchased have been properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask Blizzard via an employee's personal X account for any Hearthstone updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any non-Microsoft games from your system. Disable any decks that are utilizing overpowered meta strategies such as a Secret Hunter or Silver Hand Paladin. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable decks, restart your Hearthstone client, press F8 to select Advanced deckbuilding techniques, and then promptly uninstall the game and play the clearly superior Candy Crush Saga.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000A1

*** hearthstone.sys - Address F86B5A89 base at F86B5000

Okay, now it's your turn! Thanks to Hearthcards.net for allowing us to easily recreate Hearthstone cards for fun. What cards do you think should get the Microsoft treatment? Flame Leviathan sure looks like he'd tear up some courses in the newly released Forza Motorsport. Share your card reimaginations in the comments below!