We've got an update arriving today to the Arena game mode which will be changing the way drafting works, at least for a limited amount of time. The change is a sort of test and Blizzard is planning on monitoring feedback closely and will make adjustments if needed. Here's how it works:

  • Your first card pick will be from legendary cards.
  • It will not be possible to get any other legendary card picks.
  • Titan keyword cards, not the expansion, have been removed from the Arena draft pool.

Additionally, a new expansion launch means the pool of cards is going to be changing. Here are the expansions present in the new pool:

  • Core
  • Showdown in the Badlands
  • Caverns of Time
  • TITANS
  • Path of Arthas
  • Descent of Dragons
  • Saviors of Uldum

Is such a shakeup welcome? Would you see yourself playing more, less, or about the same amount of Arena with the changes? Let us know in the comments below!

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For the upcoming arena season, we're excited to try a new drafting structure. The first pick of each draft will be a guaranteed legendary, and legendaries won't appear in subsequent picks. We hope this will allow for the new singleton legendaries in the upcoming Showdown in the Badlands expansion to feel like a viable strategy in Arena as well. As a result of guaranteeing a Legendary in each deck, Titans have been removed from the arena pool.

We'll be monitoring the experience and player feedback closely, and will make adjustments if necessary. We recognize that this is quite a dramatic change, and above all want it to be a good experience for our players. Also as a small reminder, Hero Cards are not draftable in Arena at any time.

exception: JARAXXUS CARES NOT FOR YOUR PUNY ARENA RULES. (he's staying in)