Reminder: How Sets Cycle out of Standard

Hearthstone Posted 2016/07/27 at 2:48 PM by Skiffington

Summer 2016 AdventureCurse of NaxxramasGoblins vs Gnomesthe original announcement post

Comment by 1508473The League of Explorers will be cycled out the next year, really? Why 3 set, I understod that only 2 set will be cycled out.Comment by SquishalotIt's going to put pressure on Blizzard to create new content, since we're effectively going from 3 sets and two adventures (I think of Basic and Classic as one set) to 2 sets and 1 adventure. That's going to tremendously shrink the meta unless Karazhan is going to burst it open with some wacky new cards and/or mechanics.

What modern decks actually survive the meta change? Combo decks will start to die off, with Thaurissan gone. Priest will be completely dead with even Dragon Priest being infeasible. I feel like unless there's something weird in Kara, we're going to be swarmed with aggro-Pirate Warriors in the new year.Comment by reggiedunbar*hoardComment by VynistalIt's going to put pressure on Blizzard to create new content, since we're effectively going from 3 sets and two adventures (I think of Basic and Classic as one set) to 2 sets and 1 adventure. That's going to tremendously shrink the meta unless Karazhan is going to burst it open with some wacky new cards and/or mechanics.

What modern decks actually survive the meta change? Combo decks will start to die off, with Thaurissan gone. Priest will be completely dead with even Dragon Priest being infeasible. I feel like unless there's something weird in Kara, we're going to be swarmed with aggro-Pirate Warriors in the new year.Comment by Thrombin2

I just wanted to point out that by the time the next year of standard comes out, they will have most likely released more than just one set and one adventure. Obviously no confirmation, but assuming they follow the same pattern they have been following, they'd release a new set/adventure every season excluding winter, so by spring 2017 we'll have had karazhan in summer, a new set in fall, and another new adventure in the spring. That'll put us at 3 sets and 2 adventures, same as what we're at now. This could all be inaccurate, but still, i doubt we'll be getting only one new adventure/set in the next 8-10 monthsComment by Thrombin2It's going to put pressure on Blizzard to create new content, since we're effectively going from 3 sets and two adventures (I think of Basic and Classic as one set) to 2 sets and 1 adventure. That's going to tremendously shrink the meta unless Karazhan is going to burst it open with some wacky new cards and/or mechanics.

What modern decks actually survive the meta change? Combo decks will start to die off, with Thaurissan gone. Priest will be completely dead with even Dragon Priest being infeasible. I feel like unless there's something weird in Kara, we're going to be swarmed with aggro-Pirate Warriors in the new year.Comment by SquishalotOh I'm sure the new releases will be very healthy. I was trying to make the point that they will be pressured to have an early release for the next adventure / expansion, perhaps March 2017, so that we're not playing in a much reduced world for too long next year.