What do you mean by “block function”?

No info about Tavern Pass, but it will probably cost $19.99 like it does right now.

With how much you have, you would probably earn like 2.5k more Gold by the end of expansion if you had it from the start.

The Tirion we get from Core Set will be separate and temporary – so if it even rotates out of Core Set, it would disappear from your collection.

There’s definitely no rush in disenchanting cards, since Core Set ones won’t replace the ones you already have. But if you don’t care about having those for Wild or Classic format, disenchanting them might not be a bad idea.

Thanks for the info.

Good catches about Grommash or let’s say Sprint / Tidal Surge. I’ll surely add those.

But I’m not sure if them using Sen’jin or Elven Archer etc. in presentation necessarily means that those cards will be back in the Core Set.

Yep, I’m just updating it now.

I finished all the work at like 5 am last night (or rather this morning) and I was too tired to handle all the details like that.

However, the “updated” cards (like buffed Assassinate) will still link to the current version. I’ll update those once Core Set is out 🙂

You’re right – for some reason Blizzard didn’t put Assassinate in the press kit so I missed it too.

Can you direct me to that in-game footage so I can check it?

I don’t think that Basic cards will be disenchantable. If I remember correctly, after they rotate out and become a part of Legacy set, they will be given for free to new players after unlocking Wild.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that free decks aren’t going anywhere.

Oh, that’s a good question. Old cards (like I don’t know, Menagerie Warden) will obviously still be accessible since they’re from previous expansions. And when it comes to the new 29 cards created solely for Core Set, they will rotate out to Legacy Set in the Wild (the same set Basic & Classic cards are in) and you will be able to craft them. I hope that answers your question.

I’m not sure what you mean, could you elaborate?

Nope, no dates were given at all.

Those new Dragons are not reworks, actually. They are completely new cards 🙂

But we don’t know if Nozdormu will get a new version yet.

Yes, you’re right, I forgot about it! 🙂

He meant Bo3 as a format in game, not tournament qualifiers etc.

Like if you play Standard ladder and you could pick between Bo1 and Bo3. MTG Arena has something like that if you played it.

Oh I absolutely hate China’s censorship, and it’s only getting worse. I just don’t think it was the reason in this case. They would probably just chance artworks in Chinese game client like they always did, no reason to do it globally.

I think that that they changed them because Hearthstone is heavily marketed towards kids and you don’t want to have too many suggestive/brutal artwork then. But of course, I might be wrong.

I’m 99.9% sure that Shadowflame never damaged enemy Hero. It was always enemy minions. I looked through Classic patch notes and haven’t found any change like that.

I’m not sure what you mean. Soulfire could always do face damage, then and now. The card’s effect never changed, only mana cost.

Well, the official reason was that they “didn’t meet their standards” and that they “wouldn’t print similar ones today”.

Some people suspect that it’s because of China censorship, but I honestly don’t think so. China already had alternative versions of some cards that they didn’t like (such as the ones depicting skeletons). If they didn’t like those, they could just remake them for China only. My guess is that the game is also targeted at kids and having artwork like Succubus doesn’t help, especially with parents. And while it’s just my opinion, most of the new artworks are just better.

The only thing I disagree with was getting rid of Succubus completely. I mean, they could just leave the card, but with a less suggestive artwork (like new Mistress of Pain, or I guess Queen of Pain). After all, Succubi are a part of Warcraft universe and there’s no point pretending that it’s not the case.

Sorry it took so long. With so many things constantly coming to Hearthstone over the last few months we’ve been really busy. New game modes, new formats, regular expansions, mini-sets, progression system update, now the core set etc. There are so many things to constantly update that I don’t know where to start so I have to delay/ignore some stuff and take care of the others first.

Hopefully we’ll see it this weekend at BlizzCon!

And we might as well get Pandas later this year. Last year we went from alternative, Rust Legion Outland to non-Undead version of Scholomance to Darkmoon Faire influenced by Old gods, three non-related things.