The latest expansion for Hearthstone has arrived in the form of Voyage to the Sunken City. This massive expansion brings 135 incredible new cards to the game and is the beginning of the current year’s worth of content. With the arrival of 'Year of the Hydra,' several sets will be rotating out, ranging from Standard to Wild.
Hearthstone’s new expansion brings several new interesting mechanics, a new minion type, and some pretty serious changes to the Core Set itself. Here’s what fans can look forward to in the new expansion.
Hearthstone has a set rotation every year, and it is time for 'Year of the Phoenix' to leave the game. This means that quite a few cards will leave the competitive Standard meta, but they will still be playable in the Wild format. The following expansions are rotating out.
There are plenty of cards in the Standard rotation. There are also several fun new features for the expansion, such as a pair of new card keywords (Dredge and Colossal), a new minion type (Naga), and some huge changes to the Core Set.
Dredge is one of the two new keywords that come with Hearthstone’s expansion. Dredge makes players look at the bottom three cards of their deck, and pick one to 'bubble' up to the top. A great way to use these is to combine Dredge cards with the new Azsharan cards. These cards send a 'Sunken' card to the bottom of the deck. Dredge players now know exactly what they are seeking.
A great example of the new Dredge cards is Warlock’s Bloodscent Vilefin. As the new Murlock, it is a 4/4 for 4 and has Dredge as a Battlecry. Playing this card lets the player Dredge a card, and if it is a Murlock, it costs Health instead of Mana. This makes it much easier to play that newfound card.
Colossal is another new keyword in
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