Hearthstone’s first update of the year has arrived, and brings a wealth of events, cards, and much more to the popular digital card game.
Firstly, there will be a number of Wild events running from February 19th to March 11th, which will celebrate Hearthstone in the Year of the Mammoth. During this time, the Arena draft will offer exclusive cards to Wild, replacing the usual Standard cards. Should you already have an existing arena run, then you should probably finish it before Wildfest kicks off, since they will be retired on February 19th, with the first event being available for free.
Fans will also be encouraged to venture into the wild, with a pre-constructed Wild Tavern Brawl. All you’ll need to do is give a pre-made Wild deck, and you’re good to go. If you don’t own a full Wild collection, then this is a good place to get some experience at least.
Meanwhile, there is also the Wild Brawliseum, which is coming to competitive Hearthstone players that are looking to test their collections and skills. This uses player-built decks that will be locked for the duration of the run, and has an entry fee that uses Gold or real money. As they do in Arena, players go head-to-head until they either reach 12 wins or three losses, will the same rewards on offer.
There are a number of card changes too, which are as follows:
- Corridor Creeper – Now has 2 attack, down from 5.
- Patches the Pirate – No longer has Charge.
- Raza the Chained – Now reduces your Hero Power cost to 1 instead of 0.
- Bonemare – Now costs 8 mana, up from 7.
