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Another year of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hearthstone has passed us by, and it’s time for the Year of the Hydra to make way for the Year of the Wolf. And with the change comes a different Core Set, which is always exciting for many reasons. A different card pool should shake up theꩲ meta significantly, which creates some of the best experiences a card game can provide.
Additionally, many cards from older sets 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:returned to Standard. Some arrived with buffs, while others we🍨re powerful enough that they can still make an impact. Here are ten that could really shape the upcoming meta.
10 𒀰 🍨 Dragonbane
Dragonbane is a powerhouse in the right circumstances. Assuming you play it with mana left over to use your Hero Power, you can deal five damage right away. And the power doesn't stop there. Five health is tricky to remove outright even in modern Hearthstone, especially at four mana. And if your opponent can’t kill Dragonbane, they’ll get hit for massive damage over and over again.
The card is somewhat meta-dependent, though; Dragonbane is far better against decks that don’t flood the board. If your opponent🌟s are constantly playing swarms of small minions, its effect will be almost entirely neutralized.
9 🦋 Eviscerate ꦯ
All these years after Hearthstone’s launch, dealing four damage for just two mana is still a great deal. Eviscerate's ability to target both minions and the opponent’s face is also less common in many Hearthstone cards, making it a rare example of an older card being stronger than its newer counterparts.
Helping Eviscerate's viability is that the first set launching during the Year of the Wolf, Festival of Legends, appears to have a decent amount of Combo synergy. Having access to the damage Eviscerate provides will almost certainly benefit a deck built around the mechanic.
8 🌠 Ancestral Knowledge
Ancestral Knowledge was a decent card back when it was first re𒊎leased, but it is getting a massive buff with its return to standard. The Overload cost is being reduced by one, amounting to a 25 percent reduction in cost, which obviously makes it substantially better.
Shaman is in desperate need of card draw, which means Ancestral Knowledge can fit into any Shaman archetype. But it is even better in decks with Overload synergy, which l🥃ooks to play a significant role in the Festival of Legends expansion.
7 Dirty Rat
Newer players will be extremely familiar with hand disruption cards lik💟e Theotar, the Mad Duke, and Patchwerk. Dirty Rat can’t compete with either card in terms of raw power level, but when properly timed, it is still perfectly capable of ruining your opponent’s day.
Additionally, Dirty Rat is substantially cheaper than those other cards, and you can run two of this in your deck, giving it additional v😼ersat🦂ility. If you are running a combo deck during the Year of the Wolf, you’d best beware of the rat.
6 𒁏 ꦅ Solar Eclipse
Druid gets a small p🌳ackage of Eclipse-related cards in the new Core Set. Kiri, Chosen of Elune, and Lunar Eclipse are both solid cards, but Solar Eclipse has the potential to break the game. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to learn that most spells get better if you cast them twice.
And there might not be a class better equipped to take advantage oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚf this effect than Druid. It can ramp up to high-powered spells faster, and the ability to go above ten mana allows them to cast higher-cost spells alongside Solar Eclipse.
5 Musteꦺr For Battle 💟
Getting three 1/1 Silver Hand Recruits 🐲and a 1/4 weapon doesn’t seem like it would be especially powerfu♒l. But when combined into a three-mana package, the card can really pack a punch. It has competitive stats for the cost, and those stats being split allows you more versatility in how you trade and buff your new minions.
Dur🅠ing its heyday, Muster for Battle dominated the meta. These days, power creep may have allowed other options to catch up with it, but it still has potential, especially with another Silver H✅and Recruit synergy card, Lothraxion the Redeemed, returning to Standard as well.
4 Defile
Defile is often cited among the best-designed car🍰ds Hearthstone has ever seen. With clever setup and planning, you can clear massive ⛄boards with only two mana invested. There’s a reason this effect was later copied onto cards like Spammy Arcanist.
Of course, Defile is useless in anything that isn’t a combo or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:control deck, so if 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:aggro decks continue to be the dominant Warlock archetype, it might not see play despite its power. On the other hand, if those types of Warlock decks are in the meta, you’ll likely be seeing Defile oౠn a regular basis.
3 Darkbishop Benedictus 𒉰
Returning might not be the right word for what is happening to Darkbishop Benedictus, since he was already available in Standard. But if he hadn’t been included in the new Core Set, Benedictus would have 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:rotated into Wild.
And keeping him from doing so isไ crucial, because Undead Priest, one of the best decks in the pre-rotation meta, relies heavily on the ability to gain a hero power that is actually useful. Losing Benedictus might not kill the deck entirely, but it would be a serious hit to its viability, and to any future aggressive Priest decks.
2 💙 Stargazer Luna
Stargazer Luna is one of the bestꦇ card-draw engines aggressive Mage decks have ever gotten. If you are running a bunch of cheap minions and spells, as tempo Mage decks tend to do, the card allows you to cycle through your deck exceptionally quickly. And there are few things a tempo deck likes more than cheap card draw.
Luna will also have plenty of support upon her return. A spell-based, aggressive mage archetype was strong before the rotation, and many of the cards it utilizes aren't leaving standard. As a result, Luna should feel right at home.
1 Zilliax
One of the most exciting aspects of the new Core set is the return of Magnetic as a mechanic.ꦜ The return of the build-your-own Mechs would be interesting enough on its own, but especially notable is the re-introduction of what is easily the best Magnetic card ever released: Z෴illiax.
The combination of Lifesteal, 🎉Divine Shield, and Rush makes Zilliax a powerful defensive tool when played on its own. But if you already have a Mech with significant stats on the board, the card becomes a game-ending threat. Every Mech you play suddenly becomes a must-kill minion, because you just might have Zilliax waiting in hand.