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LoE isn't rotating out for two years tho
this is gonna make deckbuilding brawls suck even more for new players tbh
well, yeah
and?
gotta plan for the future
edit: like there's still going to be new/returning hearthstone players in 2 years, probs
Can someone who isn't into MTG explain what this means?
Are all the cards I gathered from Naxx and GvG now useless?
Or is this just for ranked? Or for arena?
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wra
Wild = use all your cards
Standard = use only base + classic + newest sets
edit: both are ranked, you get ranked rewards and can hit legend in either
separate ranks for each ladder
oh
well i mean like
when you have two more years of expansions you can't really say how meaningful LOE will or will not be after all those cards :P
This is a pretty important part of that post as well.
I don't think Reno and Mrrrglton are go away that easily, mang
no sure that's not what i'm getting at
LOE is more than just those two cards and you're still looking at it through the frame of what's good now, and you're saying "well these things that are good will probably remain good"
but there's all these other cards that with two more expansions will still possibly be viable, and there are still effects that could cause THOSE cards to be garbo - what if they print a card that says "healing effects don't work" suddenly reno decks just die the turn they need to reno vs aggro, etc
value propositions on sets that have years to remain in a format are a fool's errand
These will be the sets allowed in Standard (ranked) play:
That means that only the core sets (basic and classic) + the last two adventures + the last two expansions will be able to be used in ranked/casual (standard) play. When a new adventure comes out, the oldest adventure will be kicked out of Standard. When a new expansion hits, the oldest expansion will be kicked out of Standard. All cards can still be used in the Wild playlist.
So you can still use the cards from Naxx and GvG in Wild, but not in Standard (Ranked/Casual) play. Wild will still complete quests and stuff, so you aren't losing much.
if this doesn't mean a force roar nerf we have a problem
You guys think "wild" will sorta become a joke area that most people don't take seriously?
And speaking of shredders, I wonder how deathrattles like that will work. Presumably the discover mechanic will use the standard card set, which would make me think just for consistency the deathrattles will too.
Really surprised Blizzard did this. Happy, but surprised. It sorta seems against their ethos somehow.
It'll be interesting to play standard and adjust to turn 7 not dropping the boom.
in the FAQ it states that all random effects like Discover or Unstable Portal or whatever are limited to the cards in the format you are playing
Uh
if this is true
wow
Does MTG have a tournament scene for both types of play, wild and standard?
I tend to hear that there are "banned" cards in MTG tournaments, which tells me that standard is the only real competitive scene due to OP OP plz nerf?
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grom will not rotate out
Grom's not obsolete, he's from Classic.
At least they gave several months' notice so you can stop crafting GvG cards now!
Every year or two they release a basic set. The also release 2-3 "expansions" which are cards with a central theme. When you play magic there are several formats. The Standard format is the most recent basic set plus two blocks. As a new year comes, the old sets rotate out. There are also extended, which include more old sets, and then it gets even crazier with vintage and legacy formats. Drafting is like arena.
So standard=standard and wild=vintage.
except since it's digital there won't be a restricted/banned list.
Which blows my mind that as we get closer to MTG we could get a banned list for a digital card game.
mtg has a tournament scene for:
limited
standard
modern
legacy
vintage
so no, standard is not the only competitive scene at all, despite other formats having bannings
The announcement says that Standard is the new Official format, so Blizzcon and probably most WCS events will be Standard. Not sure about other tournaments.
I can't come close to building a deck around him that isn't Patron Warrior. BRM is next on the chopping block, and I'm not sure the deck can survive without Death's Bite anyway. So he may not be obsolete, but he will be useless to me soon.
BRM rotates out in a year though
So this means that sets are added to Standard as they are released, and sets are only removed from Standard once a year. For new players this means if you focus your acquisitions on Classic and things from the last year, it should be possible to be mostly caught up with everyone else when they rotate the older stuff out of Standard.
Also, this is no doubt going to be mostly buffs to many of the irrelevant and useless basic and classic cards. I don't expect there's much that they're looking to nerf from the old stuff, unless they decide to kill off some of the anti-fun things like BGH.
Lastly, no GvG means no Dr. Boom.
There will still be ranked wild, so you can still play them in ranked
Spring
The FAQ are fairly comprehensive.
It will not start until at least the next expansion releases
Uhh, I think LoE rotates out in a year (actually is only 11 months), because then only 2016 and 2017 releases are standard.
Patron, Freeze, Druid, those all feel completely fine about what's happening.