Year of the Raven
Year of the Raven is the Standard format year from April 12, 2018 to April 9, 2019.[1]
Card sets[edit | edit source]
These card sets are released as a part of Year of the Raven.
Patches[edit | edit source]
These patches were released during Year of the Raven.
| Version | Build | Release date | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.4.0 | 29349 | 2019-03-14 | Rise of Shadows pre-order |
| 13.2.0 | 28855 | 2019-02-05 | Lunar New Year event |
| 13.0.9 | 28556 | 2019-01-24 | Ranked system changes |
| 13.0.3 | 28329 | 2018-12-19 | Card changes, Arena changes |
| 13.0.0 | 27845 | 2018-11-29 | Rastakhan's Rumble release |
| 12.4.0 | 27405 | 2018-11-05 | Rastakhan's Rumble pre-order, New Classic cards |
| 12.2.0 | 27358 | 2018-10-18 | Card changes |
| 12.2.0 | 26996 | 2018-10-02 | Hallow's End event, New player ranks, New daily quests, New keyword Casts When Drawn |
| 12.0.0 | 25770 | 2018-08-02 | The Boomsday Project release, Arena changes, Game Mechanics Updates |
| 11.4.0 | 25252 | 2018-07-10 | The Boomsday Project pre-order, Midsummer Fire Festival event |
| 11.2.0 | 24769 | 2018-06-06 | Taverns of Time event |
| 11.1.1 | 24589 | 2018-05-22 | |
| 11.1.0 | 24377 | 2018-05-08 | Arena changes |
| 11.0.0 | 23966 | 2018-04-10 | Year of the Raven rotation, The Witchwood release, Daily quest improvements, Friendly Challenge deck sharing introduction, Arena rotation |
Notable announcements[edit | edit source]
The third Standard year started with the release of the first expansion of 2018, The Witchwood. The beginning of 2018 saw the Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan sets moved to Wild format. Additionally, three cards (
Ice Block, Molten Giant and Coldlight Oracle) from the Classic rotated to the Hall of Fame and for the first time ever, a nerf was reverted.
Like last year, the start of the new year brought special events, such as the release of 
Lunara hero.
To celebrate the start of the Year of the Raven, starting March 26, 2018 until April 9, 2018, all quests rewarded a random card pack from Journey to Un'Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne, Kobolds and Catacombs, or from the new expansion, The Witchwood.
Hall of Fame[edit | edit source]
When the Year of the Raven began, Ice Block, Coldlight Oracle, and Molten Giant were moved to the Hall of Fame set. The latter-most had its nerf reversed, setting the card's mana cost back to 20 mana, at the same time as being moved to the Hall of Fame.[2]
Later in the year, Blizzard announced that the mage, rogue, and warlock classes would receive 4 all-new cards in the Classic set — Icicle, Tome of Intellect, Call of the Void, and Pilfer — in order to make up for the class cards that had previously been moved into the Hall of Fame set.[3]
Timeline[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Hearthstone timeline
March 12
- The Witchwood, Hearthstone's eight expansion, is announced.[4]
April 12
- The Witchwood is released.
- The second Standard year (the Year of the Mammoth) ends, and the third Standard year (the Year of the Raven) begins.
April 26
- Monster Hunt, a new Dungeon Run-style mission is released.
June 7
- New Pack Day, Hearthstone's second animated short, is released.[5]
June 11
- Taverns of Time, a new Arena event is released, lasting through July 2. This event added 28 special cards draftable only in the Arena.
July 10
- The Boomsday Project, Hearthstone's ninth expansion, is announced.[6]
- For the first time, expansion pre-order mega bundles are used, which grant a new alternate hero skin.
July 21
- Lowering the Boom, the first issue of a series of official The Boomsday Project web comics, is released.
August 7
- The Boomsday Project is released.
August 21
- Puzzle Lab, a completely new type of mission featuring puzzles, is released.
October 2
- New player ranks from 50 to 26 are added in Ranked for new players only.
October 30
- The Art of Hearthstone, Hearthstone's first artbook, is released.
November 2
- Rastakhan's Rumble, Hearthstone's tenth expansion, is announced at BlizzCon 2018.[7]
- It is announced that Hearthstone has reached 100 million players.[8]
- New Classic cards are added for the first time to replace previous ones that were sent into the Hall of Fame.
December 4
- Rastakhan's Rumble is released.
December 13
- Rumble Run, a new Dungeon Run-style mission, is released.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Year of the Raven Soars Ahead. (2018-02-28). Retrieved on 2022-04-09.
- ↑ http://www.shacknews.com/article/103548/hearthstone-marks-2018-as-the-year-of-the-raven
- ↑ Daxxarri (2018-09-18). Hearthstone: In the Works - September 18. Retrieved on 2018-09-18.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtIbKXd5fWo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQb46Kyh-xA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0osOie7YlA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG35phnCKRc
- ↑ https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/22596834