What may be the biggest change in the history of Hearthstone is coming soon—the advent of the Standard and Wild formats. With the Classic set being evergreen in the Standard format, Blizzard plans to take a fresh look at its most powerful cards to rebalance them. My name is Andrey Yanyuk, better known as Reynad of Tempo Storm, and I’m here to give some insight on the cards most likely to be changed, and how I think Blizzard should alter them.

In many cases the cards that I expect to see changed are not necessarily the most “overpowered”, but rather the cards that create oppressive strategies that would push certain types of decks out of the Standard metagame. Be sure to keep an eye out for the upcoming Standard and Wild Meta Snapshots to be up-to-date with the best decks to play, and come say hi over at Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook!

Now let’s get into it...