Good day Creeps! I wanted to post an update to some things that have been said in various articles and post some reactions to them regarding the Standard announcement. Be sure to comment and leave your opinion.



Outdated (Wild) Adventures may be purchasable again. According to a few different interviews, including one with Ben Brode, the devs had said they will open up the ability to purchase Nax or other ‘expired’ adventuresses in the future.

This comes as no surprise seeing as the negative reaction from the community. In fact, of all the changes, this may be the most out cry we have heard.

Next [Spring Expansion] set said to be “crazy”. According to the recently posted interview on Hearthead.com, when asked about important cards not being reprinted, the dev said: “So we’re not really concerned about ruts right now. If anything, we may have gone a little too crazy with the next set!”

This statement leaves me to believe the ‘spring’ expansion will be very large and will inspire a completely new meta. With a large card pool of new cards, and the increase of power from older sets like TGT, this is not a concern of mine. My guess is they will bring some crazy deck types a la League of Explorers. Because of this, cards like Sludge Belcher & Piloted Shredder will be a distant memory.

Nerfs in the basic set confirmed to prevent old deck types. Again from the Hearthead interview, the dev states that certain decks will loose essential tools.

As no surprise to most of us, cards that enable class/basic heavy deck lists (like Freeze Mage & Midrange Druid) will see some strong nerfs.

Two expansions & 1 adventure per year. This comes from a great Polygon article describing their trip to Blizzard and discussion with other media & pro players. During this event Blizzard said they plan to release 2 expansions and 1 adventure per year.

While this could change, I completely agree with this plan. Having a large expansion to start the year off seems like a good plan. The second release of an ‘adventure’ allows Team 5 to create cards that intentionally disrupt the meta or (solve problems). Finally, a 3rd expansion ensures a vibrant and non-stale meta.

Knife Juggler & Leper Gnome confirmed being “looked” at. From the Polygon article, during the special summit.many attendees brought up the possibility of nerfing Knife Juggler & Leper Gnome. Blizzard responded with these cards are being looked at.

It’s almost a for drawn conclusion that Knife Juggler will see some sort of nerf. Leper Gnome is something I really didn’t think about, but is a good call. Mr “I feel Icky” is very powerful in face-only decks and removes any type of counter play.

The Standard situation is very fluid, and I am sure more information will be slowly leaked. Of course a select group of lucky community & media members will get a larger view come March 9th. Hopefully that story won’t be embargoed too long. The biggest pieces of news have yet to arrive. What are they nerfing? What will the next expansion look like. All we can do now is refresh Reddit. (and Powercreeps.com )

It appears Blizzard is listening to feedback and is willing to make the best decisions they can based on the community input. That creeps, is all we can ask.

Until next time!

-Gamer