Traditionally, Hearthstone is going through its biggest changes with the first yearly expansion. That’s when old sets are rotating out of Standard, and the new Core Set is being introduced. The 2022 Hearthstone standard year is called the Year of the Hydra. This time around, Blizzard has waited a bit longer to reveal the new Hearthstone Core Set for 2022. But now, we finally know all the details. Read on to find all new cards in Hearthstone Core Set for 2022.
Hearthstone New Core Set 2022 Removed Cards
The Hearthstone Core Set for 2022 has finally been revealed. Called Year of the Hydra, the new Standard year is set to bring some powerhouse cards from the past back to the Standard format. This is especially true for many neutral cards which were ubiquitous in the meta until they were removed from Standard. And now, they are back! We are talking about such iconic cards as Wild Pyromancer, Acolyte of Pain, the original League of Explorers, and many more. But first, let’s check out which cards are being removed from the current Core Set. These cards are no longer in the Core Set: - Demon Hunter: Ashtongue Battlelord, Warglaives of Azzinoth
- Druid: Enchanted Raven, Landscaping, Menagerie Warden, Nordrassil Druid, Ancient of War
- Hunter: Scavenging Hyena, Webspinner, Bearshark, Headhunter’s Hatchet, Lock and Load
- Mage: Water Elemental, Mirror Entity, Fallen Hero, Coldarra Drake
- Paladin: Holy Light, Pursuit of Justice, Guardian of Kings
- Priest: Crimson Clergy, Shadowform, Lightspawn, Temple Enforcer, Natalie Seline
- Rogue: Bladed Cultist, Patient Assassin
- Shaman: Windfury, Unbound Elemental, Draenei Totemcarver, Earth Elemental
- Warlock: Dread Infernal, Possessed Villager, Enslaved Fel Lord, Ritual of Doom
- Warrior: Warsong Commander, War Cache, Warsong Outrider
- Neutral: Arcane Anomaly, Argent Squire, Cogmaster, Young Priestess, Mini-Mage, River Crocolisk, Toxicologist, Brightwing, Earthen Ring Farseer, Flesheating Ghoul, Ice Rager, Injured Blademaster, King Mukla, Spider Tank, Stoneskin Basilisk, Baron Rivendare, Gurubashi Berserker, High Inquisitor Whitemane, Barrens Stablehand, Clockwork Giant
Hearthstone New Core Set 2022 All New Cards
We’ve seen the removed cards, but now let’s check out all the new added cards! Each class is getting some exciting old tools to use again in standard. We are seeing the return of some of the classic cards as well as quite a few cards from the old expansions. Blizzard has definitely decided to spice things up with some very powerful cards from the past. But, it still remains to be seen how will those cards pair with the new sets. The meta will definitely change a lot, that’s for sure. Anyway, here are all the new cards added to the Core Set with the Year of the Hydra update:
- Demon Hunter: Wrathscale Naga, Metamorphosis, Flamereaper
- Druid: Fandral Staghelm, Earthen Scales, Wrath, Living Roots, Mounted Raptor, Ancient of Lore
- Hunter: Houndmaster Shaw, Animal Companion, Springpaw, Cloaked Huntress, Marked Shot, Candleshot
- Mage: Kalecgos, Pyroblast, Blizzard, Pyromaniac, Explosive Runes
- Paladin: Flash of Light, Amber Watcher, Bronze Explorer, Ragnaros Lightlord
- Priest: Lyra the Sunshard, Northshire Cleric, Radiant Elemental, Lightbomb, Drakonid Operative, Murozond the Infinite
- Rogue: Tess Greymane, Buccaneer, Hench-Clan Burglar
- Shaman: WiKrag’wa, the Frog, Far Sight, Flametongue Totem, Maelstrom Portal, Bloodlust
- Warlock: Voidwalker, Imp Gang Boss, Abyssal Enforcer, High Priestess Jek’lik, Darkshire Librariank
- Warrior: Darius Crowley, Shield Block, Bloodhoof Brave, Bash
- Neutral: Zola the Gorgon, Sir Finley Mrrglton, Brann Bronzebeard, Elise Starseeker, Reno Jackson, Murloc Warleader, Mistress of Mixtures, Acolyte of Pain, Doomsayer, Beaming Sidekick, Gorillabot A-3, Tar Creeper, Lifedrinker, Wild Pyromancer, Sea Giant, Plated Beetle, Azure Drake, Twilight Drake, Escaped Manasaber, Primordial Drake, Mossy Horror, Faerie Dragon, Vulpera Scoundrel, Cobalt Scalebane, Injured Tol’vir
These are all new cards from the Hearthstone 2022 Core Set. As you can see, each class is getting one card more than they are losing. And when it comes to neutral, Blizzard is adding 5 more cards compared to how much they are removing. In total, 72 new cards are being added, while 57 cards are rotating out to wild. The new Core Set will become available on April 12th, alongside the new Voyage to the Sunken City expansion.
