Hearthstone targets fast metagame by weakening Shaman and pirate decks

Shaman’s reign of terror on Hearthstone may end even before the beginning of the next year of Standard.

Blizzard announced today that it is changing some cards in a patch coming near the end of February. Hearthstone is a free-to-play digital card game available for PC and mobile. Two problem cards, the neutral pirate Small-Time Buccaneer and Shaman weapon Spirit Claws, will suffer nerfs (a term used when a developer deliberately weakens something). Hearthstone is the leader in the digital card game market, earning $394.6 million in revenue in 2016. Changes like these are important to keep its large (and quite vocal) community happy and other playstyle competitive.