Hearthstone’s The Witchwood builds on Year of the Mammoth’s best ideas

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed Hearthstone‘s next expansion, The Witchwood. The set includes 130 new cards, including new Keywords that introduce new mechanics and strategies. The expansion also adds another single-player experience that will follow a similar formula to Kobolds & Catacombs’ Dungeon Runs, building on one of the game’s best ideas from the Year of the Mammoth.

Hearthstone is the leader in the digital card game market. The free-to-play game for PC and mobile depends on microtransactions, which largely come from selling digital card packs. New expansions drive sales of cards. This set also marks the start of the Year of the Raven, a rotation in the game’s standard cycle that will move cards from older sets out of eligibility in Hearthstone’s Standard formats.