Hearthstone’s The Witchwood launches its spooky cards April 12 on PC, Android, and iOS

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that The Witchwood, it’s next expansion for Hearthstone, will launch April 12 for PC, Android, and iOS. This will be the eighth expansion for the market-leading card game.

It is also the first of the Year of the Raven, a new Standard cycle that will rotate cards from older sets — Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan — to Wild, a mode that contains all the game’s cards. This is the third Standard year and the second time we’re seeing a rotation. Both the rotation and the introduction of new cards open up possibilities for new decks and strategies, which encourages lapsed players to return (and spend money on new packs).