Hearthstone’s Year of the Raven isn’t bringing any changes to Arena … yet

With the Year of the Mammoth giving away to the Year of the Raven, changes are in store for Hearthstone. In addition to a set rotation that has Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan moving from the Standard to the Wild format, Blizzard Entertainment’s hit digital card game is moving problem cards like Ice Block and Coldlight Oracle into Wild (and “unnerfing” Molten Giant), reducing the requirements for quests, and adding in-game tournaments.

But when the Year of the Raven kicks off later this year, nothing’s changing in the Arena. Hearthstone game director Ben Brode confirmed Monday that Blizzard didn’t have any plans to make Arena changes when the next Standard year begins (other than sets rotating out and a new set coming in). This comes on the heels of the special Wildfest promotion, in which for a week, the Arena draft pool included Standard and Wild cards.