Forged in the Barrens: The Beginning of Hearthstone's Faction War

Blizzard Posted 2021/03/29 at 9:26 AM by Tharid

Year of the Gryphonthe introduction of the Core SetForged in the Barrensthe conflict between Horde and AllianceI'm Tharid, a writer for Wowhead's sister site Hearthstone Top Decks, and I'll be covering the new content around Hearthstone's Patch 20.0, the new Core Set and, of course, the upcoming expansion Forged in the Barrens. If you want to check out the most recent news about the expansion, head over to hearthstonetopdecks.com!Year of the Gryphon: Core! Classic! Mercenaries!Team 5's roadmap for 2021New Cards: Core SetCore SetThe Core set with all its old, adjusted, and new cards will also be free for all playersStonetusk BoarMedivh'sAegwynnTirion Fordring'sTaelanNovice ZapperNew Game Format: ClassicClassicInnervateChillwind YetiLeeroy JenkinsClassic deck coverageNew Game Mode: Mercenariesthe announcement of MercenariesNew Solo Experience: Book of MercenariesAnduin RexxarBook of MercenariesForged in the BarrensForged in the BarrensCairne BloodhoofVol'jinBarak KodobaneSerena Bloodfeatherblood Charlga RazorflankMankrikbeen found in the ShadowlandsNew Keyword: FrenzyFrenzyBlood FuryBerserkingNew Mechanics: Spell Schools and Ranked SpellsSpell SchoolsRanked SpellsNew Rewards Track & Diamond CardsRewards TrackDiamond CardsBru'kanBlademaster SamuroHearthstone's 2021: Content, Content, Content

Comment by PathstriderReally hyped for this xpac to drop. Only thing I dislike is the aesthetics of the diamond cards. Would have loved if instead they used animated (like golden) but on a full artwork card with no borders.Comment by VanadraVery cool! I'd play if it weren't so expensive.Comment by TharidVery cool! I'd play if it weren't so expensive.Comment by VivianneSeeing the theme of this, the old-school Barrens, where WoW players were adventurers, killing harpies, centaurs, etc... that makes me nostalgic for the times where we weren't demi-gods with Titan-blood in our veins doing things the RTS heroes couldn't achieve on their own.
Like, I don't wanna play Classic or TBC Classic, but I wish the setting of Retail WoW would go back to the source a bit...Comment by MTJ5Give us HS loot cards, like old TCG cards was, i would buy lot's of packs asap :DComment by AshleySeeing the theme of this, the old-school Barrens, where WoW players were adventurers, killing harpies, centaurs, etc... that makes me nostalgic for the times where we weren't demi-gods with Titan-blood in our veins doing things the RTS heroes couldn't achieve on their own.
Like, I don't wanna play Classic or TBC Classic, but I wish the setting of Retail WoW would go back to the source a bit...Comment by RokmanWho's grinding Legend in Classic with me?Comment by LichlingSeeing the theme of this, the old-school Barrens, where WoW players were adventurers, killing harpies, centaurs, etc... that makes me nostalgic for the times where we weren't demi-gods with Titan-blood in our veins doing things the RTS heroes couldn't achieve on their own.
Like, I don't wanna play Classic or TBC Classic, but I wish the setting of Retail WoW would go back to the source a bit...Comment by brionlHow is this "Horde vs Alliance" when all these cards are Horde side?Comment by VivianneTo be fair, that is how bfa kind of started (if we ignore Magni like I know we all wanted). It was much less cosmic and more down to earth fighting. Obviously that changed fast (while the first raid was against the artificial old god, it didn’t really start getting crazy cosmic until Nazjatar and N’Zoth stuff), but it is probably the closest we will ever come to returning to those roots.Comment by wallrochaRemovedComment by GrymvildHow is this "Horde vs Alliance" when all these cards are Horde side?The BeginningbeginningComment by Luck4Since the Reward Revamp, I uninstalled and never looked back. I'm not going to spend any more money with these greedy people.Comment by TorsoboySeeing the theme of this, the old-school Barrens, where WoW players were adventurers, killing harpies, centaurs, etc... that makes me nostalgic for the times where we weren't demi-gods with Titan-blood in our veins doing things the RTS heroes couldn't achieve on their own.
Like, I don't wanna play Classic or TBC Classic, but I wish the setting of Retail WoW would go back to the source a bit...Comment by AnaranHow is this "Horde vs Alliance" when all these cards are Horde side?The BeginningbeginningComment by xenolithixHow is this "Horde vs Alliance" when all these cards are Horde side?The BeginningbeginningComment by Certifiedteam5 is incompetent at best. they really did their best running this game into the groundComment by 0AlorethSo that's where the Barrens warfront went...