So far everything was going right, but the expansion wouldn’t be that memorable without lots of cool, strong and iconic cards. It was also shorter than the other two adventures (4 instead of 5 wings), but without reducing the number of cards – which meant that players got a better deal on it too.

While players had expected some kind of set announcement at Blizzcon, the fact that it was supposed to be playable next Thursday caught lots of folks off-guard, in a good way. It was announced on Blizzcon 2015, with the first week coming out a WEEK after the announcement. LoE had the shortest announcement to release time of any set we’ve gotten so far. First, the announcements of announcements – there were no such things. The release formula wasn’t appreciated either – TGT was known for having multiple announcements of announcements, which were meant to create extra hype, but they created a bunch of memes instead.Īnd then, The League of Explorers came all suddenly to fix some of those issues. The new mechanics – Inspire and Joust – fell flat, and out of 132 cards, only a handful were really playable in meta decks at the beginning. While a lot of cards went on to see play in many different meta decks after a while, it didn’t really feel to impactful at first.

The Grand Tournament was an expansion released in the middle of 2015, and it wasn’t a great release. But in order to understand that (for those who didn’t play it at the time), context is very important. A lot of players would quote it as their favorite set ever, and while it’s not an unquestionable #1 for me, it was definitely one of the best things that happened to Hearthstone in general. I’ll open the list of best Hearthstone sets with the only adventure on the list – The League of Explorers. The order or sets below is chronological. Since we had only four different adventures and there’s no point in making a separate list for those, I’ll consider all of the sets here – adventures and expansions alike. Different players like different things, and no list would please everyone. Keep in mind that the list is heavily subjective. I’m going to judge them based on a few different qualities – card design, theme, how fun they were to play, what kind of meta they’ve produced, as well as their overall feel. In this article, I’d like to take a look in the past and list the best expansions we’ve had so far. A big part of how much you currently enjoy the game depends on the latest expansion – it changes (or at least should change) the entire meta, forces people to play new things – sometimes less enjoyable than the previous ones. There were expansions that fell flat (either in terms of power level or fun), there were metas we as players just couldn’t stand, but on the other hand, there were times when we really enjoyed the game. Your choice might be driven by the certain Legendaries you’ve enjoyed, the meta you liked or maybe even nostalgia.Įveryone who has been playing Hearthstone for a while can tell that it has had its better and worse days. Boomsday Project is the 9th Hearthstone expansion, or 13th set if we count adventures too – that’s quite a lot! No matter when you’ve started playing, you definitely have some of your favorites.