Hearthstone’s next update will Hall of Fame two cards and add eight new ones

Blizzard has just announced that two spells from the Basic set are being Hall of Famed, meaning they’ll only be playable in Wild rather than Standard format. Previously, the Hall of Fame process has only happened when Standard rotates at the start of the year. The cards leaving are relatively unexpected, too: Vanish and Mind Blast.

Eight new cards are being added to Classic at the same time in order to compensate for cards which have been sent to the Hall of Fame in the past:

· Arcane Devourer, an 8-Mana 5/5 Elemental who gains +2/+2 whenever you cast a spell
· Barrens Stablehand, a 7-Mana 4/4 minion who summons a random Beast as a Battlecry
· Brightwing, a faerie dragon who adds a random Legendary minion to your hand as a Battlecry
· Gift of the Wild, an 8-Mana Druid spell which buffs all your minions by +2/+2, and gives them Taunt
· High Inquisitor Whitemane, a 7-Mana 6/8 minion who summons any friendly minions who died this turn as a Battlecry
· Righteousness, which costs 5 Mana and gives Divine Shield to all your minions
· SI:7 Infiltrator, a 4-Mana 5/4 minion who destroys a random enemy Secret as a Battlecry
· Siegebreaker, a 7-Mana 5/8 Demon with Taunt for Warlock which gives your other Demons +1 Attack