Hearthstone is about to experience one of its greatest revolutions with the arrival of the Year of the Phoenix and a tenth class: the Demon Hunter.
While all these new features aren't live yet, they've been preloaded into the client with Patch 17.0 which should be effective as of March 26 , with the exception of the new Ranks and the Demon Hunter prologue.
Patch 17.0 summary
- Improved opening of boosters
- Free deck for new players and returning players
- Battlegrounds changes: Illidan arrives along with two minions
- Pantheon and new active Priest cards
- Improvements to Zephrys
- Redesign of classified parts → April 1
- Demon Hunter Prologue → April 2
- Launching quests for the Year of the Phoenix