It is to my not insubstantial regret that I didn't get around to writing about how fun Hearthstone's Starcraft crossover mini-set turned out. The Zerg cards really nailed the assignment when it came to being rage-inducing swarmy bastards, while the Terran faction also felt super-flavourful thanks to Jim Ryan launching weaponised starships like Elon Musk with a malfunctioning brain chip. Protoss I could take or leave, but two out of three Ws ain't bad.
Happily, those cards are sticking around as we enter the Year of the Raptor, which also heralds Hearthstone annual refresh of the pool of expansions that are legal in the Standard game mode. The first new full expansion of 2025 is Into The Emerald Dream, which is out on 25 March, and I've got four Mage cards to reveal here today. Let's start with the Legendary…
