Casual Is Now A Separate Game Format, But Nothing Has Really Changed

One of the changes in Patch 20.0 that weren’t documented by patch notes is… a bit strange at the first glance, but once you look deeper into it, it kind of makes sense.

Right now, instead of every single game mode having its separate “casual” format, there’s a completely separate button for Casual.

The official description for the format you see in the game is actually confusing, as it tells players that “all cards are available”, which might suggest that you can play against decks with literally any cards. But that’s not exactly true. You see – the game will automatically queue you against players who play deck from the same format.

To put it simply, it means that if you create a Classic deck and queue it in Casual, you will only play against other Classic decks. The same goes for Standard or Wild – you can’t fight against players from other formats.

Which means that, ultimately, nothing has changed – just instead of every format having its separate casual queue, there’s only one to simplify everything.

Stonekeep

A Hearthstone player and writer from Poland, Stonekeep has been in a love-hate relationship with Hearthstone since Closed Beta. Over that time, he has achieved many high Legend climbs and infinite Arena runs. He's the current admin of Hearthstone Top Decks.

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4 Comments

  1. JoyDivision
    March 26, 2021 at 2:05 AM

    Neat change. Bad description. 😉

  2. PitLord
    March 25, 2021 at 4:06 PM

    I don’t understand the visualization of the rank, i’m legend both standard & wild (better in standard) but it show me, in the left bar bronze 5 of the classic. It’s because i play classic and it show the last used mode?
    And the button of play mode always glow only to me?

    • Stonekeep - Site Admin
      March 25, 2021 at 6:08 PM

      I’m pretty sure it’s a visual bug, other players are experiencing similar thing.

  3. FatherOfLies
    March 25, 2021 at 2:53 PM

    That was a bit confusing. Thanks for the clarification .