Year of the Kraken
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Year of the Kraken is a Hearthstone Standard format year that marked a major rotation and the introduction of new card sets and balance changes to the game.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Year of the Kraken canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11544856 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Year of the Kraken Context triple: [Whispers of the Old Gods, introducedStandardYear, Year of the Kraken]
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A.
Maelstrom
Maelstrom was a former boat ride attraction in Epcot’s World Showcase at Walt Disney World, themed around Norwegian culture, mythology, and seafaring adventures.
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B.
Seasons in the Abyss
Seasons in the Abyss is a 1990 thrash metal album by Slayer, acclaimed for its blend of speed, aggression, and dark, atmospheric songwriting.
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C.
Rotten Sea
Rotten Sea is an alternative name for Syvash, a large system of shallow, hypersaline lagoons on the northern coast of the Crimean Peninsula.
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D.
Sunrise with Sea Monster
Sunrise with Sea Monster is a novel by Irish writer and filmmaker Neil Jordan that blends political intrigue with a darkly atmospheric family drama set against mid-20th-century Irish and Spanish history.
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E.
The Black Tusk
The Black Tusk is a striking, jagged volcanic pinnacle in British Columbia’s Garibaldi Provincial Park, renowned as an iconic landmark and popular hiking destination in the Coast Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Year of the Kraken Target entity description: Year of the Kraken is a Hearthstone Standard format year that marked a major rotation and the introduction of new card sets and balance changes to the game.
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A.
Maelstrom
Maelstrom was a former boat ride attraction in Epcot’s World Showcase at Walt Disney World, themed around Norwegian culture, mythology, and seafaring adventures.
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B.
Seasons in the Abyss
Seasons in the Abyss is a 1990 thrash metal album by Slayer, acclaimed for its blend of speed, aggression, and dark, atmospheric songwriting.
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C.
Rotten Sea
Rotten Sea is an alternative name for Syvash, a large system of shallow, hypersaline lagoons on the northern coast of the Crimean Peninsula.
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D.
Sunrise with Sea Monster
Sunrise with Sea Monster is a novel by Irish writer and filmmaker Neil Jordan that blends political intrigue with a darkly atmospheric family drama set against mid-20th-century Irish and Spanish history.
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E.
The Black Tusk
The Black Tusk is a striking, jagged volcanic pinnacle in British Columbia’s Garibaldi Provincial Park, renowned as an iconic landmark and popular hiking destination in the Coast Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hearthstone Standard year
ⓘ
game content update ⓘ |
| affects | card legality in Standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
casual play
ⓘ
constructed play ⓘ ranked play ⓘ |
| appliesToGameMode | Hearthstone Standard format NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationChannel |
Hearthstone developer blog
ⓘ
official Hearthstone website ⓘ |
| endTime | 2017 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Year of the Mammoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Year of the Goat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game | Hearthstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | digital collectible card game update ⓘ |
| hasBalanceChangesFor |
Basic cards
ⓘ
Classic cards ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
encouraged purchase of newer expansions
ⓘ
reduced power level of older sets in Standard ⓘ reshaped competitive metagame ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
balance changes
ⓘ
introduction of Standard format rotation system ⓘ introduction of new card sets ⓘ major card set rotation ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Kraken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme | sea monster motif ⓘ |
| includesSetType |
adventure
ⓘ
expansion ⓘ |
| introducedFormatChange | separation of Standard and Wild formats ⓘ |
| introducedSet |
Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
One Night in Karazhan NERFINISHED ⓘ Whispers of the Old Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFirst | first named Hearthstone Standard year ⓘ |
| partOf | Hearthstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| publisher | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| rotationKeptInStandard |
Basic set
ⓘ
Classic set ⓘ |
| rotationRemovedFromStandard |
Curse of Naxxramas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goblins vs Gnomes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2016 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Year of the Kraken Description of subject: Year of the Kraken is a Hearthstone Standard format year that marked a major rotation and the introduction of new card sets and balance changes to the game.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.