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Competition Theme: Secondhand Spellcasting

This weeks theme comes from Donnerfausuts, whose "Timmy the Impatient" was the winner of our "Alto" competition. 

Competition-Specific Restrictions:

There's something we've seen every once in a while in our competitions that's a little odd: Folks will submit a minion that itself casts a spell. Typically these entries don't do extraordinarily well, but there have been a couple of exceptions, and while the concept is odd, it's perhaps not entirely without merit. This week we're going to explore the concept and see what we can do with it.

• Your card must, itself, cast a spell. The most obvious existing examples include Yogg-Saron, Hope's End and Servant of Yogg-Saron, but you're free to have your cards cast specific spells rather than random ones.
• There must be an easily identifiable reason why your card is casting a spell rather than just having an effect identical to that spell's effect. For example, you're going to have to justify why your weapon has "Battlecry: Cast Innervate" rather than just "Battlecry: Gain 2 Mana Crystals this turn only.". If you can't justify it, it's not going to qualify. For spells that deal damage, the justification is inherent, because the effect is going to benefit from Spell Damage in a way that even an identically worded Battlecry or other minion text would not. For other spells, however, you'll have to get a little more creative. For example, Mad Scientist and Mysterious Challenger arguably fit this week's theme because they cast spells that you have in your deck, requiring and consuming those cards. We will also accept text length concerns as sufficient justification; for example, this card that won one of our competitions last season would have much too lengthy card text if it were to entirely reproduce Shadowform's card text:

• Points of Clarification:
  (1) Your card may be any card type: Minion, Spell, or Weapon.
  (2) We know from Yogg-Saron and its Servant that cards that cast spells themselves do not trigger effects that would normally trigger when a spell is played, like Flamewaker, Edwin VanCleef, Arcane Giant, Stonesplinter Trogg, etc.
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General Competition Rules

These are the rules that remain consistent from competition to competition.

 Competition Process

 Rewards

Good Luck!

This is a very unique legendary meant to be used in classic buff decks. Thinning your deck is strong, as we all know, but this encourages you to use very specific and creative deckbuilding so it won't just be slapped on any deck, and it only pulls a single card anyways. You can give it Divine Shield, make it a 4/5, make it buff your hand, play a Secret, the possibilities are nearly endless.

If your intuition is completely random, you probably shouldn't trust it. 

In my experience, Secrets are the scariest when they're manufactured via a random effect or a discover (besides Kabal Chemist of course). In most cases, at least in constructed, you know almost for certain that it's within a given two or three Secrets. This will help to throw your opponent off by forcing them to re-test for Secrets they already tested for. 

Also, imagine the Trolden videos about this repeatedly re-casting itself. 

Rogues Do It...

Hammer of the Righteous is a Paladin weapon that casts a random 1-cost spell from the players class. It will mostly cast a random Paladin secret, but in other classes, you can see some crazy outcomes. Upgrade! and Deadly Poison can make for a very cheap weapon. Like Yogg-Saron and his servant, it will only cast the spell on the appropriate target. That means Bestial Wrath will only work on friendly beasts.

It's never Vaporize...but he could be counting on me knowing that, and it is Vaporize. But if he knows that I know that he knows...ah, forget it, I'm just going to attack.

Perhaps the last bit of Secret synergy needed before Blizzard decides to print more Mage Secrets that are actually good. The value this card provides scales based off of how many secrets are in hand: with just 1, it's practically dead; with 2, you're getting a bit of value with a 2 mana discount; 3+ secrets, and suddenly you've got great value, with a 5 mana discount with potential for even more. Of course, that requires having a hand full of Secrets to begin with, but at least it's not a 6/6 body to go with it, breaking the game open with Christmas Tree Mage.

"Face Imp-axxus, Lunatic Lord of the Burried Legion!"

CHECK Sacrificial Pact

Meet the Lord Imp-axxus, the Imp Jaraxxus-wannabe that can't bear other demons. He destroys all demons on board (himself included), casting Sacrificial Pact on each one.

• Considering Reno Jackson is going out of Standard, Warlock is in deep need of healing.
• Good for Healing of course, you have 5 Health guaranted with this minion, and 5 more for each other demon on board.
• It is also a super Demon removal in a mirror match
• Still a removal to trigger your demons' Deathrattle, or simply make some space on an overflooded board (and kill that annoying Unlicensed Apothecary to play something bigger with enough Health)
• Lord Jaraxxus is of course concerned - you can't play Imp-axxus to heal Jaraxxus... quite the opposite :)

( Forbidden Flame Forbidden Shaping Forbidden Ritual ) so on turn 10 you get 6 1/1 tentacles , a random 6 mana minion or a fireball, also the forbidden flame is target-able, or can be used at earlier stages in the game so its really flexible.

She remembers many things...except what time it is.

Wording may be a bit off, but I think it makes sense.

Need that last bit of push, built your deck around a single minion...or just for the giggles, I give you the Kabal Cannoneer.

Flavor text can be: "AAAAaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!"

The Violet Teacher has decided to enroll a new assistant, in order to help any Violet Apprentice in need... How, you ask? It is simple, since this card has crazy sinergy with the Teacher.

On turn 8, you play Violet Tutor, then Violet Teacher. Violet Tutor's effect triggers, casting a Power Word: Shield on her. But this is a Spell, so Violet Teacher's effect is triggered, and a Violet Apprentice is summoned. But this is a minion, so Violet Tutor's effect is triggered again... Long story short, this crazy loop will fill your board with Violet Apprentices and will let you draw LOTS of cards. A bit overpowered, maybe, but an interesting combo.

Of course, Violet Tutor's effect is triggered by any friendly summon, so maybe it could work in a Zoo Priest (something I don't even know if exists, but this card could be the first piece of a new archetype), or something like that.

Hope you enjoy this card.

Now you're thinking with portals

Possible spells are Maelstrom Portal Silvermoon Portal Ironforge Portal Moonglade Portal Firelands Portal

A very simple card i confess , but great combo can be envisaged like with Brann.

Once placed on the board this minion becomes a real threat.