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It's time to bring back Design Duels. For those who have not seen any of the previous threads, these Design Duels are always a 1v1 design competition between two anonymous players. The two competitors don't even know each other. For those who like to compete in one of these, simply send me a PM and I will set you up for a match. Lately I have been trying to do 2 duels at the same time, one New Comer Design Duel (for those who have not done a design duel before) and a Veteran Design Duel. Anyone entering duels for the first time is automatically a New Comer, but once you've completed your first New Comer match you're bumped into veteran status. If you are interested in joining a duel, just send me a PM and I will add you to the queue. Now for Veteran Design Duel #10:

Since Hearthstone is no longer "Heroes of Warcraft..."

Prompt: Design three different cards from different Blizzard games.

I.E. One from Starcraft/Overwatch/Diablo each.

Entry #1: cL4wzHS (winner)                                                         Entry #2: Sivalt

 As always, vote above and comment below!

 Congratulations to our winner, cL4wzHS!

interesting prompt this week. Some interesting cards tho some are less interesting:

This week 2 of the cards seem too simple to me as the design soace had few limitations. Treasure Goblin seems like another version of the Tomb Pilager. And Dark Templar is in my opinion wasting the design space Starcraft cards could have as some characters in starcraft have much more flavour than a 6/3 stealth that seems to belong in the classic set.

The overwatch heroes are the most interesting and flavourfull of the bunch from both entries. Mei seems to carry on her ultimate ability from Overwatch. Maybe it is a bit broken as the opponent needs to waste a removal spell or a weapon or a charge on it but the card has some nice potential. Mercy also seems to carry on her abilities from overwatcb but in my opinion it tries to put too much in one card amd I think maybe something along the lines of "Battlecry: Summon all friendly minions that died this turn" would fit the character more. Also for me the 5 lines of text is a no go. I made that mistake in a duel awhile back and it recieved a rather negative responce.

Nova Terra is by Far my favourite card of the buch if I understand how it works correctly. From what I get it summons 3 minions in random order that appear as 4/1s but only one of. them is real and once you attack with the real one the enemy sees which one is is and can deal with it. Quite an interesting design but maybe a bit too complex for the game.

As for my least favourite card it is the one i didnt talk about yet which is Marked for death. The reason I dislike it is because it is simply an underpowered card I see where the designer was going with it but i think it is poorly balanced. The closest comparison for the hunter class that I can think of is Hunter's Mark As it is a hard removal for hunter which is far more consistent than marked for death.

Overall Im strongly leaning towards #1 but havent decided yet and want to see what others think incase i missed something.

Ahhhh, too much text on Mercy!

Nova Terra is not a new concept, but cool nonetheless. Mei-Ling Zhou is cool (hehe), but essentially forces removal, which is probably too punishing against some decks. I really like the flavor of Treasure Goblin. I remember doing one for a WCDC two or three seasons ago, but it's so obscure nobody remembers it probably. 

Dark Templar is too simple, as some people have said. I'd prefer not to have more Worgen Greasers. Mercy is not only too text-heavy, it's also overcosted. Just look at N'Zoth, the Corruptor and Ragnaros, Lightlord to see that such an effect is not worth an abysmal 0-attack body. And Marked for Death seems needlessly complicated. Taking double damage would easily be the same flavor. 

I think #1 gets my vote this time.

About 27 hours left. Get your votes/comments in before the polls close!

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Mercy - Overpowered. What was the creator thinking? How about just forcing your opponent to concede? No, just no. 1/10

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Mercy - Overpowered. What was the creator thinking? How about just forcing your opponent to concede? No, just no. 1/10

Hardly. N'Zoth, the Corruptor is already a thing and he just gets Brawled or Twisting Nethered. And with N'Zoth, you know what you're gonna get. 

Although Mercy has the Lightwell effect as a bonus, she has 0 attack, meaning she's no threat on her own. 

Conclusion: not overpowered. Just too much text. 

 Well that was my personal opinion, and considering N'zoth can't summon you a Ragnaros or a Y'shaarj, it's more overpowered. Please don't put words in my mouth, thank you.

Congratulations to our winner, cL4wzHS!

Thanks guys! @Sivalt I know you were pate to answer so I assume you had little time to actually make the cards and it really showed. Good luck in the next Duel you participate in. :)