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I already submitted this but I was wondering what any of you thought of the balancing.

My main justification for doing the token evolution thing was it was a way I could make a card that wasn't some kind of high-cost Legendary, as well as the fact that it let me more or less include both of Dark Machoke's abilities without making a single card without overly complex trigger conditions. (Both Dark Machoke and Dark Machamp can remove enemies from active combat, but only Dark Machoke can bring enemies into active combat, so I gave that one to him.)

I tried to compare stat values to similar cards already in the game. Mainly Dirty Rat and Direhorn Hatchling (obviously) as well as Arcane Golem/Hyldnir Frostrider for Machoke... and after I posted it with Machamp at 10 mana I realized Maexxna was the closest comparison so I lowered its cost to 8.

Are cards from other card games rather than ccgs allowed ? If the rules said the card have to come from a ccg, which I would say that you need to have a personal library of cards to make your decks out of, then Dominion and Smash Up won't be allowed, for example. I would say yes that they cant be used. But I'm not sure because I saw masquerade from Dominion in the submission. 

Can I have some response, please?

First off. I would personally like to thank and compliment Cogito_Ergo_Sum for coming up with an awesome theme for this card creating competition. I have, on numerous occasions, visited previous competitions; admiring and silently shaking my head at some of the ideas people have come up with. 

With that said I wanted to take a moment and congratulate and humbly acknowledge "every-single-person-who-has-posted-or-shared-ideas" from past to present. YOU GUYS AND GALS ARE FREAKING AWESOME! 

Notable mentions from my browsing of the Discussion and Submission threads; sadly I'll admit I didn't commit to viewing the Discussion thread until after I had already posted my own submission which can be found here: Snapples's Jace the Mind Sculptor submission for 6.11 

Regardless. Special mentions and comments are as follows. 

CheeseEtc's Slot Machine post on the Discussion Board

What can I say. I would absolutely LOVE to see this card or a variant of it (i.e. same mechanics) implemented into Hearthstone immediately. This card has the whimsical randomness Hearthstone is notorious for and provides a 'decent' opportunity to benefit greatly from it's Battlecry effect. Bravo! 

Nobroam's submission: Infinite Obliteration

At first look I almost sighed at the overall feel of the card, but on further thought and consideration; I definitely admire the card Nobroam has submitted.

Tokens... That's all I gotta say. I'd almost recommend changing it's rarity to Epic and giving it a 3-5 mana cost just for the possibilities this card could answer in Hearthstone; if it were to go live. (Name change provided... of course)

Now instead of Skulking Geist we could run two of these and boom. No more Jade Druid. No more silly token generating chaos. This card is ...sweet. :D 

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First off. I would personally like to thank and compliment Cogito_Ergo_Sum for coming up with an awesome theme for this card creating competition. I have, on numerous occasions, visited previous competitions; admiring and silently shaking my head at some of the ideas people have come up with. 

With that said I wanted to take a moment and congratulate and humbly acknowledge "every-single-person-who-has-posted-or-shared-ideas" from past to present. YOU GUYS AND GALS ARE FREAKING AWESOME! 

Notable mentions from my browsing of the Discussion and Submission threads; sadly I'll admit I didn't commit to viewing the Discussion thread until after I had already posted my own submission which can be found here: Snapples's Jace the Mind Sculptor submission for 6.11 

Regardless. Special mentions and comments are as follows. 

CheeseEtc's Slot Machine post on the Discussion Board

What can I say. I would absolutely LOVE to see this card or a variant of it (i.e. same mechanics) implemented into Hearthstone immediately. This card has the whimsical randomness Hearthstone is notorious for and provides a 'decent' opportunity to benefit greatly from it's Battlecry effect. Bravo! 

Nobroam's submission: Infinite Obliteration

At first look I almost sighed at the overall feel of the card, but on further thought and consideration; I definitely admire the card Nobroam has submitted.

Tokens... That's all I gotta say. I'd almost recommend changing it's rarity to Epic and giving it a 3-5 mana cost just for the possibilities this card could answer in Hearthstone; if it were to go live. (Name change provided... of course)

Now instead of Skulking Geist we could run two of these and boom. No more Jade Druid. No more silly token generating chaos. This card is ...sweet. :D 

 

@Cogito_Ergo_Sum

I want to take back what i said about this being a bad idea for a promt. 

As usual you seem to be a step ahead of everyone else with adapting to the times.

We've been granted the blessing of having front page coverage again, and one of the biggest problems from last week, was the disaterous amount of non eligble Submissions. Your promt is rather straightforward. Turn a card that exists in another TCG into one that could work in Hearthstone. It's hard to get that wrong.

Furthermore, it's an attractive oppertunity for new creators to join in, since most people on these forums has played another TCG in one form or another, making it super relatable. And the card creation community desperatly needed more creators to join in. Since we were down at 80-90 submissions a week. I'm fairly sure that we have more eligble submissions this week, than any other week this year.

Great work Cogito :)

(Although i'm still mad that i won't reach the finals this week, since MTG cards seems to be so favored compared to every other TCG :p)

I have checked out your creation. Here's my "critique" if you don't mind. Lol.

Utilizing synergies between playing board wipes, kill spells, Doomsayers and Deathwing... not to mention even Sacrificial Pact would be an auto include... ESPECIALLY with the new Warlock DK Hero Card.... I actually favor your creation over Hearthstone's Lakkari Sacrifice. While the minion itself is definitely a priority silence target... as that would totally shut the reward down for playing a legendary quest... I feel it literally would make Warlock great. Fantastic. Absolutely smashing.

While most will just settle in with their net decks and aggro revamps... I would be playing decks I currently play. Kill my own stuff. Give you mana. Destroy my own mana. This card would be played so much by me. 

Not only do I approve of your card, but I vote for your card. :D It's that awesome!

Hi there.  I decided to submit an entry to the contest for the first time this week.  I think being inspired to make this card in particular right off the bat helped spur my decision.  Here's the submission itself: http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/202212-weekly-card-design-competition-6-11-submission?comment=253

I'm interested in and open to any feedback that you guys might have.

In terms of other cards, I like how Jace from MtG got multiple Hero card entries.  My personal favorite is the 4 mana Sap that exchanges your ping for a controlled draw effect.  The Cheese entries are also pretty amusing.  At first I thought Alarm-o-Bot would work, but that puts a card in your hand.

Reading this page also has my racking my brain to evaluate Black Illusion Ritual.  A 3 mana destroy a minion that returns to your hand is a hard pill to swallow, even as a Quest Reward.

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Hi there.  I decided to submit an entry to the contest for the first time this week.  I think being inspired to make this card in particular right off the bat helped spur my decision.  Here's the submission itself: http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/202212-weekly-card-design-competition-6-11-submission?comment=253

I'm interested in and open to any feedback that you guys might have.

In terms of other cards, I like how Jace from MtG got multiple Hero card entries.  My personal favorite is the 4 mana Sap that exchanges your ping for a controlled draw effect.  The Cheese entries are also pretty amusing.  At first I thought Alarm-o-Bot would work, but that puts a card in your hand.

Reading this page also has my racking my brain to evaluate Black Illusion Ritual.  A 3 mana destroy a minion that returns to your hand is a hard pill to swallow, even as a Quest Reward.

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Trample: If the minions attack exceeds the health of what it is attacking, the remaining damage goes to the enemy hero.

Tribute to a MTG deck i used to play, combining  and 

 

So I recently submitted the Arle Nadja card using one of her Weiss Schwarz cards (and another for the token). A small edit from an older card I did before (that one shuffled the Nuisance into the deck, which could get very harsh if you get a big C'Thun alongside her). Not sure if 4 mana is right for a pu/yo (2/4) minion with a Curse of Rafaam-like effect that screws with your curve, even if it's a double-edged sword.

EDIT: Nerfed Nuisance into a 1-drop so it won't be so overwhelming with things like Unleash the Hounds or anything else that hits face a lot.

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As for Golisopod, it should probably be changed from taking damage to surviving it. As it is, it can seemingly take even a Rag shot and get away before it dies like, you know, an insect.

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Quote from InfiniteJexulus >>

Hi there.  I decided to submit an entry to the contest for the first time this week.  I think being inspired to make this card in particular right off the bat helped spur my decision.  Here's the submission itself: http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/202212-weekly-card-design-competition-6-11-submission?comment=253

I'm interested in and open to any feedback that you guys might have.

In terms of other cards, I like how Jace from MtG got multiple Hero card entries.  My personal favorite is the 4 mana Sap that exchanges your ping for a controlled draw effect.  The Cheese entries are also pretty amusing.  At first I thought Alarm-o-Bot would work, but that puts a card in your hand.

Reading this page also has my racking my brain to evaluate Black Illusion Ritual.  A 3 mana destroy a minion that returns to your hand is a hard pill to swallow, even as a Quest Reward.

 I really like this card. Though I think Golisopod should be a Beast. If it was it would synergize better with cards like Tundra Rhino.

I know Relinquished may be a hard pill to swallow, but I would like to remind you The Caverns Below exists. This is one minion that can only target one at a time. Originally you could cheese with it, but I increased the mana cost so it can still be used in combos, but not as much. Plus, decks that use small minions or decks that can quickly get big minions on the board like Jade Druid, will easily be able to counter this.

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Two years ago I was mocked for suggesting this theme for a weekly competition:

http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/84514-weekly-card-design-competition-design-competition?comment=53

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Two years ago I was mocked for suggesting this theme for a weekly competition:

http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/84514-weekly-card-design-competition-design-competition?comment=53

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I'm curious to see what cards end up in the finals and how people will vote for them. There are a TON of submissions that rely on memes or popular cards that would be utterly broken in Hearthstone. So will people vote for actually balanced submissions? Or just their favorite card from Magic/Yugioh/whatever.

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Quote from thepowrofcheese >>

I'm curious to see what cards end up in the finals and how people will vote for them. There are a TON of submissions that rely on memes or popular cards that would be utterly broken in Hearthstone. So will people vote for actually balanced submissions? Or just their favorite card from Magic/Yugioh/whatever.

 There's a lot of redundancy this time, what with 5 Jaces, 3 Dark Magician Girls, and two Cheeses.  We've seen entries use the same art before in different contests, but not to this scale.  There were surprisingly little Pokemon entries, but besides that, a lot of the usual suspects in every other regard, such as Yu-Gi-Oh Trap cards becoming Secrets.  The Yu-Gi-Oh Dragons were a treat to see, though.

I'm also curious, but for different reasons: will we see multiple finalists representing the exact same card?  Or will an exception to the scoring system be made this time that only counts the highest-scoring card of that pool?