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If you're still in need of a review, REPLY TO THIS!!!!! I'll see what I can do tonight :) <3

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If you're still in need of a review, REPLY TO THIS!!!!! I'll see what I can do tonight :) <3

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I've replaced 2 cards in my basic set:



Runic Dominator showcases the better while ahead, worse while behind aspect. Gonna be fun making a spell heavy control class that tries to keep ahead on bored :P

Peace Treaty showcases the classes pseudo healing effects (there will be more!) that tend to not be all that helpful if your already on low health, more preemptive than anything. Plus it feels more basic than Book Bind which will be moved to classic.

 

 Peace treaty seems good. It's a highly defensive card, but since you lose the armor it's not too overpowered. It's more of a stalling card.

Not a fan of Runic Dominator. You get a huge advantage for already having an advantage over your opponent, when it should be the other way around. Maybe if it was +1/+1 it'd be fine, I don't really know. That's how I see it.

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So I finally got some time to try to come up with some cards and here they are:

The Necromancer

That's all, I will probably add an explication for each card later, but right now I'm going to sleep. I will also try to re pay with some opinions of my own 'cus I was pretty quiet last thread.

Note: The tokens generated by the cards are the same of the Hero Power. And if somebody has a better name for some of this cards I'm all ears, English isn't my native language and I not that creative jajajaja.

I like your class, its very dark, but flavorful :D

Time to Rise/Starving Ghoul: this card feels like an insane aggro tool, you would have two 2/2s on the T2 (albeit with a summoning sickness). This followed up by a Starving Ghoul that would become a 3/3 right away ... that is some sick opener. Even like Coin hero power T1 and Starving Ghoul T2 is a pretty strong start. I mean i do like Starving Ghoul, i think the HP play is fine, but the Time to Rise combo is a bit strong for my taste.

Essence Draining: while i do appreciate the fact that you can easilly overdraw yourself with this card, it feels a little too good, it should probably cost at least 8.

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Ok, guys so i finally have something coherent to show you :) If you would like a feedback from me in return (please!) include a link to your post, thanks.

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Gladiator

Current state of my Basic set (7/10):

Card descriptions:

Hack'n'Slash: Hack is an addition to the Holy Smite / Arcane Shot family. Slash is a strictly worse Consecration, but that is ok, since one of my class'es weaknesses is a weak aoe. It is still very much a decent card.

Parry: you've already seen this in Phase 1. One of the signature cards of my class in the "protect" category, with a great flavor i think :)

Back to Basics: i know this card might seem super weak and it kinda has to be to pass as 0-cost, but i still think it has its uses. If you can land it on a sizeable minion it will act as a soft-heal, preventing the minion to go face. The minion is still able to trade into your board and my class is all about minion combat, so this is by no means a pure "Can't attack. Period." effect as iv seen ppl dislike before. Thought?

Requiem of Rainbows: decent control option that has synergy with Momentum, but doesnt promote aggro style since goin face has little value. I know its a silly name, but i kinda liked it when i found it searching for some weapon names online and i actually had an art to match it, so i went with it. I might actually do silly names for all my future weapons to keep a hearthstone-y light mood :) I think it is plausible, since gladiators would definitely name their weapons, right?:D

Reckless Brawler: her weapon of choice are fists! So you get to use her weapon ... or something :D i wanted a very simple minion that would synergize with my hero power and/or Momentum and i think i got it. Most (or all) of my weapons will be rather utility weapons than pure (face) dmg, so i think gettin one more swing out of them is a good way to go.

Worthy Opponent: get it?:D Ok, so at first glance, the stats might seem preeeety carzy, right? I mean they kinda are, but then realize that Shado-Pan Rider and Knuckles are a thing. You already forgot about em, didnt you? If i were to go for 3/7, this would make the card strictly worse, which honestly might be fine, since it is a Basic minion, so i might do that if most ppl agree i should. Btw for reference, only other two 3/8 minions r Ancient of Blossoms and Lakkari Felhound.

Unrefined ideas. Open to name change, effect change or might not include at all if not received well.

Card descriptions:

Late for Practice: i know noone rly likes a card that gives minions Charge, but i had this idea of nerfing the attack of the minion. Would this make the card actually ok?

Nobody Saw Nothing: cheap card draw, or so it would seem. Its basically an Arcane Intellect when combined with my hero power. But since Momentum operates out of your hero attacking, sacrificing the hero power for a card draw could have an additional cost of not triggering Momentum effects. Depends on what you need at the time.

Target Practice: not sure about this card, it is probably weak on average even with the card draw slapped on it, but the idea behind this was to have a way to flush out those valuable minions hidden behind taunt walls so you can kill them off.

 First of all, I really like the quirky spin you put onto your class. It's not all Death and Glory, it's HOLY SHIT I HAVE PRACTISE IN 10 MINUTES MR EARTHFURY IS GONNA KILL ME. 

Slash: nice and basic AoE. I'm comparing this to Volcanic Potion and Blizzard and I think 4 mana is the sweet spot. 

Parry: The effect is balanced, but can't you change it to "Give your hero Divine Shield" to make it more concise? 

Worthy Opponent: Please don't add a vanilla minion... There are enough of those in the Neutral cards, and even adding Taunt or something to a slightly reduced stat line would improve it a lot. 

Nobody Saw Nothing: Perhaps change text to "Destroy your weapon and draw 2 cards." 

Target Practise is awkward for me. I can't quite put my finger on it but the effect feels problematic to me.  I would actually change it to 1 mana and make it Single Target, so you can use it to bypass another taunt, but you're not also facing down 3 other taunts. 

Parry: i dont want my class to have anything to do with Divine Shields, so while that would be the absolute easiest way to do it, i "cant" for this reason. Also Parry "only" protects from an actual attack by a minion or hero, not from the spell damage, since it wouldnt make sense for a weapon block to deflect a fireball, right ?:)

Worthy Opponent: im sorry you dont like it :( but one of my main focuses in my class is to be a strong arena class and this minion would be a perfect addition for that. I think its a decent minion on its own and would be a good card to have in a set for new players as well, so i think i will keep it.

Nobody Saw Nothing: see i would phrase it exactly like that, but im not sure if it would just draw two cards even if you didnt have a weapon to destroy in this case, i want to avoid that situation.

Target Practice: yeah, im scrapping this card, i have another idea for it in a future set and i would have too many "draw a card" effects in basic set anyway, so dont worry about this one for now :)

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Alrighty, I got my first draft of my basic set down. Pretty sure I nailed down the challenges except for nuts and bolts. I talked to a friend about the phrase I used: "Holding fire in one hand and holding water in the other". It basically means you say one thing and then say or do another but it seems like an unused proverb in the west.

In any case. Excuse the formatting, I'll be sure to make my final submission all fancy-like.

The five I will (probably) present and, yes, I know Sea Elemental is missing its tribal tag: 

So. These 5 cards show the player:

1. There is synergy to be had when holding Ocean Depths in hand
2. You can add other cards to your deck, not just Ocean Depths
3. Adding card to your deck is synergestic
4. A simple, non-keyword interaction with deck size
5. There are other ways to add Ocean Depths to your deck, other than your Hero Power

Finding Mobus token:

The remaining cards are below:

 I'm quite busy, but if anyone needs a quick look-over, I would be more than happy to drop a few comments for their submissions.

I have nothing to give feedback on, every card looks good, you are good to go :)

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Man, I've been having a hard time trying to figure out my class' basic set. I think I got a pretty good idea though.

Reminder of my class

The ones I'm sure of

Cool ones I think fit, but not sure if they fit in the basic set

Please, I'm struggling so much

- Detonate is more of a minion-finisher, as most spells will have high spell damage and minions probably won't survive it.

- Flame (with Charge) I find it really cool. It works as both a minion and spell, and interacts with Spell Damage too. Tried to make it as weak as I possibly could so it wouldn't be as cancerous.

- Fiery Spirit is to show that the class is not only about spells, but can allow for some minion interaction and aggro too.

- Fuel is supposed to support Mana-spending which is something that will show up often in the class.

Flame Mystery: while i kinda like the idea of this, the awkward moment when you draw a non-dmg dealing spell is a bit weird.

Conflagrating Mark: spell taunt is a nice idea, but it _could_ become a bit OP in some situations or messy/confusing in others. Not sure if its worth the trouble.

Flame: i dont like this one, it can easilly become a 4-cost Leeroy (or better) in your class. Obviously there is no way to weaken it with stats, since 3/1 is Wolfrider, ... mby make it 5-cost? I still dont like the 7/4 version, like i said ... Abyssal Enforcer power level.

Flaming Blast: its fine, kinda like Powershot.

Fuel: kinda random card in your class to be honest, i dont rly see you being much about ramp.

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I finally made some stuff.

I'm still undecided about my hero power. Here are my options (with a basic synergy associated)

Option #1 "2 random damage" (current one)

Option #2 "switching Hero Power"

The player will start with "Deal 2 damage"

Option #3 "Topdeck screwer"

Option #4 with my custom "Roast" mechanic

At first I didn't want to put my keyword on my Hero Power (simplicity etc.), but I noticed that a lot of people did put their keyword on their Hero Power. Also Blizzard themselves didn't bother expliciting what a "basic Totem" is on Totemic Call.

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Now for the basic cards

1/ Cards I'm pretty sure I want in my basic set (or at least a variation of them)

The "15 or less cards" mechanic is of course an indirect synergy with Roast.

In addition to those, I will add the "Skilled Cook" card associated with the Hero Power I will pick (except in #4).

2/ Cards I'm not sure about

/!\ There is A LOT of cards in this spoiler. Be prepared!

TOKENS:

NOTES:

• The "regurgitate" on "Eat Alive" means that the destroyed minion will be resummoned for its player.
• "Dragonbreath Chili" deals damage to minions opposite your hero. If a player has an even number of minions, the two at the center will be damage. If a player has an odd number of minions, only the one at the center will be damaged. The idea is that the hero spits fire in from of him.

I know I still don't have anything that fits challenge #3, I will deal with this later. I first want to focus on the cards' effects and then I will shove #3 into two of them in one way or another.

...and I don't resist to the urge of showing you what is next if make it to the next rounds!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!

In addition to helping me with artworks, @Schlauchneid made two version of a brand new card border for my class. Here they are!

The difference between then is that nothing protudes on the text box on the second one. Which is best?

Thanks for your answers!

I like the first version of the hero power, nice and simple. v2 is just too damn slow, there would have to ba a lot of cards that would do something if you were in Wait stance and im not sure that is the route you want to take, tho i suppose ppl do like dual hero powers for some reason. v3 is just no way ... v4 like do you want to be in fatigue by turn 7 or something ?:D

Fry: you could probably take wording from like Cone of Cold (adjacent to it > next to it).

Giant Barbecue: same thing. I think it says adjacent to it, when the damage differs, no? (Grievous Bite, Explosive Shot)

Butchers Cleaver: definitely not a basic card material.

Celebration: would probably be most interesting with the v4 of your hero power, but i dont think its worth it for that.

Dragonbreath Chilli: hate these type of wordings/interactions :x

Eat Alive: wtf is that word? regurgitate? first time i ever saw it :D not sure about the effect, tho.

Beefy Vegan: both versions absolutely busted for arena purposes.

Crazy Cook: Magnataur Alpha, dont make the effect pre-tgt, also its not the same wording, do you mean her to damage the minions even when attacked?:o

Drakonid Knacker: i guess its fine.

Grill Cook: i know what you mean, but the wording sounds bad.

Haute Cuisine: i dont like this very much, feels like it could be easilly abused to draw a very specific card.

Ironforge Baker: rofl this feels almost patches lvl, not quite, but almost in terms of deck thinning.

Shiny Red Apple: rofl, you crazy ?:D

Vegan Diet: v1is fine, v2 i dont get the purpose of that wording.

Omelette Chef: this feels very specific, the ability i mean, not sure where should you put it (in which set) for it to make sense to be a card.

Food Critic: i REALLY dont like overstated early drops, i mean this one can bacfire big time, but another thing i dont like is huge hit-or-miss cards and this is that.

Gulienne Cut: ehm what? 3-cost Assassinate that gives you two 1/1 tokens? i dont think you thought this one through :P

Old God Delicatessen: i love the idea of this, especially since it kinda promotes cards like Doomcaller, but i think this is way too strong. Generally Cthun is used mainly for its battlecry, not the body, so having the option to cast his battlecry for 3 mana seems a bit insane.

Card border: i like the second version, but that being said, im not liking the ornaments. Not sure what it actually is, but looks like some Christmas crap :D

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OKAY! I'M DONE!!!! Post is up. Thank you SO much to all of you. 

If you're still in need of a review, REPLY TO THIS!!!!! I'll see what I can do tonight :) <3

• Fixed Ashes to Ashes/Dust to Dust bad capitalization.
• Changed Dark Matter Orbs to Void Burst.
• Increased Essence Draining cost to 8.
• Made 2 version of Essence Draining.

Thanks to Schlauchneid for the help!.

The Necromancer

So I'm now working on my submission post. How does this look?

EDIT: For some reason, the banner isn't centering properly. It looks fine when editing the post, but wrong in the actual post.

EDIT 2: Got it!

Click here to go back to my Phase I post.

My entry for this competition is the Time Traveler class. This is a class themed all around... well, time which is represented in several different aspects of the class. The Hero Power of the class is Glimpse , which has you look at the top 3 cards of your deck and rearrange them in any order (if your deck has less than 3 cards when you activate this, it will simply show you less cards instead), allowing for strategically planning ahead a few turns because now you know what you're going to draw and being able to change and optimize your draws.

This class also introduces a new keyworded mechanic for the class, Quick-Time . Quick-Time effects activate if you play the card on the same turn it's added to your hand (either by drawing it or generating it, anything counts). In most other classes, this effect seems like it would be inconsistent and top-deck reliant. The Time Traveler class however has many ways to get around this, namely their Hero Power in which you can rearrange the cards you draw to make sure you draw the Quick-Time cards when you actually want to draw them. There are also some cards in the class which can make Quick-Time cards even easier to activate. This however is the Basic set, so we don't have to talk about it here.

UI for the Hero Power

Speaking of which, let's look at 5 Basic cards that showcase some of the aspects of the Time Traveler class.

Remaining Basic cards:

I was also thinking of writing flavor texts. I'm not very good at writing them though, but I gave it a try for the Basic set:

So, how does it look? Also, is it worth posting it now or waiting for page 2 to start? Broeck and BlackC1pher have some pretty strong scores.

@Ragnador
Iron Gates: Flavor seems off. I don't see how a gate is gonna give bonus attack. It'd make more sense as +2 health, or even +3 health given Totemic Might.

Essence Drain: Dear god both versions of this are broken beyond belief. Maybe version 1 but with "Destroy a friendly minion". Then you could make it cost 6-7 and it'd probably be balanced.

Rest of the cards seem good!

@Demonxz95
Dust Typhoon: Just wanted to say I really like this card :P

Quicksand: I might be in the minority but I think this is really OP. It's a more versatile Sap that skips your opponents next draw for 1 extra mana. If your behind and your opponents uses this on you, you basically just lose.

Done That: I like the flavor of the been there done that thing more this way! Plus it should avoid some OP combos being spells only but I'm sure it'll still create some shenanigans!

@Opal736
Consuming Blade: Love the concept!

Razer Blades: This seems a bit too good. If you go face with it it's a Fireball that also gives you a 2/1 weapon and is more versatile. I think at 3 damage it'd be fine.

Reaction: I'd restrict this to to damaging minions as if your opponent has 5 minions and you Leeroy Jenkins and use 2 of these thats 20 damage with 3 cards.

Dancing Blades: This is just too good. More often than not it'll be 9 damage for 3 mana and that's nuts. I'd change the damage to 2.

Hardened Elemental: This is just too good since it's not paying anything for it's Divine Shield.

Violet Crusher: This is by far my favorite of the 3. Good design!

Golden Guardian: More often than not this is a 3 mana 3/6 with "Can't attack heros" and that's too good, especially for basic. You might be able to get away with 3/5 but I'm not really a fan.

@Sinti
Highmaul Smith definitely makes the most sense out of the 2. I'm terrible with card naming so I can't help much with that haha.

Big Sword: This feels pretty weird and clunky tbh. I've thought about ignores taunt a bit in the past and I don't think it should be in the game as it'd be so frustrating to play against and is counter productive to the idea of having taunt in the game. I think it'd be fine as just +4 attack. If you can attack with a minion it gives you 4 face damage for 3 mana along with a buff and that's fair.

Requiem of Rainbows: I still think this should be a 2/4. I mean control weapons have room to be stronger, just look at Fool's Bane. Atm it has the same stats as Assassin's Blade (4/3 vs 3/4) but it has to be used against minions.