I like the idea behind Knight in Shining Armor/Damsel in Distress, but I'm not sure it'd be allowed. The problem is that you're creating two collectible cards. I think for this to be allowed, you need to make one of them a token. But then the Recruit keyword wouldn't make sense. I would make Damsel in Distress the collectible card and having it Recruit something generic from your deck, like a Taunt minion or a minion of a certain cost/stat-level.
Wait, is this allow? Can we ask the Mod please?
What you think if I change the Damsel in Distress effect to: "Recruit a minion with 2 Attack or less. Give it Taunt."
Holy bananas, I'm back! After a few months of non-stop school poop, I've noticed all the mods are different, so greetings to all y'all :D
Well, I'm only slightly less swamped atm, so I'll just leave something here. I'll make an effort to comment on others' stuff once school winds down a bit more. Erm, imgur's acting weird, so I'll migrate if this is good.
Welp, I got 3 different ideas, and one with 2 versions of it just because of balance.
Both versions of The Collector have the same concept, but I feel that the second one is more manageable, but I'm not sure about the balance, or either the class of it. (Also, second version destroys the copies that he summoned)
Oh, and Bat People doesn't give a permanent buff, it only applies while it's alive. Now that I think of it, it could be more balanced as a spell probably.
This is my idea for this round. Garithos, in case you don't remember/know him was a racist/speciesist human knight from Lordaeron from Warcraft III. He's a skilled warrior but his racist views, including towards other traditional Alliance races, was part of his eventual downfall. This racism is reflected in him losing Taunt (aka the will to protect others) if his fighting force isn't uniform, which in Hearthstone you could only guarantee by having an empty board. The good news is that if you Recruit him, he'll keep Taunt no matter what. Also if you look at his raw stats he has two more health than Windfury Harpy and one less health than the more expensive Stormwatcher, plus of course he potentially has Taunt.
The problem on your concept of Garithos is, you can have you board full of Stormwind Champions your Garithos does not want to protect. Also, I'd rather avoid using windfury on non-shaman class cards.
You could make him enrage, or even silence minions with a race, I think.
I took your feedback to heart and this is what I came up with. For one thing I reduced the mana cost by one (now his stats are the same as Feugen) in order to account for the removal of Windfury and because I couldn't come up with anything to replace it with that fitted him. I also altered the condition when Garithos loses Taunt. Now he loses Taunt only if there are two or more minions on the board which do not share a name. So if you control for example a single Arcane Giant or six, he keeps Taunt. If you control five Arcane Giants and a Frothing Berserker, he won't.
I'll go with a defensive shaman legendary for this!
This seems quite overpowered to me. According to Bloodworm and Prince Valanar, a 5/5 Taunt with Lifesteal for 5 is already too much, but it also allows for mass healing and AoE. Yeah, you Overload but you can deal with that pretty easily at the late stages of the game. In addition to that, most people don't like "Cast X spell" effects. It looks unprofessional and it's inconsistent with the rest of the game. For example, Woecleaver doesn't say "After your hero attacks, cast Gather Your Party." and it would like a bit stupid if it did.
Thanks for the input.
I chose Forked Lighting in purpose since it was one of the spells Lady Vashj casting during the encounter.
Maybe i would change it to "cast a random spell with overload" then, and reduce the stats.
Actually I don't know if any of you know this, but if you get multiple instances of Lifesteal on one minion, it still does it for every instance of the effect.
I'm having two similar ideas for shaman. Which one looks better?
The Lighting Rod idea is much stronger. Rakanishu is just too useless most of the time given that Overload value is usually roughly the same at the Overload cost.
Welp, I got 3 different ideas, and one with 2 versions of it just because of balance.
Both versions of The Collector have the same concept, but I feel that the second one is more manageable, but I'm not sure about the balance, or either the class of it. (Also, second version destroys the copies that he summoned)
Oh, and Bat People doesn't give a permanent buff, it only applies while it's alive. Now that I think of it, it could be more balanced as a spell probably.
Spectral Head
I feel like the Lifesteal option of Bat People just came off at an attempt to cramp in two keywords in there at there is almost no scenario where you want that given how much Armor gain Druid has. I'd change the Lifesteal into Windfury. I like the ideal though.
Tough call for which version of the Collector. The first version is somewhat weak as your opponent can easily wipe out the 3 1/1. The second version seems rather slow. I'd get rid of the Stealth on the main body and add the Stealth onto the Head.
The first one basically gives your hero the buffs of Al'Akir the Windlord (minus Charge because that doesn't make any sense on a hero). Windfury isn't any use unless combined with a weapon/attack buff, but the other two are useful for preventing damage, especially to your minions. You only gain the benefits for one turn. Note that I worded it like that because you can't say "Give X Divine Shield until the start of your next turn." It doesn't make sense, because you only have the Divine Shield until you take damage, so you can't just give it for some length of time. Also, should it be worded as "You have Divine Shield, Taunt, and Windfury..."?
The second one has Taunt only while damage. It has Charge, so you can run it into an enemy minion to activate it, but attacking the enemy hero won't.
The last one represents how Wardens in WCIII are the origin of Fan of Knives. You can get three separate 1 damage AOEs with this minion.
Maiev is easily the best ideal of the three. Give Rogue some excellent board clear they need. I just wonder if the Battlecry and Combo stack?
Here are some of the designs from my collection that could work for this week's competition. I wish more of the Expert set Class Legendaries had 3 keywords since I have Murloc versions for all of them...
Scapegoat is amusing, but really uninteractive for your opponent. Tinyfin Fordring is the best idea of the three given that Murloc Paladin is in need of more 2 drops.
Making use of the Sparring Partner's "Same Keyword Twice is Fine if Makes Sense" example, I had this idea for a simple effect with some real combo potential.
Adds value to cards that care about Divine Shield being popped like Bolvar, Fireblood, get another shot at buffing up with Rallying Blade, or turtle up after Blood Knight gets his due. Or just a sticky minion that's not Deathrattle based.
I like the idea, but I'd make it a class card. It's way too strong for a Neutral.
OK, I got rid of my Rogue card due to thinking it isn't that creative. Here's a whole slew of old idea:
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Actually I don't know if any of you know this, but if you get multiple instances of Lifesteal on one minion, it still does it for every instance of the effect.
I believe this was patched out. During the current Tavern Brawl, I was able to put two Elixir of Lifes on one minion and only got healed once.
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Alrightie, I made a tweak to The Collector, still not sure which version of them is more balanced/playable, the 1st Version is a bit faster and good to combo, but easily killable, while the 2nd version is slower, but tankier (And flavourfull-ish).
Frankly the backstory behind this is very VERY creepy (Just tell meh if you wanna know it ;3)
PD: Now that I realize, I wrote minions on the 2nd version, gosh that's having a quite quick hand DX.
@Shatterstar1998
Damsel in Distress is the one that I like the most, though I would make it with cost (2) or less, as Dragonhatcher is like, the best target for this (And exists :P).
For the others, if you are gonna submit one of those, Warp Stalker as a 1/1, even if it's conditional is quite powerfull with both Battlecry and Deathrattle. And Little Match Girl is basiclly put a 7/7 Taunt with Can't Attack and your opponent pays 4 mana to paralyze it, I don't like it, but I guess you could make the Token cost (1) or (2).
The first one basically gives your hero the buffs of Al'Akir the Windlord (minus Charge because that doesn't make any sense on a hero). Windfury isn't any use unless combined with a weapon/attack buff, but the other two are useful for preventing damage, especially to your minions. You only gain the benefits for one turn. Note that I worded it like that because you can't say "Give X Divine Shield until the start of your next turn." It doesn't make sense, because you only have the Divine Shield until you take damage, so you can't just give it for some length of time. Also, should it be worded as "You have Divine Shield, Taunt, and Windfury..."?
The second one has Taunt only while damage. It has Charge, so you can run it into an enemy minion to activate it, but attacking the enemy hero won't.
The last one represents how Wardens in WCIII are the origin of Fan of Knives. You can get three separate 1 damage AOEs with this minion.
The promised re-feedback has arrived.
Windlords Blessing:
This is an extremely hard card to evaluate balancewise. So i'm not even going to attempt. It's an unique card for sure, but it's probaly too complicated and wordy for my taste. I also personally dislike giving your Hero Taunt, as it lets you set up some really nasty board states, which is something Shaman in general is pretty damn good at, if given the time.
All in all i don't personally like this card, and it's hard to change it without making it busted, or ruining the flavor.
Darkspear Vanguard:
It feels like a Taunt Warriors dream... Had it not been for the terrible stats overall. Warrior minions suffer a 2 point penalty for having Charge, and 1 point for Taunt. This should have 14 stat points overall, giving it 11 stat points to work with. Which should probaly make it a 4/7.
Flavorwise i would rather have had it be a Tauren, as neither Charge nor Taunt seem to be part of the Troll flavor in Hearthstone, whereas Taurens have both Enrage and Taunt as core ideas for them.
Overall i like the card, as it's simple, provides some much needed help for a struggling deck and feels kinda "new".
Maiev Shadowsong:
Probaly the best character for the idea, although i dislike the art for it. Especially considering how much awesome Maiev art there exists.
Balancewise it's a 3 mana minion, with a Consercration tacked onto it, if you manage to combo it. The Deathrattle effect is often negible, as your opponent usually dictactes how hard it's hitting. For a 6 mana Combo card it feels pretty fair.
The effect is simple enough, and it's kinda exciting to see a card with both Battlecry and Combo. I feel like it's a card that might interest a lot of people, but it's not something super exciting for me.
Conclusion:
I'd suggest submitting the Vanguard, if you find some fitting Tauren art for it. Elseway i'd go with Maiev.
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I want a new title, but Flux won't let me have one,
Here's a few feedback for people on the page (cards that are quoted only are ignored)
@Dxiled - Spiky Shieldbearer is not very interesting. As for Starving Leech... I knew someone would do this at some point, but the rules says that the re-use of a keyword must be justified.
@LarryMoments - None of them looks astounding to me, Bat People is alright.
@nobravery - Rakanishu. But change the flavor to not re-use an ingame art.
@iserlohnND - This is waaay too complicated for an effect that is totally trivial.
@ffinderous - It's alright, but change the flavor. There's no reason why Therazane should have this effect.
@Shaveyou - "Druid of the" ideas will be overdone in this contest. You don't stand out.
@Shatterstar1998 - Warp stalker is cool.
@WURBIEURRGRTHERTEH????? - The White Knight is cool.
@Xtortion - Your cards are too bland and not very interesting.
Royal Sculptor seems OP, especially in Paladin. Here you can buff it with, say, Blessing of Kings and get 7/17 in stats with a legendary taunt of your choice.
Lotus Hitman seems really good, and I can't really fault you for floating it as a submission. The flavor is A+.
Sunstrider's Longbow is quite strong, perhaps stronger than Rhok'delar (actually definitely now I know the weapon itself has lifesteal). This definitely competes with Sylvanas/Highmane for the 6 spot in Hunter, and permanent lifesteal on your HP is equivalent to dealing 4 damage per shot.
I just don't like Bobby Rockett. He seems a bit meh in terms of flavor and he basically is just a Bomb Lobber on steroids.
Either Lotus Hitman or Sunstrider's Longbow.
Question: Does this count? The collectible card (Lesser Agate Spellstone) only has two keywords, but the rest have three.
Here are another couple of ideas I had floating around:
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Best cards vote by community:
Holy bananas, I'm back! After a few months of non-stop school poop, I've noticed all the mods are different, so greetings to all y'all :D
Well, I'm only slightly less swamped atm, so I'll just leave something here. I'll make an effort to comment on others' stuff once school winds down a bit more. Erm, imgur's acting weird, so I'll migrate if this is good.
Explosive Shot => Meteor
Power Word: Tentacles => Spikeridged Steed
Welp, I got 3 different ideas, and one with 2 versions of it just because of balance.
Both versions of The Collector have the same concept, but I feel that the second one is more manageable, but I'm not sure about the balance, or either the class of it. (Also, second version destroys the copies that he summoned)
Oh, and Bat People doesn't give a permanent buff, it only applies while it's alive. Now that I think of it, it could be more balanced as a spell probably.
Spectral Head
The joke is you.
I'm having two similar ideas for shaman. Which one looks better?
THERE IS NO GAME.
A new idea for this week.
First thought, taking a look at what keywords Druid currently doesn't have access to.
Will offer feedback shortly.
Check out my entrant for the WCDC 9.12: Bilgewater Highroller
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Actually I don't know if any of you know this, but if you get multiple instances of Lifesteal on one minion, it still does it for every instance of the effect.
Explosive Shot => Meteor
Power Word: Tentacles => Spikeridged Steed
Click here to visit my Timestream Tracking Finalist Year of the Dragon in collaboration with Demonxz95
Class Creation Finalist: The Astromancer
Best cards vote by community:
Click the image to go to my custom Time Traveler class.
Alrightie, I made a tweak to The Collector, still not sure which version of them is more balanced/playable, the 1st Version is a bit faster and good to combo, but easily killable, while the 2nd version is slower, but tankier (And flavourfull-ish).
Frankly the backstory behind this is very VERY creepy (Just tell meh if you wanna know it ;3)PD: Now that I realize, I wrote minions on the 2nd version, gosh that's having a quite quick hand DX.
@Shatterstar1998
Damsel in Distress is the one that I like the most, though I would make it with cost (2) or less, as Dragonhatcher is like, the best target for this (And exists :P).
For the others, if you are gonna submit one of those, Warp Stalker as a 1/1, even if it's conditional is quite powerfull with both Battlecry and Deathrattle. And Little Match Girl is basiclly put a 7/7 Taunt with Can't Attack and your opponent pays 4 mana to paralyze it, I don't like it, but I guess you could make the Token cost (1) or (2).
The joke is you.
Can't decide... Happy to receive feedback. Will return the favor tomorrow, then I have more time!
My ideas so far.. thoughts or feedback would be appreciated!
Hi.
I want a new title, but Flux won't let me have one,
Following previous feedback here I am
Here's a few feedback for people on the page (cards that are quoted only are ignored)
@Dxiled - Spiky Shieldbearer is not very interesting. As for Starving Leech... I knew someone would do this at some point, but the rules says that the re-use of a keyword must be justified.
@LarryMoments - None of them looks astounding to me, Bat People is alright.
@nobravery - Rakanishu. But change the flavor to not re-use an ingame art.
@iserlohnND - This is waaay too complicated for an effect that is totally trivial.
@ffinderous - It's alright, but change the flavor. There's no reason why Therazane should have this effect.
@Shaveyou - "Druid of the" ideas will be overdone in this contest. You don't stand out.
@Shatterstar1998 - Warp stalker is cool.
@WURBIEURRGRTHERTEH????? - The White Knight is cool.
@Xtortion - Your cards are too bland and not very interesting.
Custom cards :
CLASSES : Alchemist (CCC#5 | Phase V) | Chef (CCC#4)
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I have some weird ideas for this theme... What's your favourite?
Here are another couple of ideas I had floating around:
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