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Theme Restrictions:

• Your card must adhere to at least one of the following two rules:
  • Your card must include the Discover keyword.
  • Your card must explicitly shuffle one or more cards into your and/or your opponent's deck.
• Your card must use the League of Explorers "Explorer's Hat" watermark.
• Your card may produce no more than three (3) unique "token" cards.

We have whittled down ~200 valid entries to just 20 of the community's favorites.
Check out all the finalists below and vote in our poll (vote for as many or as few as you like) to help decide the winner, and be sure to check back after the poll finishes for the announcement of the winner and the start of a new theme!

NOTE: Cards with a black border have additional material, like explanations or unique tokens, located in a spoiler at the bottom of the finalist gallery. They are listed alphabetically by the name of the finalist card.

by SWGolgoth
by Nothingsjim
by GatekeeperHS
by Alternatic
by LucasPassado
by Sneaky_Raptor
by nobravery
by nurgling13
by HalfHalf
by Firebolts
by mk572
by SirFunchalot
by CutmanMike
by wowcrendorfanboy123
by MarioToast
by Zeusthundra
by aaro54
by Sakasa
by Celeritas
by YoThats

Archaeologist

Lose Ground

Wise Guru

 

Even if I clearly won't win, I'm at least happy I got one of LoE other sub-themes into the finals: Murloc spells that are bad puns, and all Murloc cards having 'fin' in their name.

Regret nothing.

Doesn't Snoop just not work at all?

Quote from TheWamts >>

Doesn't Snoop just not work at all?

Quote from Asylum_Rhapsody >>

Just to go ahead and get this out of the way because we've already had a couple of questions about it, Snoop is a legal entry. Yes, the Discover mechanic by default only pulls cards from your class or the neutral pool, but there are already exceptions to this, Sir Finley Mrrgglton choosing from other class's hero powers and Arch-Thief Rafaam choosing from uncollectable token spells. We resolved that as long as it's fairly clear that a card is an exception and how it's an exception, it's not against the spirit of Discover necessarily.

Quote from Gomelus >>

Well that's dissapointing, I was head-to-head with the top cards in my page (Trap Door and Ysera's Sleep) and both made it to the finals. Not my time to shine I guess.

Quote from Sneaky_Raptor >>

Archaeologists discover man made objects, someone who discovers or studies fossils is a paleontologist.

As the last Weekly Competition was full of junk, this one is full of booty. Really a lot of good and great cards, most of them balanced.

Apexis Construct: So, in case this pops as a choice for discovery and you choose him, get a 5/5? Wow, treasure! I think he's OP, as you don't need him in your deck, but instead need to have cards that "Discover a Mech" or a minion to have a chance to play him. I'd place him as a 4-mana 4/5 mech, or as a free 3-mana 3/3 for Jeweled Scarab to have an alternate play. 3/5

Dun-da-Dun-tah!: Given 4x class minions, you choose King Krush and wipe the cobra with your existing stuff. Greetings, face. Deemed OP. 2/5

Trap Door: Hehe, a clever secret - and potentially can net you some GOOD LOOT - but as well you can end up with a Blood Imp or a 0-cost crap out of a Tomb Scarab. Actually balanced as a draw 2 for 2, that your opponent partially controls. 5/5. Still, can really screw some of the matchups by mere existence.

Ysera's Sleep: Simple, flexible and one-time. I'd price this at 1, though. But why a Hunter card, if Ysera is classless? Everyone can dream. 4/5

Beastmaster: That elf doesn't look as a beastmaster IMHO, but art is secondary for me. A 3/5 for 5 and a card is about decent, but (3) less is kinda questionable - maybe it's too much, a third copy of Savannah Highmane for 3 is an unexpected advantage. Maybe this should reduce cost by 2. 4/5

Lose Ground: I wish this backfire into Kezan Mystic :D or say a Deathwing. A clever trap, and in line of both balance and theme. 5/5

To my Side!: It's always Huffer! Or always whatever you really need to play. 5/5

Wise Guru: Spell damage +2 is kinda OP, even for 2 mana (1 on a card, 1 as a body discount). In fact, two coins and a draw are OP as well. Happiness is at least in line of 3-mana 8 heal, 7 heal for 2 is a tad more acceptable - but this doesn't spend a card. In short, the guru should be a 3-mana body to compensate for OPness of this card. 1/5. (In fact, 2 coins and a draw has value of 4, spell damage +2 has value of about 3, heal for 7 has value of about 2.5 compared to Flash Heal and Healing Touch. So, the body should be worth 2.5 to 3 mana, aka 3/3 or 3/4.)

Snake Oil: It should be Deadly Poison instead, or Very Deadly Poison maybe. The effect is decent and balanced, but the name is fairly out of place. 4/5

The Little Fins in Life: A murloc Lock and Load with extra ammo for empty deck. I think stuffing murlocs in an enemy deck is VERY detrimental for your enemy, even if you'd manage to feed em a Murloc Knight, they would likely fail to draw him in time to react to this outburst. Maybe this should fill stuff in your deck only. 2/5

Anub'Rekhan: Cool, and full of lore. Also balanced, given discover is worth about 1. 5/5

Demonologist: Hmmmmm. I'd like to play two of these into getting a semi-infinite hand for zero, and full of demons. And discover a third one, should the enemy wipe the board :D (Oops, he's not a demon himself - okay.) I'd give him a 4/3 statline, as he's a great 3-drop with potentially IMMENSE power of discovering triple Mal'Ganis from t8 Doomguard. 4/5, as the trigger is expensive, but potential OPness makes me uneasy. (Triple because a demonlock will have one Mal'Ganis in the deck, and this will give a decent (1-(77/81)^3 = 14.1%) chance to discover another Mal'Ganis per trigger, so a triple Mal'Ganis would happen in 1.98% chance - a tad less than getting a Millhouse from a shredder IIRC. Getting at least one from two discovers has 26.2% chance (and a separate 26.2% of Jaraxxus) - quite a lot. And if you'd discard a Fist of Jaraxxus, you get FULL PROFIT.)

Aldor Truth Seeker: As good as "Reveal target opponent's hand, pick a card and get a copy of it", even if discover would grant duplicates. What would this discover on an empty hand, though? :) But, explicitly getting other class cards is best left to random. Also he's pretty solid as a priest minion stat-wise, maybe even too solid. This design does not include the worthiness of information, the base set from discovery is random, and by getting part of this set a lot is known, so this can swing games wrong way. 3/5

Traveling Bard: IIRC those Power Chords are better than average cards, so the bard should be a 2/3 instead of 2/4. Also, discovering is better than receiving a random one, as does Elite Tauren Chieftain. 3/5

Treasure Guardian: Good thing he's limited by mana cost, and good thing this does not allow a Wrathguard or a Darnassus Aspirant to be discovered as a battlecry of this. Bad thing is that you can discover a harmless 2/2 like Druid of the Flame or a 2/3 like Razorfen Hunter, or a Deathlord to wipe it next turn for a big minion on your side. Also, 8/9 is quite a strong statline, trades with giants (unbuffed) into Rampage. And Taunt. Hmmm, should then cost 7 or be a 7/8. 3/5

Tomb Scarab: A double cheap combo enabler. Nuff said. He'd be good everywhere but in rogue, and he's a rogue class card. (Although a druid would get almost 100% to attain Innervate for 1, and as a first move he'll be priceless.) 2/5

Distractible Adventurer: Probably only good in mill to help them burn their deck by filling their hand with crap. Say you give Savagery to a priest, or Deadly Poison to a druid. The body is about balanced, as you might only have 3 options of say Antique Healbot, Dark Iron Skulker and Shado-Pan Rider or better quality to present to your opponent, so playing him can completely ruin your game. 4/5, I just don't like mill decks as an archetype.

Snoop: Should there be no first reply, this will be a 0/5 in an instant. Assuming this works, it's a nice concept, but I don't think a rogue can successfully set up a mage-only trap. Burgle exists, though... 4/5

Archaeologist: Good synergy, but he's too strong for a 3-drop with discover. With those discounts, he's even stronger, so this is deemed OP. 2/5

Tol'vir Guardian: An obvious Bolster warrior full synergy card. Nothing else to say but "nailed it". 5/5

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... Snake Oil: It should be Deadly Poison instead, or Very Deadly Poison maybe. The effect is decent and balanced, but the name is fairly out of place. 4/5 ... 

Quote from LucasPassado >>

 The cost is only reduced while the card is on the board, so, if it's killed, you don't get the cost reduction.

Quote from HalfHalf >>

Snake Oil was a term for ancient placebos. Fake medicine that was often touted as a cure-all. I actually built the card around the name and my thought process was that it would be a good card with a murky side affect. On the surface it seems like a spell that you can use indefinitely and combined with the rogue hero power it does deal 4-8 damage. However what this card doesn't say is that the extra damage is being paid for with potential damage dealt to your face and potentially blocking an important draw later in the game. All that being said, in a deck that takes advantage of its ability to defer fatigue or to stack damage on a single weapon is were this card truly shines.

Plus Deadly Poison is already a rogue card.

Quote from Sneaky_Raptor >>

Thanks once again for the feedback. Rogue is a secretless class, so returning Kezan Mystic should be fine.