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Quote from Fluxflashor >>

What was the inspiration behind the competition's theme?

 *SMH's INTENSIFIES*

Holy shit this was completely unexpected.

Jeez, has been a long time since I've been actively commenting on stuff, really, I still remember my early beginnings making trashy cards and being critically panned, I would regret that if it wasn't for me to learn from that. As it is actually fucking cringy to remember.

Then I went to make a lot of cards and expansions, somehow I got in here, weird, but y'know, I've had a great experience at Hearthpwn, I don't regret ever existing in here, or even keep creating cards since those were so bad (And copied mainly from Hex, but that's something I don't want to remember lol), the fact that I don't regret that is that I feel that I improved, at least in the sense of not doing random stuff, but, actually making something, instead of making nothing and be an annoyance. I've met great people like Pirciboi, Demonx, Technician, and of course all the great mods in here and in the discord! You've made a great fucking job raising this newborn baby to a wise elder, and made it have it's own identity, I'm gonna miss Shadows fun posts, the incredible cards people have made and just, having fun in checking what people have made and posted everyday on the site!

I'm specially gonna miss the weekly competitions and class/expansion creation competitions, that was the best part of all the site, how people brought in their ideas into one single solid spot of beutifulness, supporting each other and giving their honest opinion, even if those were harsh sometimes lul :P.

What an amazing community this has grown into, thanks for all the amazing staff up there for making this a dream, including the moderators, how fun, wonderful people you are.

I'm gonna hecking miss this site. Also walrus if your prophecy isn't true im gonna fukin sue u

fUCk iM nOT sOBbing

"NEXT!!! WE STILL NEED MORE BLOOD FOR THE PAINTING!!"

As most announcers (like soccer and so) they react completely exagerated when the combatant/player is defeated or humiliated, as so, they call in the next challengers to fight each other in the Arena. Keepning a constant steam of entertainment is complex, but not when you are as loud as the crowd.

Quote from Vilegloom >>

Well, I guess everyone expected this one. Thoughts? 

Even though I love Searing Hellfire there's a problem I'm not sure it's big or not.

"qǝᴉuƃ ɐu ɐuɔᴉǝuʇ sɔɹᴉqqlᴉuƃ poǝsu,ʇ ɯǝɐus ᴉʇ,s ʍɹᴉʇʇǝu qɐɔʞʍɐɹps' ƃǝuᴉns"

The card will be added after you draw a card at the start of your turn.

Also LoE for flavour, not much more.

Alright, got some ideas here though i hate that all of them have 4 Health tbh

I may change the expansion watermark if it's reccomendable, I just chose it because of the "flavour". Kind of.

And if you urgently need a tool, he can make them too.

Take in mind that, even though Warrior uses the "take damage" stuff, the minion's effect fits more into Rogue, why? Firstly, it gives you a kind of free HP everytime it takes damage. It's versatile enough, at least, it's a 3/6 that equips you a 2/1, at best, this takes damage, you strike, then this takes damage and equips a weapon for you and so on, so instead of using mana for your HP you can use this.

Quote from joedarke7 >>

As for the fossil:

 Any thoughts?

 I find it okay, probably working similar to a Runic Egg summoner but with slight more flavour to it. I don't dig the art though, I think a more wow-ish art may work, I don't have any though, but I think this idea is okay, nothing outstanding.

I may find another card to make, this is just an idea I had and made it in a few minutes. Probably not the best but I'll brainstorm some when I have time.

Minus kudos for not naming the Bone like a real skeleton part, I mean spine could work anyways.

And for clarification both "For each Treant you control" apply to gaining Mana Crystals and restoring Health.

"On the case stayting calm doesn't stops the beast, just make everyone panick"

Here are some lovely things that can help you present your fan-made cards in a nice, new way! This is a recreation of an old thread I created, but this one's a bit more cleaner and concise, and it includes some new Hearthcards tips. Enjoy!

Custom Card Templates

In order to create custom card templates, you will need to go to: http://www.hearthcards.net/customsubmit/

This is for very advanced creators who want to make their custom class really pop and stand out.

However, every creator can use custom templates with ease. In order to use them, simply put in the code (for example, "{{CLASS=customclass1111}}") at the end of card text you want to add to the card.

Here is a list of some additional custom class borders.
Some do not have a hero card, or may use the old style of weapon card border.

{{CLASS=custom1}} Chef, CheeseEtc	{{CLASS=custom4}} Firelord, Logovaz	{{CLASS=custom5}} Gambler, Tox	{{CLASS=custom6}} Gambler, Otovent
{{CCLASS=ninja5958}} Ninja, McF4rtson	{{CCLASS=warden1846}} Warden, Jengus	{{CCLASS=riftblade5344}} Riftblade, McF4rtson	{{CCLASS=beepboop5916}} "Motherboard", Jengus & McF4rtson
{{CCLASS=seawitch25473}} Improved Sea Witch, McF4rtson	{{CCLASS=runic9352}} Runic, original artist unknown, McF4rtson	{{CCLASS=ringmaster9507}} Ringmaster, Walrus, McF4rtson

Furthermore, here is a list of custom emblems. Simply click on them to get the code you need to put in. Like a custom class, they go at the end of your card's text.

http://www.hearthcards.net/setsandclasses/#3875->>>Emblems-

In addition, two emblems were added later on: {{EMBLEM=custom50}}, {{EMBLEM=custom51}}

Updated Custom Card Tools:

Demonxz95 pointed out a button that might save you a lot of time. 

Rarity Colours (Copy and Paste)

Basic
Token
Common
Rare
Epic
Legendary

Source Code for Rarity Colours (for mobile devices)

• <strong><a class="rarity-0">Token</a></strong> (e.g. The Coin)
• <strong><a class="rarity-1">Common</a></strong> (e.g. Wisp)
• <strong><a class="rarity-2">Basic</a></strong> (e.g. Magma Rager)
• <strong><a class="rarity-3">Rare</a></strong> (e.g. Alarm-o-Bot)
• <strong><a class="rarity-4">Epic</a></strong> (e.g. Doomsayer)
• <strong><a class="rarity-5">Legendary</a></strong> (e.g. Ragnaros the Firelord)

Charts (Copy and Paste)

Legend: AxB where A is the amount of boxes along the horizonal axis and B is the amount of boxes along the vertical axis.

Source Code Guide for Charts

• "<table>
  <tbody>" = Beginning of Table
• "</tbody>
  </table>" = End of Table
• "<tr>" = Beginning of Table Row
• "</tr>" = End of Table Row
• "<th>Insert Words Here</th>" = Table Heading (Black Box)
• "<td>Insert Words Here</td>" = Table Cell (Beige blocks)

Example:

Result:

Superscript and Subscript

• ^Superscript (e.g. Fe²⁺)
• _Subscript (e.g. H₂O)

Hearthcards Tricks

Unorthodox Rarity Gem

Type {{CUSTOMGEM=red/green/limegreen/gray}} within the "card text" box.

Font Size

Type {{FONTSIZE=x}} within the "card text" box. "x" is a whole number between -15 (smallest font size) and 15 (largest font size).

Coloured Stat Numbers

Type {{MANACOLOR=red/green}}, {{HEALTHCOLOR=red/green}}, or {{ATTACKCOLOR=red/green}} within the "card text" box.

You can also use hexadecimal colors like this {{MANACOLOR=#f442f4}}

The above cards were made by RazorOfArtorias in his expansion Servitors of the Loa.

Any other recommendations for presentation tools is appreciated and will be added to this thread.

nice.

I feel that although forbidden spells are a very interesting theme, they shouldn't have been in the first round because their design space is very limited, as others have commented above. That's why we're seeing very similar cards and/or imbalanced cards. Nevertheless some entries were very interesting so I'll try to give my opinions on each match.

Match 1: Dropped my purse seems very OP to me. If you're playing miracle you can have an 8/8 van cleef on turn 3 or you can make a game-winning combo in the late game. Plus your opponent will not use their coins as efficiently as you (if he's still alive) and you will probably mill him. Forbidden totems is a fine card in totem shaman but I don't think it fits the forbidden theme since you would usually want to play something after your totems and you can't do that since it spends all your mana. Still it got my vote because it was balanced and interesting.

Match 2: Forbidden treasure is OP for the same reasons as dropped my purse. Nature attunement is also game-breaking and lets you OTK your opponent with 2 lava bursts but at least it gives you a turn to react, unlike forbidden treasure. Nevertheless the 2 options are very imbalanced so I'm not voting for any of them.

Match 3: Forbidden Greed is my submission so hopefuly I can explain how it works. It is NOT coin synergy for rogue as the coins are shuffled into your opponent's deck. The idea is that your opponent's deck gets filled with practically useless cards for him so he can't draw what he wants. It is specially  good against decks that lack draw but very bad against auctioneer, which makes it somewhat fair. Forbidden Gamble as it's currently worded has a very interesting effect. Your mana is not spent on the turn you play it, but on your next turn instead. That means that when you play it it doesn't do anything and on your next turn you can't do anything at all and you draw some cards. While the potencial is there I feel like it's too slow since you have to wait 2 turns to use the cards you have drawn.

Match 4: Book of End Days is a very badly designed card. It doesn't matter who was winning before you played it since you're basically throw a dice. Drawing cards is pretty useless as well, since you have spent all your mana already and the match will have probably ended. Forbidden forging is very underpowered in my opinion. You have to consider that warrior already has many efficient low cost board clears and it just seems like an underwhelming version of spreading madness to me. I'm not voting for any of these either.

Match 5: Forbidden trickery is yet another crazy discount for rogue and although it's not as op as the other ones I think it's still too much. Forbidden Forge on the other hand is very interesting since there are not that many weapons so you can more or less predict what you're going to get so it gets my vote.

Match 6: Forbidden decay is not as overpowered as some people think it is since it limits both player's mana. Still, I don't see how it fits shaman and maybe it should have been a fixed amount, kind of like loatheb. Bladestorm is a better version of Forbidden forging that let's you counter aggro and deathrattles so it gets my vote.

Match 7: Forbidden Nova is a nice AOE heal. It's potencial relies on using it with low mana since it looses it's value later on (compare with tree of life). It also comboes well with auchenai. Forbidden Sanctuary seems actually balanced to me and I congratulate the author for submitting such a polemic card. Still I think that it could only be op or bad since massive deck-thinning is very powerful but you don't gain the tempo of mysterious challenger. That's why I'm voting for Forbidden Nova.

Match 8: Forbidden corruption: What? so if you for example use 8 mana you can shuffle 5 ragnaros or 5 whisps? That seems like too much RNG for me and the 5 lines of text don't help either... Forbidden Grounds is very well designed. One may think that it's a direct power creep of beneath the grounds but since it spends all your mana you can't use it as combo but you gain the extra flexibility. It surely gets my vote.

That's all. Thanks for reading.

Wow I gotta say I've been impressed by 2 things when I saw this thread. 

1. Your cards look great and locations are fairly interesting. I've seen many iterations of people trying to come up with ways of implementing them in Hearthstone and yours is certainly the one I like the most. The fact that only one can exist at a time and both you and your opponent can interact with it as well as change it makes it a very interesting concept. I'm curious as to how exactly this would work in game. It wouldn't occupy a minion spot on the board right?

2. Why is no one posting in this thread? Expansion threads seem like the best places to discuss card balance and creativity with other card creators and normally they're rather empty compared to other threads with (in my opinion) less interesting topics.

I'll be taking some time to review some of your cards later on today. Feedback is very important for expansion creators since even blizzard expansions aren't made by one person so it's very easy to outlook stuff.

Holy Armor: I'm actually surprised this card isn't in the game yet. A simple design for a secret that works well. You could say it's the same as Noble Sacrifice but this one only triggers with minions and synergizes with cards like Light's Sorrow and Bolvar. I personally would change the name since it doesn't make much sense for it to be some kind of armor if no one is specifically wearing it. Something involving the word protection would be more fitting.

Spiritfin: Cool concept but I can't see anyone running this. If you're playing both murlocs and silver hand recruits your deck is pretty aggresive so you probably don't need lifesteal. Still it's pretty good in arena and in some specific situations it can turn the game in your favor.

Stormwind Protector: Very good card. As long as you have 2 minions on the board it's pretty decent and it could get scary in the late game. At first I thought increasing the attack wasn't the best thing for this kind of minion but actually when you take into account the taunt it makes a lot more sense and makes the card more flexible. You can use it defensively against aggro or as a very scary high attack minion that CAN'T hide behind a taunt because it has taunt which is actually what makes it balanced.

Perseverance: Seems good at first glance although the fact that Ancestral Healing is 0 mana makes me doubt if this card would be playable. I understand it can't cost one because then it would be better than Hand of Protection.

Uldaman: Nice throwback to Keeper of Uldaman. It seems very powerful since in the late game you can play anything you want after it because it would cost 3. But I don't still have a lot of intuition about locations and the fact that they can easily be replaced by your opponent makes this somewhat balanced.

Time Gheist: You can imagine that this effect is going to trigger almost every time since you wouldn't run it without any locations and by turn 6 there's probably one in play. Crazy synergy with Uldaman, 3/3 chargers would be very good.

Camp Stormwind: That one could easily get out of hand. Thank god you can only have 7 minion because otherwise this would be very broken.

Behind the Mask: This card is great! The flavor is really good and the possible interactions make it very interesting.

Ursan, the Last Protector: It's pretty good. Good synergy with Behind the Mask and Uldaman, which allows you to play it very early on. I think i see where you're going with this new dude pally deck and I really like it.

The Insatiable Hunger: Wow, that's a risky card if I've ever seen one. It could win you the game but if your opponent manages to kill every minion except Gluth you die. Is there any reason this is a paladin card or is it just because of the synergies with flooding the board?

Ok, that's all of the paladin cards. Overall I have to say that I'm really impressed with your designs. The cards have very interesting synergies that justify them being part of an expansion. Some people just drop some random cards that don't work toghether and call it an expansion just because it sounds cool but you did the real job. Congrats on your great work so far!

Quote from LarryMoments >>

No, bro, keep your old version. That was way more interesting, because you had the ability to choose how your minion will turn into according to your purposes - if you are constantly facing waves of minions, then you can always have a reliable taunt; if you are facing slow decks and need more damage out-put, then a constant Ice Rager will be fantastic. I liked your old versions more, because you had the ability to control the transformation. You have this right now as well, but a) you would never want to have a 5/2 against aggro decks, just to wait it die, in order to make a taunt out of it, b) the mix usage of cards you will be using (heal -> dmg - > etc) just doesn't put you in a flexible spot imho. What I mean is - you constantly need to have both of these types in your hand, in order to revive the card, which sounds to me like a lot of resource investment and thus not really impressive anymore.

Inb4 if you are going to revert your cards to their previous state, then remove the HP part. As much as I love it, I have to admit, that reviving taunts or threatening bodies just by using your HP is a bit too strong. Either remove it or set a different requirement - deal at least 3 damage/heal at least for 3.

SOME NEUTRAL CARDS

Cost manipulation is another theme of this expansion. Don't worry, it's not done in a "cheat mana" kind of way. You'll see what I'm talking about when you see the cards.

Fel watcher can be helpful in many scenarios. For example if it costs 4 and you're up against a mill rogue you know he doesn't have Coldlight Oracle in his hand right now or If you're on turn 1 and it costs 3 you know you can safely coin out your 2-drop without it being removed.

Arcane Infuser could be a good addition to spell heavy decks in which you could try to setup your hand to maximize the mana reduction provided.

Here are some more resonance cards:

Both Phoenix and Phoenix Egg are collectable cards. This means you can put whatever you think synergizes more with your deck or both at the same time. Phoenix has elemental synergy while Phoenix Egg could be more useful for board flooding. Lifesayer is a redeemed doomsayer turned into conditional neutral healing.

And here are some cool neutrals I wanted to showcase as well: