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Hmm interesting new theme - thread isn't even up for a whole day and people are already going ham :D

Conveniently i found two old ideas of mine which should meet the requirements. Any opinions? :)

 Struggling with both.

I don't think you'd ever ever run Sinister Mana Sage, I mean, you're sacrificing mana crystals for a 1 health minion that is going to die to pretty much anything...it's an absolutely massive tempo loss. Maybe if the death of the shard gives you the mana crystals back (like the new Druid card) then it'd be a bit better but, still. 

Stand-in-soldier is a much better design I think but it's also crazy strong. If you've only got a handful of deathrattle cards in your deck then this becomes insane... I mean just Cairne and it's a 3 mana 4/5 with absolutely no downside. 

Hmm interesting new theme - thread isn't even up for a whole day and people are already going ham :D

Conveniently i found two old ideas of mine which should meet the requirements. Any opinions? :)

My Top 3 for this week:

Unstable Entity: It seems this card got quite it's share of hate up here but to me it really is the most complete package this week and i like it a lot. There were a handful of entries that gave the new rogue quest a shot and this one does it very nicely and well balanced. It makes it relatively easy to play 4 copies of it but also punishes you for doing so since you are nearly wasting 2 mana on a blank 2/2-body that doesn't stay on the board anyways. Add to that the quite beautiful art that also compliments the rogue card color-scheme very well and you get a card that is really well designed as a whole. I really like this - like REALLY.

Tidal Elemental: Even though the wording sounds a little off to me (why not '...and gain/copy it's effect.' ?) this is a card that offers a nice little amount of versatility without being broken - which is design i really like. Additionally - like the first one - this card has a nice authentic feel to it. I'm guessing we might get at least one of these cards in the future.

Lump of Coal: This cards effect is in fact basically a more specific (and therefore kinda worse) enrage-effect for a mage card. It's also a Kor'kron Elite with slightly tweaked stats but the concept really shines in it's name and the way the card works. The card has a flavour to it that makes it feel quite original and enjoyable and it easily fits this weeks theme without really trying too hard - which is a very good thing in my opinion.

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Felfire Elemental: I was really struggling whether to put this or Lump of Coal into the top 3. I quite like the idea of recycling previously discarded cards plus it is specific enough to be balanced. But i had to make a decision and with controlling your discards being as hard as it is i thought of all the cases where this card would most likely be just a blank 3 mana 3/3 - which is horrible for a class card. So this card became my fourth place behind Lump of Coal because of viabiltiy-reasons. I still like it though and think it well deserved getting the wild card.

Unrelenting Pebble: At the beginning of this weeks theme i feared we might drown in a flood of formulaic 'Battlecry: if you played an elemental, do x' type of cards. Luckily that wasn't the case and this card is the only representative of that mechanic that made it to the finals. But still well deserved since it at least took that existing new mechanic and tried to do something unique with it. Something as simple as making the 'if you played ana Elemental'-mechanic a Deathrattle and not a Battlecry suddenly involves the enemy and enforces more decisionmaking of both players. Another entry that finished closely outside my top 3. Also - with your entry from last week in mind - sensing a bit of a pattern here, Toxibrah :D

Overall there was no entry this week that i really didn't like. I simply wasn't particularly triggered by some of the remaining entries - or thought they could've been better in one or two ways. I took some notes on every finalist but this post is long enough already. So if you care about me obnoxiously pushing out my opinion - just tell me.

This week was a positive surprise - looking forward to the next theme :)

'I think i'm about to go elemental. Get it? Mental? Oh well...'

I guess i'm a real late-bloomer idea-wise this week. This will be my last batch since submissions are closing soon, i'm already feeling bad for spamming ideas and my ideas this week didn't really seem to excite anybody so far.
If you care, just tell if you like any one of these at all. And if you do, i'll be forever grateful :)

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Elemental, Deathrattle, insane value, synergy with mirage caller and a 2 drop! just what pries needs.

 Way, WAY too broken. For a 2/2 body you would get maybe a 2/1 as a Deathrattle, and that would still be a good card.

This card might give you Rag. On turn 3. And make sure if Rag dies, he might summon another big minion. The card is not even just good value. It would be broken at 6/7 mana. And you made it a 2 mana card.

 at 6 or 7 mana it would be way to slow, maybe it could summon a 1/1 copy and give it the deathrattle.

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To be honest I'm not really a fan of any of these three.

#1 - What's the point? Trigger deathrattles? or...big taunts I guess? I am struggling to see any use for it at all in any form of play but maybe I'm missing something.

#2 - This one's definitely the best of the 3 in my opinion. Is the 'Unstable Element' dependent on an Elemental being destroyed or not? If it is that isn't clear in the text. It feels potentially too strong - maybe Unstable Element should only be buffed by your own Elementals dying?

#3 - It's just too much. Play this on a board with even 4 or so minions and the player is going to spend half their turn reading and trying to understand what the hell just happened given the myriad of complex effects. 

I'd go with #2 long before the others.

 This. For #2, I feel like it is too strong and it should be 2 separate cards. Maybe "Destroy an elemental. If it is a friendly elemental, add an 'Unstable Element' in your hand?

#3 I'd make it work as Ysera, placing an Elemental Infusion in your hand at the end of your turn, maybe buffing its stats. The real problem is with those cards. Fire and Earth downsides actually make the cards stronger because it lets you either combo face the opponent for lethal or use it on enemy minions for board control. Air could damage your minions as well. Water is maybe the most interesting, playing it on big taunts but not being able to attack with it next turn or freeze enemy minion trying to push for lethal.

'New' Water Infusion:

Yay for bumping.

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Two edited versions of my first idea - the first one being more original (in my opinion), the second one being more on point and less hard to understand.

 

Still going for the alchemy theme here since i seemed to me that it fit the elemental theme quite nicely. Neat Synergy with Pyros. Unstable Element might even be nice as an independent card i think.

 

Definately the card that i had to think about the most. Also the card i possibly went a little overkill on. Mainly i wanted it to throw out (heey, there's that phrase again) some really powerful effects with some major downsides to them. Alternatively he could just give everyone Adaptations every turn but i found this to be more exciting. All in all this card is just complete chaos - at least for one turn :D
The flavor-text should also make clear one of the major sources of inspiration for the card:
'He's on a first-name-basis with Noggenfogger. And he is really holding up that privilege.'

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I'm trying to refine my idea:

The one on the left is my original idea. The idea here is that the card can set upOzruk. Alternatively, it can help you achieve Lakkari Sacrifice, or the Fel Sparks can just be a discard buffer in your hand. Even without all that, they provide you with some versatility in the cost/size of the minion. 

The problem is that the one on the left makes the Warlock quest too easy. That's why I made the one in the middle. I buffed its Attack and cut the number of Elementals down to two. What do you think? Are either balanced, or is there another change I should make?

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Well, Elemental, My Dear Watson just tripled it's score whereas everyone else barely moved since I last looked, into a steady lead now! 

 I thought of the exact same pun with the exact same effect minus the requirement of the secret in play but discarded the idea because I thought it was too basic.

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I think i'll throw out another 'big' review tomorrow but right now it's late and i'm really tired ^^'

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I get the sense people are mostly posting and not reviewing this week.

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Finally (as if the post wasn't long enough already - nicely done chatterbox...) i'm shamelessly bumping up my first idea here again.
Yesterday i forgot a really crucial aspect that has been edited in and i would really like to hear some opinions on this one :)
- Or just have it dismissed while i'm working on some other ideas i guess :D

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Notes:

The art is still temporary. I found only little that seemed to fit okay - maybe have to craft something.

Obviously i am going for some alchemy related theme here and i think - although this is possibly up to interpretation - alchemy is basically about deconstructing something to its basic elements (a-ha) and putting those back together in a entirely new way.

As for how this would work: Let's suppose you destroy a Kalimos, Primal Lord - you destroy 14 worth of stats (7+7=14) and get another random minion with that same value, for example Kel'Thuzad (6+8=14).
If no other minion with the exact same value exists in the game (let's say you destroyed a 5/20 Ozruk) the minion is simply resummoned.

Really courious about your thoughts on this one :)

Update: I think a version that lets you destroy ANY kind of minion and puts it back together as an elemental would really be more viable.

 

 

 This card is... Interesting, to say the least.

There is no card currently in the game that combines the attack and health cost, and does something with it.

The current balance for a design submission is around 4 lines of text. Few actual HS cards have that much text, because it begins to look weird.

You could solve both issues by simply just make it something with the same mana cost. Which might not be what you want it to be. Which is your own decision.

Its a high risk, high reward card. Which is always great. Destroying you own 10/10 pyros after you have traded with it could be interesting to say the least. And its not broken unless the meta is all Elemental Shaman and Mage.

Alright, i've taken some notes  so this might get a bit long:

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Original:

Here's a few ideas, I was focusing more on interesting ways to activate your Elementals than just creating minions.

 

Murlocalypse is supposed to synergise with the new Shaman quest, Unite the Murlocs. The idea is you could use Murlocs for early drops to get the quest rolling and then when you move towards the later half of the game you can start playing your bigger Elementals and have them count towards your quest. You can also use Murlocs as activators or your Elementals.
I really don't know if this is way too crazy or just way too slow to be useful!

With Burning Trickster I was thinking of alternate ways to activate your Elemental effects.
When this card is on the field, your Elementals are always active, regardless of what turn it was played.

Pilot Light is spell that I thought would fit with Mage fairly well.
It's simply designed to give you 3 activators for your Elementals in the form on Tiny Flames... with the flavor of a gas stove =P

Updated:

Still not sure about the wording for this one?
Is it clear what the effect does?

Now Pilot Light gives a you a spell rather than a tiny elemental minion.

Alright, i'll probably do another one of these but this one really took some time ^^'
Let me know, if my feedback was helpful and have a good one you all :)

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Working on the art/name.

 Really neat card. And would probaly see play in the new elemental deck.

What about calling it Elemental Communion? Really makes you feel like you're recruiting from the elemental plane.