Hearthpwn

Every time Blizzard releases a new mana-crystal manipulation effect, we need to get specific clarification "Oh, does this give the Excess Mana spell to draw a card?" because it never specifies on the card.  Wouldn't it be great if they just eliminated the inconsistent and semi-hidden mechanic?  There are enough "choose one" cards that reworking Wild Growth to be "Choose One: Gain an Empty Mana Crystal or Draw a Card" wouldn't be confusing.  Change Astral Communion in the same way.  It'd be a minor nerf to spell trigger effects like Violet Teacher, but that seems like a small price to pay for making the game clearer and more straightforward.

Does anything outside of wild growth give excess mana? I don't think it's particularly confusing myself. 

I think its just that spells give excess mana and minions don't. I believe its that simple. 

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There are enough "choose one" cards that reworking Wild Growth to be "Choose One: Gain an Empty Mana Crystal or Draw a Card" wouldn't be confusing. 

It's not even complicated.

If ALL the card does is make mana, it gives Excess Mana.

If the card does something else (like being a minion), it does not.

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I think its just that spells give excess mana and minions don't. I believe its that simple. 

Oh woooow... you are unhappy that you didn't guess right SO much that you would rather have the whole game changed.. savage

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reworking Wild Growth to be "Choose One: Gain an Empty Mana Crystal or Draw a Card" wouldn't be confusing.

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There are enough "choose one" cards that reworking Wild Growth to be "Choose One: Gain an Empty Mana Crystal or Draw a Card" wouldn't be confusing. 

 The problem with that suggested change is that basic cards do not utilize their class's unique keywords.

I don't remember in what video but Ben Brode has talked about wanting card text to be clearer and letting players learn the nuances on there own. Like howAncient of War and Druid of the Claw have the same text but one summons a new minion and the other gets a buff.

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There are enough "choose one" cards that reworking Wild Growth to be "Choose One: Gain an Empty Mana Crystal or Draw a Card" wouldn't be confusing. 

 The problem with that suggested change is that basic cards do not utilize their class's unique keywords.

 Pretty sure Freeze is the unique keyword of Mage and Frostbolt and Frost Nova pretty clearly have that text on them while being basic cards.

Just because a neutral card has the class keyword doesn't mean it isnt still that classes thing though, right?  Like most cards that involve stealth are rogue despite their being a few options outside of the class, same for whatever applicable windfury dudes and the Shaman class or Divine Shields and Paladin.

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Just because a neutral card has the class keyword doesn't mean it isnt still that classes thing though, right?  Like most cards that involve stealth are rogue despite their being a few options outside of the class, same for whatever applicable windfury dudes and the Shaman class or Divine Shields and Paladin.

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Its just highly inconsistent, this game often is highly inconsistent. Blizzard does not give us specifric rules, they make it up as they go along, we just have to figure it out using try and error.

Choose One, Combo, and Overload are the only class features not available on neutral minions. Discard (warlock) is very rare, but does exist.

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There are enough "choose one" cards that reworking Wild Growth to be "Choose One: Gain an Empty Mana Crystal or Draw a Card" wouldn't be confusing. 

 The problem with that suggested change is that basic cards do not utilize their class's unique keywords.

 Pretty sure Freeze is the unique keyword of Mage and Frostbolt and Frost Nova pretty clearly have that text on them while being basic cards.