Hearthpwn

I like the look of it!

i kinda like it, not much of a change though 

I like your designs, but I feel that this is a deliberate design choice by Blizzard - they want people to pay for Golden cards, if they want more visual bling.

I think your changes shift the attention too much away from the artwork and the card text, which should be the center of attention in my opinion.

I kind of agree with what has been said, I like it BUT it might be too bright, thining the line between normal and golden and making it slightly too aggressive to the eye maybe.

However I think you're onto something good. 

Honestly, I think bumping up the contrast and adding some light ripples is meh and looks forced. From a design perspective it distracts from the actual artwork and is totally unnecessary, the artwork should be the focus not the boarder. Think of the boarder of the card like the background on a webpage, it's only the vessel, it should not detract from the relevant content. When you make elements in art compete, well sure they look pretty, the final product gets muddied.

The game has evolved but the style isn't supposed to be modern or have everything look new and shiny. I feel these changes are a departure from the overall theme of the game and don't really fit the art at all.

Dark, weathered and muted is just fine for card boarders, it's dungeon based fantasy afterall, let the art speak for itself. 

OP, applying your approach to the art, not the card boarder, might be better. I've personally noticed a trend each release that the golden vs normal cards of the same are getting further and further apart, like the normals are being purposefully muted and lack detail compared to their golden counterparts. Demonic Project is a perfect example of this. However, Blizzard made a decision to do this obviously. You don't make subpar base card art unless you're trying to motivate people to get the better looking version.

I personally dont rly like these changes, dont get me wrong, it doesnt look that bad, but it does feel like it takes attention away from the art and card itself, as said already.

You seem to know your way around photoshop, so mby your efforts would be better spent on creating some new cool custom border(s) rather than trying to improve the existing ones. Just a thought ;-)

People play on their phones, the cards are much smaller so it really doesn't matter to most people I don't think. Gold cards are all that look cool to me and some of those are disappointing even so meh. I don't play for the art, I could google wow art if thats what I was looking for.

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Honestly, I think bumping up the contrast and adding some light ripples is meh and looks forced.

I definitely think Blizz should revamp the interface and side details.

I always felt that the whole interface is clunky. I wish something much more neat.

Personally i don't mind your light effect. I find it better than current. Just not on textbox, that should stay flat.

There is a section on the General Discussion Forum about the Ugliest Cards so you should check that up before wondering which card has bad art :D

because of shadow at the center (where the card text is) — your cards seems to be curved, but other lines are not, that makes me feel the cognitive dissonance. But the idea of making emphasis on details is good, even some streamers are confusing where is the mage or shaman card ))))

I for one really like how you designed it! it looks super awesome

v.2 awesome ! :)

I like your designs a lot! Looks much more polished and brighter now. Keep it up, man :) 

My thought on it all is this: if the basic ones now look fantastic, what will the golden ones look like?