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This Week's Finalists

Restrictions:

• Your card ​must​ be a Spell, and it must be one that you do not want to see when you play Yogg-Saron, Hope's End. A great existing example of this would be Astral Communion; sure there may be some niche situations where it turns out to be positive, but it's definitely considered to be a backfire far more often than not. Note that merely having no effect, like Totemic Might for the vast majority of classes, is not sufficient.

We have whittled down ~60 valid entries to just 8 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 in order of position in the final poll.

by yebaba
by AngryChicken
by Zukuu
by DIamondsOfFire
by CheeseEatingEtc
by Shadicar
by Celeritas
by Shadow_Dcord

Mysterious Chest

Revelation

Definitely a tricky competition theme! =D

The key here is that it was a two-fold challenge. The theme's premise was something that you didn't want Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, to cast, but the spell itself is also collectible and should make as much sense as possible as an existing collectible card.

To that end, I think that Soul Drain ended up being my favorite. It strikes a perfect balance, I think, of being super interesting and balanced enough in theory on its own while being just terrible to get from Yogg. Supercharge also ended up a close second. I think that it's undercosted, though, and would be much more balanced as a higher-cost card.

Cards that I didn't think came out so hot were Memory Booster and Revelation. Memory Booster was sort of on the edge for me where I could decide whether it was sort of like the Totemic Might example that we used in that most of the time it's not actually bad it's just going to do nothing. And then Revelation I just kind of don't get as a stand-alone card.

I love all entries except Blood Transfusion, what is the point of this spell exactly ? 

Ah yeah, I didn't think about that. Still pretty slow though.

I like Mysterious Chest but what is the downside with Yogg that wouldn't be there without him? Yogg isn't really meant to be played when you're at fatigue anyway.

Revelation just seems like it was made purposely for this contest. Its downside is severe even without Yogg so there isn't much difference imo.

Memory Booster is a dead card in your hand once you've played 4+ spells so I don't see it ever being played normally either.

Quote from AngryChicken >>

I like Mysterious Chest but what is the downside with Yogg that wouldn't be there without him? Yogg isn't really meant to be played when you're at fatigue anyway.

Quote from nurgling13 >>

 What are you talking about? You only play Yogg early in the game if you're desperate. You want to put it off as long as possible to get the most spell casts. 

If you want to get into the nitty-gritty about when it is most strategic to play Yogg, though, the answer is simple: never. You only play him for fun to cast a shitload of random spells.

Quote from AngryChicken >>

Quote from nurgling13 >>

 What are you talking about? You only play Yogg early in the game if you're desperate. You want to put it off as long as possible to get the most spell casts. 

If you want to get into the nitty-gritty about when it is most strategic to play Yogg, though, the answer is simple: never. You only play him for fun to cast a shitload of random spells.

I have found that playing Yogg turn 10 after 8-10 spells (especially if behind on board) better gets better value than trying a gimmick all-in deck that I play at max spells and fatigue. Sure that's fun, but not practical.

There are some tempo Yogg decks out there that have hit legend and do well.

Quote from nurgling13 >>

Yogg is too random to ever actually be good. He's lost me way more games than he's won, often in spectacular ways. You play him as late as possible for fun.

Quote from AngryChicken >>

Quote from nurgling13 >>

Yogg is too random to ever actually be good. He's lost me way more games than he's won, often in spectacular ways. You play him as late as possible for fun.

 To each their own, look up Yogg temp legend decks.

Quote from oogahound >>

Blood Transfusion:

I don't think this card fits the theme of the competition. It is too often a "do-nothing.". Yes, it kills you if you have less than 10 hp. But what if you don't.

 

 

Quote from Zukuu >>

Quote from oogahound >>

Blood Transfusion:

I don't think this card fits the theme of the competition. It is too often a "do-nothing.". Yes, it kills you if you have less than 10 hp. But what if you don't.

 

 

 By that logic, "drawing cards" also does "nothing", unless you are into fatigue.

Congrats to our first winner! ^_^

And Mini-Competition #2 is now up! =D

Quote from Ply >>

So "Overgrowth" made it into the Boomsday project yet Yogg-Saron has been rotated out of standard.

 Your necromantic talents made a good impression on The Lich King. Have you considered joining the Scourge?