Hearthpwn

Voted for Tauren Totemic. Smart mechanics! Gratz!

Well, the terms card text is the exact words of what is used in explaining how the silence effect works in game. It's good to have consistency even though the devs might not be too good with it :P

Some small notes on my card, yes, you do get Charge/Taunt/etc and the card effect along with it, so if you were to silence Al'Akir, he would pretty much get all that sweet card text.

and hey, it helps in getting Purify to be used in gimmick decks :P

Did a secret that will never trigger rly made it to the finals? just wow ...

Also Thief Trainee: i was talking about this in the discussion thread, but i dont remmember if anyone answered > for his ability to activate, u need to combo him, but when u do, the last combo is this card, so will it end in an infinite loop or what? im not completely sure about the nested mechanics on this one :O

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Did a secret that will never trigger rly made it to the finals? just wow ...

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Also Thief Trainee: i was talking about this in the discussion thread, but i dont remmember if anyone answered > for his ability to activate, u need to combo him, but when u do, the last combo is this card, so will it end in an infinite loop or what? im not completely sure about the nested mechanics on this one :O

Cat out of the bag, Grumpy Librarian and Deadwind Dealer get my vote. I am confused why Dwarf Priest is legendary though, what's so legendary about a Dwarven Priest?

Second time finalist! Thanks to everyone who voted for me.

I doubt I'll win though, there is some tough competition. Fiery Reprisal and Thief Trainee are my favourites.

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Did a secret that will never trigger rly made it to the finals? just wow ...

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Also Thief Trainee: i was talking about this in the discussion thread, but i dont remmember if anyone answered > for his ability to activate, u need to combo him, but when u do, the last combo is this card, so will it end in an infinite loop or what? im not completely sure about the nested mechanics on this one :O

 What's the problem with the secret?

Thief Trainee, while looking good at first to me, seems to have a problem yeah...could've been a Battlecry :/

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Cat out of the bag, Thief Trainee and Deadwind Dealer get my vote. I am confused why Dwarf Priest is legendary though, what's so legendary about a Dwarven Priest?

 I made the card, was happy wih cost / stats / effect but I figured it would have been t0o good in some cases if you had 2 available:

Turn 10 - forbidden ritual, you go auchenai, circle, 2 dwarves and you are left with 2 15/15 taunts (+ a 3/1 auchenai).

Ok, you'll never get to turn 10 as a priest these days, but still..

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Did a secret that will never trigger rly made it to the finals? just wow ...

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Also Thief Trainee: i was talking about this in the discussion thread, but i dont remmember if anyone answered > for his ability to activate, u need to combo him, but when u do, the last combo is this card, so will it end in an infinite loop or what? im not completely sure about the nested mechanics on this one :O

 What's the problem with the secret?

"When your turn starts" it refers to your turn, not your opponents, so how is this ever gonna activate, since friendly secrets r inactive on your turn? If it read "When your opponent's turn starts", that could work, but not like this.

Thief Trainee, while looking good at first to me, seems to have a problem yeah...could've been a Battlecry :/

I understand why its a combo and not a battlecry, it would be too powerful with just a battlecry, u need to play something before it, thats the downside, but that alone will in my opinion screws this card completely over with the infinite loop.

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Did a secret that will never trigger rly made it to the finals? just wow ...

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Also Thief Trainee: i was talking about this in the discussion thread, but i dont remmember if anyone answered > for his ability to activate, u need to combo him, but when u do, the last combo is this card, so will it end in an infinite loop or what? im not completely sure about the nested mechanics on this one :O

About the secret: Check the wording in Competitive Spirit. It triggers after the enemy turn, and right before your turn, so took the exact wording from there. So it does trigger, following Competitive Spirit's precedent for Secrets that trigger in between turns (i.e: not during your turn, where Secrets cannot trigger). I'd have preferred to say "at the end of the enemy turn..." but chose to stick with the same wording for consistency - even if it comes at the expense of clarity.

@Sinti

Yeah, I was confused what you meant because of Competitive Spirit...

edit: Also, Thief Trainee would've been scaled down in stats if it were a Battlecry I guess

This is my first time entering the card design competition, even though I have been following it for quite a long time. I have to say, the entries this time are really interesting all-around.

But, I have a question regarding how finalists are chosen, which really confused me. My entry received about 30 upvotes on the submission topic thread. Additionally, I noticed some other really cool entries that also received between 20 and 40 upvotes. However, these entries and mine didn't make it into the finals despite them having more upvotes than, say, Sha of Change (which is a really cool idea btw). I was pretty sure that my entry was viable because it was dependent on the last card played in the game. (Mimic: 0 mana rogue spell: This card is always a copy of the last card played this game. It costs (1) more) I was really excited to see how much the community seemed to like my idea with all of the upvotes it received. I was really proud of it, but I got really confused when it didn't make it onto the final poll.

I'm not angry, I'm just confused as to how the finalists are actually chosen if they aren't dependent on upvotes in the submission topic. Anyway, my vote goes to Mass Resurrection. Make priest great again, and congratulations to all the finalists!

It's not just about upvotes across the whole board, but it's the upvotes that your entry gets versus the entries on your own page.

It's stated clearly in the Competition Process that's at the front of every submission page which y'all should be reading if you are entering the competition, and I quote -

The bottom line is that, although entries on the earlier pages of the Submission Topic are much more visible and thus receive many more up-votes than entries on later pages, you don't actually have to rush to get your entry in as soon as possible because the up-votes end up being weighted by what page your entry ends up on in order to determine its final score.

Please read the rules and processes next time lol. xD

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Cat out of the bag, Grumpy Librarian and Deadwind Dealer get my vote. I am confused why Dwarf Priest is legendary though, what's so legendary about a Dwarven Priest?

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It's not just about upvotes across the whole board, but it's the upvotes that your entry gets versus the entries on your own page.

It's stated clearly in the Competition Process that's at the front of every submission page which y'all should be reading if you are entering the competition, and I quote -

The bottom line is that, although entries on the earlier pages of the Submission Topic are much more visible and thus receive many more up-votes than entries on later pages, you don't actually have to rush to get your entry in as soon as possible because the up-votes end up being weighted by what page your entry ends up on in order to determine its final score.

Please read the rules and processes next time lol. xD