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Hello, folks! =D
Wow, I'm sorry I missed this week. I was on vacation, but it looks like, although challenging, this was a pretty interesting theme. I ended up voting for most of the finalists. The weirdest thing that stuck out to me, though, was Unicorn of Purity; why is it using Purify rather than Silence? I just mean because with Silence you don't have to bother with any Thaurissan ticks and you can pull off the combo with just 9 mana.

Wait wait, what on earth happened to Beserking Elite on Page 3?  That was a self contained, 10 mana 32 damage combo that was way in the vote lead.

I voted for Great-Father Winter, because I'm the metagaming ***hole who only votes his own card. If I weren't in the competition, I'd probably vote Training Grounds (like the flavor!), Impsy, Great-Father Winter (I think I would), and Purify 2.

Purify 2 in particular is my absolute favorite. Just listing the combo pieces doesn't do it any justice; it force draws THIRTY SIX cards, enough cards to kill if they have 28 cards in their deck. And in all practical scenarios it'll kill regardless of life. If the combo is played on Turn 10 on the coin, your opponent will only have 16 cards in their deck even without draw, and the combo will do 210 freaking damage. No amount of armour up will save you from that.

Anyway, this week's votes go to Mountain Moonkin, Chaos Bolt and Feedback, simply because they feel like cards that could actually exist, and see use beyond gimmicky OTK combos.

Hey hey, Great-Father Winter could totally be a seasonal giveaway and people wouldn't blink. Which, of course, makes the OtK via Demon sacrifices all the more hilarious. And it can be used in a "fair" way with any removal/Spare Parts.

EDIT: I think Page 3 was skipped when compiling the poll, there's no submissions from it.

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This theme asked people to intentionally make poorly designed cards. As such, Chaos Bolt is definitely the best entry here, since it basically circumvents the spirit of the theme by including an ordinary, balanced damage spell with a bunch of efficient nuke cards with a huge Thaurissan discount. 

What does Purify 2 have to do with giving your opponent a minion though? I guess I am one of those weirdos that the card must pass the flavor checkmark to get a vote.

These Priest cards that keep making finals/winning because of the memeworthy Priest current state is getting a little stale.

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wtf I made it

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 It happened again, It's just like the Legendary Spell comp in season 3... I think my despair gives them the energy they need to hold these comps every week

Power Word: Shrink is my #1, such a cutie :D

Others i like r Chaos Bolt: good standalone card; and Feedback: cute combo ... even tho the name seems kinda wierd, isnt feedback supposed to suck your mana and do dmg equal to it? not deal dmg for the already sucked out mana :) I would like Purify 2, if it werent another lame "how to make Purify great" card. I think it would make it as a Wild Card anyway, mby even without a WIld Card, if it was a normal custom card :P

btw no idea why does Arcane Barrage have emphasized, that the dmg is amplified by Spell Damage ... no kidding :D

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btw no idea why does Arcane Barrage have emphasized, that the dmg is amplified by Spell Damage ... no kidding :D

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btw no idea why does Arcane Barrage have emphasized, that the dmg is amplified by Spell Damage ... no kidding :D

 I think it was so people understood that it didn't work like Arcane Missiles, adding an extra 'missile' instead of increasing the damage of each 'missile'. Obviously the wording of the card makes that obvious, but it helps to be clear.

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btw no idea why does Arcane Barrage have emphasized, that the dmg is amplified by Spell Damage ... no kidding :D

 I think it was so people understood that it didn't work like Arcane Missiles, adding an extra 'missile' instead of increasing the damage of each 'missile'. Obviously the wording of the card makes that obvious, but it helps to be clear.

Sure but the Spell Damage works for this card EXACTLY like it works for Arcane Missiles and the wording is what makes the cards behave differently. If the creator thought that the explanation was necessary, it could have been outside of the card, cause the card doesnt need it, it only makes it look ... bad.

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btw no idea why does Arcane Barrage have emphasized, that the dmg is amplified by Spell Damage ... no kidding :D

 I think it was so people understood that it didn't work like Arcane Missiles, adding an extra 'missile' instead of increasing the damage of each 'missile'. Obviously the wording of the card makes that obvious, but it helps to be clear.

Sure but the Spell Damage works for this card EXACTLY like it works for Arcane Missiles and the wording is what makes the cards behave differently. If the creator thought that the explanation was necessary, it could have been outside of the card, cause the card doesnt need it, it only makes it look ... bad.

I think how the card works is, Arcane Barrage will always shoot 6 Missles, just that each missle gains the bonus from Spell Damage. If it works like how Arcane Missles does, then 1 Spell Damage would only add 1 Missle. But 1 Spell Damage makes the spell go up to 12 Damage since each hit gains +1 Damage. 

I was thinking at somethings like Cautious Plan as well.

it could open so many mechanics and combo 

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btw no idea why does Arcane Barrage have emphasized, that the dmg is amplified by Spell Damage ... no kidding :D

 I think it was so people understood that it didn't work like Arcane Missiles, adding an extra 'missile' instead of increasing the damage of each 'missile'. Obviously the wording of the card makes that obvious, but it helps to be clear.

Sure but the Spell Damage works for this card EXACTLY like it works for Arcane Missiles and the wording is what makes the cards behave differently. If the creator thought that the explanation was necessary, it could have been outside of the card, cause the card doesnt need it, it only makes it look ... bad.

I think how the card works is, Arcane Barrage will always shoot 6 Missles, just that each missle gains th e bonus from Spell Damage. If it works like how Arcane Missles does, then 1 Spell Damage would only add 1 Missle. But 1 Spell Damage makes the spell go up to 12 Damage since each hit gains +1 Damage. 

Yeah, but there shouldnt be any confusion about how it works:

Spell Damage seems to add "missiles" to the Arcane Missiles only cause of how it is worded, but it in fact adds +1 dmg that the card inflicts, only that the card does the whole amount (3+) randomly split. The wording makes it clear, that the whole amount is delt one by one, so thats why it adds "more missiles" = dmg.

Arcane Barrage does 1 damage 6 times, there is no confusion about how many times the 1 damage will be delt, and Spell Damage (its even in the name of the mechanic) boosts the Damage, not the number of "missiles". The wording makes it very clear, i dont see how anyone can be confused, sorry :P