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I fucking lol'd at the bad example. Half of the submissions will be like this you'll see.

Anyway, here is my idea: Counter-attack, which is burrowed from my troll expansion:

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Btw here's the interface I used for the keyword tooltip : http://www.hearthcards.net/tools/

 

Expanding on my counter-attack idea which seems to be appreciated given the number of upvotes (I hope they'll be there for my real submission), I made those two cards which adds more diversity to what you can do with the mechanic. I also came with the new formulation for the tooltip.

This way is simplier and creates less ambiguities but would make small differences in regards to spells like Shadow Word: Pain for example.

The new cards:

I'm thinking about replacing Mojo of Tenacity with either of the two, what do you think ?

Okay, dropping my idea here for some feedback:

(Note that they don't have to be yours).

Elana Starseeker: Elise Starseeker's sister, who decided to take up archaeology instead of exploration. She's a value-generating machine, refilling your hand with a bunch of stuff during the late game and continuing to do so until she dies.

The Arcane Archivist is here to help you decipher the text on the ancient scrolls you found, thereby increasing their power.

Undersea Expedition is a kind of draw for N'zoth Rogue (one of my favourite decks), and it allows you to make use of Cairne and Sylvy more than once to be brought back by N'zoth.

Alternate Versions of the cards (with completely different effects):

Quote from CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey >>

Quote from CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey >>

I fucking lol'd at the bad example. Half of the submissions will be like this you'll see.

Anyway, here is my idea: Counter-attack, which is burrowed from my troll expansion:

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Btw here's the interface I used for the keyword tooltip : http://www.hearthcards.net/tools/

 

Expanding on my counter-attack idea which seems to be appreciated given the number of upvotes (I hope they'll be there for my real submission), I made those two cards which adds more diversity to what you can do with the mechanic. I also came with the new formulation for the tooltip.

This way is simplier and creates less ambiguities but would make small differences in regards to spells like Shadow Word: Pain for example.

The new cards:

I'm thinking about replacing Mojo of Tenacity with either of the two, what do you think ?

Quote from RedneckBudha >>

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Here is my idea and an example, thoughts?

 

Essentially Undying is similar to deathrattle, however you ALWAYS get your minion back, with changes. For my base example I took the generic "undying" mechanic from MTG, however it is not limited to this. Not sure if this is unique enough for the competition though.

PS. That's supposed to be "Raging Ghoul." Not sure if that matters or not, this card won't be my submission, just looking for ideas on the keyword.

 I never got a response on this.. Anyone want to give me feedback please?

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@nurgling13: I really like this concept, but it's very tricky to make sure you balance it right. I think False Prophet and Faceless Assassin are both balanced, but I dislike how Faceless Assassin has to be worded. Feels very clunky. I understand it, just don't like it aesthetically. I like Surprise Sentry the most of the other three, as it encourages playing around with actual Alarm-o-Bots as well, which is cool.

@Marshmeow: We very recently did a competition with this exact keyword, so I'm not sure people will take to it very well.

@Anderthemage: A cool concept, but I'd have to see more cards to get an idea of how interesting the mechanic is.

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Updated two of my cards to hopefully make them a little more balanced. As a reminder, my keyword is:

So if this is the second (or even third or fourth) copy of a card with Echo that you've played this game, it's Echo effect will activate, like Combo would. I picked each card below for a specific reason, but there's other design space I could work with if people aren't as interested in these cards.

Dwarven Researcher: A simple spell searcher for any class which is quite weak by itself, but when played again gives you two spells. This also synergises with other Echo cards in a way, as if you Discovered a spell with Echo, you wouldn't need to already be running one for its Echo effect to be activateable.

Multiplython: A simple 3/3 Beast when first played, but the second copy gives you much more value. Mostly done because of the name I could give it, but it also demonstrates how simple Echo could be, not needing to be a hugely complex idea.

Wetland Wildcaller: Comparable to Dreadsteed in terms of power, I think that having to replay it is a fair trade off for how much continuous value you can get from it, making sure you don't run out of steam in the later stages of a game.

I think I'm probably gonna go with these as my submission, but any feedback would be great. Is there a particular one that you don't like, or one that you think is unbalanced?

 

I agree with Lathy that you made these pretty underpowered. The Echo effect is really slow, so you barely need to understat the minions to make them balanced. Dwarven Researcher is pretty weak as it stands now. I think it needs another stat point. Like a 2/4. Multiplython sounds weird, like a typo. Do you really need the L in there for the pun? This one is well-balanced, though, I think. Wetlands Wildcaller is also super slow. This is much worse than Dreadsteed because you need to keep paying 4 mana for a 1/1. This needs a buff.

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Keyword - Auto-Cast (I think I can find a more suitable keyword but I can't settle on one.. trying to find something more 'in-gameie' themed, 'Strive' 'Strike', 'Incursion')

When a card with Auto-Cast is in your hand, if you have the mana it must be cast before any other. If you've 2 or more Auto-Cast cards, the first to appear in your hand is active, none of the others are (Only one active per turn).

The advantage is the cards are powerful, but the disadvantage is that it can make your hand sub-optimal due to off-curving. You can hold cards, skip turns to create a optimal/catch-up turns, or you can hero-power to effectively deactivate the Auto-Cast mechanic as it is ONLY active when you've sufficient mana.

Here are the cards.

Work in progress here and I don't feel I'm making the most out of the mechanic yet. Any advice would be great. :)... lot of work this week, will have a look at the page now.

How about calling it Precedence, Urgent, Paramount, or Vanguard? I think Infilitration Report is really bad. A Spell with Auto-Cast is much worse than a minion with it. With this card, you are probably going to be forced to play it when you don't really have anything you can use it with. And changing the mana cost wouldn't really help you out much in this regard. The problem is mostly that you made an Auto-cast spell that requires you to play stuff after it. That's just not going to work well, because you are going to be forced to use all your mana to play it.

 @ Nurgling. Cheers for the advice! Interesting keywords, and I think Vanguard works really well for minions, it might be right overall. I'm not totally with you on the spells not working in general, but just because I feel I haven't investigated enough. I agree it's trickier, and Infiltration Report is a bit off atm... maybe the spells need to be detrimental to opp, instead of support. i do like the difference posed by making a spell

On you cards. I honestly don't think it feels like a keyword/ability that would be generalised, but some of the mechanics/implications are  interesting. False Profit and Forsaken Informant are my favourits by far. Surprise Sentry is cool, but unfortunately because no one plays AoBot, it doesn't work very well, I suppose. If this mechanic existed I'd prefer it to be on a legendary that somehow discovered its deception, or you chose a minion from somewhere etc, but this poses more probs. There's too a bit of an issue with class balance where ping classes are favoured somewhat.

I think I finally thought up a satisfactory name for my keyword!

There's really not much explanation necessary beyond that, I don't think. It's simplicity and straightforwardness is part of what I think makes it fit in really well into Hearthstone. When you add an Insight card to your deck in the deck builder, the relevant class tab(s) will appear and let you select the relevant card(s) to add to your deck. If you remove the Insight card from your deck, cards in your deck that would be illegal without it will also automatically be removed, of course. Let's take a look at some examples...

As you can see, the keyword is very versatile. It can allow for specifically named cards or some category of cards, it can allow for access to one class or multiple classes, it can allow multiple cards or only one (though putting two copies of an Insight card in your deck would indeed allow you to benefit twice), and on more powerful cards like Aegwynn, it can even allow for modifications to the Insight-granted cards!

Imagine the possibilities! A Druid card with "Insight: Two different Beasts." A Warlock card with "Insight: Rogue Weapons." (an unlimited number!). A Warrior card with "Insight: One non-Legendary Taunt minion." A Shaman card with "Insight: One 1-cost card. It has Overload: (1)." It can be a tough thing to balance just right, especially for Neutral cards, but I think that the innovative possibilities for new deck-building strategies are well worth it.

So let me know what you think and if these three cards do a good job of showcasing the concept. ^_^

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So I did some rethinking and I came up with a different idea. This is more based on WoW and the Warcraft TCG game, but with a Hearthstone twist. Anyway here's the keyword:

And the cards:

  

Thoughts?

Comments on the keywords/cards posted after mine:

React: I like it. However, does it also trigger if the minion dies ? If so is it triggered before deathrattle ? Lazy Party member is op.

Undying: How would you know whether the minion died once ? The point of this keyword seems marginal compared to a deathrattle that summons stuff. Raging Ghoul itself is cool but the artwork isn't warcraft'y at all. An artwork of a ghoul isn't that difficult to find.

Unearth: I love this one! It's like discover and plenty of stull can be done with it! The cards have some issues though. First, you can"t give a specific spell spell damage without affecting the rest and both version of Undersea Expedition seem potentially op to me (but the concept is good).

Linger: I don't like it. The possibilities with this seems limited and not very powerful, also it's confusing since you have to take into account bot the trigger condition and the resulting effect.

Ironclad(X): This is waaay too OP, only one card with an ironclad over 3 and taunt this would be enough to screw up board-centric aggro decks like zoolock or eboladin. Maybe you don't like those and that's why you did this keyword but I think reducing archetype diversity is never good.

Against all Odds: I don't know if I'm the only one but doesn't sound like a keyword at all, also seems too complex to me.

Graveyard(X): While this would certainly increase HS' skill cap, the invisibility of the graveyard in HS would make this too hard to pilot. 

Insight: While I like the concept, this would be extremely hard to balance over the long term for generalist insights like Aegwynn. Fireball would be broken in a lot of other classes.

Aether/Taint/Powerlock/Deft: Aether is OP; Taint is way too specific and Deft would cause problems for weapons with a battlecry/combo with a target (since you would also have to target the character you want to equip as well). Powerlock is the only one I like but people generally don't like cards that meddles with theirs.

Reserve: Too complex to me. Also those seem like tech cards that would be useless in most matchups.

Quote from Malencia >>

 It might be cleaner and more consistent with the game if it was similar to Overload and written as Counter-attack (3).  I think Zul'Jin should be included in your entry, as it's an interesting card that can add interactivity on your opponent's turn.  I would make it cost 5 or less though, as seems like it's supposed to be anti-aggro tech, and 4-5 mana seems to be the sweet spot for powerful anti-aggro tech (Belcher, Healbot, and most sweepers)

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Simple but pretty neat, I remember watching the thread too, and I liked it.

And I think its better for you to submit Zul´Jin, Paladin already has Noble Sacrifice wich makes a LOT of better synergy (Well, with Tiki one with Taunters only)