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WCDC Season 4 Finale - Mini Comp #4 (Discussion)

#47 Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Why not just make it a 3 mana 1/4 with "Add a Power Word: Shield to your hand at the end of your turn." instead?

I came up with this as an alternative:

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I think Lucifron does it because it's a boss card. They frequently have card text that's kinda wacky, poorly descriptive, and that I don't think we should use as a metric for what makes a good card for collection purposes.

I think the complexity metric is better. I remember someone came up with an Archimonde card one time that cast Bane of Doom on all other minions when it died. That's a perfect example of where that syntax works. Bane of Doom is also pretty complicated like Corruption, so it does warrant that treatment. My card was a stretch, because it would be easy to write out the effect of Power Word: Shield.

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#48 Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Okay, now that I realize it's only class cards, here are some new ideas:

Sacrificial Pact, Moonfire, Innervate, Power Word: Shield

Personally I think Reckless Summoning is the best among them.

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#49 Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Is this too cheeky?

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I do see some situations where the "cast X" text can work, particularly with the aforementioned Lucifron. Describing its effect would be a mess without simply saying "cast X" which in turn makes the effect cleaner and simpler to read.

For simpler effects that mimic cards (Darkshire Alchemist → Flash Heal for example), I think sticking with mimicking the text works though. It's very niche but there are those situations where typing "cast X" allows you to save space and make your effect cleaner.

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#51 Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Also what about this

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#52 Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Also what about this

Okay that's a really good one.

Flavor Text: "This card is a cereal threat."

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Here's my idea for this contest. I'm debating changing it to give Mind Control instead.

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#54 Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Also what about this

I'm not even gonna lie, I will vote for that immediately.

Also, apologies for the delay on this one, but the Reincarn'zoth final poll is up for voting. =)

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Also what about this

Okay, now this card is awesome. It takes a Hearthstone meme and turns it into a really cool and actually well balanced card instead of making an intentionally overpowered mess. I also love the South Park reference.

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#57 Dec 7, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Also what about this

I don't see the point of this effect. Animal Companion always summons Huffer anyway.

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Would it be against the rules to give a card "discover a Priest basic card" or "add a random Priest basic card to your hand"? Or should my card say add a 'fireball' to you hand?

Fireball and Priest are examples

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Would it be against the rules to give a card "discover a Priest basic card" or "add a random Priest basic card to your hand"? Or should my card say add a 'fireball' to you hand?

Fireball and Priest are examples

Well submissions are currently over, so... =P

But the new competition topic just went up!

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Quote from Asylum_Rhapsody >>

Quote from SockMonkeyJr >>

Would it be against the rules to give a card "discover a Priest basic card" or "add a random Priest basic card to your hand"? Or should my card say add a 'fireball' to you hand?

Fireball and Priest are examples

Well submissions are currently over, so... =P

But the new competition topic just went up!

Oh haha thanks, I'm new to the card competitions :P

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Quote from SockMonkeyJr >>

Quote from Asylum_Rhapsody >>

Quote from SockMonkeyJr >>

Would it be against the rules to give a card "discover a Priest basic card" or "add a random Priest basic card to your hand"? Or should my card say add a 'fireball' to you hand?

Fireball and Priest are examples

Well submissions are currently over, so... =P

But the new competition topic just went up!

Oh haha thanks, I'm new to the card competitions :P

Usually, our contest run for a week. But we're not doing regular competitions again until January. There are Daily competitions for the next few days, and then a special competition starting the last week of December.

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