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Here's my class and example cards:

Name: Storyteller

Fate keyword explanation:  All fate effects happen to the minion before it's battlecry.

Some themes: Fates, Fate synergy, spells that summon minions, removal and AoE that's strong, but can be played around to make it weaker.

Just putting this here for feedback, I'll write more when I submit this. Here's some extra cards 

(Just a token, not an actual basic card)

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Mana is not the limiting factor in the late game.

I was away on vacation, but I've got a class idea. Any feedback on flavor, balancing, etc. is much appreciated.

The Alchemist

You have no idea how many times she's accidentally flipped her name backwards.

The Alchemist as a class will rely on effects like that of Crazed Alchemist and Kooky Chemist, as well as "aura" buffs such as those of Dire Wolf Alpha and Stormwind Champion. The reason the Potion spell doesn't allow for killing of 0-attack minions is so it doesn't instantly shut down cards like Doomsayer, which is one of my favorite cards. I may consider adding a minion that allows the Potion spell to do that though. 

Example cards:

Notes:

Brew Addict: If you don't know, when you flip a minion, any "aura" buffs become permanent. So if you repeatedly flip this guy, he's a 2/3 -> 4/3 -> 4/5 -> 6/5, etc. I want to put this guy in the basic set, I want feedback on that. 

Master of Poisons: Again, abusing the flipping thing from Brew Addict. Also shuts down broken 1-drops nicely and rewards bigger minions. 

Invalidated Doomsayer: Insane synergy with aura buffs for a 3 mana 7/7 (take that, Shamans!). It's an Epic because Doomsayer and Validated Doomsayer are both Epics. Very specific, but I am sure this would see play. I may consider making this 4 mana instead, but a 0/7 minion with this text WILL be in my final submission. 

Other comments:

Yes, I know. Professor Putricide will be either a Legendary minion, or the alternate hero for this class. 

I will probably add positioning related cards like Dire Wolf Alpha for the class. As shown by the Master of Poisons, I will also be following the model of the Karazhan Chess game for positioning-related cards. Overall, the Alchemist is meant to put things that used to only be significant in very niche situations into the spotlight. You'll love my new recipe.

So, I do have a question about the rules now, actually. Is it considered vote manipulation if I direct people to this website and usher them to look at my class, as well as the others created. Perhaps they even go off and create their own if they are into this sort of thing. I was going to link this to a few friends but the thought occurred to me it may be considered 'vote manipulation' as my friends are well...likely to vote mine up on sheer knowledge of who I am instead of on concept alone. Is that an issue here?

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 What do you mean with crushing reno decks? You mean designing an OP Reno deck, or countering Reno decks? And yeah Slime is already a token which is summoned by Blood To Ichor and Mire Keeper

The minute you shuffle in two of your hero power tokens, Reno is dead. Kazakus is dead. My word, I just played a game against a Reno Mage and I got Weasel Tunneler off of Maelstrom Portal. Then I N'Zothed it and he forgot about and dropped his Kazakus.

 

 Well, now I really like my deck. Considering that Reno decks are controlling the top tier of the meta, it's only fair to have a strong counter against them (though they don't really NEED Reno to win)

Er, somehow, I don't feel like paying 4 mana should ruin half a deck. And do keep in mind, don't create a class based on the modern meta. You have to think when reno was first released. Was he a huge part of the meta? Not really. Had this class already existed, then renolock would have never become a thing, and consequently the current renolock and renomage also would have never become a thing. One hero power shouldn't dictate half a meta.

And honestly, I don't even mind reno decks, they're control-based, after all. Control warrior is back on the rise since Jade Druid is declining and control shaman is actually somewhat playable, too. 

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So, update on my entry. I'll add a minion to show people the difference between minion / weapon and spells:

Keyword: 

• Whisper effect of a card activated after it is PLAYED (meaning that effects like Deathlord or Yogg-Saron, Hope's End won't activate it). 
• Whisper counter will decrease by 1 at the start of your turn.
• Unless otherwise noted, Whisper effect is optional and can only be activated once per effect.
• When a character is able to activate their Whisper effect, they will glow yellow like Combo cards.
• When you click on a character, they will show how many turn left to wait before the Whisper effect can be activated.
• Minions and Weapon need to exist on the field to activate the effect. Spells, however, always activated their Whisper effect with a new mechanic: the spell, after being casted, will be "stored" into your hero according to their casting order! 
• Note that activating Whisper effect does NOT counted as casting a spell but the spell Whisper's effect will interact with Spell Damage.
• Here's an example of all those in motion. Saying you summon a minion:

 

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And casting a spell:

After casting and activating the second card's first effect, the Whisper effect will be "stored" into your Hero:

When you hover a mouse over the effects, they will show these cards, at the end of the turn cast, the next turn and the turns onward, respectively:

 

 

When the third card is available, your Hero will glow yellow and you can cast the effect at anytime and it got buffed by Spell Damage.

If you hover your mouse over your minion, assuming it survived, will show these card at the turn it summon and the next turn onward, respectively:

When the second card is available, it will glow yellow and you can activate it (but remember that the minion will lose Stealth).

The Class: Waterspeaker

Hero: Shui Lee

 

Waterspeaker (from WoW.Gamepedia): In the days before the Sundering, legend has it that all rivers flowed to Pandaria. Few were more aware of this than the clever jinyu. Over time the wisest of their people learned to commune with the waters of the river and listen for the future and news it would bring. These elders were respected by most races and earned their title of "Waterspeakers". 

Shui Lee is a waterspeaker living peacefully near the Vale of the Eternal Blossoms. However, his life one day is changed forever when the True Horde led by Garrosh attacked, not only killed and corrupted many of his friends and creatures in his home, they also corrupted the Vale - the thing that gave him the wisdom and hope to go on with his life. While the Vale has been cleansed, the damage to him has been done and Shui Lee now only live for vengeance by hunting down every single Horde members that he came across, considering them nothing more than savage beasts.

The cards:

As a Waterspeaker, you also seek to hear and control the element. However, unlike those Shaman overachiever, you hear the art of the water along with the creatures that live in them and achieve absolute control over those domain. By waiting for the water to align, you will use their power to turn the tide of the battle.

• With Whisper is a slow keywords, this class will need careful planning and stalling tools to survive! Frozen Lance demonstrate this flavor for the class with many stall / heal / board clear / removal / 1-for-2 or sticky minions.
• However, with enough water, you can turn them into a tsunami! Lady Vashj along with your Hero Power will help you cast many spells at once and combine with your combo pieces to sweep away your opponent.
• As a member of the Jinyu, a race that came from the Murloc lived near the Eternal Blossom, you don't stray as far from your root as you think. Murlocs synergy is a core part of your strategy. However, like Murl-volve, the cards you have available will be more beneficial playing control / combo rather than a rush deck.

Strategy:

• Because of the slow but powerful nature of your Keywords, you will have many dynamic decision making that came from playing, set up and predicting your opponent move. Will you activate your effect right away to survive or wait in order to extract value? Remember that Whisper minions and weapons are still vulnerable to board clear and removal!
• Your Murloc synergy might make it tempting to play a rush deck, but your class draw mechanic is mostly lacking, delayed draw or add a pretty useless card for aggro decks to your hand as well as the lack of an active card. You can never really run an effective rush or aggro deck for this class's core cards. This might be mitigated in later expansions and neutral cards but this class will be more beneficial running combo, token or control decks. And control Murloc decks aren't impossible if Anyfin Can Happen Paladin is anything to go by.
• On the contrary, your class has excellent combo tools through smart playing and casting of Hydroblast and class spell cards. Spell synergy like Spell Damage, Gadgetzan Auctioneer, Violet Teacher, Yogg-Saron, Hope's End etc. alond with Mana Reduction like Emperor Thaurissan will open up an interesting playstyle to your deck.
• The lack of buff in your deck meaning that you'll need to know the best time to leave a minion you control alive or to extract their Whisper value. On the other hand, Weapon removal and Spells counter are rare enough in the game that you'll more often than not allows to make riskier moves regarding these cards in both playing and deck building.

Alternate cards that can be swapped in:

Jinyu Champion can be swapped in for Frozen Lance

River Crab can be swapped in for Lady Vashj

Deep Sea Murloc and Staff of the Jinyu can be swapped in for Murl-volve.

 

About the keyword Whisper

• For the keyword to be relevant on a minion, your minion needs to survive long enough in order for the effect to activate. In that respect, every minion should have Whisper (1). Whisper (2) (or higher values) would be hard to achieve. Your minion could be easily killed by a spell or another minion. It will become harder to balance the Whisper effect properly. The effects will need to be stronger and will feel swingy.
• A weapon is meant to be used, while the Whisper effect incites you to wait. These two lines of play are contradictory. Even if the keyword can appear on a weapon, it will feel weird most of the time.
• Spells do not remain in play after they are played. However, you still need to keep track of the Whisper value. Then, you need to "store" the spell as you say. This introduces a lot of complexity. Hearthstone is a game that is meant to be user-friendly and accessible. As such, all its mechanic are homogenized. Weirder mechanics are sparse and kept at higher rarities (like Nozdormu).
• Stored spells would be hard to implement in game. Not technically, but from a design stand point. If you have multiple stored Whisper effects, they will be cramped somewhere on the screen. It will be worse on small handheld screens.

So, Whisper is cool, but it needs to be implemented differently. It needs to:

• Remain an effect that is delayed.
• Offer versatility.
• Use an already established game mechanic; cards.
• Be easy to track.
• Work similarly for every card type.

In that sense, here is the solution that I propose. You're free to use it, if you want. I hope you can appreciate the reasoning process, and if it can inspire you, that's for the best :

Brew Addict has +1/+1 to himself as an aura. I thought I made that clear in the explanation, but it might be good to clarify it on the card. And I have considered making him 0/1 with "Has +2/+2", does that sound better? Also, could he be in the basic set?

Quote from Kaioxys >>

Ok, here's some rewording on some cards.

All Damage is just like spell damage, except that it works with all type of damage. any damage that is dealt at all, from attacks, to spells, to abilities like knife juggler.

The Eject Keyword is there to let you know that although your hero is replaced, when the new hero dies, it is replaced with the old one. You don't lose the game. And on top of that, when your hero ejects from the Exoskeleton, that is when the eject ability triggers.

If these are still difficult to understand, let me know.

 

@Shatterstar1998 Ya thats is the only thing holding me back at the moment. I am thinking of Showing Murloc Mascot as the example card for the new Keyword, Weighted Coin to show the controllable aspect and Cowardly Reserve with a brief explanation of how here will be cards that can forcefully put cards to the bottom of your deck. Thoughts?

Ah there you are. I've been meaning to suggest: shouldn't Murloc Mascot be a Murloc? I think you forgot to put the Murloc tag in :P

Also, a review on my Alchemist would be greatly appreciated, you can find a copy of it at the bottom of Shatterstar1998's post.

Alright, hopefully I finally got a good and proper Hero Power designed.

If need be, I can remove the "taunt" part of the Void Portal, since it is quite anti-aggro already.

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This hero power is quite slow but has a powerful effect should you drag the game on long enough and there would be certain cards that could beef up the whelps into bigger threats like 3/3s. Anyway you may be wondering how practically having no hero power early on would mean you survive early on versus aggressive decks, well he simply uses the classes other main focus armor! For example take a look at these cards that focus on stalling the game out and gaining armor and benefiting from having said armor.

Dragon Flight: A slow card that can offer a lot of value should you start draw the Whelps it shuffles in.

Herald, Iron-Skinned Dragon: A key card in the class offering a maximum of 40 health from the start of the game slowing aggressive decks by forcing them to go through 10 more health allowing your hero power and some cards like Dragon Flight to affect the match and hopefully win the board for you.

Smokewhite Drake: A card that nicely fits with Herald as should you keep your armor early you can draw a card and put a good 3 drop on the board.

Anyway that was my idea for the class and although it seems kinda weak do realize that I have alot of ideas that would benefit from things like having a certain number of whelps in the deck or having a certain amount of armor like the Snowwhite Drake. Anyway thoughts on the class?

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Alright, hopefully I finally got a good and proper Hero Power designed.

 

 

If need be, I can remove the "taunt" part of the Void Portal, since it is quite anti-aggro already.