Hearthpwn

Okay, after much thought, I think I have decided on what my example cards are going to be. I haven't figured out what I'm going to do for my portrait exactly, but here's everything I've got for my class so far:

The Worgen Class

Lore:

The Worgen class centers around shifting between Worgen and Human form. Using the Worgen Form hero power (which you start the game with) gives you +1 Attack that turn and transforms you into a Worgen. This changes your hero power to Human Form, but you can’t use it until the next turn. When Human Form is used, your Hero heals 2 health and transforms into a human. The unique keywords of the class are Worgen and Human:

Cards with these keywords trigger an extra effect if you play them while you're in that form. Human/Worgen keyword cards are inefficient if played in the wrong form and extra efficient if played while in the right form. One of the key mechanics of the class is switching between forms at the right times to efficiently play cards.

There is a binary theme to the class, based on the two forms you switch between. Howe Hark has cards that focus on the savagery of his Worgen form, dealing damage or buffing attack, similar to Druid shapeshift-themed cards, and also cards that focus on supporting or buffing his minions, representing how he inspires and leads his men while in human form. There are also several secondary themes. The class has cards themed to snowy Alterac homeland of Howe Hark (including Freeze cards). There are also going to be cards that focus on class cards, representing the solidarity of Worgen. 

Because of the hero power and binary theme, the class is well-suited for hybrid playstyles, and lots of cards will be versatile. If the hero power is used effectively, Worgen excels at tempo, since Human/Worgen cards are mana efficient when in the right form. This is also a weapon class, and both cards and your hero power buff your attack and restore health, so it is good at controlling the board, as well. Some of these control tools could be repurposed for Aggro, as well, especially in a Pirate deck.

These cards represent several of these themes:

Beast Within:  This is an example of a Worgen removal card. While there will be direct damage, one of the themes is increasing your hero's attack, representing Howe's vicious Worgen side. This is also an example of a card using the Worgen keyword. If played in human form, this card is inefficient, while it has great value while played in Worgen form.

Howe's Steward: While some cards will be like Beast Within, there will be others like this one that have both the Human and Worgen keywords. This are inefficient, but more versatile. The two choices you have represent the aggressive theme of Worgen and the supportive theme of Human. Human-themed cards will also do things like buff your minions and support them in other ways.

Winter Has Come: This is an example of both an Alterac-themed card (my original Worgen character is from Alterac if you didn't read the lore) and the theme of interacting with class minions. In this case, the class interaction represents the hardiness of your units. 

And there are a ton more cards I made in the Spoiler below. Let me know if you think I chose poorly for my example cards.

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Okay, after much thought, I think I have decided on what my example cards are going to be. I haven't figured out what I'm going to do for my portrait exactly, but here's everything I've got for my class so far:

The Worgen Class

Lore:

Centuries ago, the Lords of Winter’s Fall fell victim to the Worgen curse. The exact circumstances are shrowded in mystery, but the lord who brought the curse upon his family was a renowned mage. A small, secluded principality in the Alterac Mountains, Winter’s Fall was completely cut off from the outside world after this calamity, to hide their lord’s embarassment. In time, the lords learned to control their Worgen curse, shapeshifting at will between human and wolf form, but the curse was never lifted, nor could they remain as humans for long, and so their kingdom’s long isolation continued. Recently, the new lord of Winter’s Fall, Howe Hark, has learned that a new kingdom of Worgen, Gilneas. With the threat posed by the Forsaken, he has ended his seclusion and brought his forces to the aid of Gilneas and the alliance. The Young Wolf, as he is known, is known for both his brilliant military strategy and savagery on the field of battle. Mastery of his Worgen form means he is alternately rallying his loyal men into battle and tearing out the hearts of his enemies.

The Worgen class centers around shifting between Worgen and Human form. Using the Worgen Form hero power (which you start the game with) gives you +1 Attack that turn and transforms you into a Worgen. This changes your hero power to Human Form, but you can’t use it until the next turn. When Human Form is used, your Hero heals 2 health and transforms into a human. The unique keywords of the class are Worgen and Human:

Cards with these keywords trigger an extra effect if you play them while you're in that form. Human/Worgen keyword cards are inefficient if played in the wrong form and extra efficient if played while in the right form. One of the key mechanics of the class is switching between forms at the right times to efficiently play cards.

There is a binary theme to the class, based on the two forms you switch between. Howe Hark has cards that focus on the savagery of his Worgen form, dealing damage or buffing attack, similar to Druid shapeshift-themed cards, and also cards that focus on supporting or buffing his minions, representing how he inspires and leads his men while in human form. There are also several secondary themes. The class has cards themed to snowy Alterac homeland of Howe Hark (including Freeze cards). There are also going to be cards that focus on class cards, representing the solidarity of Worgen. 

Because of the hero power and binary theme, the class is well-suited for hybrid playstyles, and lots of cards will be versatile. If the hero power is used effectively, Worgen excels at tempo, since Human/Worgen cards are mana efficient when in the right form. This is also a weapon class, and both cards and your hero power buff your attack and restore health, so it is good at controlling the board, as well. Some of these control tools could be repurposed for Aggro, as well, especially in a Pirate deck.

These cards represent several of these themes:

 

Beast Within:  This is an example of a Worgen removal card. While there will be direct damage, one of the themes is increasing your hero's attack, representing Howe's vicious Worgen side. This is also an example of a card using the Worgen keyword. If played in human form, this card is inefficient, while it has great value while played in Worgen form.

Howe's Steward: While some cards will be like Beast Within, there will be others like this one that have both the Human and Worgen keywords. This are inefficient, but more versatile. The two choices you have represent the aggressive theme of Worgen and the supportive theme of Human. Human-themed cards will also do things like buff your minions and support them in other ways.

Winter Has Come: This is an example of both an Alterac-themed card (my original Worgen character is from Alterac if you didn't read the lore) and the theme of interacting with class minions. In this case, the class interaction represents the hardiness of your units. 

And there are a ton more cards I made in the Spoiler below. Let me know if you think I chose poorly for my example cards.

Test Basic Set:

 

 Really like your class. I think it has the potential to make it quite far in this competition. Just a few ideas/tips from my hand (I haven't read all earlier comments on your class, I might say something you already know):

1. You might want to put a Battlecry on a minion with the Human/Worgen keyword(s). As for Howe's Steward, I think that's unplayable without it being a Battlecry. (I think Howe's Steward is unbalanced as well btw, its UP imo. Compare it to Stormpike Commando and Jinyu Waterspeaker).

2. Overall opinion about all the cards, I think there is a lot of text (apart form the basic set). You might want to try and keep it more simple at times.

3. Winter has come might read 'Deal 3 damage to all non-Worgen minions' or 'Deal 3 damage to all minions except from the Worgen class'. Seems more understandable to me, but I think your option is viable too.

4. Lord Darius Crowley's text seems weird because you wrote in your intro your class starts in Worgen form from the start.

5. Be careful not to make too many cards in advance (I see your basic set is already finished), you might get screwed by any future challenges. 

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Okay, after much thought, I think I have decided on what my example cards are going to be. I haven't figured out what I'm going to do for my portrait exactly, but here's everything I've got for my class so far:

The Worgen Class

Lore:

Centuries ago, the Lords of Winter’s Fall fell victim to the Worgen curse. The exact circumstances are shrowded in mystery, but the lord who brought the curse upon his family was a renowned mage. A small, secluded principality in the Alterac Mountains, Winter’s Fall was completely cut off from the outside world after this calamity, to hide their lord’s embarassment. In time, the lords learned to control their Worgen curse, shapeshifting at will between human and wolf form, but the curse was never lifted, nor could they remain as humans for long, and so their kingdom’s long isolation continued. Recently, the new lord of Winter’s Fall, Howe Hark, has learned that a new kingdom of Worgen, Gilneas. With the threat posed by the Forsaken, he has ended his seclusion and brought his forces to the aid of Gilneas and the alliance. The Young Wolf, as he is known, is known for both his brilliant military strategy and savagery on the field of battle. Mastery of his Worgen form means he is alternately rallying his loyal men into battle and tearing out the hearts of his enemies.

The Worgen class centers around shifting between Worgen and Human form. Using the Worgen Form hero power (which you start the game with) gives you +1 Attack that turn and transforms you into a Worgen. This changes your hero power to Human Form, but you can’t use it until the next turn. When Human Form is used, your Hero heals 2 health and transforms into a human. The unique keywords of the class are Worgen and Human:

Cards with these keywords trigger an extra effect if you play them while you're in that form. Human/Worgen keyword cards are inefficient if played in the wrong form and extra efficient if played while in the right form. One of the key mechanics of the class is switching between forms at the right times to efficiently play cards.

There is a binary theme to the class, based on the two forms you switch between. Howe Hark has cards that focus on the savagery of his Worgen form, dealing damage or buffing attack, similar to Druid shapeshift-themed cards, and also cards that focus on supporting or buffing his minions, representing how he inspires and leads his men while in human form. There are also several secondary themes. The class has cards themed to snowy Alterac homeland of Howe Hark (including Freeze cards). There are also going to be cards that focus on class cards, representing the solidarity of Worgen. 

Because of the hero power and binary theme, the class is well-suited for hybrid playstyles, and lots of cards will be versatile. If the hero power is used effectively, Worgen excels at tempo, since Human/Worgen cards are mana efficient when in the right form. This is also a weapon class, and both cards and your hero power buff your attack and restore health, so it is good at controlling the board, as well. Some of these control tools could be repurposed for Aggro, as well, especially in a Pirate deck.

These cards represent several of these themes:

 

 

Beast Within:  This is an example of a Worgen removal card. While there will be direct damage, one of the themes is increasing your hero's attack, representing Howe's vicious Worgen side. This is also an example of a card using the Worgen keyword. If played in human form, this card is inefficient, while it has great value while played in Worgen form.

Howe's Steward: While some cards will be like Beast Within, there will be others like this one that have both the Human and Worgen keywords. This are inefficient, but more versatile. The two choices you have represent the aggressive theme of Worgen and the supportive theme of Human. Human-themed cards will also do things like buff your minions and support them in other ways.

Winter Has Come: This is an example of both an Alterac-themed card (my original Worgen character is from Alterac if you didn't read the lore) and the theme of interacting with class minions. In this case, the class interaction represents the hardiness of your units. 

And there are a ton more cards I made in the Spoiler below. Let me know if you think I chose poorly for my example cards.

Test Basic Set:

 

 

Hello guys!

Not here to contribute to the discussion, I just wanted to say a big THANKS to the Fan Creations mod team for the remarkable passion they put in organising those competitions. I took part in all competitions during Season 1 & 2, as well as in the first CCC. Then my enthusiasm faded away, but this CCC has reawakened it.

I don't think I'm ready yet for a whole CCC, as my inspiration needs some warming up again, but I'll try my best. 

Good luck to everyone!

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Regarding the third rule, are we still allowed to use keywords that do break the rule if they are already created? For example, If I wanted to make a class with heavy focus on Deathrattles or Inspires, would that be okay?

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I can't believe it's still going to be another week. I'm so pumped for this CCC!

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 I've no idea whether your hero power suits the competition, but I think your example cards are not fancy enough - especially Winter Has Come. The rule says that you're not required to include your example cards at phase I in the following phases, and I feel that you may try making something more creative: things like what we usually submit in WCD. This is a competition where all things are decided by upvotes and polls, and only by making attractive-at-first-glance cards can you win.

 Which is more or less why all these competitions are jokes, but yes.

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I totally forgot about why I even came here amongst all the brainwracking I was doing with all of your great ideas. Anyway, I've been conceptualising my class over the past few days and I would be delighted to hear your feedback. Presenting...

The King!

Boetius, King of Fireheart, a large kingdom on a small landmass off to the East of the Eastern Kingdoms.
Pledges himself to the Alliance, and a good friend to Varian Wrynn.On his remote island, he can't fight The Horde, but his resentment for them grows each passing day.
On his own, he prepares his forces for the day his forces storm Orgrimmar.

Hero Power!

As you can quite clearly see, my hero power, and subsequently, my keyword, is based off of giving minions a small buff... While increasing the cards rarity. Which, I know, it sounds weird to make raritie's actually important but think of it as a second Tribe. First, you have what the minion is, like, a pirate or a beast, and then you have it's social class. Of course, having a hero based off rarity sounds like it could be pay to win, but for starters, you can only promote a minion until it's a legendary, then no promotions can be given to it further. So, if you want to maximize promotions, common minions are where it's at. On top of this, there will be cards that interact specifically with epics or legendaries, BUT, to get the value you need to absolutely fill your deck to the brim with that rarity of cards (Or use promotions well) and filling your deck to the top with epics or legendaries might SOUND good, but of course, you really start to limit your choice of cards. Especially with epics almost always being situational and legendaries can only be one of's. And besides, in this class, ANYONE can be a legendary as long as they have heart and spirit!Anyway, I'll show you a couple cards now to demonstrate some of the uses and some of the many types of decks that can be built, using card rarities as a big part of it.

Alright, so here's the thing, common minions, in this deck, aren't necessarily just "Minions which are boring", they're peasants, farmers and farmers who are used to form a militia. Which is where the common deck will come from, aptly titled as Militia or Peasant King. If you don't really get what a militia is, a militia is a force of troops, all of which will just be the regular citizens with little to no combat training, being used to defend their village or city, because people living in villages with no guards around want to not die just as much as you do. Squad Leader is one of the best representatives of this playstyle. Basically, the deck plays a bunch of small, taunt minion and heals and stuff until turn 10, in which case it starts to swarm the board with peasants and  beat the hell out of the opponents with them. It's like defensive zoo. A lot of the cards will refuel your hand with random commons whilst you set up defenses, random, because you want to focus on stats rather than the generated cards value early on, and because militia's aren't made out of your own specialised selection of troops, they're made out of whoever's living in that village at that time. Oh, and also, giving new players the option of playing a budget control deck that functions with only like, one legendary, it sounds good to me.

Personal Trainer's a rare card. The rare cards will not have their own deck, they are basically going to be little independant powerhouse minions that will try to help out the other deck types as well. For example, this guy is like a Houndmaster, but instead of training up a dog or bear, he can offer his training to anyone who doesn't already know everything he knows. In other words, using this on a squad leader will promote it into a rare then into an epic, which procs its ability twice, may I add, and then doesn't have anything more to teach it. However, if you try to give your buddy Ragnaros a little training exercise (Not that you would actually ever want to do that) he won't do anything. Rag already knows his stuff. And you CERTAINLY can't expect something as skillful and strong as a Weasel Tunneler to learn anything from him, could you? This makes him a good card for common decks, but also for epic decks, as long as they run a few commons and rares as well as epics, because cards like the next one along.

Spear of Champions, suitably named, uh... Confusingly statted. I'll get to that part later though. For now all you need to know is that this card turns a high class noble into a Legendary minion while giving it a little buff. This thing also triggers on itself, making it go 3/3, 4/3, 4/2, 4/1. Or, if it triggers on something else first, maybe 3/3, 3/2, 4/2, 4/1. It is random after all. And it needs to actually kill a minion to get those buffs, and they can only go to epics, so if you're running just the weapon when it comes to epics, you'll be disappointed. Oh yeah, and of course this will be a weapons class, Boetius ain't a coward. Anyway, the stats are something I DEFINATELY want feedback on, Originally it was going to be a 5/2, but that would be run in every deck regardless of epic count, so I want you guys to help me come up with stats for it.

Also, I have made like, 3 concepts for legendaries. I'll go show you them now.

Ergeth is bad outside of a 30 Legendary deck, and in one, he tries to make the deck viable by acting as a twisting nether on legs, this is unlikely to succeed however, because 30 Legendary decks aren't very good as is, and they won't do much better in a class whose hero power does nothing to them.

Nilleuda allows the common decks to have a big, late game card to generate lots of value while refunding all commons played after her with more commons, and playing peasants onto the board. Think of it as an Illidan Auctioneer. Speaking of Auctioneer, there aren't enough cheap spells for it to work, even with the hero power, just wanted to clarify.

Finally, Lucy, Castle Mage allows you to get bigger and better spells, though with the random element will require some careful usage of spells to guarentee value out of the battlecry. Also, you can use Brann and make a legendary spell!... Not that that means much outside of one or two cards I might make in future.

Anyway, I'd appreciate it if you could give me feedback, tell me if some of my designs are completely overpowered, tell me if some of them are just stupid, and tell me which legendary is the best idea.

 

 

 

 

Good potential here.

First and foremost, I think Promote should just give +1/+1. People tend to underestimate the power of Spell Power, and having one easily accessed through a hero power, especially one where you can hoard it and basically promote a Wisp into Malygos? No.

However, I think the rarity mechanic is amazing. Personal Trainer would be my favorite, as it's a lot more complex that meets the eye. I would change it to "Promote to Legendary" and nerf its stats to it pretty much becomes "Give +3/+3 to Common cards, +2/+2 to Rare, +1/+1 to Epic". It's a very minor nitpick though, feel free to ignore it.

Squad Leader would benefit from a smaller effect + a bigger body. 3-mana 1/2 baseline hurts my eyes.

Spear of Champions' effect is fine, but remember how Blizzard has fucked up every new weapon since Naxx and why. You're not going to kill anything with a 3 Attack weapon on turn 6. Keep it cheap, like a 3-mana 3/2. Also, does this proc on minions on the board or in hand? This should be made clear. I know you mentioned how it can proc on itself, but I still think it's a weird weapon. Keep things simple. The whole "3/3, 4/3, 4/2, 4/1" thing is needlessly complicated. (e.g. 3-mana 2/2 weapon. Whenever you kill a minion with this weapon, Promote a random friendly minion.)

There's a lot of design space for rarity-based buffs. e.g. A weapon that says "If this weapon is an Epic or better, it has +X Attack."

I'm currently trying to reply to TheBangZats, but my posts keep getting marked as spam as soon as I post them. I haven't posted in over 24 hours now, so I most certainly am not posting too rapidly... Have I done something wrong that I don't know of?