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This Week's Finalists

Competition-Specific Restrictions:

• Your card must temporarily change the effect or mana cost of either your own or your opponent's Hero Power.
• Existing examples include Saboteur, Fencing Coach, Fallen Hero and Auchenai Soulpriest.
• An example of a card that would not fit the theme might be Sir Finley Mrrgglton, because he permanently replaces your Hero Power.
• Inspire effects generally do not meet the requirements, as they benefit from but do not change your Hero Power

We have whittled down ~122 valid entries to just 12 of the community's favorites. 
Check out all the finalists below and vote in our poll (vote for as many or as few as you like) to help decide the winner and be sure to check back after the poll finishes for the announcement of the winner and the start of a new theme!

by zvosher
by Telefonkabel
by timmult
by OBoily
by Xiaxiangde
by bennotten
by Vilegloom
by SWGolgoth
by Thorwaller
by Dracossack
by CheeseEatingEtc
Resurrect
by kweeku
by nurgling13 (Wild Card)

Draenei Totembuilder

Spore Trap

Izra the Eternal Lich

Aspiring Alchemist

Jade Spiritualist

Dang, this is what I get for posting on the same page as Spore Trap...

Anyways, my votes go to Spore Trap and Tanglewood Horror because they troll the opponent's Hero Power directly, which is something that I wanted to go for with my card. No matter how creative beneficial effects are, they're no match for real counterplay, which is something that Hearthstone lacks. 

EDIT: Vilegloom, if you see this, can you send me the art for your Aspiring Alchemist? It's really hard to find good art for my CCC Class. 

EZ. Murladin.

The flavour. Too OP

@Asylum_Rhapsody, My token that goes with my submission was not shown in the spoilers.

please add this to the spoilers.

Well three of the cards that are here were on the same page as me... though that said they all have got my vote for this final vote, as well as a few of the others.

Wow, what a strong week. A lot of amazing submissions.

Here's who I placed my votes on.

-OBoily

-Bennotten

-Vilegloom

-SWGologoth

-Thorwaller

Want to give a shout out to Dracossack's card, but it just doesn't come together without the flavour text. Still a good effect, but it's just missing that little kick over the line, bring it all together.

I personally thought SWGolgoth's Tanglewood Horror was the most unique take on this week's theme. I also really appreciate Xiaxiangde and benneton's design.

Quote from AngryChicken >>

Quote from dr3amb3ing >>

EZ. Murladin.

The flavour. Too OP

What flavor does it have? The name to the art? It has no correlation to its effect at all.  Murladin is normally a reference to murloc paladin decks, Gillidan would have been better. Yeah, I'm a little bitter I lost to a lazy murloc design. Throw those stats and that effect on any other art and it gets 1/4 votes.

I honestly thought my card had a unique effect and tried to tell a story. The doctor advertises being "affordable" considering the high quality services (stats) he boasts. But now he is under investigation for negligence and malpractice and so his license is suspended, (so he can't use Lesser Heal on any patients), pending the findings of the investigation. But yeah Murladin is oozing with flavor.

I voted Tanglewood since that actually had flavor between the name, art, effect and association with Druid.

 

 

your card is a lot cooler now that I see this.

Wow so many good choices this round.  Not sure if I should vote for all the ones I like or just a few so they have a better chance of winning.

I'm voting Tanglewood Horror and Aspiring Alchemist

Quote from CecilHoshino >>

Want to give a shout out to Dracossack's card, but it just doesn't come together without the flavour text. Still a good effect, but it's just missing that little kick over the line, bring it all together.

I voted for:

• <label for="field-poll-multi-choice-form-choices-silvermoon-spirithealer-by-kweeku">"Silvermoon Spirithealer" by kweeku</label>
• <label for="field-poll-multi-choice-form-choices-jade-spiritualist-by-nurgling13">"Jade Spiritualist" by nurgling13</label>

Silvermoon Spirit Healer seems like a fun Priest card, quite similar to Onyx Bishop, but as the effect can be used again, high priority target to kill. So it costing 6 mana in total to use the effect seems fair, and otherwise you have a 4 mana 3/5 which is decent.

I like the effect of jade Spiritualist a lot and it seems better balanced than Aspiring Alchemist. Very cool design :)