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This Week's Finalists

Competition-Specific Restrictions:

• Your card must be a Paladin card (minion, spell or weapon)
• Your card must positively interact with Dragons (so no destroying Dragons, dealing damage to Dragons, etc.)

We have whittled down ~163 valid entries to just 17 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!

NOTE: Cards with a black border have additional material, like explanations or unique tokens, located in a spoiler at the bottom of the finalist gallery. They are listed in order of position in the final poll.

by AngryChicken
by DNores
by Zence
by biggerbossman
by HarmlessCuteBunny
by zebumper
by Magnum990
by inevitabile
by joey_jojo_48
by CheeseEatingETC
by Zanywoop
by Co_Ga
by Livienna
by larvashu
by Lathy
by Alternatic
Dragon Egg
by nobravery (Wild Card)
by Melkman (Wild Card)

Nozdormu, Lord of Time

Ugh, kind of disappointed I didn't make it even though I had the most votes on Page 1...

I'll give a review of all of these once I get out of class, this post is mostly a placeholder.

Alright, let's get to it. I will say that I'm very disappointed with a lot of the finalists this week. 

Helpful Whelp - 3/5: Kind of treads on Argent Protector's toes. I don't really see the point of it honestly, because Hand of Protection is a thing, but it's a lot better than the other ones. 

Chromie, Keeper of Time - 1/5: Really don't like this one. I don't like how much better it is than Youthful Brewmaster. Even if it does require a Dragon, it's a bit over the top. 

Nozdormu, Lord of Time - 4/5: This is one of the better ones. I like how it makes you have to drop your Dragons, which would give Dragon Pally a different identity. 

Cinder - 1/5: Really poorly thought out imo. I don't believe in the idea that Legendaries should be straight up better than other rarities. Being better than Fiery War Axe, an already good card, puts it over the top. Plus, Legendary weapons don't exist yet. Wait for Bilzz to break their rules first. 

Dragonflight Avenger - 2/5: Well balanced, but boring hold a Dragon card is boring. 

Kid of the Prophecy - 1/5: Turn 4 Ysera shouldn't be a thing. I feel like this is just an enabler for the boring "I win" type hands that some decks have. 

Sleeping Dragon - 2/5: Cool concept, but feels really forced. Why does a sleeping thing have Taunt? You can just step past it. And why divine shield?

Divine Storm - 4/5: Doesn't have much to do with Dragons, but it's a pretty nice concept. 

Nozdormu's Champion - 5/5: Really like this one in particular, because of the start of turn benefits. Also has nice flavor, copying Alexstrasza's Champion's stats. (intentional, right?)

Borrowed Time - 5/5: Would actually add depth to the game, making order of play more important. I really like it because it's easy to play around, but the bluff can be real. 

Dragonmaw Judicator - 3/5: While I do like it for the purposes of dropping Dragons like, Nozdormu, Lord of Time. However, it seems more unoriginal imo.

Winged Lure - 1/5: REALLY don't see the point of this one. The only small Dragons are token Whelps, and the big Dragons that actually go in your hand don't benefit nearly as much from buffs. 

Unlikely Allies - 3/5: Even though I play Menagerie Pally (yes, I'm weird, don't judge), I find that this would work better the other way around, especially since the only Murlocs in the deck are Anyfin Can Happen activators. I feel like giving Dragon Pally an identity in this way should fit with existing archetypes. 

Swift Whelp - 2/5: A 2/2 for free that you have to draw probably wouldn't see play. The reason Patches the Pirate is good is because he draws himself. I find it useless, but it might just be me. 

Tip the Scales - 3/5: I liked it better at (4) mana. Considering that Dragon decks pretty much always hold a Dragon, I think the swing potential it too large. 

Eye of the Dragon - 1/5: Although 1-mana discovers are a thing, I think it's too powerful to be able to control the exact pool of discoverables. Journey Below and Finders Keepers are balanced by the fact that there are some pretty bad deathrattle and overload cards out there (case in point, Bomb Squad and Dust Devil). 

Posthumous Children - 4/5: I like this one, but it feels like it would be used more in an type Egg Paladin than an actual Dragon Paladin, because Faerie Dragon is a thing. It seems kind of useless in an actual Dragon deck because the eggs are useless once the actual Dragons come out. Unless I'm missing something. 

By the Holy Flight - 5/5: The pun is real. Love it because Pally has actual dude synergy. 

Ugh, kind of disappointed I didn't make it even though I had the most votes on Page 1...

No, you had the most votes period. I will concede that my entry did not follow the second rule as well as it could have but Dxiled really deserves to be put up for the finals. 

This whole Finals page needs to be explained because I'm confused as to why this week is inconsistent from the others.

I know in the past there's been that thing that if too many people have the same amount of top votes on same page that none will go through but that's doesn't seem to be the case

(on a lesser note it's weird seeing my card as the only one that produces a token ._.)

I agree that the selections are a bit strange this week. Also some of the finalists are crazy OP.... there are cards that are better designed and balanced in the submissions page that are strangely absent in the finals. I will not name cards or users, because I appreciate everyone's efforts and honestly this is a friendly environment. 

i believe there's always the potential to have 2xWildC - 1 from the Mods, 1 from the Theme Contribute of the Week (last week's winner) if either or both chose one.  I just can't understand why my brilliant and truly wild card isn't one... or that it isn't WCno3! xD

Quote from CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey >>

Cards that shouldn't be here:

Cinder: A powercreep on the already-powerful Fiery War Axe that gives you consistency with no counterpart? No please. Also there's no flavor and the effect is poorly worded.

Why does the poll say "Cinder by Zence" by biggerbossman

 Pls fix xDD

Ty

Quote from Zence >>

This whole Finals page needs to be explained because I'm confused as to why this week is inconsistent from the others.

I know in the past there's been that thing that if too many people have the same amount of top votes on same page that none will go through but that's doesn't seem to be the case

Quote from The_Odinson >>

Yeah, none of the cards on my page even made it....I'm officially confused about how cards get selected. I feel like something is potentially being manipulated by certain people.