Hearthpwn

This is the Submission Topic. The Discussion Topic is here. 

 Competition Theme: Character Development

This weeks theme comes from Asylum_Rhapsody whose "Cruel Pyromancer" was the winner of our "Elementary" competition. 

Competition-Specific Restrictions:

Journey to Un'Goro saw the return of two beloved characters, Elise Starseeker re-imagined as Elise the Trailblazer and Hemet Nesingwary re-imagined as Hemet, Jungle Hunter. They're hardly the first characters that Hearthstone has given multiple takes, and Whispers of the Old Gods alone gave us Deathwing, Dragonlord, Ragnaros, Lightlord, Hogger, Doom of Elwynn, Mukla, Tyrant of the Vale, and Nat, the Darkfisher. Indeed, Blackrock Mountain was Hearthstone's first attempt at reusing an existing Legendary character, when Majordomo Executus gave us a second way to play as Ragnaros! And, of course, Medivh, the Guardian is an alternate take on a Hero we already have.

• This week, we want you to similarly re-imagine an existing Hearthstone character. You may select a character that is already represented as either a collectible Legendary Minion, a token Legendary Minion produced by a collectible card, or a playable Hero. Note that we are excluding characters that already appear but only as entirely non-playable, such as Adventure bosses and their cards. Once you've selected your character, you can go about re-imagining them in one of two ways:
  • 1) As a collectible Legendary Minion. An example would be how Elise Starseeker was re-imagined as Elise the Trailblazer or how Medivh was re-imagined as Medivh, the Guardian.
  • 2) As a token produced by a collectible card. An example would be how Ragnaros the Firelord was re-imagined as a playable Hero by way of Majordomo Executus.
• You may not select a character that Hearthstone has already re-imagined before. Ragnaros has gotten enough attention, and there are tons of other characters out there that could use more love.
• Your card's effect must be substantially different from the card on which it is based. This is not a place for re-balancing agendas, no matter how overpowered or underpowered you think a card is.
• To be clear, this is not a parody competition. Your card should represent an existing character, not a parody of an existing character.
• This week is tough enough with the thematic restriction potentially making artwork somewhat of a challenge to procure, so there is no mechanical challenge beyond the above.

General Competition Rules

These are the rules that remain consistent from competition to competition.

 Competition Process

 Rewards

Good Luck!

Skull of Gul'dan works like Curse of Rafaam when you play it's discarded.

This guy deserves a powerful card. This one is simple, but I feel it fits thematically.

You better be Prepared to remove him fast.

Reno got rich by selling the golden monkey. 

Reno The Archaeologist

The idea behind the card is that as an archaeologist, he uncovers secrets.

Basically, all secrets in your deck become non secret normal spells. This would allow you to use their effects proactively while avoiding your opponent  countering or predicting your secrets. Some secrets become more powerful when they are in their non-secret form, and some lose some of their value. I have recreated all secrets from every class, and here they are:

Mage Secrets:

 Things to consider: Spellbender becomes a minion because a spell that summons a spellbender would be redundant.

Vaporize and Potion of Polymorph become powerful and cheap removal tools. Mirror Entity, Effigy, and Duplicate become good tempo cards. Ice Barrier becomes a powerful defensive tool. Cards like Counterspell, Ice Block, and Spellbender are better left as secrets. Mana Bind is debatable.

Hunter Secrets:

 Bear Trap, Snake Trap, and Cat Trick give your some good old vanilla minions but with a discount. Dart Trap, Explosive Trap, Freezing Trap, and Snipe become powerful and cheap removal/board clears. Misdirection and Hidden Cache were, and will always be bad cards.

Paladin Secrets:

 Avenge and Competitive Spirit become nice minion buffs. Getaway Kodo and Redemption can help you keep some key minions like Tirion Fordring. Sacred Trial and Repentance can be used as very cheap removals. Noble Sacrifice and Eye for an Eye were very tricky to recreate as normal spells, but I tried my best. It might be better off to keep them as secrets and not include them in a deck.

That's all for Reno. I must admit it took me a while to think this through and some cards gave me a hard time like Spellbender. Noble Sacrifice, Eye for an Eye, and Misdirection. But in the end, some secrets are better left as secrets.

I actually have two other ideas if anyone is interested.  And (if it's allowed) I can fix the card text positioning to make it look a bit better if I need to.

Acting leader of the horde, world of warcraft.

Another Gelbin Mekkatorque

 Note: just like Truesilver Champion the effect triggers before the actual attack.

                Edwin has finally become a Disney Princess.

             Thanks to @Lathy for helping designing the card!

Alright so i decided to go with Nozdormu. I never really played WoW so i don't know much about the lorde. But i know the bronze dragonflight are time masters so i made a Nozdormu card that does something with time. Hope you guys like it. 

flavour text: A time dragon is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.

Gul'dan corrupts minions, infects them with rage-inducing fel energy until they eventually succumb and die. Balanced around the new Corrupting Mist card along with some enrage flavour - though if you knew this was your upcoming turn you could try game the board to give yourself damaged minions or eliminate your opponents and in that way hopefully protect Gul'dans body. 

Rafaam takes your deck. However, the legendary doesn't show that idea really.

This version has the burgle effect, except it is discover with the league of explorers effect.

Flavor Text "Victory, it tastes just like my chicken."

Angry Chicken

Mah Boy Leeroy, back at it again. Originally I thought about a 10 cost Leeroy that filled your opponents board with Whelps, and was a 10/1 charge. Seemed to "niche" or even op. Then i considered a Leeroy that filled YOUR board with whelps, but that was just onyxia. (Which i then dabbled with a 1 cost 1/1 leeroy that gave whelps charge, but that still felt meh)

In the end I flipped the whole script. this leeroy instead holds the line as a beefy taunt, and summons his favorite thing: Chickens. this accomplishes a bonus goal i wanted which was that Angry chicken needs more love, so a filed of them sounded good. Buff the chickens and (if you can) get them angry. Not necessarily for every deck but good enough to build around.