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This Week's Finalists

Competition-Specific Restrictions:

• Your card must have an effect that depends on the opponent's hand or board
• This includes cards whose effects activate when a condition is met - Coldwraith, Mind Control Tech, Leatherclad Hogleader, etc. - and cards whose effects become more powerful depending on the opponent's board or hand - Unleash the Hounds, Divine Favor, Spreading Plague, etc.
• This does not include cards like Flamestrike, which is technically better when your opponent has more minions, but whose effect does not actually change, or cards like Vanish or Naturalize, which do technically do different things (destroying minions/burning cards) when the opponent's hand is full, but because of other game mechanics, not something written on the card.

We have whittled down ~130 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 Haret
The Coin
by draquaza1470
Wisp
by nurgling13
by SWGolgoth
by Heinibrother
by Inconspicuosaurus
by Sneaky_Raptor
by Pophe
by Lathy
Unleash the Hounds
by Dead_MAX
Jade Idol
by MmeMemeStone
by CheeseEtc

My thirteen upvotes on page 5 wasn't enough? boo :(

All well; for my first card ever, 13 votes is better than the zero I expected lel

Voted for: Forest Spirit (simple, balanced), Surly Puffer (like the idea, balance), concealed kennel (same)

Comments: I liked Aggra as a card, but didn't vote for it because it does not really follow this week's theme (yes, I get that it may depend on the opponents board in the 1/14 mirror matches you'll have in this meta).  I thought Goldigger was overpowered.

Wasn't as big a fan of some of these as other cards on page one to be honest. Out of the cards for the final poll, I chose, Aggra, Personalized Armor, and Concealed Kennel.  I felt that these were by far the best designs of the bunch. 

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@ShadowsOfSense Come on, I had 52 or more votes on page 1 with Sea Devil Mindeater, card above Aggra :((((

Why? :(

Quote from linkblade91 >>

My thirteen upvotes on page 5 wasn't enough? boo :(

All well; for my first card ever, 13 votes is better than the zero I expected lel

Quote from NOVEX0R >>

@ShadowsOfSense Come on, I had 52 or more votes on page 1 with Sea Devil Mindeater, card above Aggra :((((

Why? :(

Damn, for how many cool cards there were this week, the finalists r pretty meh :X But hey, i guess blatantly OP cards r what appease the masses still ... the broader coverage is a good thing, but its sad we have to endure the lows that come with it :(

• Robin of Gldshire (1/5): i like the flavor, but thats about it. Basically more deck attacks for mill rogue, like that archetype wasnt annoying enough, not only u lose the cards, but now the rogue gets to play with em as well. The stealth on this card is just even bigger joke.
• Captain Goldiger (3/5): i do like the ability, but cmon dude, we tried to help u with the wording several times and u still didnt even bother to fix it :X
• Forest Spirit (4/5): pretty good 1-drop, albeit slightly boring.
• Surly Puffer (3/5): I rly liked the flavor of this card when i saw it in submissions, but since it got through, im gonna be more strict now, cause the card doesnt honestly seem that great. If it was "Taunt. Battlecry: ..." so it would retain the taunt even on the next turn as a mere 1/4, then that would be good, but as it is now, im not so sure, i suppose its still gonna be at least a beast body that will most likely survive till next turn so u can combo with it or if your opponent traded into it with a lot of small stuff or it ate a hard removal then gr8, but dunno.
• Personalized Armor (3/5): feels like u can get an insane value out of this card, combined with other armor up cards ... i dont like it very much, but i suppose its not that broken in a vacuum.
• Hydraxis, the Tideturner (4/5): so this card is basically a Flamestrike on steroids for elemental shaman that also gives u a 5/4 body ... that is an elemental ... so it also fuels your synergies even more for the next turn, yep ... totally balanced. I like the name tho, cause that is pretty much what he would do :)
  /edit: well silly blind me, it damages your board as well, that changes things a lot, so its kinda Felfire Potion for big boards and Volcanic Potion for small boards, u get the 5/4 body and an elemental trigger for the next turn, yeah i actually like it now ... originally i thought it damages only enemy minions and that would just be waaaaaaay too snowball-y, but since it damages your minions as well, thats ok.
• Dirty Spellslinger (0/5): direct hand attack, no thanks.
• Adaptagon (2/5): epic Galvadon, without the quest requirement, oh how nice :) but in all seriousness, this card is way too good for what it does, the requierement is not rly that severe, if u play it on curve into your opponents 4-drop, this is basically at least a vanilla 5-drop (ish), if u can adapt twice or more, this card becomes insane, tho if u can adapt too many times, u might be already f***, since your opponent dominates the board.
• Darkmoon Bouncer (4/5): yeah, pretty good card with the right balance, tho it has been done many times over in here.
• Concealed Kennel (1/5): i was suggesting the 4 minion requirement for this, 3 feels like its broken AF, it will basically trigger in almost all games without a problem and then the fun starts ... u get 3+ charge doggies, that u can do SO many things with. It rly feels like the trigger is way too easy for how much value u can get from this, not to mention the added value for it being a secret and potential misplays from your opponent.
• Emerald Nether (0/5): this card gives the rogue pretty easy access to (even many at once) Jade Idols ... yeah i dont think anyone would cry over druid anymore, if this card was a reality. Guess Skulking Geist would finally fulfil its purpose tho :)
• Aggra (3/5): if this card destroyed said totems, than i would be totally fine with this, but as it is now, it feels a liiiiitle bit too powerful.

Quote from Phoenixfeather >>

Quote from ShadowsOfSense >>

Quote from linkblade91 >>

My thirteen upvotes on page 5 wasn't enough? boo :(

All well; for my first card ever, 13 votes is better than the zero I expected lel

 16th overall in the scoring, definitely not a bad position!

Quote from NOVEX0R >>

@ShadowsOfSense Come on, I had 52 or more votes on page 1 with Sea Devil Mindeater, card above Aggra :((((

Why? :(

 You were 20th overall in our scoring. What happened there is that there were several really highly rated cards on that page - I think 5 or so 50+ votes? - so only the highest rated card made the finals. And just barely as well.

 Wait wait wait... When did the scoring change? I thought it was simply top 2 in the page.

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Oh, and here's another little hint at what tomorrow's theme for the Card Design Competition will be ;).