Hearthpwn

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What do you guys think?

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What do you guys think?

I think the idea behind this card would work better as a spell that just sets your Health to 15. This minion just enables Inner Fire abuse too much.

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What do you guys think?

 ZiombalaBoms has a very similar card in their Alexstrasza-variant minion, but they haven't submitted her so you're still technically okay I guess.

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What do you guys think?

 ZiombalaBoms has a very similar card in their Alexstrasza-variant minion, but they haven't submitted her so you're still technically okay I guess.

 emmm...i have never seen that work of ZiombalaBoms yet.

Any general opinions on this?

I think I've seen some similar ideas but nothing exactly like this, let me know if it's too close to anything.

The idea would be you swap heroes — that is, portrait, weapon, and power — but it's an ongoing effect so it ends if the minion dies, to get around the problem of it being un-interactive.

Would be mostly just a weird tech card I guess. Any thoughts?

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Any general opinions on this?

I think I've seen some similar ideas but nothing exactly like this, let me know if it's too close to anything.

The idea would be you swap heroes — that is, portrait, weapon, and power — but it's an ongoing effect so it ends if the minion dies, to get around the problem of it being un-interactive.

Would be mostly just a weird tech card I guess. Any thoughts?

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What about this? Giving out a vanilla Alarm-o-Bot would be utter garbage 'cause it would be destroyed in seconds, so I made a better one. Gelbin, High Tinker creates a "super Alarm-O-Bot", which he can take advantage of each turn but only until it is destroyed by his opponent (or Hexed, Polymorphed, etc. etc.). There are a number of inhibitors:

• It is more expensive than a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• If there is no Mech on the table at the time of the Battlecry, he won't have enough mana to drop it that turn.
• It only-ever works once per round, like a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• It can only pull Mechs from his hand, restricting what it can put onto the table.
• Warrior cannot replicate it as easily as some classes (Blood Warriors and Sudden Genesis won't work).
• It could theoretically have no benefit if the opponent immediately answers it on their next turn. If that happens, the hero card provided all-of 5 armor, the new (meh) hero power, and I guess a one-time Time Rewinder. Not worth 7 mana lol.

This variant hopefully rides the line between a supremely-OP immediate effect and a perpetual value machine without a counter. I think it also maintains the flavor of a Mech-synergy hero building + perfecting his robo-army.

Edit: ...considering some of the absolutely OP/nonsense cards I see get submitted to these contests, I often wonder if I'm putting too much thought into balancing my cards lel.

Edit2: If an Alarm-o-Bot with Immune is still too much, I could drop it down to Elusive and Divine Shield or something. It's supposed to be hard to kill, so it's not worthless. Running out of space on the card, though.

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What do you guys think?

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Any general opinions on this?

I think I've seen some similar ideas but nothing exactly like this, let me know if it's too close to anything.

The idea would be you swap heroes — that is, portrait, weapon, and power — but it's an ongoing effect so it ends if the minion dies, to get around the problem of it being un-interactive.

Would be mostly just a weird tech card I guess. Any thoughts?

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Okay, some random cards again (sorry about the art, I just happened to have them lying around and thought they fit. I'll find 'proper' ones later). I haven't looked through the threads yet, so sorry if any of these have already been done.

Fall From Grace: TBH I just thought it was a cool idea. Obviously great for an Inner Fire combo, or just for making a massive minion and then healing back up with Reno/Amara.
Holy Messenger: Not super sure how to explain the reasoning behind how this works, but it makes a lot of sense in my head XD

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Well, I already submitted this, but still I'd like to hear some thoughts on it.

If you play it with no armor it's a little weak, a 0/4 taunt that gives you 4 armor but it's still good vs aggro. If you play it on curve and you have 2 armor on turn 3 it's a Hot Spring Guardian. And after that you could play it as tempo, like on turn 5 after a 4 drop like a Bloodhoof Brave you could make it a 4/4 a 6/4 or even more depending on what you've played earlier on.

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Ok, so i made small adjustment and created another version of the card (didnt make one for a minion, there is too much of that submited already):

Also i got another idea, surprisingly enough, noone actually made such card yet (or submited rather, i saw something similar in here as a spell, tho just to steal the hero power, no way to reverse it). I imagine this card mainly as an arena card, nice way to get mages/rogues hero power for example and get advantage of that for yourself or denying it to them for a turn or two. It could ofc be teched in vs some DK hero powers, tho probably not as efficient, since it is easy to kill ... tho u could combo it with silence, but that feels like way too much investment vs just (mby) one match up (priest, looking at u) ... tho mby this would be a good counter to it and if u wanted to completely shut him down u would have to run subpar silence cards yourself :)

The deathrattle wording im not sure about, but i didnt want to just say "swap them back", for the purposes of like when this card gets dropped from evolve etc., "restore" means it would simply put them as they were, into their original state and if u got this card from a random generator, it would basically do nothing. Thoughts?

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Ok, so i made small adjustment and created another version of the card (didnt make one for a minion, there is too much of that submited already):

Also i got another idea, surprisingly enough, noone actually made such card yet (or submited rather, i saw something similar in here as a spell, tho just to steal the hero power, no way to reverse it). I imagine this card mainly as an arena card, nice way to get mages/rogues hero power for example and get advantage of that for yourself or denying it to them for a turn or two. It could ofc be teched in vs some DK hero powers, tho probably not as efficient, since it is easy to kill ... tho u could combo it with silence, but that feels like way too much investment vs just (mby) one match up (priest, looking at u) ... tho mby this would be a good counter to it and if u wanted to completely shut him down u would have to run subpar silence cards yourself :)

The deathrattle wording im not sure about, but i didnt want to just say "swap them back", for the purposes of like when this card gets dropped from evolve etc., "restore" means it would simply put them as they were, into their original state and if u got this card from a random generator, it would basically do nothing. Thoughts?

 3 mana 3/3 is the best due to effect that does nothing turn this minion was played. So play blank 3/3 to get (maybe) cheaper Spell. Gadgetzan Dealer is cool too, but I prefer your first idea and I don't really like swapping Hero Powers.

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So this is what I'm submitting, reluctantly accepting Cogito's criticism over multiple targets (cancelling could be accomplished by right clicking or double tapping on the battlefield, I feel):

So you could choose an enemy minion and swap its deathrattle with a random enemy minion... which might be good? More likely you'd use it to try and get a good deathrattle off of your opponent and onto your own minion...

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What about this? Giving out a vanilla Alarm-o-Bot would be utter garbage 'cause it would be destroyed in seconds, so I made a better one. Gelbin, High Tinker creates a "super Alarm-O-Bot", which he can take advantage of each turn but only until it is destroyed by his opponent (or Hexed, Polymorphed, etc. etc.). There are a number of inhibitors:

• It is more expensive than a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• If there is no Mech on the table at the time of the Battlecry, he won't have enough mana to drop it that turn.
• It only-ever works once per round, like a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• It can only pull Mechs from his hand, restricting what it can put onto the table.
• Warrior cannot replicate it as easily as some classes (Blood Warriors and Sudden Genesis won't work).
• It could theoretically have no benefit if the opponent immediately answers it on their next turn. If that happens, the hero card provided all-of 5 armor, the new (meh) hero power, and I guess a one-time Time Rewinder. Not worth 7 mana lol.

This variant hopefully rides the line between a supremely-OP immediate effect and a perpetual value machine without a counter. I think it also maintains the flavor of a Mech-synergy hero building + perfecting his robo-army.

Edit: ...considering some of the absolutely OP/nonsense cards I see get submitted to these contests, I often wonder if I'm putting too much thought into balancing my cards lel.

Edit2: If an Alarm-o-Bot with Immune is still too much, I could drop it down to Elusive and Divine Shield or something. It's supposed to be hard to kill, so it's not worthless. Running out of space on the card, though.

Im very confused as to what u intended here:

1) U get the Mech Maker 3000 into your hand and then it swaps with a random mech? I guess u mean a mech on the battlefield, but its not clear at all, or doesnt look like it.

2) The minion is Immune, there is no way your opponent can kill this off, since he cant even target it, so no polymorphing ... only way to get rid of this is Mass Dispel.

Im not sure this is a good change, it feels very slow, like u pay 4 mana, to have a minion played (Which might not even be a high cost one) and then that minion cant even attack anyway. I suppose it could be mby an interesting way to help trigger Mimiron head, since u would have one guaranteed mech on the battlefield, so gettin the rest might be easier ... tho not sure how would the start turn interactions go off, in which order .. but it shouldnt matter, since it just switches mech for mech.

I dont rly like this change tbh.

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What about this? Giving out a vanilla Alarm-o-Bot would be utter garbage 'cause it would be destroyed in seconds, so I made a better one. Gelbin, High Tinker creates a "super Alarm-O-Bot", which he can take advantage of each turn but only until it is destroyed by his opponent (or Hexed, Polymorphed, etc. etc.). There are a number of inhibitors:

• It is more expensive than a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• If there is no Mech on the table at the time of the Battlecry, he won't have enough mana to drop it that turn.
• It only-ever works once per round, like a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• It can only pull Mechs from his hand, restricting what it can put onto the table.
• Warrior cannot replicate it as easily as some classes (Blood Warriors and Sudden Genesis won't work).
• It could theoretically have no benefit if the opponent immediately answers it on their next turn. If that happens, the hero card provided all-of 5 armor, the new (meh) hero power, and I guess a one-time Time Rewinder. Not worth 7 mana lol.

This variant hopefully rides the line between a supremely-OP immediate effect and a perpetual value machine without a counter. I think it also maintains the flavor of a Mech-synergy hero building + perfecting his robo-army.

Edit: ...considering some of the absolutely OP/nonsense cards I see get submitted to these contests, I often wonder if I'm putting too much thought into balancing my cards lel.

Edit2: If an Alarm-o-Bot with Immune is still too much, I could drop it down to Elusive and Divine Shield or something. It's supposed to be hard to kill, so it's not worthless. Running out of space on the card, though.

Im very confused as to what u intended here:

1) U get the Mech Maker 3000 into your hand and then it swaps with a random mech? I guess u mean a mech on the battlefield, but its not clear at all, or doesnt look like it.

2) The minion is Immune, there is no way your opponent can kill this off, since he cant even target it, so no polymorphing ... only way to get rid of this is Mass Dispel.

Im not sure this is a good change, it feels very slow, like u pay 4 mana, to have a minion played (Which might not even be a high cost one) and then that minion cant even attack anyway. I suppose it could be mby an interesting way to help trigger Mimiron head, since u would have one guaranteed mech on the battlefield, so gettin the rest might be easier ... tho not sure how would the start turn interactions go off, in which order .. but it shouldnt matter, since it just switches mech for mech.

I dont rly like this change tbh.

Whoops, you're totally right. I forgot Immune also gives a pseudo-Elusive effect. Well...shit. I frankly don't know how to fix it, then. Didn't care for this iteration anyway; was brainstorming an alternative to the first form, something that might be more appealing to this unflinching panel :/

I officially surrender...unless someone has an idea on how to change the original version, I'm probably just going to submit it as is - OP-ness et all. Considering some of the other cards in the thread, it won't be that out of place.

This theme was a lot less fun than I expected.

 How I would improve your design:

• Just give Gelbin "Battlecry: Summon a Mech-Maker 5000.", the swapping makes it unnecessarily complicated, unless you intended a specific interaction that I miss here. Also, having the Swap mechanic on a token qualifies for the competition imo.
• Give Mech-Maker 5000 Stealth instead of Immune to allow more counterplay since 4 Health is still hard to deal with on its own on Stelth minion.
• Try to find some better artwork for Mech-Maker 5000 and Gnomish Ingenuity. Having a  white or black background makes a low quality impression. Maybe you can find something that would justify the Stealth on Mech-Maker.
• Don't post the Gelbin hero portrait, but just the hero card itself with its effect, token and hero power. Everyone can imagine how it looks like as a hero portrait.

I hope I could help. Don't give up too early!

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What about this? Giving out a vanilla Alarm-o-Bot would be utter garbage 'cause it would be destroyed in seconds, so I made a better one. Gelbin, High Tinker creates a "super Alarm-O-Bot", which he can take advantage of each turn but only until it is destroyed by his opponent (or Hexed, Polymorphed, etc. etc.). There are a number of inhibitors:

• It is more expensive than a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• If there is no Mech on the table at the time of the Battlecry, he won't have enough mana to drop it that turn.
• It only-ever works once per round, like a normal Alarm-O-Bot.
• It can only pull Mechs from his hand, restricting what it can put onto the table.
• Warrior cannot replicate it as easily as some classes (Blood Warriors and Sudden Genesis won't work).
• It could theoretically have no benefit if the opponent immediately answers it on their next turn. If that happens, the hero card provided all-of 5 armor, the new (meh) hero power, and I guess a one-time Time Rewinder. Not worth 7 mana lol.

This variant hopefully rides the line between a supremely-OP immediate effect and a perpetual value machine without a counter. I think it also maintains the flavor of a Mech-synergy hero building + perfecting his robo-army.

Edit: ...considering some of the absolutely OP/nonsense cards I see get submitted to these contests, I often wonder if I'm putting too much thought into balancing my cards lel.

Edit2: If an Alarm-o-Bot with Immune is still too much, I could drop it down to Elusive and Divine Shield or something. It's supposed to be hard to kill, so it's not worthless. Running out of space on the card, though.

Im very confused as to what u intended here:

1) U get the Mech Maker 3000 into your hand and then it swaps with a random mech? I guess u mean a mech on the battlefield, but its not clear at all, or doesnt look like it.

2) The minion is Immune, there is no way your opponent can kill this off, since he cant even target it, so no polymorphing ... only way to get rid of this is Mass Dispel.

Im not sure this is a good change, it feels very slow, like u pay 4 mana, to have a minion played (Which might not even be a high cost one) and then that minion cant even attack anyway. I suppose it could be mby an interesting way to help trigger Mimiron head, since u would have one guaranteed mech on the battlefield, so gettin the rest might be easier ... tho not sure how would the start turn interactions go off, in which order .. but it shouldnt matter, since it just switches mech for mech.

I dont rly like this change tbh.

Whoops, you're totally right. I forgot Immune also gives a pseudo-Elusive effect. Well...shit. I frankly don't know how to fix it, then. Didn't care for this iteration anyway; was brainstorming an alternative to the first form, something that might be more appealing to this unflinching panel :/

I officially surrender...unless someone has an idea on how to change the original version, I'm probably just going to submit it as is - OP-ness et all. Considering some of the other cards in the thread, it won't be that out of place.

This theme was a lot less fun than I expected.

 How I would improve your design:

• Just give Gelbin "Battlecry: Summon a Mech-Maker 5000.", the swapping makes it unnecessarily complicated, unless you intended a specific interaction that I miss here. Also, having the Swap mechanic on a token qualifies for the competition imo.
• Give Mech-Maker 5000 Stealth instead of Immune to allow more counterplay since 4 Health is still hard to deal with on its own on Stelth minion.
• Try to find some better artwork for Mech-Maker 5000 and Gnomish Ingenuity. Having a  white or black background makes a low quality impression. Maybe you can find something that would justify the Stealth on Mech-Maker.
• Don't post the Gelbin hero portrait, but just the hero card itself with its effect, token and hero power. Everyone can imagine how it looks like as a hero portrait.

I hope I could help. Don't give up too early!

 Unfortunately, until we get some clarification I kind of have to assume that "swap" needs to be on the card itself, don't I? The swap is there because it has to be there. If a token counts then that would have saved me a lot of headaches lol. Stealth is a good idea for the Mech-Maker.

The picture for the hero power is the Gnomean crest; I'll try to find a picture of it with a "real" background.