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@Turkeybag

Tbh I wanted to use some Iron Fences for the art but I can't, for the life of me, find a half decent art for It, so I said fuck it and Its a burly gate now, I also don't want to make the graves harder to kill that's why I doesn't buff Health. Do you think that Essence Draining is that strong?, I mean most of the time you are going to mill at least half of the cards that you draw.

@Sinti

Yeah I prefer the first one too, I was throwing the other idea out there. Also I like Pep Talk more that Big Sword, nice change.

@thepowrofcheese

As It's now Spreading Ooze is okay, if you were to make the effect at the end of your turn It would become a better Stormwind Champion. I'm not a really big fan of the art tho.

@Sinti
The name Pep Talk is definitely much better than Big Sword but I still think it shouldn't have the ignores taunt part. Consider that Requiem of Rainbows is on par with or worse than Assassin's Blade atm and Assassin's Blade doesn't really see any play. Along with that Assassin's Blade is strongest when combined with weapon buffs and going face, an option your weapon doesn't really have. It just seems like a worse version of a card that sees no play in pretty much every aspect.

@Ragnador
Consider your vsing a fast deck running Essence Draining. By turn 8 they are out of cards and you can finally start to come back. Then they play this and get a new hand along with an Assassinate. Would be rather frustrating. This reminds me too much of Ultimate Infestation. Large card draw is really powerful.

@Turkeybag 

Uh, I can see the problem there, would be better if It was: "Destroy a minion. Restore Health to your hero equal to Its Attack/Health" ?.

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3. Text space between Hearthcards cards and real cards are not exactly the same. One of the most notable examples of this is Deathstalker Rexxar.

Text space and size between cards in the actual game is not the same. It's arbitrary. You can have two cards with similar amount of text and they will have different font size.

[b]Battlecry:[/b] Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions.{{FONTSIZE=-5}}

Will give you the same output for Rexxar

but i really really don't recommend doing it most of the time (unless you are 100% certain that this specific line of text should fit specifically like that). Here is that line of text that someone wanted to be on one line. You won't find this text size for two line spell in the game ever and it looks ugly.

 

@Ragnador

I think making it 6-7 mana but limiting it to friendly minions would be cool, unless you want to keep the Assassinate effect, in which case I think restoring health equal to it's attack would be cool with it costing 7. Although when you need the healing most (vs aggro) you'd have no good targets for it so it might be a bit odd but oh well.

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So I'm now working on my submission post. How does this look?

EDIT: For some reason, the banner isn't centering properly. It looks fine when editing the post, but wrong in the actual post.

EDIT 2: Got it!

Click here to go back to my Phase I post.

My entry for this competition is the Time Traveler class. This is a class themed all around... well, time which is represented in several different aspects of the class. The Hero Power of the class is Glimpse , which has you look at the top 3 cards of your deck and rearrange them in any order (if your deck has less than 3 cards when you activate this, it will simply show you less cards instead), allowing for strategically planning ahead a few turns because now you know what you're going to draw and being able to change and optimize your draws.

This class also introduces a new keyworded mechanic for the class, Quick-Time . Quick-Time effects activate if you play the card on the same turn it's added to your hand (either by drawing it or generating it, anything counts). In most other classes, this effect seems like it would be inconsistent and top-deck reliant. The Time Traveler class however has many ways to get around this, namely their Hero Power in which you can rearrange the cards you draw to make sure you draw the Quick-Time cards when you actually want to draw them. There are also some cards in the class which can make Quick-Time cards even easier to activate. This however is the Basic set, so we don't have to talk about it here.

UI for the Hero Power

These cards can be found back on the Phase I post.

Speaking of which, let's look at 5 Basic cards that showcase some of the aspects of the Time Traveler class.

One might look at Future Sight and think "This uses a card slot. Why don't I just use my Hero Power instead?" True, you can do that. However in addition to costing no Mana to play, you get to look and rearrange another card. That one extra card can easily make an extremely significant difference and make more strategies and plans. This is basically a one-time Hero Power with a huge powerspike which could be very strong.	Accelerate Time provides a very interesting cycle card for Time Travelers. You can play this, then play the card you just drew essentially negating the 2 Mana cost of this card with the reduction of the card you just drew. It can be very useful for setting up Quick-Time effects combined with planning what you want to draw with it (possible via Hero Power and Future Sight). At first glance, this might look underpowered compared to Far Sight. However Shaman has no way to manipulate or see their deck order and because of the smaller cost and discount, it's easier to get Mana value out of this.	In addition to being able to manipulate time, Time Travelers also practice sand magic. Sand is the element of time after all. Quicksand is a good example card of this. For 3 mana, you put a minion back on top of their owner's deck. It's like a Sap, though it forces your opponent to draw the card again and take their draw up for that turn. Though usually not Mana efficient, you can also put your own minions on top of your deck to re-activate their Battelcries or Quick-Time effects.

Time Traveler also gets Been There and Done That. Two cards that both cost 4 mana and have similar effects which copy cards (Been There for minions and Done That for spells). The two cards complete the phrase "Been There, Done That" (challenge 6 yo!). When you see a minion card, you know you've been to their location before and you travel there and alter reality and give you additional copies of it. You'll also remember all the cool stuff you've done on your travels and Done That will give you those memories and live them once again.

 

Remaining Basic cards:

I was also thinking of writing flavor texts. I'm not very good at writing them though, but I gave it a try for the Basic set:

• Future Sight - It's important to not spend too much time focusing on your Future Sight, or you'll lose your Present Sight.
• Dust Typhoon - Pro-tip: Do not disenchant your good cards to make your Dust Typhoon bigger.
• Accelerate Time - It's amazing how impatient some Time Travelers are when they can literally control time.
• Sandmancer - Listen to the new Elite Tauren Chieftain song, "Enter Sandmancer".
• Quicksand - Even worse than Slowsand.
• Sand Attack - Never get into a sandcastle building contest with a Time Traveler.
• Been There - Hey, I know that place.
• Done That - Hey, I know that spell.
• Crossfire Bolts - Not to be confused with "X-fire Bolts".
• Banish - I hereby banish you to the other player's hand.

So, how does it look? Also, is it worth posting it now or waiting for page 2 to start? Broeck and BlackC1pher have some pretty strong scores.

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Alright, I think I'm just gonna get this done with like tearing off a plaster and post a whole basic set for feedback. I've been trying to do way too many things at once (I've been organizing C3, which is a twice yearly project showoff convention on another site, podcasting, and doing an impromptu project to make up for some failed site-end coding with the C3 event. Not my fault, I can't even code >-<)

I'll do the same thing I did last time, and review every class posted after this post the next day.

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Click here or the banner to see the phase 1 post!

Showcasing one of the synergies the class focuses on, the Keeper can build around minions without card text, supporting them to make 'filler' minions far more interesting.Plus, what better cards for a player with only the basic set to play around with. Like with the large number of basic beasts for hunter, there are a large number of minions without card text in the basic set, letting new players try out synergies.

End of turn effects? Yeah, they're cool right? The Keeper has a soft focus on minions with triggered effects, and the main trigger is 'end of turn'.  Timewalker Agent also expands the scope of minions in the class a bit, and opens the class up to have a few Bronze Dragonflight dragons post Blackrock Mountain.

Ever wanted to draw way too many cards? (Well, you probably play ultimate infestation then.)Celestial Meditation is the class's main card draw, but requires you to spend 5 mana to do nothing for a turn. Providing you're already ahead, or confident you can make the trade, the card draw is powerful, if not immediately usable.

 The rest:

 Are these cards interesting enough? I don't want to go overboard with effects of basic cards, but the ones under spoilers in particular feel incredibly vanilla, with the exception of Chain Blightning which could be too weird for a basic card. 

Edit: manually fixed the formatting, still not sure why it did that when it was fine in preview lol.

No idea why the banner is centered in preview but not in the post though.

Also, a quick update on my set (thanks for the suggestion Livi - you really helped me out there xD. Glad you liked the class.) - I'm considering replacing this card with this card:
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It might seem really strong at first glance, but if you stop and think about it, all it does is give them at most +2/+1 and it also freezes them, making them unusable for burst damage or trading this turn. Also, it still helps to show that the class will have Demons in it.

@Haileystraza

Construct of Life: This guy does not seem basic at all. The effect is pretty much legendary, especially since it's not "repeatable this turn". Might be able to get away with epic.

Timewalker Agent: This guy also doesn't really feel basic as he's a synergy card. In the entire basic set, Val'kyr Maiden would be the only target since there are no neutral end of turn basic cards.

Val'kyr Maiden: This is too strong. It's a Chillwind Yeti with a massive upside. It should either be a 2/3 or give the buff at the start of your turn imo.

Celestial Meditation: This probably should only draw 4 as often with cards like Nourish you end your turn straight after playing it so this takes a good card and adds on a free Arcane Intellect.

Stoneskin: 3 mana +3/+3 is deceptively strong. Stronger than Blessing of Kings as you can follow your 2 drop with this and just massively out tempo your opponent. Adding the Repeatable onto that for free is probably too strong. Maybe make it give +2/+3. It'd still be really strong but less game breaking.

The rest of the cards seem sweet. Class is looking nice!

@McF4rtson

I don't get the point of your hero power? You draw it, then it auto casts and draws a card? Meaning it pretty much did nothing? Maybe you wanted them to draw 2 cards? Remember those cards state you draw on top of the effect EG: Nerubian Ambush!.

Sea Elemental: Should probably be 2/2 at most and that'd still be rather strong. The combo with Go With the Flow would be devastating on turn 2 since you could keep buffing him with your hero power.

Rest of the cards seem sweet! Don't forget the token for Whale Shark though!