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First time reaching the final poll (sorry for the typical rooky spam).

Anyway my personal favourites are the hunter Ranger (which if she was implemented, she would single-handedly carry baku hunter) and Will of the Wisps, because it's very flavourful and Toble made a nice flavour text.

[edit] Kinda sad to see so few cards reached the final poll. Last time there were 12 (and more valid entries, but still).

I feel like Darkforest Ranger should be a Legendary card with that card text. It doesn't make much sense as Rare?

My favorite is Edward the Odd, but I also voted for the Gnoll Trapfinder, Divided Conqueror, and Will of the Wisps. The latter two are probably overpowered and underpowered respectively, but I just like them thematically.

I didn't like this week's theme because I don't like this even/odd mechanic Blizzard is pushing this expansion. Feels very forced and artificial. I voted for Remulos and Edward the Odd which are cool and make the most sense (though Edward's card text implies that he would go back on top of your deck if you have it in your opening hand).

Shocked I made it.  Last time I checked I had 0 votes.  Thanks for the votes!

For anyone curious, my card works with Wisp, Wispering Woods, and (in wild) Dark Wispers.  Played with a single wisp, its a 2 mana 2/2.  If you play Will of the Wisps twice or start pumping out multiple wisps then YOU CAN KILL ARCHIMONDE.

Trying to work with this theme made me realize just how much I actually dislike the "if your deck contains only odd/even..." as a mechanic.  Genn and Baku are fine, but I agree with Cheese (and others) that the additional cards just feel forced. 

Also, are we no longer doing front page posts for the submission thread?  Or is it just an issue of competition for front page space during the reveal period for the new xpac?

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I feel like Darkforest Ranger should be a Legendary card with that card text. It doesn't make much sense as Rare?

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I feel like Darkforest Ranger should be a Legendary card with that card text. It doesn't make much sense as Rare?

Running 2 makes it more likely that you draw it.

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Here's my personal opinion on each card, sorry it's not a witty parody of each card :p

Darkforest Ranger: I am lenient in power level of cards when voting, but this card is definitely pushing it. As thepowerofcheese said, dealing 3 damage a turn (Darkbomb every turn) seems pretty insane, add to the fact that you can reliably draw this card most games since its not a legendary like Prince Keleseth. While I like the idea of the card, I think a balance change would be needed to sway me on voting for it.

The Dividing Conquerers (Voting): This card does not seem that absurd in power level as some are saying. Like most card in this comp, you want a powerful effect on these cards since you are sacrificing half of your card collection. The power level seems fair or even lowish given that it only effects cards in your deck (see Druid Quest), the fact that Shaman does not have enough card draw to capitalise on the effect, and that you are actually disabling your Murkspark Eel. I like the card a lot (enough to vote for it), but would have liked it better if it applied to all future spells so it would synergize well with Hagatha the Witch. 

Mysterious Trickster: I don't personally find this card interesting (am a little confused actually), and the power level seems very low in general.

Edward the Odd (voting): Simple and fun idea. Again, does not seem to powerful given that, if included in an Aggro Deck, you would have to sacrifice Call to Arms. Definitely a vote from me!

Remulos, Son of Cenarius: I get the idea, but have never personally been a fan of this type of card. My best comparison is to Patches the Pirate, which propels the player's board control forward w/out using a card from your hand (free 1/1 essentially). In this case, you propel in mana advantage without using a card from hand. The difference with Baku, Genn is that you don't get an immediate advantage until you spend mana on your Hero Power, which is somewhat comparable to using a card from hand. My suggestion to fixing this card would be having the text say: 'Start of Game: If your deck has only odd cost cards, your first Hero Power also gives you an empty mana crystal.'. I am also confused if you meant for the crystal to be a turn only one or an empty one. I'm assuming its empty in my suggested change, but if its for a turn only then that probably wouldn't work.

Will of the Wisps (voting): While I feel there is a lack of wisp card to make this card worth playing. I still love the idea and flavor enough to give it a vote. If Paladin was not so broken atm, this could be easily substituted into their class and apply to Silver Hand Recruits.

Gnoll Trapfinder (voting): This is definitely my favourite card of the bunch. It makes up for the void of Secrets if you were to make an odd Cost deck and seems perfectly balanced while doing it. An easy vote from me!

Blazewing: I hate how this card completely nullifies the work needed to make To My Side! work, it feels like cheating in a way. I completely side with thepowerofcheese on this, having a legendary to make one card works seems kinda out of place and unnecessary. 

Had an entry ready and reviewed in the discussion topic, but unfortunately was unable to submit. The past few days were pretty hectic. :(

Remulos looks good!

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I didn't like this week's theme because I don't like this even/odd mechanic Blizzard is pushing this expansion. Feels very forced and artificial. I voted for Remulos and Edward the Odd which are cool and make the most sense (though Edward's card text implies that he would go back on top of your deck if you have it in your opening hand).

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* Trickster... I don't understand its purpose, and I don't like the idea that many submitted of having cards that fit both even- and odd-decks.

1) This is how the card should have looked like and it probably makes more sense now. I got kinda sad to ditch it, because I felt in love with the idea of manipulating your hand, so I reword it. Maybe I had to buff the tokens, because now it's harder to get the benefit out of the trickster and you only get 2 weak cards, which aren't that worth it, so my bad.

2) Camouflage? What, how, why? While I don't have anything against rogues getting some heal, this doesn't look connected with a trickster's abilities. It would have been more fitting to use "Disguise", "Cloaked" or maybe "Distraction" (and to summon a pigeon with taunt). Because I understand, that the current version is very confusing with the 4 armor effect.


Inb4 in order to make the text less confusing, I could have written - If your hand has odd-Number of cards, then X. Otherwise Y - but you realise, that it would have become hard to read.

Most cards are quite difficult to assess in a vacuum, but feel lackluster. The huge differences in power level most probably only reflect that no one has a clue how powerful the odd/even mechanic is going to be. We should have the same competition 2 months into the expansion!