Hearthpwn

Only idea at the moment, meant to be like a chameleon idea.

Okay, I'm awake and can now start reviewing cards!

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Fiery Strafe: It's a simple, but interesting card! Hunter doesn't have a lot of direct control like Mage or Paladin, so a card like this would be quite beneficial. For those same reasons, I think it's balanced in terms of effect and cost.

Sapphiron: I think this is actually quite OP! If you can craft two 9-cost Dragons together into a 10-cost card -- imagine Alexstraza/Ysera -- then you'd be getting absurd value.

Nightmare Ysera: (See Sapphiron.)

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Treasure Hound: Awww, it's so cute! This seems nicely balanced and a useful tool in the early game for defense against early aggro decks with low-health minions. It's a Wyrmrest Agent for Hunter, which I can appreciate.

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Dragon Breeder: This might be too strong; having two dragons at first guarantees the next, but from there it likely becomes infinite dragon generation which could lead to some absurdly good late-game value.

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Blazing Roar: In a lot of cases, you would want to play your dragon for the battlecry, so this could be a detriment. The average cost of a dragon in Hearthstone is 6.61538462 mana, so, on average, this is a slight cost reduction. Alongside the conditional to kill a minion, which is easily met, I guess it's decently balanced. The idea is interesting, but I'm not sure I'd want to play it due to the mitigation of battlecries.

Chimerical Companion: A simple but interesting card! There are some serious benefits to having this card on the board, and I'd love to see Dire Frenzy pulled off with it.

The Hatchling: I think this causes more problems than solutions. There is a very likely chance that you overdraw cards because of this, and I feel like it's outdone by the Hunter's Mark/Unleash the Hounds combo.

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Lake Wyrm: I love the elegance of this card! It's straightforward and could easily be used for clear.

Scalebane Broodmother: That's a powerful effect, but I think a 2/3 being 4 mana justifies it.

Guard the Hoard: I like the idea behind Guard the Hoard and the thematic element of an opponent efficiently using mana to summon it. In my opinion, it's the most unique card of the three!

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Emerald Wyrm: This is possible Ysera with +3/+3 on turn 4! That's crazy levels of value. In a dragon-oriented deck, I suspect this would occur quite often, and given the quality of cards that Ysera drops, the opponent would either have to immediately remove her or concede due to that insane power spike.

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Bounty Hunter: It's straightforward and great value for its effect.

Dragon Maiden: The immediate comparison is Fight Promoter, and this is definitely the superior in terms of card draw value; rather than just drawing two cards, you're instead drawing 2 dragons, specifically, with an easier conditional. Since this would only really see play in a dragon-oriented Hunter deck, I guess it's balanced and would easily be a staple card.

Wyrmrest Champion: It's rather bland, in my opinion, but it has the potential to get serious value depending on how many dragons a Hunter could fit into such a deck. Personally, I like Dragon Maiden the best.

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Just a side-note for Nurgling: As someone studying at Caltech, I love that you have a Feynman Diagram as your profile picture! Anyway, moving on to the cards.

Emerald Energy Caster: It's a unique idea, and I immediately see the benefit for even lower-cost cards like Faerie Dragon which could become a turn 3 5/4 with Elusive. I like it!

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Celestial Soul Bond: The immediate comparison is to Infest which is 1 mana more for beasts, which gets less value than dragons. I would increase this card's mana cost by (2).

Skymother Nephees: That's quite interesting! I'm not sure how it really fits into the Hunter theme, and honestly preventing your opponent from playing cards is a powerful mechanic that warrants this having less health. That said, I do like the concept!

Dragons Warcry: I'm tempted to say reduce it to two dragons, since you could easily have a 16/16 on the board for 10 mana with this card. It's a powerful card, but personally I still like Skymother Nephees the best.

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Really good for both Emeriss, and the Spiteful Summoner variant.
Would also make a Malygos deck viable thanks to Arcane Shot.

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 Is the Beast Buddy just a Vanilla 2/4 Beast? I think it would make more sense if it was the other way around (i.e., the Beast Buddy summons the Drake Buddy) based on the art. Then it would be like the Dragon is coming to the aid of the cat. The way you have it right now might work better mechanically, though.

 

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 Is the Beast Buddy just a Vanilla 2/4 Beast? I think it would make more sense if it was the other way around (i.e., the Beast Buddy summons the Drake Buddy) based on the art. Then it would be like the Dragon is coming to the aid of the cat. The way you have it right now might work better mechanically, though.

 

It really works either way and i agree that the art makes a little more sense the other way, but it needs to be a Dragon for this week's restriction and I feel this "Dragon minion in Hunter that summons a beast" feels unique and more interesting. And yeah, the idea is that the other comes when his friend is attacked.

As for Energy Caster, I think the effect of "attacking your friendly minion" is unnecessary here. It doesn't add any flavor or makes sense mechanical wise, but maybe that can be improved by using a different art / name. You should also rewrite it to "You can attack a friendly Dragon to give it +2/+2 instead." 

Bump my ideas and hope for your feedback!

Mass review!

Cards I'd vote for

Sapphiron by linkblade91 (page 1)

Horn of Summoning by Nobroam (page 2)

Dragonscale Bow by IgnatusJReilly (page 3)

Cards I'd vote for with modifications

The Hatching by Vilegloom (page 1) - "Summon seven 1/1 Whelps to attack an enemy minion. Return any that survived to your hand". Also the flavor and art can be improved.

Dragonmaw Skybreaker by Yothats (page 3) - "destroy a random..."

Cards I'd NOT vote for

The rest, as usual.

It's the occasion to bump my own cards:

Finally going through and providing feedback for feedback and cards that jumped out at me

Starting off, I think the 'Dragons are Beasts' archetype is lazy so not gonna vote for anything like that

@JFKilluminati Celestial Soul Bond seems the most playable out of the 3, the other 2 are just so niche and gimmicky. Plus I like the effect of the card. Power level is fine too because while it costs 1 less than Infest, it has the condition of requiring beasts. Would vote for this.

@ihascorm I loved the original Timberland Scourge; very similar to my Lake Wyrm. Its conditional removal while the card is guaranteed to stay alive, 4 attack seems appropriate because its enough to clear small threats but not the large ones.

@IgnatiousJReilly Vengeful Drake is my favorite of the 3, however meeting its condition is underwhelming. Having a dragon die for a 4 mana 4/5 with Rush is underwhelming when Warrior gets a 2/5 Rush that becomes a 5/5 without having to meet any requirements. Maybe open up the requirement to be 'when a minion dies' or make it +2/+2

@Kovachut Wyrmrest Drakonoid. Me Go Face. Love it. Extremely balanced and if it existed I would 100% play this in Hunter regardless of Dragon or not, just an added bonus. 200% would vote.

@CheeseEtc I had a very similar idea but couldn't find artwork so I gave up on it, kudos to you for finding it. I love all the eggs in game and I feel like they don't get enough credit. The only card I can really compare this to is Eggnapper I guess but Abductor is clearly more powerful, 4/4 for 4 with the upside of getting 2 Dragons (which are usually powerful but not always) seems like a bit too much. I love where it is now and the condition may justify the stats but maybe think of making it a 4 mana 3/3 just because I feel like hunters have so many egg activators they can get a too much  value off this card while having a 4/4 body.

@FrostyBlue I agree, Start of Game condition is crazy good in a bad way. Means starting with coin you have 5 cards in hand and with coin you have 6, thats crazy early game. Maybe think of making it more like Kathrena in a Battlecry/Deathrattle draw way OR you can make it exactly like Kathrena in Battlecry/Deathrattle/Recruit if you bump up the mana cost by 3. (Id stay away from that though that means turn 8/9 Prince and Deathwing so maybe too much.)

@SoulBattle Flavor for this card is on point, makes sense to have stealth but the taunt is a little confusing; yeah its nice but most stealth minions when they have taunt end up not needing it because they usually trade (at least in my experience) maybe consider making it stealth and +attack instead?

Obligatory bump of my cards now; down to just a secret and Lake Wyrm