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Quote from allanime01 >>

Meh, not even salty, was more annoyed than anything. I guess I just put too much work into making sure my cards match themes when I could just make pop culture refs on random effects XD

Glad I cucked you for this competition without even trying.

A quick review:

Boom's Guide to the Galaxy: too random an effect, IMO. There's a reason Blizz nerfed Yogg. Also, this one will continue to grow in power indefinitely as the game continues.

Tinderling: Well-balanced mechanically, and a well-executed pun. Voted for this one.

Pi-Rat: Why is it a Pirate and not a Beast? Also, it's far too swingy for my tastes. Depending on your opener, this could consistently vary from a 1/4 to a 9/4 for 3 mana.

Do You Mind?: As intriguing as the effect is, I feel like it's too disruptive, especially because it doesn't have the risks associated with cards like Dirty Rat. Plus, this sort of card could be very frustrating to play against.

Megagma Rager: I'm tempted to give this one a vote for memes, but no, sorry, this is just too horrendously UP.

Deja-Moo: This one's a little on the weak side, but it's essentially a second, more value-oriented Hero Power (imagine +1 cost, +1/+1 on Paladin's Hero Power). Add in the Beast tag, and I think it's solid. The art isn't doing it any favors, but I voted for this one as well.

Leave Nofin Behind: Continuing the time-honored tradition, I see. The restriction of minion type, plus the fact that Murloc Warlock is generally in less need of board clears, makes the reduced cost quite fair. Voted for this one.

With My Bear Hands!: This would be incredibly powerful in Face Hunter, often netting 8 or even 12 damage for just 4 mana- so powerful I think Face Hunter would return to the meta because of this card alone... But the real problem is that, per the wording on the card, this effect is active on your opponent's turn. Let that sink in.

I think puns should have been explained here, because some design wont be understood (like tinderling, its hard to know what is the pun whitout reading the explanation, or mine PI-rat people may not pay attention of the 3,14 stats and just see a name that look like pirate)

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Quote from RigaCrypto >>

@xX_Clerk_Xx

Nope, i dont think its a pun. Are Star Aligner Wars, Star Aligner Trek, Goblin of the Galaxy, Starship Treants also puns? If yes, then Boom's etc is a pun also.

 Storm Trooper would’ve been a good Shaman minion though.

And thanks to the mods for running this theme even if not thrilled about it, was fun to see what people came up with. I’ve been at a conference since Sunday so I apologize for not being as active in the threads and for not selecting a Wildcard entry.

Quote from xX_Clerk_Xx >>

 i think booms guide to the galaxy is a pun. it is just as much a pun as leave nofin behind. where they just changed "nothing" to "nofin". replacing one word with another to make to new message, but similar to the other one is what a pun is.

You don't understand what a pun is. A pun refers to a joke that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or words which sound alike but have different meanings: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pun

Leave nofin behind is a pun because it exploits the fact that "nofin" sounds like "nothing".

Tinderling is a pun because "Tinder" has multiple meanings (it refers both to the dating app and flammable material) and both are referenced in the card (the art is of firewood while the effect references the way the dating app works).

Simply replacing a word in a well-known phrase or book title is not a pun unless the replacement word sounds like the original word. "Boom" sounds nothing like "Hitchhiker" so "Boom's Guide to the Galaxy" is not a pun.

(P/S: I'm not saying that Boom's Guide shouldn't qualify because the competition rules simply require a pun or a "play-on-words", the latter of which is quite vague and broad. But I would give more points to cards that actually are clever puns, like Tinderling.)

Oof, I forgot to submit my card before the deadline. I voted for the Bear Hands card because it gave me a good laugh, but kudos to Tinderling and Deja-Moo on the clever concepts. Looking forward to see the winner, and what the next contest is.

Edit: Just noticed the stats of Pi-Rat. Welp, time to change my vote.

Tinderling and Pi-rat are the most creative cards in a while. Really well done and could be a real card