This week's theme comes from Wailor, whose "Unidentified Alignment" was the winner of our A Mammoth Awakening competition!
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Targeted Battlecries like "Deal X damage" are not enough: the card must create "the Discover window" or have different outcomes depending on the target.
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The wording was a bit odd but basically if it's a deal damage card, it must have multiple outcomes based on the target or if it is a non targetable minion / spell then multiple options have to be present. Yes?
The wording was a bit odd but basically if it's a deal damage card, it must have multiple outcomes based on the target or if it is a non targetable minion / spell then multiple options have to be present. Yes?
The wording is rather wonky, I agree, but the idea is that we're trying to avoid merely selecting a target with one's Battlecry. Vilespine Slayer, Fire Plume Phoenix, Voodoo Doctor; these cards let you "choose" who the Battlecry (or Combo) targets, but it's not what we want to see.
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Wow, nice theme, there's a lot of things you can do with that! What do you guys think about this one? It can only target minions so it doesn't powercreep dark bomb and while it heals less than other 2-cost spells it can also trigger deathrattles.
Out of the three, I'd say the first or third card, 99% of the time your 2nd spell is going to just be summoning Leokk and Huffer. If plotter was a card atm, I'd run him in my warlock deck so I know the perfect moment to Gnomeferatu
Ah, I'm well accustomed to this field. But rather than go the obvious route for me, I tried to do something different that fits the theme.
Way to delay some card effects, but ensure they are still playable. Whilst the card cannot be "played", it can still be cheated out of your hand to work around this (think cards like Skull of the Man'ari or Oondasta).
Of course, I could always just reprint Future Sight from my Time Traveler class as a card for an existing class.
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The concept is brilliant in my taste! But, I think that 4 damage for 2 mana is too much. Also, it powercreeps Spirit Bomb and Shadow Bolt. Not like any of those are real, but it should cost 3 Mana as I think.
This one is an old concept of mine, tweaked with it a bit:
How it works: Basically, you play this, Discover a minion that died this game. If you guess its “killer” correctly (the card that killed it), Case Solved! is cast.
some clarifications:
• The possible “killer” cards can be any card, as long as it has a way of dealing damage and was played/summoned/equipped/cast that game.
• The Discovered minion does NOT get added to your hand, it only serves to show you the “killer” cards.
• If two duplicate minions were killed and you play this, the system counts this as one card with two “killers” for example: If only a Pit Snake and two Coldlight Oracles were killed this game (one Coldlight by Fireball and one by Arcanologist) the first part will NOT show two Coldlights and a Pit Snake but rather only a Pit Snake and a Coldlight. If you pick Coldlight and it shows Fireball, Arcanologist and Frostbolt, picking either Fireball OR Arcanologist will cast you Case Solved.
I believe that qualifies since the spell effect changes depending on it's target.
Twinspell should be at the top of the text, not the bottom.
Yes the effect changes, but it's in addition to what the spell is already doing. Demonfire and Demonheart are not "A" or "A+"; the two outcomes are completely different. I would say that this is not what we're looking for. A good indicator is the "instead" in the text.
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I would say No, to both. Murloc Holmes has Discover - which is barred in the rules - and the second one is just selecting a minion via the Combo.
But the Discover on Murloc is only there to not write ‘look at’ again and make the text small. It’s effectively ‘look at’ and not ‘Discover’, since the card doesn’t get added to your hand. And Chester has radically different applications for whether you target a friendly minion or an enemy minion
edit: the text does not, in fact, get smaller. Changing it now.
It has multiple use: You can use it as a buff, as a Sap or as an extremely weak Shadowstep.
Yes, this is the kind of thing we're looking for. The results are completely different: either you give a minion +3 Attack, or you bounce them. They cannot happen together; you must choose between them.
The "instead" really reinforces what we want: A or B, not A or A+.
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Star-crossed Lovers is dripping with flavour and the mechanical implementation is spot on. Your art choice is bae! It’s too bad you can’t find the same guys one frame before they embrace for the token cards. ;) Great design choice nonetheless.
The slow roll on the ‘choice’ via Elementals is unexpected which I feel makes this card stand out of the crowd.
Nitpick - Hyphenate “Star-crossed” for the cherry on the top!
Masked Plotter is the money out of the three. The flavour is solid and I love strategy disruption like this. It's too bad actual Hearthstone designs in this vein tend to avoid making cards like these actually relevant in the meta.
Does this read like a lite version of Toki's Hero Power effect in Monster Hunt? I made the Keyword and tooltip to solidify the mechanic's intent and scope without barfing it onto the card.
UI-wise I picture this playing out with first seeing the random effect happen, presenting a Discover-esque option overlay offering "Re-Roll" or "Keep". If "Re-Roll", a rewind animation occurs and the card and random effect is played again. If "Keep", carry on as normal.
I feel this could certainly be used in a variety of ways to mitigate Hearthstone's omnipresent RNG we love to hate.
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Competition Theme: Decisive Action
This week's theme comes from Wailor, whose "Unidentified Alignment" was the winner of our A Mammoth Awakening competition!
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Card Design ChampionCool theme.
The wording was a bit odd but basically if it's a deal damage card, it must have multiple outcomes based on the target or if it is a non targetable minion / spell then multiple options have to be present. Yes?
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The wording is rather wonky, I agree, but the idea is that we're trying to avoid merely selecting a target with one's Battlecry. Vilespine Slayer, Fire Plume Phoenix, Voodoo Doctor; these cards let you "choose" who the Battlecry (or Combo) targets, but it's not what we want to see.
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What do you think?
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Temporary Farewell: Nice concept, but gamewise it's too slow. Still, at 1 Mana would be too strong.
Did we forget someone?- That one looks good. I'd go with it.
Masked Plotter - That one is nice idea, but in game it could be pretty frustrating to play against.
Wow, nice theme, there's a lot of things you can do with that! What do you guys think about this one? It can only target minions so it doesn't powercreep dark bomb and while it heals less than other 2-cost spells it can also trigger deathrattles.
That's why goblins shouldn't be warlocks.
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I believe that qualifies since the spell effect changes depending on it's target.
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Card Design ChampionAh, I'm well accustomed to this field. But rather than go the obvious route for me, I tried to do something different that fits the theme.
Way to delay some card effects, but ensure they are still playable. Whilst the card cannot be "played", it can still be cheated out of your hand to work around this (think cards like Skull of the Man'ari or Oondasta).
Of course, I could always just reprint Future Sight from my Time Traveler class as a card for an existing class.
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The concept is brilliant in my taste! But, I think that 4 damage for 2 mana is too much. Also, it powercreeps Spirit Bomb and Shadow Bolt. Not like any of those are real, but it should cost 3 Mana as I think.
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Card Design ChampionThis one is an old concept of mine, tweaked with it a bit:
How it works: Basically, you play this, Discover a minion that died this game. If you guess its “killer” correctly (the card that killed it), Case Solved! is cast.
some clarifications:
• The possible “killer” cards can be any card, as long as it has a way of dealing damage and was played/summoned/equipped/cast that game.
• The Discovered minion does NOT get added to your hand, it only serves to show you the “killer” cards.
• If two duplicate minions were killed and you play this, the system counts this as one card with two “killers” for example: If only a Pit Snake and two Coldlight Oracles were killed this game (one Coldlight by Fireball and one by Arcanologist) the first part will NOT show two Coldlights and a Pit Snake but rather only a Pit Snake and a Coldlight. If you pick Coldlight and it shows Fireball, Arcanologist and Frostbolt, picking either Fireball OR Arcanologist will cast you Case Solved.
Also, would this count?
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I would say No, to both. Murloc Holmes has Discover - which is barred in the rules - and the second one is just selecting a minion via the Combo.
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Card Design ChampionBut the Discover on Murloc is only there to not write ‘look at’ again and make the text small. It’s effectively ‘look at’ and not ‘Discover’, since the card doesn’t get added to your hand. And Chester has radically different applications for whether you target a friendly minion or an enemy minion
edit: the text does not, in fact, get smaller. Changing it now.
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Card Design ChampionFirst idea so far:
The upgrades will always be:
Improve Weapons: +2 Attack
Reinforce Armor: +2 Health
Enhance Network: +1/+1 to your other Mechs
Repair Allies: Restore 3 Health to your other Mechs
Maybe it should be a 7/7 so you'd only need 1 Mech to give it a decent statline.
Other than that, I'd like to hear any feedback.
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Card Design ChampionSo, does this count?
It has multiple use: You can use it as a buff, as a Sap or as an extremely weak Shadowstep.
Edit: A second idea:
Token:
You can choose to play it as a 6/6 or 2 3/3.
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Yes, this is the kind of thing we're looking for. The results are completely different: either you give a minion +3 Attack, or you bounce them. They cannot happen together; you must choose between them.
The "instead" really reinforces what we want: A or B, not A or A+.
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Star-crossed Lovers is dripping with flavour and the mechanical implementation is spot on. Your art choice is bae! It’s too bad you can’t find the same guys one frame before they embrace for the token cards. ;) Great design choice nonetheless.
The slow roll on the ‘choice’ via Elementals is unexpected which I feel makes this card stand out of the crowd.
Nitpick - Hyphenate “Star-crossed” for the cherry on the top!
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Masked Plotter is the money out of the three. The flavour is solid and I love strategy disruption like this. It's too bad actual Hearthstone designs in this vein tend to avoid making cards like these actually relevant in the meta.
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Does this read like a lite version of Toki's Hero Power effect in Monster Hunt? I made the Keyword and tooltip to solidify the mechanic's intent and scope without barfing it onto the card.
UI-wise I picture this playing out with first seeing the random effect happen, presenting a Discover-esque option overlay offering "Re-Roll" or "Keep". If "Re-Roll", a rewind animation occurs and the card and random effect is played again. If "Keep", carry on as normal.
I feel this could certainly be used in a variety of ways to mitigate Hearthstone's omnipresent RNG we love to hate.
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