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biggerbossman noted "6 copies of Ambush!" as a possibility in his proposal, so I tried to fulfill that idea. Elise is the Rogue's version of Dragoncaller Alanna, using Fal'dorei Strider to fill the deck before you flood the board with spiders.
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I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
biggerbossman noted "6 copies of Ambush!" as a possibility in his proposal, so I tried to fulfill that idea. Elise is the Rogue's version of Dragoncaller Alanna, using Fal'dorei Strider to fill the deck before you flood the board with spiders.
Well, it's obvious that Edwin is your best pick. He's flavourful and strong. I just don't know if his effect is abusable, because he doesn't prohibit you from running spells from all rarities:
and there are some good common minions atm (fungalmancer, silences, poisonous).
Elise is way overcosted and clumsy. You have to shuffle spiders into your deck and then you have to play her, but if the previous condition isn't met, then she is useless. I would have prefered a card, that drew spells instead of very specific tokens. Inb4 I know who Elise is (LoL), but if you want to improve her design, then create a more attractive and easy to pull battlecry effect around spiders.
Elise is way overcosted and clumsy. You have to shuffle spiders into your deck and then you have to play her, but if the previous condition isn't met, then she is useless. I would have prefered a card, that drew spells instead of very specific tokens. Inb4 I know who Elise is (LoL), but if you want to improve her design, then create a more attractive and easy to pull battlecry effect.
Yeah...making a card specifically about the Ambushes in your deck is tricky, considering the token spells have a very specific functionality. I could make her double-down and shuffle in even more Ambushes, but that's still kind of clunky.
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Does this count? I mean you should seriously consider what cards you want in your deck before putting this.
"Everyone in the guild was relieved that feeding Leeroy chicken would make him stay in the back.."
Not sure if the concept is easy to understand, but basically you start only with the first card you draw at the start of your turn.
We're technically looking for cards whose Battlecries/Deathrattles/etc. can only function if your deck (or your opponent's deck) has a specific setup. Baku the Mooneater literally does nothing if your deck is not Odd-only. Your card, conversely, will always function; it's just a question of the outcome.
To side-step the question for a moment, whether or not it counts toward the theme, I just don't think it's a good card :/
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Well, it's completely busted tbh. Destroying spells can be used as advantage, to lower amount of cards in your deck, so you draw important ones earlier (Shudderwock). Also, ability to rearange your deck entirely is extremely strong. Also, i'm not sure if I correctly understand what "Reshuffle your hand" means, but that looks kinda out of place.
Without Battlecries, your tempo/interactivity is a bit more limited, but you gain double Deathrattle effects in return. Would appreciate any feedback. :)
Without Battlecries, your tempo/interactivity is a bit more limited, but you gain double Deathrattle effects in return. Would appreciate any feedback. :)
Absolutely insane. It's a much lighter constraint than Baku/Genn, with a stronger effect and a better body. Honestly, the effect is so strong, it could be a 10-mana 1/1 and it would still be overpowered.
Without Battlecries, your tempo/interactivity is a bit more limited, but you gain double Deathrattle effects in return. Would appreciate any feedback. :)
Absolutely insane. It's a much lighter constraint than Baku/Genn, with a stronger effect and a better body. Honestly, the effect is so strong, it could be a 10-mana 1/1 and it would still be overpowered.
Hmmm good point, what about "Your Deathrattle minions cost (1) less" instead of double trigger? I think that's a fairer balance?
Hmmm good point, what about "Your Deathrattle minions cost (1) less" instead of double trigger? I think that's a fairer balance?
That would definitely be less oppressive, yeah. I think part of the problem is that No-Battlecries isn't much of a requirement for a Deathrattle/Quest Priest: you lose out on Voodoo Doll, but otherwise your deck will be devoid of Battlecry minions already.
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I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
Without Battlecries, your tempo/interactivity is a bit more limited, but you gain double Deathrattle effects in return. Would appreciate any feedback. :)
Absolutely insane. It's a much lighter constraint than Baku/Genn, with a stronger effect and a better body. Honestly, the effect is so strong, it could be a 10-mana 1/1 and it would still be overpowered.
Hmmm good point, what about "Your Deathrattle minions cost (1) less" instead of double trigger? I think that's a fairer balance?
I'm trying to think of how broken that could be. Turn 1 Mad Scientist in wild, 0 mana Saronite Taskmaster, it might enable some nasty combos. It's basically like drawing and casting a free Wild Growth at the start of the game. It's a lot closer, but honestly, Start of Game effects are really powerful in general. Maybe switching it to a battlecry or a passive effect would be better.
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Trying to go for the flavor, not sure if they're useable at all. Might be too busted? Heck, what do I know.
If I had to choose, I would prefer Mara: Von Snob encourages an expensive "look at me and all of my Legendaries" deck and that really turns me off.
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I designed a card that fits perfectly with this theme in my last expansion with Demon:
With that out of the way, here's some new ideas:
Finley combine the no duplicate of his friend Reno Jackson with the Witchwood All tribes. He's meant to support a mid-range tribal decks since you most likely won't have enough aggressive cards to build an Aggro or control tribal deck.
Tendris is more straight forward. Being a more powerful Lich King in getting what you want but have the sacrifice the 5 cost slot.
I'm not sure if Tortollan Warplan would count, although it's my preferred card.
Lady Vashj is a backup plan if you run out of cards (which is common in Murloc decks)
I'll provide feedback tomorrow.
It's not what we're looking for, no. You don't have to put in any deck-building effort to achieve the condition; all archetypes could theoretically pull it off, given enough time in-game.
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Competition Theme: Stack the Deck
This week's theme comes from biggerbossman, whose Romeo and Juliet pair was the winner of our Counterfeit Cards competition!
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I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
I have two ideas, one recycled and one new:
Spider Ambush!
biggerbossman noted "6 copies of Ambush!" as a possibility in his proposal, so I tried to fulfill that idea. Elise is the Rogue's version of Dragoncaller Alanna, using Fal'dorei Strider to fill the deck before you flood the board with spiders.
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I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
Does this count? I mean you should seriously consider what cards you want in your deck before putting this.
"Everyone in the guild was relieved that feeding Leeroy chicken would make him stay in the back.."
Not sure if the concept is easy to understand, but basically you start only with the first card you draw at the start of your turn.
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Well, it's obvious that Edwin is your best pick. He's flavourful and strong. I just don't know if his effect is abusable, because he doesn't prohibit you from running spells from all rarities:
https://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/minion?filter-show-standard=y&filter-premium=1&filter-class=129&filter-rarity=2&display=3
and there are some good common minions atm (fungalmancer, silences, poisonous).
Elise is way overcosted and clumsy. You have to shuffle spiders into your deck and then you have to play her, but if the previous condition isn't met, then she is useless. I would have prefered a card, that drew spells instead of very specific tokens. Inb4 I know who Elise is (LoL), but if you want to improve her design, then create a more attractive and easy to pull battlecry effect around spiders.
Yeah...making a card specifically about the Ambushes in your deck is tricky, considering the token spells have a very specific functionality. I could make her double-down and shuffle in even more Ambushes, but that's still kind of clunky.
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I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
We're technically looking for cards whose Battlecries/Deathrattles/etc. can only function if your deck (or your opponent's deck) has a specific setup. Baku the Mooneater literally does nothing if your deck is not Odd-only. Your card, conversely, will always function; it's just a question of the outcome.
To side-step the question for a moment, whether or not it counts toward the theme, I just don't think it's a good card :/
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Initial ideas:
Would they count?
@whatTheHeck
Well, it's completely busted tbh. Destroying spells can be used as advantage, to lower amount of cards in your deck, so you draw important ones earlier (Shudderwock). Also, ability to rearange your deck entirely is extremely strong. Also, i'm not sure if I correctly understand what "Reshuffle your hand" means, but that looks kinda out of place.
My first idea:

Without Battlecries, your tempo/interactivity is a bit more limited, but you gain double Deathrattle effects in return.
Would appreciate any feedback. :)
Trying to go for the flavor, not sure if they're useable at all. Might be too busted? Heck, what do I know.
Absolutely insane. It's a much lighter constraint than Baku/Genn, with a stronger effect and a better body. Honestly, the effect is so strong, it could be a 10-mana 1/1 and it would still be overpowered.
Hmmm good point, what about "Your Deathrattle minions cost (1) less" instead of double trigger? I think that's a fairer balance?
That would definitely be less oppressive, yeah. I think part of the problem is that No-Battlecries isn't much of a requirement for a Deathrattle/Quest Priest: you lose out on Voodoo Doll, but otherwise your deck will be devoid of Battlecry minions already.
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I'm trying to think of how broken that could be. Turn 1 Mad Scientist in wild, 0 mana Saronite Taskmaster, it might enable some nasty combos. It's basically like drawing and casting a free Wild Growth at the start of the game. It's a lot closer, but honestly, Start of Game effects are really powerful in general. Maybe switching it to a battlecry or a passive effect would be better.
Yeah, your cards should qualify.
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If I had to choose, I would prefer Mara: Von Snob encourages an expensive "look at me and all of my Legendaries" deck and that really turns me off.
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I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
I'm not sure if Tortollan Warplan would count, although it's my preferred card.
Lady Vashj is a backup plan if you run out of cards (which is common in Murloc decks)
I'll provide feedback tomorrow.
I designed a card that fits perfectly with this theme in my last expansion with Demon:




With that out of the way, here's some new ideas:
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It's not what we're looking for, no. You don't have to put in any deck-building effort to achieve the condition; all archetypes could theoretically pull it off, given enough time in-game.
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i'm going to reuse an entry cause i like it and it works with this week.