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After a few days of thinking through the expansions I managed to make 20 cards! Hopefully they are both fit the themes of the expansions and my class. One last time for the legendary weapon: I'm not changing the idea. I know Pircival and I had the same idea, but he doesn't attack with his weapon. Mine is intended to be the center of a weapons deck to finish off an opponent. After all, isn't building rediculous gizmos the central theme of the Tinker? But I do agree it should be tied to a suitable legendary weapon. I found Titanstrike, a gun in WoW lore, which fits perfectly (after some goblin enhancements, of course!)

THE TINKER

Fabricate is the upgraded hero power. I've been building the class with Odd and Even decks in mind, though there won't be any Odd or Even exclusive cards. Odd decks can make more tokens faster, but nearly all Hand Size cards are Even. 

• Odd Decks - Control, Secrets, Quest
• Even Decks - Token, Hand Size, Death Knight

In addition, the new sets push a low minion weapon deck, using Secrets and the Spellstone for defense and the Legendary Weapon as a finisher.

Kobolds and Catacombs - Break into the Kobold's lair and steal their riches! Lots of weapon synergy!

Dungeon Delver - Possibly OP. However the class lacks 1 drops, so here's one. Might be better to just draw the Secret.
Lesser Obsidian Spellstone - Big defensive boost but you need to use weapons. 

Foreman's Pickaxe - Simple token generating weapon. Compare Piranha Launcher.
Refurbish - Weapon Tinker will want to quickly cycle through many weapons. This is a cheap way to do so. All Tinker weapons are balanced around 4 Mana.
Random Encounter - DND themed card. RNG minion creation, but you can stack the board in your favor.

Sprocket Thief - More weapon cycling.
Crushing Gears - Execute on a Secret. Probably the class's strongest Secret.
Clockwork Dragon - Recast your Secrets for big defensive value.

Titanstrike - The heart of the Tinker Weapon deck. Cycle through weapons, then play this. Other weapons increase attack, deal random damage, summon tokens, and add Scrapbots to hand. All together, with a Basic card that gives your hero Windfury, is how you end the game. In WoW, this is a gun forged by the Keeper Mimiron. The very same from the Mimiron's Head vehicle which isn't his actual head.
Gadgetmaster Gruu - The first version turned cards into Secrets, but that was too similar to Clockwork Dragon. This new one is a big Mech summon to, again, close out a game. There's a Witchwood card that helps this as well.

The Witchwood - Offer protection to Gilneas... at a price! Also some spooky stuff going on. Secret synergy with some Mechs.

Mischievous Spook - Need another 1-drop, and here's a much more interesting version of Gnomeferatu. My hope is that the swapped cards wouldn't be revealed. Seems like something a mischievous spirit would do. 
Ominous Fog Machine - Sometimes you don't want your opponent to pop your Secrets right away. They might be better later on. This reverse-Flare is the key!
Gaslight Sentry - Secret synergy and added defense. 
Auto-Loader 3000 - More Secret refill. In a Secret. Secretception.

Protection Racket - Sure, we'll keep your town safe. Don't mind all the Mechs. Works well with Gadgetmaster Gruu.
Obsessive Inventor - This town sure attracts a lot of odd folk. Spell generation is a minor theme that was shown with prior set's transform cards and will show up more in the future.
Wrist Rocket - Double Savagery in a class that uses weapons. Brilliant!
Rusty Simulacrum - Reverse Muckmorpher. The resulting minion is a Mech instead of it's normal tribe (or in addition? can we do that?)

Screwvolt, Mad Inventor - Huge card for the weapon deck, helps you cycle through weapons, although there are a few that won't buff Titanstrike (including, ironically, the Titanstrike itself).
The Scarecrow - Play your cards right, and you can bring this creeper back over and over, wearing your opponent down over many turns. It's like a horror movie monster. But the initial cost is pretty big.

•  All Spellstones are Rare cards. Sprocket Thief seems to be simple enough to be bumped down to a Common.
• Refurbish seems extremely weak. Tinker weapon seems to be low-cost, so 4 mana isn't usually worth it. I would make it 3 mana.
• I don't get the effect of Random Encounter at all. Is it summon a minion for both player's according to their handsize?
• Omnious Fog Machine need a different or name since there looks like no fog machine in the artwork.
• Rusty Simulacrum seems weak compare to Faceless Manipulator

 

 Thanks, will swap Sprocket Thief's and the Spellstone's rarities. Will also change Refurbish to (3). 

Random Encounter is based of your own (the Tinker's) hand size. If you have 6 other cards, both players get a random 6-Cost minion, It's significantly more fair that way than if it was based on the owner's hand size.

Ominous Fog Machine might need better art, but I don't think I need a machine specifically. I have a Basic card, Noise Machine, that depicts a gnome covering his ears rather than a machine emitting sound.

Rusty Simulacrum, yeah, I agree. It's pretty bad if you can't copy something, though the lower cost and static stats make it better against cheap enemy minions. I'll see if I can improve or replace it.

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Which Witchwood Legendary is best?

 Of these three, the first, although the text isn't quite right. It should say "...from your deck this game,..." and "... random Legendary minions." Sadly those changes make the text much too long. Perhaps you can change it up some more? Also...3 random Legendary minions AND a 6/6? This should cost 10.

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Almost done. Quick questions

#1

 

More inter-expansion synergy! Your Legendary Weapon should define an aspect of your class, so it shouldn't be difficult to create a card which benefits it or benefits from it. We'll be pretty lenient about this anyway - after all, who can say what Shaman spells help or hinder the Runespear?

Twilight Canticle is my legendary weapon. Felblood Hag is currently my Challenge #3 card. However the mods mentioned they will "be pretty lenient" on which card passes the challenge. Any attack buff like my Mutating Potion technically qualifies as synergy with my weapon since it would restore more Health with Lifesteal. Yes, that's obscure synergy but synergy nonetheless.

Mods, do you validate this? It would free a spot

 #2

All classes except mage received an echo card in Witchwood. It wouldn't be too serious if I don't have one but I'd still rather have one.

Most people I asked preferred the grafing to effect to One More (which I should have named "Just One More" for flavor clarity). I tried to make a compromise in the form of Graft. But people still seem to prefer the minion version.

Should I give up on Echo?

#3

I made Lord Walden very quicky at the beginning of the phase. It was a scrapped idea for my classic leggy, but I just had this cool idea in line with Flying witch.

Which is best?

Pretty much done after that.

Sorry I promised reviews this sunday but they didn't come. I may do last-moment reviews this WE.

What happened to Noah_Mcgrath? I didn't see him posting here? Is he aware he made it?

1 - Mods already answered it. Yay.

2 - I prefer Skilled Grafter over the other 2. Echo + hand buff or adding a bunch of grafted 1-drops both feel too greedy. 

3 - I like the new Walden, but how would it work with Discover and cards like Skilled Grafter? In any case it feels much more interesting that the prior one.

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Thanks for answers. I could have sweared Druid had an echo card too lul.

3 - I like the new Walden, but how would it work with Discover and cards like Skilled Grafter? In any case it feels much more interesting that the prior one.

Good point. As I imagined it, it would only work with discover and pseudo-discover effects but perhaps that's unintuitive and I should limit him to true random generation effects.

EDIT

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New choice, I hope the last one.

I was looking for a D&D-like name for a dragon and then, well, duh.

I will not include Chromatic Potion and Liquid Sun in those sets (perhaps in phase VI if I somehow make it) as I couldn't find any room for them.

Walden working with random generation instead of Discover like effects makes sense.

Of the two cards, I like Dungeon Dragon most. It has good base stats with a powerful effect. I’ve criticized overdraw mechanics before, but this is one that is balanced can actually be the center of a deck. You could intentionally overdraw with this to put some real hurt on your opponent. 

Let’s see if I can do this by phone...

I’m looking to replace the below card, Rusted Simulacrum. As Shatterstar said, it is rather weak, and it’s too dependent on your opponent’s board. Below that are three ideas, let me know what you think!

Arm the Mob is my current favorite. My class lacks group buffs, and this is a solid one to close out a game with a full board.

Forest Crasher is a strong card than can be a huge threat in a weapon deck. Especially when you give your hero Windfury.

Witch Hunter would be the missing weapon of the Witchwood set. Synergizes with the Secret AND weapon themes of the class. It doesn’t lose Durability because that text would transfer to the Legendary weapon and be an easy way to break it.