Congratulations once again to Adamaxes for winning WCDC 10.12. As the Year of the Dragons approaches the beginning of its end and with the new expansion about to descend upon us, this week's competition will be Dragon themed!
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
You can make ANY card that interacts with dragons, However:
The interaction CANNOT be "if you are holding a dragon"
You are allowed to include up to (1) token. If you are doing so, make sure BOTH of them interact with dragons and stick with Rule 1.
We have calculated the 8 entries with the highest scores!! Check out all the finalists below and vote in our poll (vote for as many or as few as you like) to help decide the winner and be sure to check back after the poll finishes for the announcement of the winner and the start of a new theme!
How on Earth did Dragonbane get through? It's a fine card, sure, but something basically identical was on the Trump custom cards video about a month ago. Almost identical name (Trump's is Dragon's Bane), identical stats, almost identical effect (Trump's is triple damage). https://youtu.be/kN27nm8H3bw?t=925
Believe me or not, i'm not watching trump (or, well, anything related to hearthstone at all). It's just something basic and elegant, fits into theme just fine (and i'll not be surprised if blizzards indeed add a similar weapon in descent). Was trying to fit that effect into a 3/2 axe, or add a deathrattle effect, but in the end it seemed too much words or really bad stats for it's cost (not even close to Boulderfist Ogre).
Don't mind if i'm removed from the final poll, if you insist that unbelievably unique card design was stolen from trump
My votes go for Tarecgosa and Dragon Breeder, they are much better anyways.
I wasn't implying it was stolen - the point I'm trying to make is that, IMO, it's far less unique or creative if multiple people are coming up with the same idea. Really not trying to crap on your parade here - just saying, it's been done before on a pretty popular YT channel, and as such I was surprised that it got enough votes to make the final round.
rogue card too OP. 4 mana, clear the board and get back a potentially battlecry minion. at least 7 mana for that bro. (4 is the warlock one that destroy the minion) especially for rogue class and all the shit you can do with malygos and copies.
rogue card too OP. 4 mana, clear the board and get back a potentially battlecry minion. at least 7 mana for that bro. (4 is the warlock one that destroy the minion) especially for rogue class and all the shit you can do with malygos and copies.
These custom card competitions aren't quite known for balance unfortunately. XD
I think Dragonbane is a really elegantly designed card, well balanced, thematic, and so it's no surprise it made it to the final poll. I really like how the double damage on 4 makes it do 8 damage to dragons, which just hits the sweet spot for most of the dragons (8/8, 4/8, usually also Twilight Drake), while not quite making it for the really tough ones (4/12). It also works decently against other minions, so is a solid pick for a dragon-strong meta while not punishing you too hard if you happen to queue up against something different.
I like the theme and effect of Flame Sweep, though it might be overpowered, I din't think it through too much.
I initially thought Tarecgos was way too OP as a cheaper and stronger Malygos for OTK decks. But then I realised that you couldn't realistically pull that off because you need to have a lot of dragons in your deck, diluting card-draw and OTK spell options. Also, if you draw down to near the end of your deck, you won't have many dragons left in it, so the bonus will be small. So that makes Tarecgos more of a board control option for a dragon-heavy mage deck, which is really nice.
Liking the submissions this week, it seems like most of these would fit right in with the next expansion. Would have to agree though that Flame Sweep is too powerful or cheap or both; it's essentially Shadowflame but you get to keep the Dragon.
Aside from mine I think I like Emerald Envoy and Dragon Breeder the best. Well-balanced and good effects without being overpowered.
This Week's Finalists
Competition Theme: This is Gonna Drag-on Forever
Congratulations once again to Adamaxes for winning WCDC 10.12. As the Year of the Dragons approaches the beginning of its end and with the new expansion about to descend upon us, this week's competition will be Dragon themed!
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
You can make ANY card that interacts with dragons, However:
Examples include: Dragonslayer, Dragon Speaker, Dragon Consort, and Dragonfire Potion
We have calculated the 8 entries with the highest scores!!
Check out all the finalists below and vote in our poll (vote for as many or as few as you like) to help decide the winner and be sure to check back after the poll finishes for the announcement of the winner and the start of a new theme!
By Annorei
By FallingPiano
By Covetousj
By Shrinkkk
By YoThats
By BonesDelux
By BMcGill
By Wailor
Yay! Happy voting!
How on Earth did Dragonbane get through? It's a fine card, sure, but something basically identical was on the Trump custom cards video about a month ago. Almost identical name (Trump's is Dragon's Bane), identical stats, almost identical effect (Trump's is triple damage). https://youtu.be/kN27nm8H3bw?t=925
Believe me or not, i'm not watching trump (or, well, anything related to hearthstone at all). It's just something basic and elegant, fits into theme just fine (and i'll not be surprised if blizzards indeed add a similar weapon in descent). Was trying to fit that effect into a 3/2 axe, or add a deathrattle effect, but in the end it seemed too much words or really bad stats for it's cost (not even close to Boulderfist Ogre).
Don't mind if i'm removed from the final poll, if you insist that unbelievably unique card design was stolen from trump
My votes go for Tarecgosa and Dragon Breeder, they are much better anyways.
I wasn't implying it was stolen - the point I'm trying to make is that, IMO, it's far less unique or creative if multiple people are coming up with the same idea. Really not trying to crap on your parade here - just saying, it's been done before on a pretty popular YT channel, and as such I was surprised that it got enough votes to make the final round.
rogue card too OP. 4 mana, clear the board and get back a potentially battlecry minion. at least 7 mana for that bro. (4 is the warlock one that destroy the minion) especially for rogue class and all the shit you can do with malygos and copies.
Shit, I forgot to put a Dragon tag on my card 🤦
These custom card competitions aren't quite known for balance unfortunately. XD
I think Dragonbane is a really elegantly designed card, well balanced, thematic, and so it's no surprise it made it to the final poll. I really like how the double damage on 4 makes it do 8 damage to dragons, which just hits the sweet spot for most of the dragons (8/8, 4/8, usually also Twilight Drake), while not quite making it for the really tough ones (4/12). It also works decently against other minions, so is a solid pick for a dragon-strong meta while not punishing you too hard if you happen to queue up against something different.
I like the theme and effect of Flame Sweep, though it might be overpowered, I din't think it through too much.
I initially thought Tarecgos was way too OP as a cheaper and stronger Malygos for OTK decks. But then I realised that you couldn't realistically pull that off because you need to have a lot of dragons in your deck, diluting card-draw and OTK spell options. Also, if you draw down to near the end of your deck, you won't have many dragons left in it, so the bonus will be small. So that makes Tarecgos more of a board control option for a dragon-heavy mage deck, which is really nice.
I like the flavour of Flame Sweep, but it needs to be 7 at least.
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I didn't vote for it for the same problem. Just too cheap for a good AoE and a possible advantage of repeating a Battlecry
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Liking the submissions this week, it seems like most of these would fit right in with the next expansion. Would have to agree though that Flame Sweep is too powerful or cheap or both; it's essentially Shadowflame but you get to keep the Dragon.
Aside from mine I think I like Emerald Envoy and Dragon Breeder the best. Well-balanced and good effects without being overpowered.
Congrats to BMcGill for being this week's champion! The next discussion forum is live for those who want to get crackin'.
If the poll's invisible, I'll post the data here.