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Good luck to everyone this round! Interesting challenge, although I have to be honest that I needed to double check the Initiate set to see which minion had the Spellstone mechanic (poor overshadowed Nethrandamus).

The Engineer's introductory set will be The Journeyman Set as it's the second level of Engineering recipes in WoW (was initially going to call this The Apprentice set but....yeah).

 The class's unique keyword is Surge:

Surge represents the Engineer harnessing the normally wasted energy from overpowering foes and putting it to good use. Hopefully that's clear/immediately grokkable; If you see or think of any unclear interactions let me know. Original thought was to have it randomly split among all enemies (including the enemy hero), but that ended up limiting my design space since excessive excess could be immediately game ending.

I'm envisioning this having come out during The Boomsday Project (really my only science-y options were TBT or Goblins v. Gnomes haha)

The Journeyman cards I have so far:

Goblin Tinkerer was my homage to the tri-class Discover cards of MSoG, I've always had a soft spot for ways to shake up the Discover presentation.

I have creator commentary/discussion to go along with these but I kind of want to get immediate reactions first without tipping the feedback.

Submission wise, I think I'll split them up into Surge and Spell Damage buckets, with the first week being the more Surge and "attack random enemy" focused cards (ending with Octavian Gearlegs) and the second week being Bilgewhizzle's time to shine.  Figure Surge should go first since it's the newest/flashiest.

I have a small question before I start making the cards, just to avoid isuues like the last time. Can I include secrets and Stealth cards in my initiate set?

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I have a small question before I start making the cards, just to avoid isuues like the last time. Can I include secrets and Stealth cards in my initiate set?

 Yes, the 'Initiate' is like the Classic set so everything (barring set specific keywords) is on the table.  And based on DH's Initiate set Discover and Rush are core (as opposed to set specific) mechanics, so even though its not present in the original 9 classes Classic cards we can include it here.

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Okay let's beggin ! I'm planning on tying my class to Journey to Un'goro (which is still absent form the list of expansions in the FAQ...) an since MSoG won't be a part of the competition, I decided to give it some love with a hand buff card. I'm also introducing a new keyword ! I made 10 cards with that keyword, trying to explore it as much as possible. I might split them across the 2 parts of what I decided to call the Pioneer Set or group them all in the same submission.

The Primalist:

So my new keyword : Channel ! I designed it to explore tribal synergies and emulate the flavor of family in my class.

So it might not be exactly clear what I mean. Let me elaborate. Cards with Channel have a targetted effect when you play them. If you target a minion with a tribe (Beast, Murloc, Elemental, etc), then the effect will target all minions with the same tribe. The targets must be in the same zone of the game so if the first target is a minion on the board, it will only target other minions on the board and if the first target is a card in your deck it will only target other cards in you deck. Spells and weapons don't have tribes and so do many minions so they would be the only target. Heroes mostly don't have a tribe either but Lord Jaraxxus is an interesting precedent... Let me show you the cards :

                                         

As you can see, I couldn't decide between using it alone or with a colon. The thing is, I don't want minion's attacks to be affected by the keyword which the colon helps disambiguate but I find it a bit more elegant without it... What do you like best ?

I tried to explore as many effects as I could think of and I quite like how it turned out. I'm a bit worried that the class might not have a clear identity but tribal synergies are such core to the whole that it might be alright.

 

 Hmm, this is tricky.  On the one hand, I intuitively get the intention of the keyword, but in practice the actual mechanics can be headscratching, as your uncertainty about whether to include the colon indicates.  The only thing I'm really sure of is that I think you should take 'target' out of the tooltip description, because if you're including random effects ("give a random minion in hand +1/+1", "attack a random enemy") then those by definition aren't targeted.

Might need to ask others more rules literate than me if this hotfix makes sense, but I would suggest making it a more reactive/follow through keyword.  So for Dining Dino, instead of "Channel: Deal 2 damage" (which makes it unclear if the normal attacks also hit all minions of the same tribe) it would be "Battlecry: Deal 2 damage, then Channel," with Channel being described as something like "If this affected a minion with a tribe, it also affects all other minions of that tribe."

Bloodburner Apprentice Set 1

 For old mechanic: the 'cast this again' thing from WotFT (see Defile, Spreading Plague, Roll the Bones)

Question: Do we have to do anything expansion related yet? From my understanding that only comes to play in the last stage of the comp. In my case for Rastakhan's Rumble, i don't have to make a Loat/Spirit until Week 4, right?

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Hey guys! Before going on with the set, I'd like to know if you guys think this keyword is understandable enough.

Here's a couple of test cards with the keyword:

Can you easily understand what they do? I understand them just fine but maybe I'm biased since I made them. Thanks for the help!

I really like the idea, and the word "Bloom" fits the effecy perfectly. I just hope you don't overuse it, because usually it's really though to keep a speciffic number of cards in hand.

For clarification, our new classes don't NEED to have a new keyword, right? I got unsure, because all classes shown here have one xD

Greetings. I will be presenting you with the Apprentice set for the Witch class.

The Witch class will be using the Saviors of Uldum expansion. The first 10 cards of the Apprentice set I will be revealing today focus on more familiar synergy with some more control cards. The deck variants I am looking to push forward at the end of the 20 Apprentice cards is a Deathrattle/Familiar and Control Witch.

Keyword

This keyword can make for some interesting plays and synergies with certain cards.

Cards

 Challenge Card

 Tokens

 Hoping for some feedback! Thanks.

Ok, thanks again for all the feedback guys!  Glad that Surge seems to be a success.  Big immediate changes are as follows:

Originally designed Octavian as this class's Grommash Hellscream, but Rush does just make more sense.  Steamwheedle was just me being dumb and not crosschecking names, won't be my first time making that mistake I'm guessing.

Chief Bilgewhizzle was me trying to make a simple but flashy Legendary effect, but I think it's too much to balance with the rest of the class.  I toyed around with some other numbers to see if I could make it work, but I feel like it's too much hassle when it would warp available design space if done wrong.

Mechano-Lord Capacitus is my replacement.  In lieu of a simple (but OP) effect, it's a quirky build around. The Wish is from the Dungeon Run treasures.  It's obviously a hugely massive effect if you get it off, but the necessary game long buildup and fact that the opponent has a turn's notice to get ready is hopefully enough of a downside to make up for the payoff.  I'd also think this would satisfy the 'past mechanic' challenge?

As for the feedback on other specific cards:

Dual Sheller - I acknowledge this is a strictly better Arcanite Reaper, but I'm operating under the assumption that non-Basic weapons can be strictly better than Basic weapons of the same cost.  For instance, Fiery War Axe v. Eaglehorn Bow.

Target Lock - I admit the wording is janky, but I'm not sure if switching the costs (so it costs 6 but can get a reduction) would work.  Specifically, if you only had 2 mana wouldn't the game not let you choose the spell and target a minion because you didn't have enough for the base Cost? With my wording it would allow you to choose it and target, but then would render invalid if you picked an undamaged target. Unlike something like Crush this mana reduction is target, not board state, specific. Note that if my understanding of the game code is off, and that you'd be able to select and target with a (6) cost spell on turn 2, I'll switch over to the cleaner wording.

Burly Beating - It is intended to be a finisher card, albeit one that you have to set up properly.  Essentially, the card allows you to use your minions normal attacks as you wish, and then unleash another round of attacks. The ideal would be to clear out the enemy minions with spells, which allows you to effectively give your board of minions Windfury for the turn (they attack face once, then get forced to attack again with the spell).  If there are minions it becomes more of a RNG where you use your initial attacks as you want and then hope the random attacks hit the right targets in the right sequence, but I actually like the feel of Mass Hysteria so mileage may vary.

Phlogiston Ranger - I might be missing something with the OP v. Midrange concern? Since the Immune boost only covers the attack the enemy is still able to use their turn to hit your minions.

Thanks again for the feedback.  And now my comments:

@Noah_McGrath

Mostly agree with everyone else's comments, it's a well designed hero power and set of cards.  Vulcanus can be powered up some (I like the previously mentioned idea to reduce the cost of the dragon added to your hand), and while I'm jealous I didn't think of Flame Sweep's text myself I'm also not sure how it'd play.  It definitely feels very swingy, and I'm sure would lead to some fun streams.

@McF4rtson

So I'm clear, would this be functionally identical to how The Caverns Below triggers off cards with the same name (so the second copy of Overt Operative you play in a game has its Reprise triggered), or is the intention that Reprise cares about each specific card (so that you have to bounce or otherwise replay each of your Overt Operatives to give them Charge)?  Based on Be Water I'm guessing it's the former, but just wanted to make sure.  Fluttering Breeze is fun already (mostly for reminding me of fun Slay the Spire deck builds). I'm a little hesitant about always on Immune (a while back I made a thread feeling out what would happen with permanently Immune minions and the responses made me realize it could get crazy) but finding the legendary and playing it four times might be enough of a hurdle to justify it.

@Anatomy_of_Time

Once again, really glad we went down such divergent paths even with similar hero powers haha!  Of these I really like Ancient Sporecrown, and especially liked that you cracked the 'one off Spell Damage +2' effect with Untapped Energy. My personal hangup is that I don't tend to like effects that require an empty hand, but the ones you have here seem balanced and Incoming Drought at least lets you plan ahead. For Eliana I'd say go with the (5) cost 3/5 version. I get the hesitance with the increased burst potential, but it also requires a lot of turns of set up and works against the lower Bloom effects.

@SoupCake

Is the intention of Blood Pact that it will only trigger once, or that it gives the minion a sort of "every time this takes damage" effect? I assume the latter, but the wording of the tooltip makes it seem like a two step/one off process (cast spell on minion, it takes damage and triggers, Blood Pact gone).  If it is the latter, why is it a spell only effect and not a minion keyword? That is, why is it something you always have to spend a card to give to a minion, rather than potentially something a minion can have automatically.

Plague Lord Sik is great, an awesome and flavorful Legendary.  Some of the cards feel a bit OP though. Witchslayer needs to have that direct damage number dialed down or maybe made minion only, but as is it would be on par with something like Ragnaros! Bleed is less glaring, but you've effectively made a straightforward "Deal 4 damage to a minion for (2)" when that vanilla effect costs (3).  Bad Omen is a great effect, but also one of those things where you have to balance between doubling up on a game breaking Deathrattle or whiffing.

@SideItem

Thanks for your suggestions. Just to clarify, Blood Pact can trigger more than once. I should have made that clear. I'll have Blood Pact on minions in the next 10, I wanted to do it on spells for now. 

Changes:

I'd like to hear feedback about this change. I realize now that the wording is a bit hard to read on the first card so I changed up the design to make it trigger Blood Pact for some more combos.

No idea what I was thinking when making it deal 8 damage. I tuned down the power a bit to make it less powerful.

@Klipce

I kind of have a strange feeling on some of your cards. Channel as a whole seems to encourage monotribe decks. Imagine how crazy some of these are in raw murloc or even mech decks, for instance, or Zandalari Explosion in an expensive elemental/dragon deck.

In my opinion, Windblown Apexis could use a buff, either to 2/6, wich would make it harder to kill before you can take advantage of the tribal buffs, or to 3/5, to match it with Grook Fu Master, thus making it easier to meet conditions to make this minion strong in cross tribals. I like the idea of shrinking Menagerie Magician, even if collides with Zoobot. Also, I love the Savage Lightning, it works on so many levels and in combination with your other cards, it's pretty much my favorite card from the whole class.