Hearthpwn

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Thanks for the insight, I tried to rework the problematic ones. Are they better this way? Also, about the First Mate, would he be better if he couldn't be targeted by spells/hero powers? That way he will always trade with something, and couldn't be buffed up to the heavens. Although, Lightspawn could be turned into a 28/28 badass, but honestly, I've only seen that happen once. So, here are the new versions:

While "cannot be targeted" is sometimes warranted - I think it needs to be part of the purpose or flavor of the card, and not just a mechanical fix.

The real issue with the First Mate is that his Attack will revert to 6 if he ever gets silenced. Of course this would also require the use of a 2nd card - so I suppose he's fine.

Gnome Cleanser could probably be 4-mana, since he hits friend as well as foe.

Berserker should be much more expensive. In general, Windfury minions should be priced as if their Attack was 1.5 times the list value. If they have Charge that should go up to 2x the list value. The Berserker's ability is even stronger than Windfury. With the current stat values, 10-mana would not be too much to ask for this character.

Frenzy Can't Attack is an inherent property of a 0-Attack minion. I think it would cause undo confusion to change that for just this card. Also, I'm not entirely clear, if you cast it on an enemy minion, will they attack one of your character's, or one of your opponent's character's?

If the former, you can probably reduce the cost to 1-mana as it's effectively a random, 1-shot Windfury. If it's the latter, it can be used as either a Windfury OR a Shadow Madness (caster's choice) - and while the target of the attack is random, the damage is not capped at 3, so it should probably cost 4 or 5 mana.

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I hate to be so blunt... but no. Blizzard has already said they won't do cards with "enemy player discards" partly because it's no fun to be against.

Yes, other TCGs do it, but those games have graveyards. Hearthstone has no graveyard mechanic. When a card is used/dies, it's gone for ever (with the exception of some card effects that return a minion right after it dies). This means that each Hearthstone deck has a strict 30 cards and no more, this makes it that forcing a player to discard is just far too strong for this game to handle. The only time this will be considered is if Blizzard adds a graveyard of some kind.

Edit: I would like to add that the reason Warlocks have a discard mechanic in some of their cards, is because its a form of sacrifice which is very different from mill style cards that other TCGs run.

This is not an "enemy player discard" card cause this card effects both you and your enemy

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I find Voodoo priestess is too OP for 2 mana cost. Even the stats itself are worth more than 2 mana + although her ability can harm yourself too, the damage she does is just too massive for 2 mana cost.

I like the idea of Quartermaster. He can work in early game, but his ability keeps him as a danger for the player too. 

Captain Turncoat is far too OP. Imagine turn 3 (turn 2 with coin), you drop in the captain and the next turn, you silence him with the owl or with the spellbreaker. Bang, you got yourself a war golem for 3 mana. That's just nonono.

better?

I added so that he couldn't be attacked with spells or hero powers cause someone said that silence would make this card insanely good. Well If he survives then my opponent will give him back as soon as he attacks anyway. So it will just bounce around.

How would like the text to be like and what stats and cost would you like him to have?

Thanks for liking the idea :)

New effect: Fly. Minions with fly ignore the taunt effect of any enemy creature and can still attack the enemy hero directly.

I thought about flying. But the ruling I had in mind is: Flying (This minion can only be attacked by characters with Flying, and it can ignore Taunt from minions without flying.)

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OP?

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I hate to be so blunt... but no. Blizzard has already said they won't do cards with "enemy player discards" partly because it's no fun to be against.

Yes, other TCGs do it, but those games have graveyards. Hearthstone has no graveyard mechanic. When a card is used/dies, it's gone for ever (with the exception of some card effects that return a minion right after it dies). This means that each Hearthstone deck has a strict 30 cards and no more, this makes it that forcing a player to discard is just far too strong for this game to handle. The only time this will be considered is if Blizzard adds a graveyard of some kind.

Edit: I would like to add that the reason Warlocks have a discard mechanic in some of their cards, is because its a form of sacrifice which is very different from mill style cards that other TCGs run.

This is not an "enemy player discard" card cause this card effects both you and your enemy

It's still a forced discard. The card in it's current stat would mean that, even if the enemy player can deal with it the turn after it comes out, they've lost 2 cards to this one. There's almost no reason for everyone to NOT run 2 of this card in every one of their decks because the enemy will ALAWYS loose card advantage. Here's how things would go.

Turn 4 : Player 1 plays Crippled.

Player 2 : Draws card, discards random card. Cast card that destroys Cripple.

Already, that card just made a 2 for 1 exchange, guaranteed. The best thing Player 2 can hope for is to already have something on the field to deal with it, in which case Player 1 just needed to get something out on the field. Regardless, the opponent is for sure to loose 1 more card than the player who used it.

Personally, I really don't like cards that force you to discard, I really don't like the idea of discarding in Hearthstone, because there is no graveyard.

The only thing that would make this card work is to have the discard at the END of the turn. Even then, I don't like it because if Player 1 has an empty hand, then they can just top deck until Crippled is gone (not the best plan, but heck, it works in their favor if they're not discarding. In the end, forced discard is not fun.