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Quote from Shatterstar1998 >>

 

Wax Caller is super solid, I like it. Great to slow down fast decks. I <i>think</i> the first Cube design is better since a 2/4 is a better body than a 3/3.

Quote from Darksun200 >>

 

Hmmm this is a very specific design. I think it would be better if it automatically destroyed minions with 0-Attack instead.  That way, you don't have to use a keyword not found in the game.

Quote from Pharune >>

Looks good to me. Good anti-swarm/token. However, it being a dragon is both a blessing and a curse; yeah it enables other cards to synergize but this card is *awful* to discover or randomly generate as you generally want big dragons.

Quote from Machinarium216 >>

Looks good to me. Don't forget the Mech tag (and perhaps find a better picture?)

Quote from DeraVCC >>

 

I like Zenegos a lot now! It's a temporary 2 mana *huge* Spell Damage buffer but requires you to already have spell damage and once its played, doesn't really do much else. It *is* a dragon though, which enables a lot of synergy. Not bad at all.

Drek'thar... hmmmmmmm. I'm just worried that this is too backbreaking if coined out Turn 1. I think he works with his current stats if you give him "Can't attack heroes" which goes along with his blindness. You could even give him 1 extra point of Health with that extra line of text added, so he can more easily attack the same target twice for removal purposes.

Now, Zul. He doesn't work. He has no downsides whatsoever, which defeats the purpose of him being overstatted. Typically, overstatted minions have a drawback. To quote myself:

I do realize both Kindly Grandmother and Grandmummy both do not have a "downside", per se (you can argue Grandmummy requires you to have a board established, while Big Bad Wolf is a weak play on the turn it is played)

Zul generates card advantage  as well as tempo (mana reduction) while having excellent stats. There is basically no realistic situation he is bad in. You could keep this concept by having him draw but *increase* the cost of those cards he drew by 1 instead. 

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Quote from Covetousj >>

 

 A battlecry minion can’t target itself...

It's not a target, it is a randomly casted spell. So, like Yogg Hexing himself, this will do the same.

Quote from Soulbattle >>

 

Hmmmm I think the first is most balanced, but the third is the coolest. I don't like the stats of the third since Neferset Thrasher is so much better in nearly all cases.

Quote from TheArcanist236 >>

 

Super high variance. The idea is really neat though. In my opinion, as I dislike swingy cards, I'd say just "increase its cost by (2) (but not more than 10)."

Quote from Covetousj >>

 I reviewed your first minion before. I like the Rogue one the most, as it could possibly be support for Stealth in Rogue.

Quote from t3lecast3r >>

 

Please read over the tutorial on how to post an image. As for the cards themselves, well... The purpose of this challenge was to, more or less, create cards that are overstatted but have a drawback. I do realize both Kindly Grandmother and Grandmummy both do not have a "downside", per se (you can argue Grandmummy requires you to have a board established, while Big Bad Wolf is a weak play on the turn it is played), yours has no downsides whatsoever. It's a 2/4 for 2 mana, already very good. Then, it generates card advantage for you, the token then *also* having another positive effect.

Quote from Imhappyfou >>

 

Hmmmm yeah. As another person said, I'm not sure the effect this card has justifies *extra* stats. If anything, since it is a positive for you, it should have less than optimal stats. How about both players have to reveal their drawn cards?

Quote from CakeEater >>

 

Ooook... now, I'm not so sure about this card. I see you've already submitted this card so I apologize for not being able to give you feedback sooner. Honestly, this card feels like Keleseth except:

a) No deck building restriction
b) A second element of RNG, besides drawing this minion turn 1 or 2, that is, drawing the curse.

I understand that you have the curse card as a way to balance this card, but it honestly just *doubles* the RNG involved with Keleseth. You either draw him early and win, or you draw him, then draw the curse a few turns later and you just lost the game. Alternative idea: You can give the curse to your opponent's hand, and have it cost 5 or so. I'd consider this a minor change, so if you like that idea or have something similar that does not alter the card too much, you can go ahead and change it.

Quote from xOwleyex >>

 

You underestimate how valuable the coin is for certain decks. Without Thaurissian, this card is a very potent combo enabler in Standard. Its simple, but it will definitely see experimentation.

Quote from ZiombalaBoms >>

 

Hmmm I feel like it's a rather niche effect. It works, I suppose. 

Quote from user-30226470 >>

 

As someone noted, this would be better without the Quest restriction. It's fairly similar to Grandmummy in how it operates though, and paladin already has a decent 2 mana reborn class card. 

Quote from DeraVCC >>

 

 It still doesn't meet the requirements. Please read over them more carefully.

Quote from Covetousj >>

 

Hmmm interesting. I'd give this to shaman, though, since Hex is a little odd as a Warlock card. 

Quote from LordofBots >>

Looks solid.

Quote from Pumpkin03 >>

 

I would avoid custom keywords, as we do not provide a tooltip if this were to make it to the finalist poll. And yeah, this an invalid submission. 

Quote from DaLizardWizard >>

 

Looks like a grandma to me, haha. Interesting tech card. 

Quote from Blightcaller >>

Doesn't meet competition requirements.

Quote from Screwjank >> 

4/4 on 2 mana hmmm. It's not actually that bad, since the initial 1/3 is a poor stat line and the 3/1 can easily be cleared by an opposing zoolock who went first, or mage, rogue, or druid. Still, it is a solid zoo-like card that some classes will find hard to deal with early-game. Now that I think about it, this card is almost better in every way compared to Kindly Grandmother. You might need a different idea.

I will review the rest at a later date.

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Competition Theme: Respect Your Elders

Congratulations once again to Wailor for winning WCDC 10.3. His initial idea was to have a contest centered around grandmothers. Yep. We honestly couldn't think of a fitting mechanical challenge for that so we instead went for:

Competition-Specific Restrictions:

• You must make a 2-mana minion.
• It must have or give total stats of more than 5, non-inclusive. (River Crocolisk does not work, for example.)
• The original examples of this are the only two grandmother cards in Hearthstone: Kindly Grandmother and Grandmummy. After much thought, we realized that both these cards are over-statted. Kindly Grandmother is a 1/1, then a 3/2, for a total of 7 stats. Grandmummy is a 1/2, then a 1/1, but also gives out +2/+2 in buffs for a total of 9 stats.
• Other non-grandmother examples include: Totem Golem (7 stats), Millhouse Manastorm (8 stats), Booty Bay Bookie (6 stats)
• If you use grandmother or art with older women in it, bonus points!

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 Competition Process

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