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Personally, I don't really mind if this effect were to be put in Hearthstone (I believe it's an inevitability). However, what I do mind is that the effect uses up so much of the card text. I think using a keyword can easily address the issue (like MtG did with 'First Strike'), but I'm not entirely sure if that would be fine in-game though.

I made this card quite a while ago. What code do you think will it use?

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@0riginator: I'm not really convinced by the Hero Power, at least not based off the 3 sample cards you showed. Are the sacrifice effects you mentioned like Parasitic Overseer? Because the Hero Power makes me think of bigger sacrifices (if you're gonna be pumping out 2 0/2s that do nothing every turn) and the cards I've seen don't quite convey that. Would you mind showing a stronger sacrifice effect?

Also, did you have some particular partner for Shock Therapy in mind (some minion it works specially well with, other than Frothing Berserker)?

As for the Latent keyword, I like it. It has a lot of potential if there's enough variety of latent cards available.

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Reposting this since I didn't get feedback last time. Please let me know what you guys think!

The Mad Scientist

 

Unique Mechanic: Latent

Gameplay: Stats Distribution, Sacrifice, Slow & Steady OR Zerg Rush, Late Game Power Plays

So how does Latent work?

Basically, the card will always be on the bottom of your deck when the game starts and even when your deck is shuffled, Latent cards will still be at the bottom 'part' of your deck. Multiple cards with Latent will all be placed at the bottom 'part' or portion of your deck, but how they are arranged is still random - it's like having a second deck beneath your initial deck.

 

Sorry but I think this has a looot of problems.

First, Latent doesn't seem like it's deserving of a keyword. You could've just wrote "Always at the bottom of your deck".  Even then, it's not a very exciting card considering you won't ever see it most of the time. This is different when, instead of simply at the bottom of the deck, you indeed utilize the "second deck" mechanic you mentioned, e.g. "Draw a Latent card." Now THAT I would like to see.
Second, There's an inherent problem to giving minions permanent Attack stat debuffs, and that's ending up with 0 Attack minions, becoming useless. You can lock your opponent's board if they have all 0 Attack minions.
Third, I'm not seeing any synergy between your hero power, first, second and third cards. Because of this, it seems like your class lacks direction, just a mish mash of ideas.

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Reposting this to get more ideas. Please let me know what you guys think!

The Mad Scientist

Unique Mechanic: Latent

Gameplay: Stats Distribution, Sacrifice, Slow & Steady OR Zerg Rush, Late Game Power Plays

So how does Latent work?

Basically, the card will always be on the bottom of your deck when the game starts and even when your deck is shuffled, Latent cards will still be at the bottom 'part' of your deck. Multiple cards with Latent will all be placed at the bottom 'part' or portion of your deck, but how they are arranged is still random - it's like having a second deck beneath your initial deck.

 I really like your Class's mechanic because it allows to play more strategically. While this idea is obvious, I think you should a few class-exclusive Silence into your core set. However, I really don't like your Latent mechanic given that it is pretty OP in Aggro decks with a lot of drawing and reduce the need for them to lose because they just need to hold out until the late game to draw into their big cards to finish off the control deck.

I've never really thought of including Silence effects into the class, but given it's synergy with you debuffing your own minions, I'll consider adding a few (maybe not in the classic set). As for the Latent mechanic, I don't plan on making too many cards with an inherent Latent effect precisely for this reason - maybe one every other expansion. Cards with Latent are to be made OP, but with the downside of drawing them very late into the game; if I make too many, the supposed downside of the mechanic itself will be rendered moot, and I don't want that. I also don't want to make the mechanic (and the cards that utilize it) feel like it supports going aggro with this class, although I do have plans to include some cards that support the general idea of going aggressive.

Thanks for the feedback!

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[The Hero Power] is gated through a sheer 4 mana (you can only use Forewarning the same turn you used Foresight), which I hope makes it sufficiently balanced.

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 Also, I have a specific balancing concern:

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So, I've been told having negative and potentially negative effects as Prophecies was not a good idea and I want opinions on that. My intention was to open up the possibility of creating a kind of deck that forsook Scrying entirely and focused on cheap but negative Prophecies that can't trigger if they aren't Scried. Is that something I should give up on?

It still technically gives Armor...

Next: A statement. SNIPED!

Next: A neutral "no duplicates" card, doesn't have to be legendary. It could even be a spell.

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Would really like some feedback on this idea of mine:

Class: Trader

 

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I've just arrived to this competition, and I have three themes in mind. 

What do you guys think will be more fun - a 'Dark Vindicator' or 'Fel Knight' class based on Tyrant Velhari from Hellfire Citadel, with unholy and fel seals and auras and stuff; a 'Chronomancer' based off the Nightborne and their timey wimey stuff; or rather a 'Lorewalker', with 'story' cards that will allow me to draw from countless stories and Legends from Azeroth's history? 

No. 25 (Pikachu) and No. 26 (Raichu)

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@0riginator:

I think the hero power is quite interesting. But I've got a question: If your board is empty, can you still use it? Normally, effects like that can trigger on an empty board. I'm not sure if that was your intention. Also, I have a general aversion to hero powers that have the potential to be completely useless, but that's just me. Maybe you have a lot of synergy with the tokens, but I'm not seeing it yet.

Shock Therapy is kind of super-complicated and takes a long time to explain on the card text, but I get it. It can be pretty good if you're running big stuff. It's also kinda like Shadowflame, in a sense. I'm not a fan, but it can work.

Parasitic Overseer: I'd add an 'if you do' in between the two sentences. That way, if you play him on an empty board, you don't get a better Totem Golem. Or maybe that was your intention?

Aberrant Monstrosity is... OK, I guess. That's all I have to say.

About your Mechanic: First off, I'm not sure this needs to be a keyword. I think it'd be fine without being a keyword.

Secondly - I looked at it at first and was like 'okay, but why would I run a card that's always at the bottom of my deck? doesn't that just force me to go to fatigue or go bust?' but then I thought a bit more and realised that if you run a ton of these, you can essentially thin out your deck and increase its consistency in the earlier part of the game, while making running big stuff less risky cuz it won't clog up your opening hand. Of course, there'd have to be a lot of Latent cards for that to be a viable option, but it's something to think about.

So here's what I came up with. Please let me know what you guys think!

The Mad Scientist

Unique Mechanic: Latent

Gameplay: Stats Distribution, Sacrifice, Slow & Steady OR Zerg Rush, Late Game Power Plays

So how does Latent work?

Basically, the card will always be on the bottom of your deck when the game starts and even when your deck is shuffled, Latent cards will still be at the bottom 'part' of your deck. Multiple cards with Latent will all be placed at the bottom 'part' or portion of your deck, but how they are arranged is still random - it's like having a second deck beneath your initial deck.

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Behold, the Faerie Dragon class. Her name means "captivating power"

The class focuses on controlling both sides of the board, including summoning weak minions to the opponent's side as a drawback but also using them to your advantage. The hero power has obvious synergy with Dragon support, providing you with a means to always have a Dragon in hand guaranteeing value from those cards. Despite there being other classes with a Dragon focus (Priest in particular) this will also be the only class which actually supports Dragons on the battlefield (all other Dragon support only involves Dragons in hand)

(Say "Whelp Laid" out loud)

I chose 3 cards whose purpose is very clear given the above description. Not all cards in the class will be like this but it's some simple examples of the mechanics I'm pursuing. Hungry Lizard's stats may be a bit over the top, I might change it to a 3/3.

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Shadow Hunter

        

Can't make the description of the Hero Power fit in four lines (with the "Hero Power" included), not sure if that matters? I might considder making him a Witch Doctor, but I also found it fitting in Shadow Hunter (+ I got a lot of ideas that would fit a Shadow Hunter perfectly). These cards aren't finals. The idea is to make a class that focus a lot on its Hero Power. What do you think :) ?

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So my idea a ramp / buff class that focuses on a single minion. Multiple cards would buff a 'Prototype', a specific 1/1 minion that the player may only control one of. Like Jade Golems, it will have a keyword: Prototype.



Let's say you cast a spell that reads: "Give your Prototype +2/+2." If you have a Prototype minion already, it gets +2/+2. Simple. If you don't have one, then summon a 1/1 Prototype and give it +2/+2. If you have more than one (Duplicate, Faceless Manipulator), give one of them the buff at random.

My only concern is there are two routes I could go. I could obviously make this a mech themed hero. I also had the idea to make it a Forsaken / Scourge themed hero, where the Prototype is an Abomination being pieced together. This might be thematically more interesting. I'm still looking into ideas and other themes to explore. Let me know what you think!