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The Custom Class Competition is back for its seventh iteration! With the success of the previous format, it has been decided to bring it all back for another round, with a couple of minor adjustments.

This is the Discussion Thread! Ask for feedback, return the favour, ask questions, etc. here.

Do NOT post your submission here.
The Submission Thread is here.

Overview

1. All contestants will create one custom class, following the layout of Demon Hunter.
   1. There will be a total of 45 cards to be made.
2. All contestants will select one out of the three expansions for their custom class to arrive in-game: Ashes of Outland, Scholomance, and Darkmoon Faire. These are the three sets that came after the arrival of Demon Hunter. 
   
3. The contest will run for 4 weeks.
   1. Week One: 10 Basic cards.
   2. Week Two: 10 "Initiate" cards.
   3. Week Three: The other 10 "Initiate" cards.
   4. Week Four: 15 expansion cards.
   5. "Initiate" means the supplemental 20 cards Blizzard printed for Demon Hunter. Yours do not have to be named Initiate set.

Challenge

Demon Hunter's Basic Set introduced cards with both Lifesteal and Rush, both keyword new to the Basic keyword pool. In addition, Rogue's Basic Set rework introduced Poisonous to the Basic set.

Your challenge is to have at least one Basic card with either Rush, Lifesteal or Poisonous.

Clarification: The list of Basic Set keywords is Battlecry, Taunt, Spell Damage, Windfury, Divine Shield, Charge, Rush, Lifesteal, Poisonous.

Submission Format

You must adhere to the following rules or risk disqualification:

1. Unless otherwise stated, you are allowed three cards to showcase. All other cards must be hidden in a spoiler.
2. You may include flavour texts. For the showcase cards, their texts do not need to be spoilered.
3. You may include a single banner at the top of your submission post. It may not be overly fancy. This is entirely subjective and the moderators have the right to remove a banner they feel is too fancy and, therefore, gives an inherent advantage over other posts. 
   1. Golden cards are not allowed, nor are huge images that feature your cards with a background.
   2. If you choose to include other images other than a banner, they must be hidden behind a spoiler.

Rules

• How is the Initiate set split in half?
  • There are 8 commons, 6 rares, 4 epics, and 2 legionaries. That makes splitting the Initiate set in half rather easy.
  • For Weeks Two and Three, contestants will create 4 commons, 3 rares, 2 epics, and 1 legendary.
• What expansions can I choose from?
  • You may select either Ashes of Outland, Scholomance Academy, or Darkmoon Faire.
• Uh oh spaghettios, class cycles.
  • You must have at least one all-class cycle. All-class, in this context, means both a cycle shared between all 9 classes, or a cycle that the League of EVIL classes or Explorers classes share.
  • While, at first, it seems to make sense that your custom class should adhere to all all-class cycles in a given expansion, Demon Hunter did not have a Prime legendary, therefore you only need to use one such cycle. 
  • To clarify, here are the all-class cycles you may choose from:
    
    
    • AoO: There is no cycle shared between all classes.
      • However, 9/10 classes have a Prime legendary and 9/10 classes have a Dormant minion.
    • Scholomance Academy: Dual-class cards.
      • Dual-class cards present a major logistics challenge. Depending on how many entries decide to choose this expansion as their starting point, the solution to this challenge will differ.
    • Madness at the Darkmoon Faire: One class Corrupt card (Rogue and Warrior have one, while Priest has three, all other classes have two)
• What about card cycles not shared between all nine classes, like Studies spell cards, or Aspirant cards?
  • You may pick and choose from those.
• What about Hero Cards?
  • I have decided to disallow Hero Cards. While I am aware Warlock came with Jaraxxus in their Classic set, I feel as though a new class receiving a massive power spike in the form of a Hero Card while other classes did not in that expansion will create an even worse problem DH did upon arrival.
• Can I rename the "Initiate" set to whatever I want?
  • Yes.
• What watermarks do I use?
  • For the "Initiate" set, you can use whatever watermark you think makes the most sense.
• Do I have to follow the rarity distribution of the Demon Hunter Initiate set?
  
  • Yes.
  • You may not introduce a Legendary spell or Hero in the Initiate set as there are none in the current Demon Hunter example we've been given.
• Do I need to adhere to Warcraft lore?
  • The short answer: no.
  • The long answer: Try your best to do so. Even if your Hero is not a character found in Warcraft, you can still achieve a general feel of Warcraftiness by using in-game place names and references. Put in the work and use some elbow grease. Do your research on WoWwiki.
• Do I need class-exclusive keyword?
  • No.
• Can I do a Monk or Death Knight class?
  • No.

Competition Process

Week 1: December 16th - December 23nd
Week 2: December 24th - December 31st.
Week 3: January 1st - January 8th
Week 4: January 9th - January 16th

Man, I know its Christmas and all, but, alas, I already had this one.  I eagerly await the Black Temple Card back, which was from 2 months before I started.   I'm jealous every time I see it haha

This has been a known issue for years. (Though its happening more lately) Its a glitch that has something to do with currency exchanges to get around gambling laws in certain countries.

Thank goodness there are 9 other classes to play

You mentioned that you think my statement being misleading, but consider this: Basically ALL stats are misleading in some way or another.   For instance, you show stats from ONE deck, across ALL levels of play, which obviously is by its nature misleading.  It doesn't account for the skill of the opponent, for one.  Im sure the played WR is much lower at legend rank than it does at say, bronze 8, for instance.  Also, this doesn't account for playing it from a win-more position, where the outcome of the game was not changed, or tilted dudes who auto-concede when they see it drop.  Just a thought.  And although I respect your opinon, in my personal experience, I haven't had much of an issue with Tickatus beating me

As a side note, not everyone who has a different opinion than yours is naïve or ignorant.  We just see it differently is all and thats cool.

Quote from OsirianTorus >>

all these scott tenormans in here. sad that tickatus is in theyre chili

 Its getting too spicy in Flavortown

I think the solution is that even when corruped it should still remove 5 cards from your deck so:

Battlecry: Remove 5 cards from your deck

Corrupt: and your opponent's

Pilgrim DID recieve a nerf, as it used to cast a COPY of a spell in your deck, now it removes the spell from your deck during the battlecry.  But, I could still see including it as a failsafe for not drawing your potions soon enough.  ( Maybe not 2 copies tho, imo)

J Alexander's shuffle stealth rogue is pretty sweet

Pandarian Panda

3 mana 3/3

Battlecry:  "Ska-doosh!" the enemy hero

XD