Hearthpwn

Just to be clear.

They are working on a mobile game. That investment they just received was from NetEase. Yes, that's the same company that made Diablo Immortal. I do hold more optimism for Second Dinner's mobile titles than Blizzard's as the former really seem to be passionate about their projects. Regardless, this should dispel any disappointments from early misconceptions.

Source: https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/3/18167154/former-hearthstone-devs-marvel-game-second-dinner

Idea behind Expansion (MUST READ):

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"For those who are willing to learn the most mystic powers amongst others."

Note: Every school has an exclusive keyword.

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 Classes: Mage and Shaman

"For those who are willing to become one with the ley-lines around us."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Stabilize (X): After this minion's battlecry occurs, spend X mana. If you can't, destroy this minion.

Classes: Shaman and Warlock

"For those who are willing to sacrifice anything for power."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Cursed: Whenever you play a card, destroy this minion.

Classes: Warlock and Priest

"For those who are willing to embrace one's duality."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Jealousy: If your hero has less Health than your opponent's hero...

Classes: Priest and Paladin

"For those who are willing to protect others at all costs."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Support: Whenever you summon a minion with less Attack or Health than this minion, give it +1/+1.

Classes: Paladin and Warrior

"For those who are willing to put themselves in harm's way and execute orders without exemption."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Guardian: Whenever this minion takes damage, gain that much Armor.

Classes: Warrior and Rogue

"For those who are willing to recognize that strength and intellect are no match for fear and respect."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Intimidated: If you are holding a weapon...

 

Classes: Rogue and Druid

"For those who are willing to find enlightenment before and after death."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Chi Spirit: Add a copy of this card to your hand without Chi Spirit

Classes: Druid and Hunter

"For those who are willing to speak in the language of nature and the universe."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Awaken: This card is a permanent card that cannot be destroyed. Transform this card into a minion if the following condition is met.

Classes: Hunter and Mage

"For those who are willing to explore the infinite reaches of arcane sciences."

School's Exclusive Keyword:

Recursion: This spell costs (1) more for each enemy minion on the battlefield. Recast this spell for each enemy minion on the battlefield. (e.g. A (1) mana spell with Recursion that draws a card will draw 7 cards and cost (7) if there are 6 enemy minions on the battlefield).

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Classes: All 26 other combinations

"For those who are willing to accept themselves as an outcast."

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"For those who are willing to seek simplicity in the arts."

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"For those who are willing to toy with the strings of magic."

Theme: Discover Spells and Minion Position Importance

"For those who are willing to connect with every being and spirit."

Theme: Hybrid Tribal Cards

"For those who are willing to turn their greatest weakness into unimaginable power."

Theme: Anti-drawback 

"For those who are willing to continue to aid the helpless when others have failed."

Theme: Fatigue Syngery and Mill Cards

"For those who are willing to strengthen others by leadership and tactics."

Theme: Buff and Debuff spells

"For those who are willing to play the strategic game of war."

Theme: Abilities that trigger on your opponent's turn

"For those who are willing to see a vast ocean in a mere puddle."

Theme: 0-attack minion synergy

"For those who are willing to understand that the most cowardly thing to do is to not run away, but rather to run blindly forward."

Theme: Evasion

"For those who are willing to aim without ever looking."

Theme: Spell Synergy

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"For those who are unwilling to decide."

New Keyword:

Recruited: Whenever you play a card that belongs to only 2 classes...

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 P.S. For funnsies, I might put the people who have critiqued my cards as easter eggs within my future cards (E.g. Rene Discardes references me! Rene Descartes was the one who first said "Cogito Ergo Sum" which means "I think; therefore, I am").

This is totally not me reminding myself how to post cards in the proper dimensions...

Quote from Lathy >>

Cheers to all who votes for it! It wasn't the biggest surprise reading the comments in the discussion topic, but I thought that you, SDhn2a, or Cogito might've gotten away with it ;)

Congrats Lathy! It was well deserved, and it keeps reminding me that DISCARDLOCK SHOULD BE A THING YOU READIN THIS BLIZZARD?! BUFF IT TO OBLIVION!

 

Quote from Wailor >>

I know this fancy formula you use to select the finalists, but how do you decide how many of them are chosen?

A very simple formula. Take the total number of submissions, divide them by 10, round to the nearest multiple of 4 (so it looks nice on the poll).

So we have 80 submissions, divide that by 10 you get 8, and since it's already a multiple of 4, we keep it as 8.

Examples:

• If you have 167 submissions, then you'll get 16 finalists.
• If you have 189 submissions, you should get 20 finalists
• If you have 131 submissions, you should have 12 finalists.

Glad you liked my card. ^-^

Do note that you're gonna have to a) have a completely empty board when you spam Samuro, b) have the exact cards you need in your hand in the exact order you want to play them from right to left, c) dodge literally any AoE that deals at least 2 damage for one turn because note that the first time you play this, Sam's reduction will ONLY affect his Echo card because it'll stay there until the end of turn, which makes the Echo mechanic a lovely balancing tool.

Also note that the main viable Rogue decks atm are tempo/aggro/midrangey decks, and Sam only really works in a Control/Combo deck with the latter being kinda hard to set up.

Hope that explains why I balanced him as such.

"MEDIC! Oh wait, wrong card."

Based on the Warcraft 3 Character introduced alongside Rexxar and Chen, Samuro is a Blademaster seeking vengeance for his slaughtered hometown. He's well-known for having the ability to clone himself into sqwishy clones that overwhelm the enemy. Hope you like this interpretation of him into card form. :D.

All of these are not balanced whatsoever. These ideas were also made in the last minute. Eh. YOLO. Your thoughts?

 

And for those who are wondering what their current rankings are...again...

"The mathing intensifying intensifies"

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Current Rankings!
Those Advancing to the Next Phase Are Green.

1. DoctorWhoops
2. linkblade91
3. KingKuba
4. Tomerick88
5. CheeseETC
6. Shatterstar1998
7. ThisOtherGuyTox
8. waterwalker
9. dropdead
10. Phoenixfeather
11. Vilegloom
12. ShadowsOfSense
13. teknician
14. mrobjectionman
15. aaro54
16. Wailor
17. Soulbattle
18. NOVEX0R
19. Electronite (Tied)
20. TheProgenitor (Tied)
21. LarryMoments (Tied)
22. Pumpkin03
23. EquinoxHS
24. revalista
25. MurderyUnicorn
26. Vision136
27. MrNightmare
28. Reknar427
29. Broeck1
30. Moonool
31. AlphaTCH
32. Sillyraptor
33. NiRaSt
34. freddoccino
35. Wishmaster333
36. RenoLord
37. Saiben
38. oceanminer
39. eScapegoat1270
40. Giz4Gamer
41. GianniPiccioni
42. MyRealNameIsNintendo
43. OpenHU
44. Jstt
45. WhiteDoge

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*Rankings are subject to change, swing-states, and deus ex machinas.

And for those who are wondering what their current rankings are...

"The mathing intensifies"

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Current Rankings!
Those Advancing to the Next Phase Are Green.

1. linkblade91
2. DoctorWhoops
3. KingKuba
4. Shatterstar1998
5. CheeseETC
6. Viridian
7. Tomerick88
8. Vilegloom
9. waterwalker
10. dropdead
11. Phoenixfeather
12. ThisOtherGuyTox
13. NOVEX0R
14. mrobjectionman
15. TheProgenitor
16. Wailor
17. Soulbattle
18. ShadowsOfSense
19. EquinoxHS
20. revalista
21. NiRaSt
22. Electronite
23. LarryMoments
24. MurderyUnicorn
25. Vision136
26. aaro54
27. MrNightmare
28. Reknar427
29. Pumpkin03
30. freddoccino
31. Wishmaster333
32. Giz4Gamer
33. Broeck1
34. Moonool
35. RenoLord
36. Saiben
37. AlphaTCH
38. Sillyraptor
39. GianniPiccioni
40. oceanminer
41. OpenHU
42. MyRealNameIsNintendo
43. Jstt
44. WhiteDoge
45. eScapegoat1270

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*Rankings are subject to change, explosions, and dramatic love stories.

For drawing Candleshot , Eaglehorn Bow , Rhok'delar , and Deathstalker Rexxar !
"And by 'Eternal', he usually means about 5-10 minutes or so."

Strengths
• Versatile spells: The Enchanter has access to a lot of spells; AOE, direct damage, single-summon, hard removal, and buff cards. In this sense, Enchanter is slightly more versatile than Mage when it comes to spell use.
• Handbuffs: Normally average minions in Enchanter can be buffed by a range of cards — either as they are drawn from your deck, played from your hand, or on the board. This makes normally low-impact minions more viable later on.
• Left-most hand matters: The ability to discount/take advantage of the left-most cards in your hand makes for a strategic way to play your hand out, so you have to be careful what you want to make your hand into! Especially with Mistveil Drake , combo potential is only there if you have the right setup!
• Aggressive early game: Once again, Enchanter has low-impact minions — but they're cheap and have good snowball potential paired with handbuffs. Making use of Phase can give you bonuses for your board as well as your hand, and help put you in control of the board early on.
• Draw: In both the basic set and the classic, Enchanter has good single-card draw potential. However, there's nothing like Sprint in the deck, so you have to be careful not to empty your hand too quickly.

Weaknesses
• No healing: Enchanter may have good spell and minion value, but it has no way to recover from damage on its own, much like Rogue.
• Lack of late-game minions: While there are a few high-cost minions, they aren't particularly well-statted. That's why your handbuffs are there.
• Recursive playstyle: Phase cards have to be supported by other cards... that usually have Phase themselves. This will be easier to overcome in later sets, but in Classic it means you have to choose which cards to play first to get the bonus — similar to how if your hand is filled with combo cards, you need to play one card without the bonus in order to activate the others.

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Keyword: Phase

If the text on a card has changed, Phase is activated when you play it. That means Cost , Attack , Health , and card text (particularly Spell Damage ). Cards that transform don't count!

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Example Cards

• Foul Homunculus supports Phase minions easily with fair stats and a not-too-amazing effect. The best part is, if you've already buffed it (or played it with a bonus from Mistveil Drake) the effect gets more powerful along with it! It's almost like it gets upgraded.
• Warp Splicer 's immediate effect is similar to Gloop Sprayer , but its secondary effect helps if you want to reuse a battlecry minion.
• Bibliomancy is the challenge #2 card. It supports a future archetype of 1-Cost cards similar to Rogue's burgle concept ( sorry Cheese ). Most 1-Cost cards are actually kind of good — this archetype will replace card draw in favour of immediate lower value plays that benefit from Enchanter's handbuffs.
• Occult Infusion , when paired with the hero power is analogous to Feeding Time , and only scales from there. Otherwise the tokens become a target for handbuffs, making for a versatile card with delayed or immediate board impact.
• Arcanist Valtrois may seem weak stats-wise, but keep in mind that her effect affects all of your minions, including her. That makes her an 8 mana 4/8 with Spell Damage +2 and a board-wide double Stormwind Champion effect. It also makes your hero power good for 2 charges... or empowers it as a 2/2 weapon to smash enemies with. This is a win condition card that can be paired with various Enchanter play styles.

Tokens

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All Cards

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Previous Phases

Phase II
Phase I

THE ALCHEMIST

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The Alchemist is a specialist in the art of transformation, generation, and combination; including of living material. Her specialties are:

• CARD GENERATION! Be it through summoning, shuffling, or adding to hand. Small minions in particular will be focused on very often.
• HAND SYNERGY! You're an Alchemist. More ingredients means crazier experiments! Transform cards in your hand, take advantage of your hand size, or use useless cards you're holding as a resource! There will be lots of synergy with 1-Cost cards for this reason, as they are generated by the Hero Power.
• UNIVERSAL TRIBAL SYNERGIES! Alchemist has cards to synergize with any and all tribes! Be it Murlocs, Dragons, Demons, or Nightmare Amalgam -like "All" cards.
• SNOWBALLING BOARD! Be it through aggressive tribal synergies (e.g. Murlocs), board-wide buffs à la old-school Token Druid, or quick board reloading à la Odd Paladin.

Strengths: Early game board control, Minion swarming, Value generation, Versatility.

Weaknesses: Few direct damage, Few big midrange-y minions.

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Showcased Cards

Tokens

• CAULDRON OF BATTLE - What's an alchemist without her potions? "Basic Potions" will be the Alchemist equivalent of Hunter's Animal Companion s and you will continue to see them on future cards.
• IMP SMUGGLER - This minion has both token synergy and hand synergy, two themes of the class.
• UNSTABLE CONCOCTION - This card is very useful for my class since it's a big spell that refills your board.
• BOTTLED DEATH - Alchemist's small base AoE. Closely related to Shadow Word: Horror . Allows you to AFK up to turn 4 when you're playing Control Alchemist.
• UNBOTTLED DEATH - Alchemist's big base AoE, akin to Flamestrike . Alchemist prefers to play a lot of small minions rather than a few big minions, which means that this spell will only affect your opponent most of the time.

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Remaining cards

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LINKS TO PREVIOUS POSTS

• PHASE I - Concept

The Archaeologist

 

THE RINGMASTER

Being a Ringmaster means being responsible for the wellbeing of your performers, animals and the circus itself, but they all come second to entertaining your audience and putting on a show. The Ringmaster is a class that has a lot of small themes that you, as the player can choose between to focus your deck on. They've got tokens, card draw, healing, buffs and many other themes to be explored in basic, through classic and then through later expansions. The biggest focus, in the end, tends to come down to individuality and deckbuilding. Any spell could be your archetype and you have to figure out how to use it in a way that wows the world.

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Keyword

Circuses typically have a Signature act, the one that they're first to slap on posters, the one saved up until the finale of the show, the performance perfected to bring in the money. Not all do, of course, and some utilise theirs more than others, but which Signature you have and which cards you include to combine with it often plays a major role in individualising the deck. Expect this to be elaborated on in Classic, or look at my Phase 1 post below.

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Example Cards

• Initial Act ~ A small, simple and potent token generation card and hand filler. It's simply two uses of your hero power really, but it can play a major role in multiple archetypes. It's generally good enough to be included in a lot of early game decks, a lot of Ringleaders token synergies come from "Whenever/After you play a minion" triggers, and it's good for getting yourself a large board after a short while collecting. Every audience could do with a warm up act to get them ready for a larger performance down the line. [Art by Cathleen McAllister]
• Raw Talent ~ A similarly small buff with a lot of potential. Similar to cards like Blessing of Might and Divine Strength , this card always has the potential to be used for an extra 2 damage while providing some actual sturdiness to the minion unlike Might. Those in the circus can be quite well toned you know, many performers are unexpectedly athletic. Don't underestimate them. [Art by Will Harris]
• Star Performance ~ Another buff, yet it's also attached to a heal. This is a solid card for midrangey archetypes, represents Ringleaders buff and heal themes and has a lot of potential Signature synergies. Cards that are targeted and have an extra effect work quite interestingly when they're made to target more cards, as seen in phase 1. For the most part though, it should provide decent healing while also allowing you to take a minion off the board or apply pressure. It's rarely useless. [Art by Anzka Nguyen]
• Fantastical Play ~ Simple draw, but to be seen later, draw can be utilised in more ways than just drawing cards. As the standard card advantage card for Ringmasters basic, it'll show up frequently. Keep cards like it in mind should we get to classic though. [Art by Trent Kaniuga]
• Captivate ~ Likely to have costed 6-7 back in the day, this is the hardest of Ringmaster hard removal... Which they have little of. However, of course, this can be a terrifying card, utilising the benefit of Mind Control at a reduced cost... Though that attack reduction can mean a whole lot. [Art by Gabriel Rubio]

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Remaining Cards

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Previous Phase

Here's the first phase submission. Feel free to get a better idea on the class and Signature here.