With Blizzard showing how to introduce a new class with the Demon Hunter Initiate set , I don't have to make cards for every expac from Naxx to the present, so I decided to try my hand on making another class, this time Bard.
Meet Scanlan Mellowridge, Gnomish Bard extraordinaire. Well traveled and with many adventures under his belt, he prefers the slower pace of his local tavern these days, where he entertains the patrons with songs and tales of his past exploits. But make no mistake, if there's trouble, he has more than a few aces up his silk sleeve.
Bard in fantasy settings is a nimble, versatile support class, and I wanted to capture that with the hero power costing 1 rather than 2. The Bard can always sneak in a small word of encouragement in the middle of combat, whether to themselves or an ally.
But the Hero Power is much more than a small heal. Every time you use it, you generate a Note (up to a maximum of 3) that are displayed on the Hero Power button similarly to Silas' and Kael'Thas' abilities in Battlegrounds. Notes enable the class' keyword: Melodic
With some cards requiring 1 Note, while others 2 or 3, there's always an interesting decision to be made on whether to use a Melodic card now, hold off to play a more powerful one later, or plan out your turns so you can accumulate more in the interim.
The class has multiple ways to cheaply draw cards to maintain a nimble, versatile playstyle, while also excelling in stat manipulation (buffs, handbuffs and debuffs), once again drawing on the Bard's identity as a support class. And when you've been around as much as Scanlan has, you hear things, and no one understands the power of information better than the Bard, giving the class access to powerful 1 mana Secrets and related synergy cards.
To balance things out, the class has access only to limited amount of healing beyond its Hero Power, and very few ways to deal damage directly from hand. It also has no hard removal or area of effect damage spells in its arsenal.
Unlike Demon Hunter, that had a 20 card Initiate set and got 15 cards per Year of the Phoenix expansion, I decided on a 30 card Initiate set (mostly because Secrets and Secret synergies take up so much space), which will probably allow me to get away with giving Bard the normal 10 cards per expansion, before picking some of the Initiate set to become part of next year's Core.
Hello! This is a class I've been working on since about Rastakhan's Rumble. Recently the good folks at Outof.Cards were kind enough to spotlight it and gave me the opportunity to explain some of my thinking in making it.
My guess based on the teasers and the leaks, as well as general HS whimsy, we won't be seeing the corrupted necromantic Scholo, but probably a pre-Scourge Hogwarts-like wizard school (full of cameos from dungeon bosses no doubt)
I wouldn't make the leap that it is necromantic Scholomance. Based on the couple of leaked images as well as Hearthstone's well established penchant for the whimsy twist, I wouldn't be surprised if it was pre-Scourge Scholomance, more of a Warcraft "Hogwarts" wizardry school vibe.
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With Blizzard showing how to introduce a new class with the Demon Hunter Initiate set , I don't have to make cards for every expac from Naxx to the present, so I decided to try my hand on making another class, this time Bard.
Meet Scanlan Mellowridge, Gnomish Bard extraordinaire. Well traveled and with many adventures under his belt, he prefers the slower pace of his local tavern these days, where he entertains the patrons with songs and tales of his past exploits. But make no mistake, if there's trouble, he has more than a few aces up his silk sleeve.
Bard in fantasy settings is a nimble, versatile support class, and I wanted to capture that with the hero power costing 1 rather than 2. The Bard can always sneak in a small word of encouragement in the middle of combat, whether to themselves or an ally.
But the Hero Power is much more than a small heal. Every time you use it, you generate a Note (up to a maximum of 3) that are displayed on the Hero Power button similarly to Silas' and Kael'Thas' abilities in Battlegrounds. Notes enable the class' keyword: Melodic
With some cards requiring 1 Note, while others 2 or 3, there's always an interesting decision to be made on whether to use a Melodic card now, hold off to play a more powerful one later, or plan out your turns so you can accumulate more in the interim.
The class has multiple ways to cheaply draw cards to maintain a nimble, versatile playstyle, while also excelling in stat manipulation (buffs, handbuffs and debuffs), once again drawing on the Bard's identity as a support class. And when you've been around as much as Scanlan has, you hear things, and no one understands the power of information better than the Bard, giving the class access to powerful 1 mana Secrets and related synergy cards.
To balance things out, the class has access only to limited amount of healing beyond its Hero Power, and very few ways to deal damage directly from hand. It also has no hard removal or area of effect damage spells in its arsenal.
Unlike Demon Hunter, that had a 20 card Initiate set and got 15 cards per Year of the Phoenix expansion, I decided on a 30 card Initiate set (mostly because Secrets and Secret synergies take up so much space), which will probably allow me to get away with giving Bard the normal 10 cards per expansion, before picking some of the Initiate set to become part of next year's Core.
To see all 30 cards: Click here: http://www.hearthcards.net/setsandclasses/#6574-Bard
Looking forward to your feedback.
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The discord server of the CustomHS subreddit has a phenomenal art gallery, more than 10000 pieces. https://discord.gg/bxza8BCW
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Hello! This is a class I've been working on since about Rastakhan's Rumble. Recently the good folks at Outof.Cards were kind enough to spotlight it and gave me the opportunity to explain some of my thinking in making it.
Thought I'd share it here as a starting point for discussion: https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2644-hearthstone-fan-community-spotlight-drnoones-custom-lich-class
Link to the class: http://www.hearthcards.net/setsandclasses/#3648-Lich
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This was my best preorder opening ever.
I opened 145 packs (both bundles + 5 from end of season) and got 12 legendaries, 1 of them (Lord Barov) golden.
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Hit Legend day2 with Gala Warlock, always nice getting the grind over with before the expansion hits.
The packs being scholo was a nice surprise.
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yup, you can see it very clearly in the gameplay video floating around, each instance is a unique minion, it is not an enchantment.
And in each instance the Deathrattle is a natural part of the card, again not an enchantment (like f.e. Loot Hoarder, not like Teron or Cube)
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My guess based on the teasers and the leaks, as well as general HS whimsy, we won't be seeing the corrupted necromantic Scholo, but probably a pre-Scourge Hogwarts-like wizard school (full of cameos from dungeon bosses no doubt)
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I wouldn't make the leap that it is necromantic Scholomance. Based on the couple of leaked images as well as Hearthstone's well established penchant for the whimsy twist, I wouldn't be surprised if it was pre-Scourge Scholomance, more of a Warcraft "Hogwarts" wizardry school vibe.
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Battletag: DrNoOne#2533Region: EUTrade Only?: Yes, you go firstScammed by Slegar#2164
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Do you know how broken Agro DH is? I took the standard list, added Leeroy in place of 1 Adept, and went to Wild.
Quest Highlander mage had to Reno, Zola Reno, take his quest extra turn to Alex his face, and they still lost (in Diamond 9 btw).