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It's all about chance and reward. Is it worth to have two of these in your deck? Should you keep one of them on your initial hand? Double 2/2 on turn 1 for zero mana is pretty good...

I wanted to mix Warlock and Priest and a necromancer just felt like the perfect way to do it since it's a combination of dark magic + resurrection (in this case, the minion is resurrected into your hand).

Defender, from Noble Sacrifice - http://www.hearthhead.com/card=102/defender

Ahaha! I lived!

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Next: Bring archaeology to Hearthstone somehow!

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Oh man, that's was REALLY unexpected!!!

Thanks to everyone who voted for my card and, once again, congratulations to all the finalists!

I just want to say a few things about the idea behind Exorcism. Some people said it should have been something like a conditional silence. Well, the idea behind the card was that it would deal with deathrattle only. A conditional silence in the way that was suggested by McF4rtson could still silence other things like divine shield, taunt and buffs. That would be no different than a regular silence and I agree with the game designers who once said that silence is just an easy way to deal with something. Players should be incentivized to find the best ways possible to deal with a given problem instead of simply casting a spell as soon as your turn begins.

With that in my mind, I do believe 2 damage is the right amount for that card. As I said in a previous post, cards with the "if that kills it" condition should do little damage or else the condition would simply trigger all the time. Also, dealing 3 damage would make it as powerful as Frostbolt, and that's exactly what I wanted to avoid. As nurgling13 quite wisely said, direct damage is Mage's thing, and there should never be a Priest card (or any other class, for that matter - just look at Darkbomb) that is directly comparable to Frostbolt. Moreover, if 2 damage is not enough to kill something right away, you can use a minion to do the initial damage and finish with Exorcism. Priest minions usually have high health and it's likely that your minion could deal the initial damage and survive, while the opponent's minion would die with its deathrattle exorcised =)

Anyway, that's what I was going for when I designed the card. I'm glad that many people liked it and I also appreciate the criticisms. Thanks again, all of you!

PS. Kinda cool to think that Ben Brode actually saw our cards!

 No... if you said "silence if it has  deathrattle" there's the proper wording.

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Next: A neutral tree minion (f.e. Ironbark Protector or Ancient of Lore)

 

A Demon with an ongoing effect (like can't attack, your minions cost 1 less, etc)

Oh man, that's was REALLY unexpected!!!

Thanks to everyone who voted for my card and, once again, congratulations to all the finalists!

I just want to say a few things about the idea behind Exorcism. Some people said it should have been something like a conditional silence. Well, the idea behind the card was that it would deal with deathrattle only. A conditional silence in the way that was suggested by McF4rtson could still silence other things like divine shield, taunt and buffs. That would be no different than a regular silence and I agree with the game designers who once said that silence is just an easy way to deal with something. Players should be incentivized to find the best ways possible to deal with a given problem instead of simply casting a spell as soon as your turn begins.

With that in my mind, I do believe 2 damage is the right amount for that card. As I said in a previous post, cards with the "if that kills it" condition should do little damage or else the condition would simply trigger all the time. Also, dealing 3 damage would make it as powerful as Frostbolt, and that's exactly what I wanted to avoid. As nurgling13 quite wisely said, direct damage is Mage's thing, and there should never be a Priest card (or any other class, for that matter - just look at Darkbomb) that is directly comparable to Frostbolt. Moreover, if 2 damage is not enough to kill something right away, you can use a minion to do the initial damage and finish with Exorcism. Priest minions usually have high health and it's likely that your minion could deal the initial damage and survive, while the opponent's minion would die with its deathrattle exorcised =)

Anyway, that's what I was going for when I designed the card. I'm glad that many people liked it and I also appreciate the criticisms. Thanks again, all of you!

PS. Kinda cool to think that Ben Brode actually saw our cards!

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Exorcism: Something between damage and silence. It is too weak and should deal 3 damage. 4/10 

I'm not sure what the mana cost for this card should be. Sure, if you summon a 7 mana Dr. Boom this card is completely OP, but in the other hand it could summon Shielded Minibot or Aldor Peacekeeper and you'd be sad...

I'm not sure if the wording is right here. The idea is that the Grinch would copy a card's original effects, deathrattles plus any buffs that were cast on it. So, if an enemy Twilight Guardian had a Velen's Chosen cast on it and the Grinch copied the effects, it would have +3 attack, +4 health, taunt  and spell damage +1.

What do you guys think?