Hearthpwn

"For others, conserving nature is altruistic. She's only conserving the jungle to hunt in it."

There are a few ideas behind this card!

Firstly, I wanted to make a card that had Human and Worgen effects trigger at different times, allowing the player to use the effects strategically and giving their opponent room for counterplay. Most of the cards I've seen offer versatility but both trigger at the same point, which made the mechanic feel a bit more like a complicated choose-one on active effects. I think this route is neat because interactive gameplay is always cool.

Secondly, rather than directly build a card around the quest, I wanted to create a card that would be usable in all worgen decks, but tune it so that it could be used in the quest deck too. In this case, the card specifically benefits Human quest decks, as it can eek out extra value against aggro early on by giving you more board presence, and it synergies well with the minion-focused Human effects. It also threatens decks and forces them to at least trade with or remove your Jungle Conservator, or risk losing any big minions (Such as Flamewreathed Faceless or a buffed up Scavenging Hyena) to Poisonous plants next turn.

No idea if she'd give Poisonous to plants summoned by adapt or not. A solid maybe?

 Edit: Fixed the ungoro watermark being missing, my bad.

 Edit: Also to clarify, the plant tokens would be class minions. This means they also benefit from the class minion effects.

 Edit: Separated the card text into two lines, to better distinguish the play effect from the aura.

"Cassia is known as the Oprah of Broodmothers. Why? If you look under your seat, you'll find a baby raptor! That's right! Everyone gets a raptor!"

Raptor token duh:

TBH i'm really mad at this. It sets up an OTK (in wild) but they literally removed rogue's method of using the otk in standard so this card is atrocious here. And even in wild, I don't think having to draw, set up and then hold onto 6 1 damage cards before playing thausian or concealing maly is an 'easy' otk to pull off, compared to normal maly otks its about the same honestly, these really could have been 0 mana, or deal 2 damage.

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The voting poll for this card is like an IQ chart. I'll let you decide which side you're on...

This community never fails to solidify on how shitty it is.  They all want a Leeroy 2.0 because anything other than that is too complicated to play, thus making it "Dust'Goro."  Following the extensively and creatively nicknamed expansions of The Dust Tournament, The Mean Dust of Gadgetzan, and Dust of the Old Gods.  Notice how the worst expansion never got nicknamed?  ;)

These people are the real cancer of Hearthstone.

Remember in Naxx where having a self-sap effect gave the card +1 in stats?

Every other class gets power creep, rogue gets power sleep .-.

You know injured blademaster can be played on turn 3 followed by circle lol.

I don't get it, usually people shit on good cards on this forum, but now nobody has pointed out that this one is pretty mediocre. 

It has lower than average 5 mana stats and on turn 5 gaining the coin isn't really going to be a big deal, especially since your opponent needs to play a spell, and they can easily play around it. It isn't gonna be a loatheb or anything. At best, its a slightly worse neutral tomb pillager if your opponent plays a spell to remove it (it's stats aren't on curve or aggressive), at worst it'll just be a bad vanilla 5 drop, which is generally more likely with all of the big midrange minions that are going to be played next meta. And there aren't particularly many combo decks anymore, less that would need this card and could afford to play it.

The effect is dynamic, so when you play/draw cards, the minion's stats change. 

Armor is broken after an attack hits that removes the last of the character's Armor. It could be an epic, I guess, but 2x 5ish mana twisting nether seemed too strong.

New Class: Jewelcrafter!

Alistra Shardweaver of Silvermoon has always been jealous of the other Heroes for their magical talent or expertise in the art of combat. However, she has been honing her craft as a Jewelcrafter for years, creating potent crystals and dangerous golems, and she's come to show the Heroes of Hearthstone that she and her dazzling creations are just as powerful as they are beautiful!

Alistra boasts not one, but TWO Hero Powers, which alternate upon use! To clarify, while the hero power does change from Socket Garnet to Socket Jade upon use, this does not refresh the hero power, meaning that Socket Jade is only available for use a turn AFTER Socket Garnet, requiring Jewelcrafter players to think carefully about their decisions to Hero Power, deciding whether they want to give a minion a specific buff right away, or to wait and use the gem they have right now on another minion later!

At the start of the game, the hero power will always be set to Socket Garnet, giving the Jewelcrafter an aggressive edge in the early game, provided they can get a minion out on turn 1! Additionally, this gradual minion buffing is emblematic of a larger part of the Jewelcrafter class, which is minion buffing through spells and effects! Which leads us to the Jewelcrafter's unique Keyword ...

Refract! Yes, the facets of her crystalline allies can often end up taking in arcane energy from Alistra's spells and putting it to use through various devastating effects that can give the Jewelcrafter more board control, stronger minions, or even additional spells!

Here are a few of the cards that Alistra can use to both awe and destroy her enemies!

Therazane, Stonemother (Classic): A powerful new legendary, utilizing the Jewelcrafter's unique keyword, Refract , to shock the enemy with crystalline grace and beauty whenever the Jewelcrafter casts a spell on her! In conjunction with a few of Alistra's minion buffing spells, the Stonemother can become a serious threat!

Soul Gem (Whispers of the Old Gods): A powerful tool that Alistra can use to turn the tides by stealing an enemy's minion from under their feet! It does, however, prove to be a downside when you have only this in your hand and nothing to actually destroy the enemy's minion with, and additionally, this cannot affect Alistra's own minions and, therefore, cannot trigger Refract .

Jade Poacher (Mean Streets of Gadgetzan): Of course, the ones to provide the Jade Lotus with their vast stores of Jade would be Jewelcrafters with invaluable knowledge of how to find and harvest it! In return, the Lotus offers the Jewelcrafters their aid, in the form of access to their Jade Golem -producing minions and spells.

Sanguine Ruby (Knights of the Frozen Throne): An example of how Jewelcrafters can unleash the Refract ing power of their bejeweled minions through cheap spells! Combo this with Therazane for an insane amount of damage and healing!

Sapphire Berserker (Kobolds and Catacombs) : An example of another one of the Jewelcrafter's powerful Refract ive servants, but of a lower cost than Therazane. Drop this onto the board early with a cheap spell and you can end up with a very powerful minion!

Class Summary:

The Jewelcrafter class attempts to dominate the battlefield through the strength of the relationship between their minions, their spells, and Refract . Similarly to Priest and Paladin, Jewelcrafter spells feature a large amount of minion buffs, but with a higher amount of variance as to their usefulness than the flat stat upgrades of spells like Power Word: Tentacles and Blessing of Kings . For instance, Sanguine Ruby is a pretty strong card in that it's a very cheap method of health recovery, and it also is one of the few cards in the game that can give a minion Lifesteal (with the only other at the time of writing being a random effect off of Unidentified Elixir ). However, for a Jewelcrafter to do well and succeed, it's important that they retain board control, which can sometimes be difficult without the kind of board clear and removal Warlocks and Mages have. Under the right circumstances, Jewelcrafters can use their spells on their minions to make them powerful, and, in conjunction with their Refract powers, trigger powerful effects that can give them a great amount of swing in terms of board control.

Thank you for your attention and consideration, and I hope you all enjoy the class creation competition! Let's find our favourite 12/12 a friend!

Note: All art used in these custom hearthstone cards was found on the internet. I do not own the rights to, nor did I create, any of it. Additionally, all custom cards were made using the card generator at hearthcards.com, using the "Sorcerer King" custom class border by Xervian. Thank you for reading!

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Welcome to the big 3 part post 🤔

Firstly, quick shout out to my favorite heroes I've seen so far, Thomas Temporison and Jori-En. I love the concepts for both of them and I hope you both get far uwu.

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Secondly, feedback on the past ~2 pages for you all uwu. Edit: I see some more posted while writing this post, fear not, I'll update it shortly. Edited them in!!! I hope you both see it!

"The Summoner"

I really like the hero power, its more versatile than just a flat +1/+1 for minions, though I would personally be concerned by plays like coin hero power t1, hero power t2, play a 3 mana 6/6 or (effectively) 5/7 taunt on turn 3. I think its cool that the hero power can carry between turns, and preventing it from stacking might get a bit too complex, so you decide if its an issue I guess. Either way, a strong class to emote+hero power turn 2.

Monstrosity is interesting, but would probably be better worded as "If it's attack is higher than it's base value." In general, a lot of your cards could do with some proof reading, if you want to submit I recommend finding someone to proof read all of them because presentation is worth a lot of points. I'd also suggest focusing on really polishing a few cards instead of churning out a lot early - Daedalus and abyss jester are examples of cards that sells the class's unique playstyle, whereas stuff like Out of Control is very underwhelming. 

Last point is that there is very little counterplay that lowers minion's attack, so decks may struggle to find interactive ways to stop those boosted effects. Thus, how fun the class would be to play against is a concern. Perhaps we can assume if the class existed, techs would be printed.

 

"The Gunner"

Out of all of the endless tinker-y classes, this one might actually be the most interesting as a theme concept, even if its far more loosely tied to engineering. However, as it is, the hero power is a direct upgrade to mage, and should be powered down. My suggestion would be something along the lines of "Deal 1 damage to minions adjacent to a target", if you want to keep the splintered theme and positional mechanics.

Grounded doesn't feel very gunner-y. You're also gonna run into issues on the way minions are differently spaced depending on how many you have on board. I can see what you're going for, and I like the interactions, but I'm not sold on how they fit into the class. The fact that there's no counterplay at all is going to make balancing the effects a pain too, you end up with something which will either be overpoweredly swingy, or not come into play.

I think the class concept has a lot of potential if you work on it though.

 

"Weaponsmith"

Active is cute, especially as a weapon exclusive keyword. My main question is - does dealing damage with Active consume durability (It probably should, it makes things more interactive). If so, defend yourself could potentially be buffed to a 1/2, with the same destroy self effect. That's definitely my favourite hero power of the two, although it is admittedly quite passive and has anti-synergy with weapons. Perhaps another option is to do something similar to the classic rogue hero power, where it will buff already equipped weapons instead? 

Living weapon seems way too strong at 4 mana. It's guaranteed to attack twice with no counterplay, so you're slapping 8 free damage on the board over 2 turns for 4 mana. *the value* I kinda like the concept, but it could do with being costed up or started differently, or even a different condition. Keep in mind, this minion can be targeted with health buffs and heals, which would make it an unkillable monster. 

The other cards aren't much to write home about, but they sell the basic flavor of the class. I definitely prefer plasma blade to mithril claw and I don't think you need to show off both. I'd really focus on showing more cards which make your class's identity stand out, not just the keyword.

 

"Xel Grimwarden"

I don't wanna be a party pooper, but... I've never been a fan of new keywords which just rename existing mechanics. Its okay when those mechanics are really wordy, like "whenever this minion deals damage restore the same amount as health to your hero". But something as small as "During your opponent's turn" or, as an ingame example "summon a minion from your deck", it feels kinda unnecessary when you consider the number of things in hearthstone that remain as card text. 

My other worry for the keyword is, although it's interesting flavor, it might limit the class a bit. What if you want to include a minion which is stronger on your turn, but weaker on your opponent's? Would you have to word it the other way around with no keyword? Likewise, the hero power feels like a generally worse silver hand recruit - it might have synergies, but so do silver hand recruits themselves. Unlike recruits, summoning 0/1s for 2 mana is gonna feel bad most of the time, so you're forced to build around it even more than hunter if you want to use that hero power. Both these things could limit design for the class in the long run.

Don't get me wrong though, I really like some of the interactions and cards you have here and they sell the class's flavor well. Rapid acid is indeed great, I really like the possibilities forbidden experiment opens up too. I'd like to say the same for voracious reader, but I'd have to see a card that synergises well with it in order to be sold on it. The 0-attack synergy is interesting, but with the current hero power it feels like the only option the class has, I guess. I'd like to see more ways to play with the class in the example cards.

 

"The Scribbler"

As I mentioned above, I feel that keywords which just shorten very simple bits of card text are fairly pointless. "when you draw a card" is super short. If anything, I would have made the draw-overload a keyword instead, and included it as a drawback on more cards. Procrastination is the deadliest of all sins =p. That or, a mulligan keyword, which is also a pretty interesting idea. Mulliganing your hand at will to try to get the cards you want. "Mulligan the rightmost card" or even combining that into Mulligan would let you redraw essentially. OP? Hard to say without playtesting (which we don't have), so...

Outside of that, a non-warlock class that can run more draw-focused decks is interesting, (nice pun on drawing btw c;) but I imagine it'll be hard to balance around powerful neutral cards. Cards like details show how it can be more combo focused, though it's not clear what you'd combo it with (yet). I guess using draw synergy cards with the (almost over the top) card draw options the class has is at least one game plan, and it's open ended enough to fit other packages and neutral card strategies in, or play at different speeds.

 

The Chef

I thought the racer one was cute, but this is cuter (honestly, i like profession themed classes) and gets away from that engineering overload.

Possibly the main downside is, unlike warlock, you flat out can't rely on the hero power to play control (with the cards you've revealed, anyway). That's not an awful thing, as hunter was pretty much only a aggro class for a very long time, and it was still fun, and this deck seeems to have some midrange potential with unsatisfied customer, inedible ghoul and spicy elemental. The one thing I'd watch is how powerful cards that trigger on roasting are, the player has a pretty good chance of triggering them (better than drawing) and so effects that trigger on roasting have a good chance of being very op. Inedible ghoul for instance might be better if it damaged all minions, because then the player has to build around it more rather than it being auto-include as an on curve drop and potential huge value early/mid game removal.

On the flip side, unorthodox cook looks really unimpressive, i'd personally recommend reworking him or switching the guy out with something that sells your class more and shows a bit more variety in what the class can do. 

In terms of balancing your cards, I'd say that roasting 1 is worth about half of a discard in the long run. It doesn't remove card advantage in hand, but it eats into a more valuable and limited resource than HP.

 

Tekahn the Dark Pharaoh

I like the life tap to summon a more powerful hero power minion thing, BUT I think the taunt is a bit much. It kind of cheapens the HP cost by protecting your face every turn for likely more than 2 points of damage. Pretty much any other keyword (bar lifesteal or poisonous) would probably be cool though. Even a 2/2 might be interesting, if a bit bland and encroachy on paladin.

Rise seems like a very situational mechanic (or at least, one which forces you into very specific builds to access the majority of currently revealed class cards), and doesn't gain much from being a keyword either. "If this has two adjacent minions" or "if this is between two minions" are pretty simple things to fit in card text. Having some cards with the mechanic in the class as part of its 'class identity', to work with the hero power minions would be cool, but I think building the whole class around it will be very limiting for you.

Taunt is also something warrior and druid are already doing, and building super hard around taunt not only feels samey, but further cheapens any HP cost on the hero power. 

If you want ideas for more interesting interactions outside of mainly bland taunt synergy and generic spell effects, how about minions or spells with effects which modify the minion summoned by your hero power? An ungoro card that gives a free adapt to hero power minions on summon, a spell which permanently gives them +1 to a stat. Building upon your hero power could fit in well with the building theme you're trying to show off with Rise!

 

 "The Swindler"

One of the main issues I have with coin-based mechanics is that the winrate gets significantly skewed depending on if you go first or second. Going second with this hero, you get an extra trigger for his keyword which you wouldn't usually get. Also to consider is the MAD DEELZ that you're gonna get with Gadgetzan Auctioneer, which without careful balancing could be potentially more game breaking than miracle rogue.

On the plus side, the hero power doesn't force you to just run bribe cards, and it offers a fairly interesting ramping tool. Polished pewter dagger is a really good example of how the bribe mechanic can enable access to more powerful effects, and be used situationally so you don't have to spend coins if you don't need the effect. Definitely show that card. I also really like the flavor of beneath your dignity, and I'd be interested to see how the class might develop around minion position manipulation. Shanty Choir is also a really cool card, but i'd tread carefully with the cost/statting when you could play turn 3 double coin into shanty choir + southsea captain + patches for 3/6 + 3/3 + 2/2 on board on your third turn. I don't know how likely that is, and the opponent might be able to come back with something like hellfire, but it seems quite punishing.

The Illusionist

I keep repeating myself, but alter (while a cool class mechanic) definitely feels like something that can be summed up in less words with "if your hero has less than 15 health". I'd say keep the mechanic if you like it but you could probably add another keyword which sells the illusion flavour more. Low health doesn't scream illusions, especially when it has anti-synergy with your taunts.

That said, taunt hero power. I'm not a huge fan of infinite taunts (no other hero power hard counters certain strategies on its own), but perhaps the fact that they die makes them more balanced. Personally, I'd suggest making them 1HP instead, as the resulting minion would be a little easier to ping off (it'll still sap resources of course.) but arguably that could make it too weak.

I also see more 0-attack synergy, which seems to be a thing in this competition now. Out of all of the cards, I think Phantom Sorcerer is probably op as-is, it consumes an ungodly amount of resources unless the opponent has a silence or hard removal. Maybee that's okay, but its stats are so good for that cost and effect. 

4 mana secrets is definitely something I can get behind and something that sells the class theme well I think, illusion of expulsion is a really neat card that fits the cost and forces opponents to think hard about removing minions with active effects or deathrattles. I can imagine dupeing a strong deathrattle 4 times miiiight be kind of insane (mainly cairne bloodhoof), but those kind of telegraphed plays tend to be fairly open to techs.

The floor is lava is also pretty cool, though again I'm not seeing the illusionist-y part of it, I like the semi-doomsayer mechanic it has. 

 

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Thirdly, I'd like to know what class idea people think I should go with before I go in deep with building and polishing cards. I've been mulling over the following:

Bright Friendwing, Faerie Dragon

Pacify (Hero Power Reduce a minion's attack by 1, and restore 1 HP to your hero.)

Class identity: Healing, debuffing, Wild-god theming, Emerald-dream theming, tribe support (likely mainly dragons).

Keyword: Phased (Cannot be targeted by minions or weapons.) Used very sparingly.

Aki the Chosen, Pet Tamer

Hero Power: potentially something pet-summon based? Making it flat Call a Pet seems OP, but I like the pet mechanic.

Keyword: Call a Pet (The player is shown 3 of 9 possible pets, and chooses one to summon. (One pet for each type in pet battles, with abilities mimicking their passives.) This technically works like adapt, so wouldn't be considered using the later-added discover mechanic.)

Class Identity: Summoning pets, general pet-battle things (like capturing minions), minions with active/triggered abilities and triggered ability synergies, beast, mech, dragon and elemental tribal synergy.

Odyn, The Keeper

Secrets of Creation (Hero Power): The next card you play returns to your hand at the end of the turn.

Keyword: Destiny (Each time a card with destiny is played, it has an effect based on the 'destiny counter'. If 'heads', the first effect triggers, if 'tails', the second effect triggers. After playing a card with destiny, the 'destiny counter' is flipped.)

EG: Destiny: Deal 3 damage, or give a minion +3 Health and taunt.

Class Identity: Long-game, macro plays, planning ahead, titan artifacts, servants, and magic. (Think vrykul, other watchers, mogu, mechagnomes and other titan-forged.)

 

This is a pretty simple card, compared to my usual fare hehe. I was originally going to make an Unidentified minion, but why not support the new Rhok'delar /no-minion direction the Hunter is going?

The only thing worse could have been Banana brawl with TGT pack reward, not sure if I'm impressed that Blizzard didn't do the worst choice possible.