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Warlord

    Warlord is a class built on combat. The roaring cries and clanging weapons of the Iron Horde, untainted by the blood of Mannoroth, give way to the thronging armies of Orcs that fall under the Warlord's banner. The Warlord is forged in combat, but is not a slave to mindless combat; They think ahead, prepare themselves not for the next victory, but the most important one. They amass permanent boons and fortuitous allies, all while making tentative strikes into their enemy's ranks. Raise your axe. Raise your banner. Raise your war cry. It's time to become a Warlord of Draenor!

 I hope you enjoy!

I voted Yay, but I would point out that Expansion comp might be interested with the new core set. Hell, if we're crazy we could do a core set competition. Either way, I'll be there.

The Somnologist

    Reveal your pain to her. She can provide you with the answers to your questions; Why are your nights plagued with nightmares? Who are these foul beasts, arising from sleeping cities and tangled red vines, to devour your hope? And why is it getting worse?! Well, take a seat, and tell her how it makes you feel... the Doctor is in.

    Somnologist is, more accurately, a psychologic class. In grand card game tradition, you will present your opponent with hidden plans and choices, and watch them squirm. Somnologist relies on strong single target removal, minion buffing and sticky, if small minions. It has a strong, if situational Hero Power that works best when you either play minions to curve or return your opponents' minions to sleep. Other than their Hero Power, Somnologist has more complicated draw power, designed to make aggro a bit harder for them. Their other weaknesses include not having one step AoE and fewer options to regain life outside buffing lifesteal minions. 

   In the next set, I'm excited to work with a bunch of concepts I play with but haven't really shown off before; Secrets on minions (A la Morph from MTG), Psychological warfare and modal cards that can be used in multiple tactical scenarios. I also have a keyword, Shrink, which removes the oldest listed enchantment/buff from a minion for an additional effect. Often, I'll use it on buff cards for a larger buff, or as a minor silence that only negates opposing buffs. I'm really excited to play around with all these concepts.

The Cards

  Sleep Paralysis Daemon: So Sleep exists as a mechanic in Hearthstone, but it's only explored on a single Ogre from Uldum. I seek to correct this. The issue is, all minions wake up at the end of the turn, as far as my understanding of the game mechanic goes. So, the sleep effects I have implemented often have conditionals. Daemon will lock down a minion in the early game, and in the lategame after you have Taunts up. The Aberration tag isn't important to mechanics at the moment, but it is a species tag in WoW. Assume betentacled creatures in HS would be Aberrations in the context of this class for now. If it ever becomes important I'll make an actual list.

  Groupthink: This card emblemizes the small buffs that Somnologist likes to abuse for it's keyword, in hand or otherwise. This can smooth out your curve for playing a minion and a Shrink buff the same turn. The class has larger targeted buffs as well.

  Mind into Matter: The ultimate polymorph. Remove a minion, or if you're strategic, a weapon. Psychologists are great at disarming people like that. This class lives and breathes in strong, anti-resurrect single target removal options, and later on some spells and minions that will spread that love around.

Fun stuff coming later....

- 4 mana 4/4 minions... with a secret attached to them.

- Adding Dream cards... to your oppponents hand (With a twist!).

- "Replace your opponent's emotes with the Concede button."

- A spell that condenses all enemies into one... for a turn.

Hey I wanted to pass this off for use because I'm building a different cardback for my class this time. Go wild, it's fair game. I can send you the originals if you want to edit it for yourself at all too.

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There's some more tools and card borders here.

Chronobandit Stickup Set

   Everyone's got a first heist. Well... Temporally, a lot of Chronobandits have done crimes before their firsts, but thinking linearly has never helped against these con artists. The Stickup set fleshes out the mechanics of Chronobandits, the bullets in their bandoliers if you will.

   So Rewind is designed to simulate the time travel aspects of Chronobandit, effectively giving cards a second trigger. Rewind is a one-time activation, and any cards awaiting their Rewind are, for clarity to the player and the opponent, displayed in Secret-style circles around the Hero. This of course gives you the usual five circle limit, but most Rewinds aren't too far from being replayed. Rewind spells form their circles after play, and Rewind minions after their deaths. 

Rewind Cards: 

    Reload, reload! Sometimes you're so in the heat of the heist that you throw out perfectly good bullets so you can slap even more perfectly good bullets in your chamber. Hell, maybe you can just reach back in time and grab a few of those throwaways back! Chronobandit has a subtheme of full hand discard, often for card draw, and a few high-cost cards that you can ditch for quick benefits if you don't think you'll ever get a chance to play them.

Discard Cards:

    How quick can you fan the hammer? Chronobandit deals 1 damage, a lot. Every bullet they put outs worth one, and they have a lot of bullets. Their minions, their spells, their weapons. Enough talk, let's see some ones.

One Damage:

 Oh, and one more thing...

LOOK OUT BELOW!

 TLDR;

The Rest

 So you know, this class will drop during Witchwood with a Witch Hunter/Petty Robber theme. Callbacks...

• Fist of Jaraxxus gets major yoinked for both Infinite Opressor and Molten Rangefinder. This was my callback mechanic.
• Bootviper is both a Snake in my Boot reference and a callback to Pit Snake, also the classic Empty Hand Hunter which never worked out but was fun while it lasted.
• Infinite Oppressor is the dragon that every single class has... which Blackrock Mountain started the trend for.
• Molten Rangefinder is Molten Rager.

The Chronobandit

   You've not seen the Chronobandits, they've made sure of that. Your time wasn't worth robbing. They roam epochs and eras, guns akimbo and ablaze. They deal damage in several increments of 1 damage, they draw like the end of time isn't creeping onto their heels and they have no way to heal. Chronobandit is a class with heavy draw and pre-emptive removal, making use of 1-Attack weapons, discard, cards that replay themselves on conditions and most importantly, 1 damage. Chronobandit deals 1 damage. A lot. So be ready to step beyond the bounds of the timeline to alleviate the riches of, well... everyone.

   Griv "Warpshot" Delvar is a grifter and gunslinger from far in Azeroth's future. Some Chronobandits say that he is the anomaly from which their order was formed, others say he joined more recently than anyone else. Paradoxically, both may be true, and neither. He sets himself apart from the other outlaws with his preternaturally quick firing arm and his frugality; If he's spending his spoils, noone knows when it is.

Basic Set:

 Explanations and Minutiae:

Class Details:

SHOWCASE CARDS

REMAINING BASIC SET

The merchant

Hero Power coin:

 "Hey kid, have someone ever told you about true power? It's not light or sheer force or whatever those stupid priests, warriors and other dimwits told you! Money's where power is at! Money fluctuates like magic and is unstable as the elements, but if you plan your moves ahead you should be fine! Of course, we have an army of merchants to help you arrive to the top easily, an if you're more of taking your opponents economy slowly, we know a few guys that can help you dish damage constantly. Remember also that health is a resource, you should use it well! If you follow all my tips you'll be number 1 in no time! However, arriving there is only the first step. Once your pockets are full, then the fun begins! Unleash the big guys and glee as they destroy the competition, all while protecting all your properties with taunts and spells!"

Showcase cards:

Other cards from the basic set:

Flavour texts:

Hope you like my basic set! Also here's the keyword I'll us for the initiate set, it's like an inverse Overload: