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Battletag:                   NoahMcGrath#2711

Region:                        EU

Trade Only?:              Yes, I show you the quest, you go first.

Grotesque dragon hawk, bonemare what

Forces them to play a certain way what? Aside from 1 or 2 outliers literally every buddy is made to synergise exactly with what you're trying to do. Of course a couple are underwhelming like those with battlecries instead of passive effects but in general it's a great system. It makes it much easier to balance heroes now too.

Before what could you do? The armor was a band-aid, and most hero powers were pretty unchangable without making them unplayable. Why many heroes got reworked. But with buddies you have a shit ton of stuff to tweak. Their effects, health, attack, how slow or fast you get them, their tribes and so on. The more switches you have the easier it is to get something on the wanted power level.

Yes right now they are not best ballanced but it's a new system. It's never perfect from the oven.

Site has been slowly dying since the whole Curse-ownership-exodus of the devs debacle. And people complain so much about the meta now but honestly it's fine. We had way way worse times. Times where balance patches were not expected, but a rare "maybe once a year miracle". Anyone remember shamanstone? Or Jades? Now it's not balanced by far but you can play almost all classes and do fine up until diamond rank. Which for 90% of the playerbase it's all they'll do anyway. Legend grind was always only the top% fighting with each other.

Is Sneed worth using over a second plagued protodrake? The dragon is superior in stats and 7 drops are way more consistent than random legendaries who can be very low statted a lot of the time.

Battletag: NoahMcGrath#2711
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, you go first

The Scaleborn in...

The Descent of Dragons Expansion!

Heritage Cards:

A war in the sky! Dragonflights converging above the ancient resting place of Galakrond, who has returned! It is time for Scaleborns to emerge and join the conflict, who else more fitted for this fight other than dragon born dragon riders? And to represent their inheritance of all dragon powers, the Chromatic dragonflight joins the frey, some tamed by these sky knights.

Challenges: I chose to showcase 4 cards (+1 point) and have no deathrattles (and no taunts) in this set (-1 point)

Showcase cards

Breaths:

• Chromatus, the Perfect is the only true and successful chromatic dragon Azeroth has seen. His creation was not easy though, and all 5 dragonflight powers had to be combined into one single body. This cards reflects that journey, sending you on a mini-quest to obtain all 5 Heritage cards. In total it is a 10 mana play with 6 cards needed, but the Bloods can be played in advance, with the cost of not playing other minions until Chromatus fully comes to life.
• Chromatic Breath is the Breath spell of the class, and it is the most powerful of all, as it can copy aspects of all other dragonflights. Each option has its own use, making this an amazing versatile card. It also allows you to utilize Heritage cards to enhance spells, not only minions.
• Sylvena and Karro represent another theme within this set, that of rider and mount, of dragon and non-dragon.
• Rider and Mount is another powerful draw spell, a thing Scaleborns excel at, and it directly supports the new mini-archetype.

Rest of the set:

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Well thread's gone a bit dead, lets jolt it back to life with some feedback.

@Laurendor

 @Klipce

@Ardin427

 Finally, @teknician

That's all. Very few posts, and many people don't have complete classes. Hope no one will abandon the comp, right in the semi-finals.

Alright, here's my set. I kinda feel 1 week isn't enough for these later stages where only a few competitors remain and there's barely any talk on the threads, could we lengthen the last stage by a few days?

Legendary

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Epic

Chromatic Breaths:

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Rare

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Common

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 Tried to introduce a new sub-theme, that of Dragon and non-Dragon synergy, with the theme of rider and mount. A lot of Attack Synergy support, another Dragon spell for Obsydyn the Father and a payoff for Heritage cards in the form of chromatus, with some support to obtain all 5.

Scaleborns would be introduced in Descend of Dragons, as it fits them best. A dragon war in the skies, where even the mighty Aspects themselves joined to fight Galakrond once more. Given the convergence of all these dragonflights from red and green to nether, lightning, infinite and even wax, it would only make sense that the chromatic dragonflight would appear too, with the only true chromatic dragon ever created at it's head.

It's body made by Nefarian, and its life given by Benedictus himself, Chromatus has the power of all 5 dragonflights, their combined strength, magic and Heritage. As the crown of my set, you go on a mini quest to animate Chromatus yourself, by granting him all 5 Heritages. If you do, he becomes a small nuke, destroying all enemy minions through Poisonous, healing you to full most likely through Lifesteal, and being a strong defender with Divine Shield and Taunt. Spell Damage only serves to finish the opponent.

Since the chromatic dragonflight is my class's faction, a breath spell is required too. 

The idea behind it is that it allows Heritage cards to boost a spell too, besides minions. Thematically it fits the chromatic dragonflight as they can imitate all the 5 main dragonflights.

That's all I have for now.

How many cards of each rarity do we need to make exactly? 

Ashes and Scholomance gave Demon Hunter 2 legendaries, 2 epics, 5 rares and 6 commons. (Excluding the minisets and only counting half of the dual class cards).

Dark moon however have him 2 legendaries, 3 epics, 2 rares and 8 commons (not counting miniset).

Also, anyone heard anything from MC lately...? He's been silent for this whole phase almost.

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I have not found any rules about no legendary Spells. Hero cards are allowed so, spells should be too. And with lack of any feedback from you, I'll submit my cards as they are. 

 From the first post:

• Do I have to follow the rarity distribution of the Demon Hunter Initiate set?
  
  • Yes.
  • You may not introduce a Legendary spell, weapon, or Hero in the Initiate set as there are none in the current Demon Hunter example we've been given.

Perhaps MC could make an exception?

 I honestly looked at the rule list and missed this. Saw that hero cards are allowed, and to me at least hero cards are far more complex than legendary Spells and weapons. Anyway, I changed the spell into a minion that does the same thing

Scaleborn - Scion Set Part 2

(find part 1 here, and basic set here)

The Scaleborn

Heritage Cards:

Showcase Cards

This time around we are exploring the transformation aspect of the class. As children of dragons, some of that power still exists in them, and can be made manifest. Besides the transformation into a true Dragon, scaleborns obtain a few more Heritage synergy cards, attack support and a few tools for a Big archetype.

• Obsidyn the Father is the ultimate reward for utilizing transformation effects throughout the game. Dragon spells are those that have the word Dragon in their name, similar to the new SI:7 cards rogue got this expansion. The more you practice tapping into that elder power, the more you unlock your true form. Black dragons are famous for their shape shifting skills, Onyxia having infiltrated Stormwind. This time however, the shifting is from half human to full dragon.
• Dragon Wings is one of the spells that counts for daddy Obsidyn. It is a bounce effect with Rush added in, letting you attack immediately with the minion, something Scaleborns love. Heal a minion, get back any battle cries and go back into the fray with your new Dragon Wings!
• Reckless Drake is an expensive removal that can be paired with another card from this set to form a scary deck archetype, but beyond that it functions as another reward for the "at least 7 cards" theme, rewarding minimal card consumption with powerful buffs and effects.

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Rest of the set:

I have not found any rules about no legendary Spells. Hero cards are allowed so, spells should be too. And with lack of any feedback from you, I'll submit my cards as they are.