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Azenak: Discarding your hand to draw only one card is probably excessively bad, even in a discard-lock (did not take time to balance). And I see multiple similar cards in the submission thread. Not going to pursue this idea.
Otto: I did not verify if you could do something completely broken with this card. But it looks entertaining as hell.
Trader: Looks fun to play. And useful. Your opponent plays an aggro deck? It will probably give you a small minion, helping you with early trades. A control deck? An impactful card.
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Isabella Darkraven - The Cult Leader
«May the Faith in the Cult protects us.»
«Ah, the Grand Tournament. Joyful supporters, proud knights, lovely princesses, travelers from far away. The streets have been cleaned, the mounts tended to. Everyone looks happy and cheerful. Well, almost everybody is excited towards this most spectacular event. Some people are slightly less enthusiastic.
Look at this squire, aspiring to a better life. And this gladiator - "he will fight until his death" I hear him say - whose true battle lies elsewhere. Good recruits in need of some guidance I say. Let's do our job and go spread our message.»
Keyword and Upgraded Hero Power
Cult: When you build your deck, you may include up to 4 copies of a card with the keyword Cult. Two new Cult cards appear in the BRM and TGT sets; Ember Jet and Paranoid Cultist.
Convince: Cultists are efficient minions, and shuffling two of them into your deck at a time is certainly good. Shuffling cards into your deck and Increasing your deck size will reinforce some cards, like the new Succumb and Envious Squire.
Example Cards
«At the stables, he mixes up the different mounts.»
«I will fight 'til my death!»
«He got disqualified once for summoning Ysera.»
«Cultists don't read Gadgetzan Times. They have some weird literary tastes.»
Blackrock Set
Ember Jet: It starts slow and calm, and like a wild fire, increases in intensity and becomes destructive! Prolong the game, copy Ember Jet and burn everything in your way.
Inner Flame Adept: Inner Flame Adept fills your curve like Jeweled Scarab, provides card advantage like Mana Tide Totem, and supports a Dragon-strategy. A superb minion that you will want to protect at all costs!
Tournament Set
Commons
Envious Squire: The Cult Leader's Mana Wyrm.
Tireless Gladiator: A good follow-up to Envious Squire, and a good target for Occult Jouster, Tireless Gladiator valiantly protects your most valuable minions. If he sticks on the board, that's for the best.
Master of the Dark Arts: The Inspire minion for the class, Master of Dark Arts will keep the board clear and tidy. Be aware that she doesn't distinguish foes from friends.
Rares
Paranoid Cultist: «I won't go alone. There are... things lurking in the darkness.» Paranoid Cultist is a solid threat for a Cult-based strategy. Have you thought cheating this minion into play with Occult Jouster?
Dusty Compendium: Gain some card advantage, enhance your hand, copy the cards you value the most and voilà.
Succumb: Deck size is still a relevant mechanic of the Cult Leader class, being represented here by Succumb. This straightforward spell comes with a triggered discount, ensuring that you have access to a good and versatile removal spell early on. Excellent against tempo-oriented decks.
Epics and Legendary
Occult Jouster: Your hero power shuffles Cultists into your deck, your cards shuffle Cultists into your deck, Cult minions have a low cost... That's kind of a problem if you want to use the Joust mechanic. Don't worry, Occult Jouster is specifically made for the Cult Leader class, and will bring his squire along to the fight.
Lose All Hope: «I must forfeit to my opponent, and abandon all hope of winning.» Lose All Hope is a spell similar to Brawl. However, it lets you choose which enemy minion stays alive. Thus, if you need to kill something big (like a Flamewreathed Faceless among a bunch of totems), you are assured that your main target won't survive.
Zargha the Shapeless: «The tailor has a hard time making him a suit.» You love Inspire, or you would if it was a stronger mechanic? Not only does Zargha strengthen your Hero Power, making it more viable, it also acts as an excellent recurrent threat. If control decks pose a problem, bring Zargha into your deck and appreciate its strength.
Classic Set
Basic Set
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to The_Odinson (Racer), Aelxer (Bronze Guardian), nurgling13 (Worgen) and freddoccino (Stargazer) for their comprehensive reviews and comments, and to every supporter. (And to the people who were motivated enough to start a discussion on the hero power.)
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Hero, hero power, upgraded hero power, token, keyword:
Basic set:
Classic set:
Blackrock Mountain set, UPDATED and FINISHED:
Tournament set, UPDATED:
I need to choose which Inspire minion I keep. Cloaked Assailant can act as a solid body, or a resilient threat. Master of the Dark Arts is more control-oriented.
Some early Legendary concepts. Zargha is *cough* definitely not a card that I submitted in a recent contest.
TOURNAMENT SET
@The_Odinson
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duringafter the class creation competition, we should try to test different new classes against each other.0
Hero, hero power, upgraded hero power, token, keyword, UPDATED:
Comments about the hero power:
Beneath the Grounds serves as my reference point. It shuffles 3 cards into your opponent's deck, each card being worth 3.5 mana. A Cultist (the new version) is worth 3 mana (a 2/2 minion which replaces itself). Thus, shuffling 3 Cultists into your deck is worth about the same as shuffling 3 Nerubians, which is about 3 mana. Shuffling a single Cultist into your deck should cost 1/3 of this, so about 1 mana. However, shuffling one card at a time is far less efficient than shuffling 3 cards at once. Considering this, shuffling a single Cultist into your deck is worth about 0 mana, and is a fair hero power. Considering the synergy between the hero power and various class cards, I feel the hero power is appropriate as it is now.
Also, the battlecry on the Cultist token was problematic. As Odinson pointed out, you could just use your hero power repeatedly while in Fatigue, not play the generated Cultists (albeit in an inneficient manner), to not suffer from Fatigue. And that is definitely wrong.
With this modification, my hero power becomes essentially equivalent to FunPolice's hero power. But it seems that it is more balanced this way, and that it is the correct way to do it.
For those who thinks the hero power is weak, ahem, may I point out the Priest's hero power, which tends to do nothing during the first few turns of the game? Also, to ensure that the Cult Leader class has something pertinent to do on its 2nd turn, the basic set include two 2-Cost minions.
At last, I will mention, regarding the variance of the hero power, that it diminishes rapidly the more you use it. FunPolice has multiple cards that interact directly with the Whelps, and that's an excellent approach. In my case, I include card filtering and tutoring (Dreadful Omen, Midnight Gossip) and some cards that interact with Cultists (Secret Gathering). So, there are some ways to ensure that the hero power is "constant".
(For the upgraded version, I will keep it as it is for the moment. A possibility that I consider is to give +1/+1 to the generated Cultist, or to summon the Cultist straight away.)
Basic set, for reference:
Classic Set, for reference:
Blackrock set, UPDATED:
Ember Jet and Fire Born Colossus: I have to choose if I keep either of these cards, or if I create something else. (Wrong watermark on EJ.)
Inner Flame Adept: I won't change the card, as I think it's fairly balanced as it is. It smooths your curve like Jeweled Scarab, gives card advantage like Mana Tide Totem, and has Dragon synergy.
Tournament set, UPDATED:
Recent additions: Cloaked Assailant, Bedside Reading (Challenge #2)
Cards I'm working on. Some of them could go in the Tournament set:
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@McF4rtson
The new Handmaiden is nice.
'Twas the wind: If Joust triggers, it doesn't look like an exceptional upgrade. It can be useful sometimes (stupid Savannah Highmane). But I think I would prefer a spell which would do 3 damage to all enemy minions, with the possibility of doing 5 if Joust triggers. Unless I'm mistaken, and that dealing damage twice is really important.
(Dealing 2 damage twice instead of 1 poses less of a problem against a Warrior. Good call.)
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I must agree with @nobravery and @thepowrofcheese, being able to describe briefly your class, your cards, your themes or some interactions is somewhat essential. Cards alone can't convey a class concept entirely.
@thepowrofcheese
Perpetual Flame: Cost reduction is a fitting mechanic for BRM. The card is simple and useful. Probably slightly too strong. After one turn, it becomes better than Shadow Bolt, so it's decent. After two turns, it's excellent. Looking at Nerubian Prophet, Flame starts at a lower cost, and it takes less time to become playable.
Chromatic Prototype: Okay card. The stats are not impressive, and the effect is delayed... but sometimes you will get an extra Legendary and it will feel awesome.
Hero Power: Superb art. Good name for the upgrade. The upgrade seems fair.
Challenge #2: The two cards are well made. I prefer the Proto-Drake because it leads to a more interactive game, and more interesting choices.
Slow: Okay tech card. Can slow down an aggro deck, or prevent an opponent from playing a combo, or prevent an opponent from playing a key card, like an AoE. Probably on the weak side; if your opponent plays two cards (which seems like a normal situation), it will cost him or her two more mana. But then, it cost you two mana as well to cast this. So you do not gain a mana advantage (and you lost a card as well). And if your opponent cast only one card... well, that's not particularly efficient.
Also, I think the card could go up a rarity.
Timewalker Sentry: A 1/4 minion with Taunt for 2 mana is decent. But a free minion is just too good. An efficient minion, I would take that anytime.
Time Keeper: Awesome. I hope this becomes a showcase card.
Contradiction: Can have some pretty... wild effects? Definitely a fun card.
Run out the Clock: The effect is cool. But the cost is probably too low. A possibility to wreck your opponent's turn in a crucial moment of the game should cost more.
Destined Champion: Cool card to make the Joust mechanic playable. Does it work with other cards in your class? I do not remember if your class has "reveal" effects.
Soridormi: Really cool card that I would love to play. (Why do I feel that it would fit, as an effect, in my class as well?)
I suppose the card is too strong. It can be played on curve, to copy a 2-drop, to gain a lot of tempo. It can be played along with any non-legendary 4-7 drop as a powerful combo, to provide a solid board presence. The cost could be increased.
Overall: Great art. Audacious concepts. Some cards, like Slow, Contradiction and Run out the Clock will probaly appeal to a smaller audience. A more traditional card concept could be a good inclusion, to keep a realistic feel to your set and to lower its complexity.
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First draft for Blackrock:
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@Sandernightsite
Yeah, hmm, I don't know what I was thinking.
Ah, true enough.
@nurgling13
Doubtful Gladiator - I don't want to increase the cost, because I want to keep the card as a follow-up for Envoius Squire, and as a good target for Occult Jouster. Could reduce the stats.
Paranoid Cultist - Excellent point. I will modify the card accordingly.
Lose All Hope - Depends. With LAH, you choose which opposing minion survives. So, you will always choose your opponent's worst minion. If you need to kill something big, you are assured that it won't survive. For example, a Flamewreathed Faceless among multiple totems. Brawl can miss, while this spell can't.
Oh, and if you have Sylvanas Windrunner in play, LAH is really great.
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Basic set, for reference:
Classic set, for reference:
Tournament set, incomplete: