Hearthpwn

Duels was never what I wanted it to be, a dungeon run with pvp instead of pve. It was always built on catering your starter deck to have the highest rate of strong buckets and specific treasures. It was far too broken for most people to want to engage with.

So this obviously isn’t a surprise but glad to see they’re trying to reuse some of the stuff in places like arena. Could be a fun spin on a small arena event!

Nah, it’s just on the board. There’s a few other cards with ALL in all caps for some reason, like Wild Pyromancer. Most of them are from the classic set, likely to make sure players knew they were hitting their own minions too. They moved away from it for a while, but maybe a designer liked it that way. Who knows

Oh wow, I'm honored. It's been great, thanks to everyone! 
Definitely something I'd love to do again, it's been great to see ideas come to life and see other people's ideas as well!

"Oh, yes, I have many, many stories to tell..." - Chen Stormstout

The Monk Class - 

It was long ago that the pandaren were subjugated by the mogu. Forced to use only their hands, the monks learned the ways of the fist, and drawing upon their inner strength, their Chi. These masters became the new hope for the pandaren, and were known as the monks. After mastering their crafts, the time finally struck for them to revolt, and the masters were ready to break free. 

The monks arrive to Hearthstone wielding their fists as a weapon, as well as their Chi, their inner strength to power themselves up when they gather enough energy. They are just in time, as the Old Gods are descending upon the world to twist it in their corrupted vision. The less fortunate are swayed by their gaze, though the strong will continue to fight on and take a fist to even the gods themselves. Will you join the fight against C'Thun... or will you ally alongside him and his twisted minions...

Strengths and Weaknesses
"It is important to master the brew and not let it master you." - Chen Stormstout

Strengths: Healing, Board Clear, Card Combinations, Card Draw, Dragons

Weaknesses: Card Generation, Minion Buffs, Minion Swarms

Limitations: High Attack Weapons

Hero Power and Keyword

Serenity is your basic hero power as the Monk. It allows you to restore 1 Health to anything, while also granting +1 Attack for your hero. You can use it to top off minions in the early game while taking some trades yourself, or for keeping your hero sustained while dealing a bit of damage back to your opponent. Eminence is the upgraded version. 
This hero power encourages a more sustained style of play, edging on maintaining a few larger minions on the board while taking out small threats yourself. The class itself focuses a bit on control, so that they can make it to later turn in order to trigger their class Keyword: Chi.

Chi is an effect that appears on both minions and spells. It enhances the card when played for bonus mana, effectively increasing the card's cost to make it stronger or add on a different effect. Sometimes, Chi will alter the effects of a card to change it's targeting or effect, or it can simply provide bonuses to the card's power. Cards with more then 1 Chi effect on them will trigger effects in order from top to bottom, so any cheaper Chi effects will also be included in the most expensive version. 
Using Chi cards, Monks are able to remain flexible, dropping cards early if needed, or saving them for their more powerful versions later. 

Deck Tech
"Home brew is the best brew, because you can drink it right away!" - Chen Stormstout

With the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion alongside the Disciple and Basic sets, there are several deck archetypes that are possible with the Monk. Here are a few of them:

C'Thun's Might - Emerging alongside C'Thun and his army, fuel the Old God and release his power on your enemies. 

Use early C'Thun buff cards to power the old god up as quick as possible before fishing it from your deck to wipe out your enemy. With some finesse, you can even bounce the god back to unleash his wrath again and again. This is a faster take on C'Thun decks from Whispers of the Old Gods. 

Combo Bounce - Powerful battlecries, copying minions, and sending them in and out of hand to repeat their effects again and again. 

Using a number of bounce tools, Monks can set up some powerful minions to play over and over again, while either gathering attack power on their hero, or building an army of minions with powerful effects to repeatedly use, though it falls victim to heavy tempo loss over time. Plays like Battlecry Rogue or other similar archetypes. 

Chi Control -  Sustain yourself until the late game when your Chi effects can swing the match.

With heavy healing, board clears and defensive minions, this strategy involves staying alive until you have enough mana to drop heavy Chi effects, making every card in your hand a potential powerhouse. This deck also runs a lot of dragons, who synergize quite well with one another. Similar to control style decks like Priest or Warrior. 

"And now... it's time for Pandemonium!" 

Showcase Cards

Final Sets

Basic Set - 10 Cards

Disciple Set - 20 Cards

 Whispers of the Old Gods Set - 15 Cards

 Final Thoughts

First and foremost, thanks to everyone still reading for reading this far! I'm happy that I was able to keep your attention this long. Second, this was quite the project to work on, and I couldn't be happier with the end result. It's always a blast to try and envision what a new kind of class could bring to the table in terms of card design and exploring mechanics that aren't touched upon as much as they could be. Thanks to everyone who participated and gave amazing feedback, and thanks to everyone who voted for me, hopefully this final set can win you over yet again!

Special shout out to Artimex723 who was my partner for the final challenge and the creator of the Scheming Darkfin! The card fit so perfectly with what I had planned it was incredible! 

Hopefully I got some gears turning, and presented an interesting and fairly balanced set of cards. It's always fun to dream the what ifs! As Chen would say, "For some, the journey is the destination."

Thanks again for reading and checking out this project! 

Bonus (Flavor Text)

Just wanted to drop by for some potential feedback! The Monk will be taking on the old gods in Whispers of the Old Gods (which didn't have 2 legendaries but I just went with copying the DH rarity from Ashes) 

There is a wild mix of cards in the bunch, with some loose archetypes being Combo Bounce to build up a lot of copies of minions that grant Attack, and Speed C'Thun to push as much power into the Old God as quick as possible before slamming it. 

Thanks to Artimex723 for the Scheming Darkfin, which also happened to come from an oddball tribe, a Murloc. If that breaks the rules though, I will also adjust one of my own to an oddball tribe. I was also given the challenge of a Legendary Weapon! Anyway, here's the set:

Thanks, feedback appreciated! Good luck guys!

The Monk
The Disciple Set Part 2

Back for Part 2 of the Disciple Set! This one is focused on Heroic Combat, with some other strong tools thrown in control and combos. 
If you want to check out the other parts of the Class, you can look below, or check out Part 1 of the Disciple Set here and the Basic Set here!

Keyword: 

Disciple Set Part 2: Featured Cards

Remaining Cards: 

 Elemental Spirits: 

Disciple Set Part 1:

Monk Basic Set:

 Thanks for all the support! Good luck everyone! 

 The Monk
The Disciple Set Part 1

Monks are built to be a control style class, with a splash of dragons, hero attacking for control, healing, and bouncing minions back to their owner's hands. They also possess a powerful effect Chi on some of their cards to enhance them at the cost of extra mana. Once they get to late game, some of these cards can come out stronger then they were before, allowing them to be surprisingly flexible. This part of the Disciple set will focus on minion bouncing, along with some miscellaneous cards that can fit into other strategies. Part 2 will focus more on hero attacking. 
They will be introduced in the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion, leading the fight against C'Thun and the Old Gods, or maybe some of the corrupted will be aiding him in his conquest...

Keyword: 

Chi appears on a few cards, allowing them to be decent cards early if needed, or come down later for additional benefits. Some other effects can also reduce your Chi costs, so some swift combos can help get enhanced versions of cards out early!

Disciple Set Part 1: Featured Cards

Remaining Cards:

Li Li's Water Dragon: 

If you'd like to check out the basic set, you can here!

My first time taking part as well, and I bring you the ever creative Monk!

Class Identity: 

Showcase Cards

Remaining Basic Cards

Token

Quote from McF4rtson >

 

I think your basic set it looking very good! As funny as it is, the thing I see being a potential worry is Transformation Jutsu. The ability to make a favorable trade then turn a weak minion into an 8/8 Rush for 7 is potentially dangerous for a basic level card. I'd personally say 8 Mana for the symmetry and stuff but I'm also not the best at balance since I worry everything is too strong so that's just me!
Throwing Kunai might also be pushing the edge a bit but it's probably fine!

Quote from Screwjank >>

 

I'm going to be redundant, but I'll also say that the Poultry is a bit scary, Upgrade looks to be in a good spot, and the defender seems weak. For the defender though you could try both giving it Taunt, and shifting it's stats to be Health heavy, then it could play more as a defender. That said, since you also focus on divine shields, perhaps a shift of flavor on him could also work. Having him grant maybe +1 Attack instead to better make use of your divine shields and the target dummies, while also giving his stats a bump. Just an idea!

But anyway here's what I'm sitting on the ever so creative Monk! Feedback also appreciated! I wanted to focus on more of a control style attack with your hero, with heals mixed in and some minion bouncing, but it's hard to capture all of that is just the basic set. Let me know if something could probably be switched out for something else, there might be too much overlap across some of the cards. 

 

Wow I want monk to be in hearthstone!

Congrats on making these lovely cards!

For a moment I was hyped, then I read again and realized it's deathrattle not battlecry.

Ice Block since it pretty much is 3 mana "take another turn"

Frothing Beserker because either it dies or you die and is just not fun to play against

Gadgetzan Auctioneer becuase the decks that use this can pull out wins that wouldn't happen in any other case (jade druid and rogue are my main issues)