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Yes, this would take a big chunk out of the competitive aspect and I wouldn't want it for ranked. I was mainly pointing out that it would technically be possible to 'punish' people for netdecking (or reward people with unusual decks, from whichever perspective you want to see it). Please don't disregard the second half of my post; I'm aware that something like this would effectively discourage building good or maximised decks.

There are other issues as well, and this idea isn't new. Early on people suggested something similar when new players where overwhelmed by powerful cards, but you need this kind of 'unfair' advantage to keep the gameplay going. It's the same reason why they aren't buffing bad cards.

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Guys, even when most people netdecking is not one of the best things for the game, we can't change that and I also doubt Blizzard can do it. So, really, what is the purpose of this thread?. To call other players silly for doing so and complain about them?.

If someone has a really good idea to improve this game for everyone, please share it, because I haven't seen one yet, and many people are just complaining here.

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Reverts the effect of Hex, Polymorph, Polymorph: Boar, Tinkmaster Overspark, Recombobulator and Gnomish Experimenter.

Druid of the Fang, Druid of the Saber, Druid of the Flame and Druid of the Claw change into their untransformed state (like the cards were placed on the board by a Deathlord)

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First draft. The idea should be obvious, but I'm unsure about the wording and the stats- 4 mana seems reasonable, but then again that's the cost of Polymorph. As for card references in the text, I'm not sure if I should replace it with Sheep/Frog instead of the spell names to satisfy the condition. Let me know what you think.

 I REALLY like this idea. Honestly think it could be a 4/4 or something considering it's a very specific condition. I can't really say what I think the wording should be; Sheep/Frog is more accurate but Hex/Polymorph is more clear.

 Maybe like "return a beast to its original state."? That way it works as a silence on a beast that had been buffed, or it will return a hexed, polymorphed, or tinkmaster over sparked car to its original card. With this effect, I would maybe have it as a 3/4? With the other effect, a 4/4 would probably be balanced 

First draft. The idea should be obvious, but I'm unsure about the wording and the stats- 4 mana seems reasonable, but then again that's the cost of Polymorph. As for card references in the text, I'm not sure if I should replace it with Sheep/Frog instead of the spell names to satisfy the condition. Let me know what you think.

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I just decided to be silly.

7 mana, 7 characters long, 7 appears in the text.

 This is funny but it is also horrifically broken and overpowered yet it has more votes than any other submission.  Mods should probably pull submissions that are obviously broken.

 We shouldn't really do that because people have different opinions about balance. One of the winners of season 1 was a card that I found highly unbalanced but it still won. It's up to the community.

 Sure its up to community, but this card in particular is total crap, u have to admit that. And this one is intentional and it is stated that it is intentional, such as should be rly not considered for the finals :P

 

 The thing is, if we were to come up with lots of rules for this competition, things would go south. This week has proven that haha. An outlining by us is good but micromanagement would probably not be. And that would make our work load larger. Remember that we aren't paid, we have this competition to fix, have an eye on the rest of the forum etc. It ain't as easy as it may seem, believe me ;)  Also, this is a casual competition and that's the way it is. Want something more hardcore? Well...;)

 Well, how about throwing in a shout-out for best joke cards (moderator's choice) in the results? If a card makes people giggle and obeys all technical restrictions, that would be fine imo. Keeps the two separate but allows for some silly entries once in a while. Having fun isn't a bad thing.

Damn, I come back from a day of work and the number of submissions is already overwhelming. I have some catching up to do, but there are some really nice ideas there already.

Cost down to 8. Tweaked the card text, a little clearer now but awkward phrasing. :P

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 Great idea but it looks too slow to make the deathrattle worth, I'd suggest a mana cost of 8.

 Hm, maybe the class legendary bonus can carry that. I'm a bit reluctant because you could immediately Reincarnate on T10.

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 Seems a bit overpowered to me, but is an interesting idea. Maybe try:

"Deathrattle: All friendly minions randomly receive either +7 attack or +7 health."

 Oh no no, that would imply that each minion would get either the full health or attack buff. The idea is to distribute a total of 7 point over all minions health and attack.

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 I think it's a bit too cheap. Al'Akir the Windlord is a class legendary for 8 with 3/5 and most of the bling. He needs some additional buff to make the windfury work, whereas a spell card can just be put on a body already in play. Card text wise, you could shorten the first blessing to (+1/+1). I guess the deathrattle health goes to the hero?

Also, either my card or your card is against the rules, depending if the word 'seven' in the name counts or not, :P A clarification on that would be nice,

That said, I like the theme of the card. Nice idea!

He's from the WoW RPG and had the 'beloved commander' trait that buffs allies should he die. (Edit: oh yeah, he's a shaman. Thus the choice of class card.)

If I understood the rules correctly, the "Seven" in his name doesn't count - ie, card text and name count as one.

If someone can think of a more elegant way to phrase that the 7 points are distributed to either Attack or Health that would help, so feedback is appreciated.

Balance-wise I think he should be ok. 7/7 for 7 is vanilla, and the buff is +3.5/+3.5 on average, distributed over several minions and a deathrattle. But let me know if you think he's off.