Legendaries Of Runeterra - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread

So I did already mention everything on Discord, but Teemo could I think could cast the Secret regardless of its name. I think of it like Inconspicuous Rider and I think you should also get rid of the Demon tag since the meme will be lost on a lot of people.

Heimerdinger is a flavorful recreation of his LoR card, but it unfortunately isn't that strong. As an 8 mana 1/3, the chance that it survives your opponent's next turn is extremely slim meaning that at most, you'll just get to cast one 2-Cost spell or two 1-Cost spells before it dies.

Both of them also use existing set watermarks. Heimerdinger though is a bit problematic in that regard since it uses a set-exclusive keyword.

I want to show you a card I made almost exactly 1 year ago for a previous competition. Blasto McBoom.

It got pretty mixed reception. Not because people thought it was overpowered, but because people didn't like Bomb Warrior at the time. I suppose nowadays, that problem is avoided, though your Teemo still remains week. I understand why you chose Bombs too, since they're effectively an equivalent to Poison Puffcaps in LoR, but it's still very weird flavor.

Nautilus is better, but it seems difficult to use, and it also uses an existing set watermark.

For someone who hasn't played LoR, you've translated the champs into gameplay quite well! Your first version of Jarvan IV is a decent card, but it feels a bit too similar to just a Divine Shield/Rush card and there's also an empty line in the textbox.

Ashe has a good effect, but right now she has a chance to Freeze the minion she's currently attacking. If you can find a way to change that, then I think what you've got is pretty good!

Your second version of Jarvan IV is a good representation of the Level Up mechanic in LoR, although "Primes" are a distinctly Ashes of Outlands thing so I think I would change the name of the token. I can't help but also feel that the Prime might be a bit weak specifically compared to Deathwing, Mad Aspect.

I do quite like your Battlegrounds version of Jarvan, but I'm not sure how I feel about Battlegrounds and Constructed cards being in the same space given that they have very different design protocols.

Demon: Between LeBlanc and Jinx, I prefer Jinx. Good payoff for Aggro that's not overly strong. Heck, you could probably get away with having her draw a card at the end of turn. Side-note: what's wrong with having our champs in existing expansions?

KANSAS: I think you're trying too much to recreate the LoR versions of the cards. Try to find something that's more flavorful, even if the effect is very different from the LoR one. Teemo and Naut are very bad cards to try to translate directly, since they have a lot of support cards that make them work.

Wailor: Of the 2, I prefer MF. The card is flavorful and the fact it triggers both sides of the board makes it balanced.

linkblade: Odd classes for Revival synergy. Druid has a precedent with Hadronox, but not much else. I know Lissandra is ice-cold and all, but I feel this would make more sense in *shudders* Preist.

NerdyMcNerd: Pretty much a simplified version of the LoR card. It works well, but it's probably going to be real crazy with all the generation HS has. I assume it won't gain a keyword it already has?

anchorm4n: I prefer Jarvan, a 6 mana 6/4 that deals 6 to a minion. The formatting on the card is weird, though. The Prime idea is also interesting. Not so sure about the BG one, since you use different art.

cydonianknight - I like the first GP. The second iteration is just a fancy Bomb, whereas the former creates decision-making for the opponent.

ChickyChick - At least he doesn't have Taunt; that would be crazy lol. My main concern is that you've eliminated any real potential to clear him via minion-damage, so a couple of buffs on Taric would make him really difficult to remove.

ElSabidon - Welcome :D We love to see new participants! As for Garen, while I understand the desire to reflect his League kit - I was very tempted myself - I feel like the spirit of the competition was to translate the LoR cards to Hearthstone. Demonxz95 has never even played League of Legends, so he has no frame of reference for what you're trying to accomplish, unfortunately. Still, I like the connection to whirlwind effects; that's something interesting. And for being your first entry ever, your card is very well executed, with the custom watermark and no glaring errors.

Nirast - I really like the idea of adding onto the T-Hex instead of just building a bunch of tiny minions; that's very unique. However, I'm not sure why Heimer needs to have Immunity. Yeah he's fragile, but straight-up Immunity is powerful and scary.

Demonxz95 - I prefer Jinx, despite my aversion to Aggro. She's aggressively-statted as she should be, and translates the LoR effect well. I don't think she needs any AoE; that would be very scary.

anchorm4n - "Battlecry: Choose an enemy minion and attack it." has a name already, and it's "Rush" lol :P Despite Demon's aversion to putting LoR characters in existing sets, I like Jarvan Prime. Might be too similar to Deathwing, Mad Aspect, but all well. Although I'm mad I didn't think of Ashe before you did, because I really like that one too. Freeze Shaman ftw haha

NerdyMcNerd - I like Viktor: straight-forward and a good execution of his LoR playstyle, but "didn't start in your deck" can mean a lot of things so he's quite versatile as well. I think you're good to go :)

Wailor - Heimer is interesting, but I feel like he should specify somewhere on his card that his Turrets are special, at least in some capacity. You'll learn what they do eventually, sure, but in the interest of clarity it should maybe be mentioned. What about "After you cast a spell, summon a 0/2 Apex Turret that can damage enemy minions."? Just a thought. I like MF, but damaging her friends is kind of weird.

KANSAS - I like Nautilus a lot. Warlock burning their cards infuriates me, so getting them back in some capacity would be really helpful. We just got cards related to it, as well, so it's topical. The number "4" should probably be spelled out, no? Other than that the wording seems fine.

And I do still believe that you shouldn't use an existing set watermark. We're making cards for characters from another franchise, so having them located in an existing set doesn't feel right.

Congrats on your win last week.

I feel like Taric would say "Whenever a minion attacks this, set its Attack to 1". As Link pointed out, it does make him very difficult to remove with any type of minion combat.