Ride And Die - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread

I'm going to point out the watermark anyway. XD

I quite like the idea and the flavor of the card, though I do agree with Wailor in that the All type doesn't seem fitting for a spell both mechanically and flavorfully. I'm not sure if you meant to make the card for Warlock or Warrior since you specify the former in your card description, but you use the latter as the class of the card at the moment. In any case, I'm thinking maybe MatDF would be a good set to put it in to fit the "darkness" approach of the set as well as the Menagerie archetypes.

Congrats on that win! I look forward to whatever competition you have for us.

Ancient Spirit is my favorite of the three cards. It's very simple, but it's also a very charming type of simple that makes it stand out against other cards of the same simplicity level. The only issue with the card I see is that it has used art. This art is already taken by the Big Wisps option of Wisps of the Old Gods.

Imitation is a funny card flavorwise, but it seems on average to be a worse Ancestral Spirit.

System Update is another funny card, though I find its ability to target any minion (as opposed to just Mechs) to be a little bit strange and bringing back Zilliax is something that not everyone will likely be happy with it. I think "summon a Zilliax" should also be changed to just "summon Zilliax". Zilliax isn't just a random unimportant mob that you find somewhere. It's a named Legendary character with proper Hearthstone lore.

Welcome aboard! It's always nice to see some new people getting involved with card creation. You will likely have some questions to ask and we are available here to answer them.

This idea of choosing a form to give a minion and then summoning that form of minion is an idea that I tried to do for the comp, but I couldn't get good wording for it, so I am glad that you seemed to have gotten it. The wording is a bit unconventional, but it does communicate what the card does pretty well.

The biggest problem I see with your card is that all 3 pieces of it use existing art. Kodo Mount uses the artwork of Getaway Kodo, Distressed Kodo uses the artwork of Stampeding Kodo, and Anxious Kodo uses the artwork of Thickhide Kodo. Finding good art for all of these pieces is probably going to be difficult, but it'll be worth it if you can.

A smaller problem is the use of the Classic watermark as the card doesn't belong in Classic due to using the Rush mechanic which was introduced in The Witchwood. This is a mistake that I see new people to this hobby make a lot, so you shouldn't feel too bad about it. The card feels like a Mount card in the new Stormwind set down to a tee, so it probably makes the most sense to use that watermark.

Hope to see you around for more. *thumbs up*

Cheese - I think I like Peculiar Pilots the most. Summoning a random Legendary is a huge variance and not really tied to the Warrior, while the other two are simply okay. Peculiar Pilots plays into Mech Hunter, while also being a sort-of callback to Piloted Shredder.

Lundy - I prefer the Hawkstrider. I don't like the art on the Mechanostrider, and it just feels bland. Conversely, the art for the Hawkstrider cards are perfect and Spell Damage adds a different dimension. The only thing you're missing is a watermark on the Strider minion.

Nirast - I mentioned it in Discord, but you should replace the Big Crab art so they're not the same and make it a Hunter minion.

anchorm4n - I believe you submitted already, but at any rate I'd say you're good to go with Take Possession.

Demonxz95 - That art is much better.

AeroJulwin - Hello! Welcome to OutofCards, and to our side of things :D For being new to this, you did a pretty good job overall; I like it a lot. A few things to consider: the watermark on the Kodo Mount card is for Classic/Legacy, so that should be changed, and the art for the Kodos is already being used by Stampeding Kodo and Thickhide Kodo, so those should be swapped out as well. Beyond that, I think you're good to go!

R - Imitation is weird: I think I know what you mean by "this minion", but I shouldn't have to guess or puzzle it out. System Update is a bit heavy-handed, so by the process of elimination I would say go with Ancient Spirit: it may be simple, but it's still a very effective card for Token Druid. It might have to cost 1, given it buffs, summons a body, and is Nature for Guff Runetotem.

Wailor - Cycle of Life is a cool card, but it should probably not be a K&C card. Recruit has a connotation that doesn't connect with the flavor of the card itself.

Arkasaur - I like it; not much to add, really, 'cause it seems ready to submit.

BloodMefist - I like Silver Hand Recruits more than the Adventurers, but the Adventurers appear to be the Flavor of the Month so maybe go with them? Hard to say. The SHR version is definitely the more "dangerous" one, given how much synergy exists for them.

Hordaki - I think you mean Menagerie Warrior :P I like the card, and its intended use-case; N'Zoth, God of the Deep is a favorite of mine. That being said, it doesn't seem like giving a minion all-types is really that effective, as we lack cards like Houndmaster or Fire Breather in Warrior. Ringmaster's Baton and Ringmaster Whatley exist, but the minion you're buffing won't benefit from including those in your deck.

The only one of these four I don't like particularly much is Wooden Steed. I feel like just playing Animated Broomstick is generally better. The fact that it uses a non-existant pairing of classes also bothers me. It would be completely fine with a custom watermark, but not in Scholomance (though that would then put you in a problem of generating a card which would be Wild-only at the time which not everyone may be fond of).

I like the simplicity of Repair Bots, though the first Peculiar Pilots will likely get a better score since it's more flashy.