Counting On You - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread

Wailor: Really interesting and nice equalizing card. You only need 1 minion for this to be Arcane Intelect, so I'd make it cost 4. Interestingly enough, Mythgard has a similar card in Balance, which didn't see much play, but your card guarantees a draw, and Mythgard didn't have many swarm-y decks.

linkblade91: Yrel's Deathrattle is good against zoo decks, which can circumvent it by trading. I like Hold the Line! better.

anchorm4n: I swear I saw this on a card before, or at least something similar. Card isn't bad, though, but not that great either.

I like it, but maybe make it cost 4.

Still going on that Yrel train even after she was added to the game. And wow, that Yrel is a huge comeback enabler. Basically a 5-Attack pre-nerf Dreadsteed with Rush while behind on board. Kinda strong at putting you back in the game.

Hold the Line! is definitely a lot easier to balance. That said, one thing that is weird about both cards is the fact that they both have anti-synergy with the Hero Power.

Yeah, I was just about to comment on Cyclopian Horror. I encourage you not to give up though. You can definitely get there.

This is a cool effect and I like the many different ways it can be used. The card is by no means bad as is, but I'm thinking it could possibly be 2 mana since it's always worse than Subdue on the enemy board and you need a lot of minions on your side in order for it to be a huge buff (thinking specifically of Reliquary Seeker in that regard), though I can't doubt that a +6/+6 buff for 2 mana would indeed be extremely good.

Pretty good job overall

Exactly that. PM Shadows (or DM on Discord) your prompt ideas and we choose whichever one we like the most to be the next competition (ideally having more than one prompt is a good idea).

As for your card, Smoldermort is definitely a deviation from the typical Hunter weapon. This is very much a card for Control Hunter, which is a little bit weird, but I don't hate it.

The artwork doesn't particularly feel like a Hunter weapon to me, but then again Stormhammer exists and this definitely feels more Hunter to me than that card does.

AeroJulwin: The fact that it can't attack heroes makes it about as good as Bladed Gauntlet (hint: not very). It's probably worse because it's in Hunter.

Demonxz95: Not sure Restless Souls counts. Matatha all along isn't bad, but the effect isn't that interesting.

Wailor - As AeroJulwin alluded to, a 1-drop with Divine Shield (or at least 3 Health) will be a pain to remove immediately, allowing you to get Alone in the Woods up (possibly via the Coin if you're going second) and reliably set it off. I'm not sure how often you'll proc the Secret later in the game, but it's that initial opening that'll be problematic. +4/+4 is just too high; IMO it has that "woah that's OP!" initial read that'll put people off.

AeroJulwin - Overkill is a carry-over from Rastakhan's Rumble, so that'll upset some people (like Demon lol). It's a neat card, it just…would not exist in its current form.

Nirast - I'm okay with it being 3-mana, as a "tax" for the flexibility the card has. You're either using it against the enemy Subdue-style, or buffing something small like with Dark Conviction; they both cost 2, but the ability to have both options should make it cost 3. Choose One is a good example of this: the Druid often pays a convenience tax for being allowed a choice.

Demonxz95 - I understand why you pre-nerfed Magatha, however that decision also makes her rather boring if I'm being honest. You've flooded the board with random Totems, which is nice for buffing, but unless they were all the one with Taunt you haven't impacted the enemy's board or its ability to go face. The art is great; if you can find a more impactful/interesting effect this could be a winning combination.

anchorm4n - As the others noted, it's Belligerent Gnome crossed with Cyclopian Horror; that's okay, but not very interesting. Don't give up :(