Double Identity - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread

Competition Theme: Double Identity

We've a lot of classes in need of help at the minute, so it's time to put some heroes on double shifts!

• You must create a Dual Class Hero Card
  • It's as simple as that! You can combine whatever two classes you like - don't feel beholden to the pairings we saw in Scholomance.

MrRhapsody is looking for some cards which really bridge the gap between classes this week - it'll take a heroic effort to satisfy them!

As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.

Competition Phases

Here are the phases of this card design competition

• Submission Phase: Starts on Mon, May 9 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sat, May 14 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, May 14 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Sun, May 15 16:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, May 15 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400). Runs until Mon, May 16 17:00 EDT (GMT -0400)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

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Simple prompt, but quite hard honestly. Here's my first take on it.

I'm assuming the Battlecry takes place after the armor gain, so at least he always gains +5 Attack. The Hero Power makes use of two keywords which both Warrior and Druid usually make use of.

Quote From linkblade91

No worries: I deleted Felfire Ragnaros and edited in a different card in its place lol.

I could see your card featured in some silly OTK involving the Linecracker 2000+ Armor combo, plus Silas Darkmoon and Soulbound Ashtongue haha. Why wait them out when you can inflict 2000+ damage to their face and just end things :D

I still think you should include Fel Rag in spoiler, at least. It wasn't a bad card, even if I prefer your new one.

As for the OTK, wouldn't something like Shield Slam still do the trick?

A quick idea for my mashup. I just had to immediately use the Dreadlord Jaina's art. :>

So the idea is that her HP and Battlecry benefit both classes - DH can use her as a followup after Sigil of Reckoning (preferably, since that was my intent :>), and Jaina got a push for expensive spells in Alterac Valley. HP benefits Mage more, albeit Demon Hunter can also use it for some quick chip damage and a 2/2, all for 1 Mana, not to mention Demon synergies.

Anduin in the lore naturally evolves to a paladin or paladin/priest hybrid, and so this comp is the perfect occasion to show that. Combines life gain, weapons, removal, summoning dudes and holy spell synergy! The latter is more a paladin thing nowadays but i'm still hoping holy priest becomes a thing.

Feedback:

• linkblade - i like the idea, though the multi targeting thing is a bit strange. I feel like the card could be abused to only have it as the only destroy effect in the deck, and so you summon the same thing over and over again.
• Wailor - simple, but effective. I like the hero power but not sure on the battlecry. Gaining 20 attack to smack one minion feels sad. And druid can do the combo with Soulbound Ashtongue and Silas Darkmoon much easier with 20 mana...
• Demonxz95 - sorry but i don't get the battlecry. So you draw a minion, and it gains stuff i understand that part. But what bonus battlecries does it get? "It gains every Battlecry copied by this" no where in the text does your card ever mention copying stuff.
• Neoguli - I don't see the demon hunter flavor in this to be honest. Seems like it's a better Magister Dawngrasp to me. And i feel a 1 mana deal 1 damage summon a 2/2 is kinda too strong. Even at 2 mana it's pretty good.

The Hero Power could be considered a direct upgrade for both classes, since they both give 1 Attack to your hero, but now for free. Of course its main point is that the effect is active during your opponents turn as well, allowing you to put a little bit of pressure on the enemy board even during your opponent's turn.

Gues I'm going with a Warlock card again, just not sure which version to go.

The idea is that Mohg extracts his blood to increase his powers, the perfect illustration of a Blood Mage.

And I knew the theme only looks simple at first glance when I suggested it, so if any one is struggling with ideas, I'll leave a piece of a FCS interview I did about Elden Ring heroes, which were all dual class heroes (and by the way, the thread recently got updated with a new hero, go take a look!) I hope it helps to inspire someone.

Feedback coming soon.

An update on my submission. Now it should be more balanced, as admittedly Jaina having huge Taunts was a big no-no. Now it instead plays out on both classes using higher-Cost spells like Inner Demon or Rune of the Archmage. The Hero Power is also more balanced, giving you a 1/1 Vigilante with HP and not a 2/2 with Taunt like it did, whilst still enabling Wildfire and Reckless Apprentice shenanigans for Mage and some token-based ones for Demon Hunter due to the Vigilante being naturally small for them.

Feedback time! As a general comment, I see many cards that could easily be mono-class, which kinda defeats the point of the competition.

These dual-class prompt are always though.

I'll try to make one or two alternative Hero Powers later.

I certainly was able to work this out in my brain a lot easier than the last version of this. Still don't know how broken this is, but it does seem cool.

I think people got confused by my first card, so I'll give a proper explanation:

The Battlecry works the same as Instructor Fireheart, and it synergizes with the Hero Power! So for example: If cast 3 spells with the Battlecry, you'll have Spell Damage +3 for the rest of the game, and the more damage you take from the battlecry, the more Spell Damage you'll have. Would Mage REALLY not benefict from a permanent Spell Damage +3? But that's ok, here's a new version, it works the same as the first one, except the Battlecry and the Hero Power are switched, so with all explanations given, should I go with the first version or this one? ( since I'm not really happy with the second).

And now, my feedback:

Alright so, seems most people did not vibe with the weapon. That kinda makes me sad because, it's impossible to not include Shalamayne in a dual class King Anduin card. it's iconic! So, here is a new idea:

This version is a bit less paladin-ish. yes you still get a weapon but you have a choice! Swing it for 3 heal on a single target or wait out for the radiating damage instead. If the enemy has a couple or no minions attacking is better. But if they have a full board and generally play a swarmy deck, not swinging is more beneficial. My idea of making a weapon that can also be more caster/passive (how priest usually has them).

Now onto the Hero power. This i'm afraid that people won't realize what it does. it doesn't heal, It gives Health! So you can both make yourself and a minion tankier, playing more into that buffer/high health theme. The fact your max hp can go over 30 now means healing stuff is also better to play in your deck, less wasted value on overheal, something both paladin and priest love.

Finally the battlecry. Just wanted to reinforce the Holy synergy, still keep that in.

My card was rightfully perceived as weak, so I made two new versions.

The first version is basically AeroJulwin's idea with a cost increase of 1. I think it was a pretty good suggestion, but has the issue of surpassing Druid's AoE weakness.

The second one simply reduces the Mana cost to 3, which is more appropriate for the power level of the card. However, I think such a low cost is a bit scary for a Hero card, especially considering its combo potential (even if it seems to require a lot of cards to pull off).

Both versions keep the original HP, which was the best part of the card, IMO.

Some late feedback:

I didn't notice that it was necessary to create a hero card. Facepalm.