A Comp Of Frost And Flame - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread

Wailor: Not 100% on the flavor. Is the campfire in your hand?

Demonxz95: Enchantment is pretty scary, Rogue can play a lot of cards in a turn. Tame the Flame and Deep Burn are interesting, I think I like the former better.

linkblade91: I think I like the Snowball better. Don't think it needs Taunt, since it has immediate impact with Rush as is. The wording on the first version is better either way.

BasilAnguis: I think I like Heating Up! the most out of the bunch. Makes cards like Fireball more control-centric instead of smorcers. Too bad it's forbidden, sorry.

AeroJulwin: Neat card, great flavor.

 

BasilAnguis - I think Icy Hell is trying too hard to get around using the word "Freeze". I like Cauterize the most: simple, effective, and feels Warlock-y enough.

R - While we're allowing the whole "double damage" thing to slide, I personally - as the comp's creator - feel like it defeats the point of the prompt. The idea was that the Fire spells should not be damage-related at all; I wanted to see something completely different than the tried-and-true "Fire = Destruction" concepts. With that in mind, I prefer Tea Time by default.

Wailor - Now that it costs 3 and has that stat-buff attached, I think it's pretty cool. You're not necessarily bouncing Battlecry minions (although you can), but maybe Rush minions instead to best exploit the stat buff. Charge always makes that scary, of course, but it shouldn't be a big deal.

Nirast - I agree with the others in-that you should drop the cost-reduction bonus; there's too much going on already. I also agree that you have a problem with the Rogue Discovering Armor cards: it has none, so it can't Discover anything :/ Make it Warrior-only, undo the capitalizations that are not necessary, and you should be good.

AeroJulwin - This seems absolutely insane in Druid decks that run very few (if any) minions. We know they exist, so a 1-mana draw-2 with no downsides is a big problem in my opinion. Flavor is great; just concerned about that archetype breaking this card.

Demonxz95 - See R's feedback for my opinion of Deep Burn. I think Flame Enchantment is the most interesting, but maybe up the Cost given how easy it can be to chain cards in Rogue.

I like both versions of the card. I think the first version is fine in terms of design, but I've made that exact same card at 2 mana and honestly I think you can do the same thing. The second version is pretty cool, though a part of me is tempted to say that it can be 2 mana.

I do prefer Tumbling Snowball myself, though I think the tokens should be Elementals.

Also, I'm not sure who R is supposed to be when you say "R's feedback for my opinion on Deep Burn". R hasn't given me any feedback at all.

I do like Cauterize the best. Icy Hell is perfectly fine (though it doesn't feel like a Classic card), and I think Blazing Speed is just too weird and unwieldy.

Awesome flavor. I'm slightly worried about how strong this would be in Spell Druid decks since it's arguably even stronger than Fungal Fortunes in many ways.

I will also agree in that it should drop the Cost reduction, mainly because the card feels too bloated with effects when it does have it. I realize that this is also just a problem with dual-class cards in general, but I do also think it leans quite heavily into the Warrior side both mechanically and flavorfully to the point where it'd probably make more sense for it to just be a Warrior card. If you want to keep it as a dual-class card, then I'd suggest to try changing the flavor of it a bit.

Tea Time is flavorful I suppose, but it doesn't feel like either a Warrior card or a Fire spell, and I think you should change the artwork. I love Uncle Iroh as much as the next person, but he doesn't belong on a Hearthstone card unless you're trying to make some sort of Hearthstone/ATLA crossover set (which come to think about it, actually sounds like it could work). It also feels really weird as a Common, as the "end your turn" effect in and of itself feels like an Epic on the cusp of being a Legendary.

Overheat I think is better in terms of Fire spell flavor and simplicity for the rarity, but it screams OTK potential. Two of these in turn can quadruple a character's damage for 4 mana. It also doesn't feel like a VttSC card either.

Wailor: Ok, I can see the flavor. Balance seems good too, especially when compared to Grumble, Worldshaker.

R: Love Tea Time. Not crazy about Overheat.

BasilAnguis: Cauterize and Blazing Speed are my favorites, in that order, though I'm not sure if the latter breaks the rules. Probably not, since it doesn't destroy it itself.

linkblade91: Looks good.

BloodMefist: I like Discolock support, and Burn Bright is an interesting one. You pretty much need a good top-deck to make the use of discard synergies. Magic Candle is illegal, no Mage or Shaman cards.

I love Burn Bright. Simple, yet elegant.

Other people have already said that Magic Candle isn't allowed since it's a Mage card, and… well, that. Pretty cool card though (although the textbox looks really weird), so at least you've got that going for it.

Looks pretty good!