Hey, working on this mini set of legendaries based on characters from the animated shorts. It's a set about Hearthstone itself, about cards and packs and card sets. I'm trying to use art that includes hearthstone cards in the image. I imagine this as some kind of promo-set, maybe for an event or giveaway. Check it out!
Ava creates a pack from the latest standard expansion set (currently Descent of Dragons). Whizbang creates a pack from a random set in Wild (currently any set from Goblins vs Gnomes through Kobolds and Catacombs).
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Hey, working on this mini set of legendaries based on characters from the animated shorts. It's a set about Hearthstone itself, about cards and packs and card sets. I'm trying to use art that includes hearthstone cards in the image. I imagine this as some kind of promo-set, maybe for an event or giveaway. Check it out!
Ava creates a pack from the latest standard expansion set (currently Descent of Dragons). Whizbang creates a pack from a random set in Wild (currently any set from Goblins vs Gnomes through Kobolds and Catacombs).
Even if it were just for a limited time event, adding cards with these characters would be sweet. Love the pack shuffling, especially the Wild Pack idea.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
I think too many of such effect is bad for the game since then you can easily get card advantage.. with elise it was ONE card here we have 3 cards that do that, think it's too much for the game, and makes them auto include in any value deck, specially the one that costs 1 mana..
Now design problems of the other cards:
Sarge- stealth and card draw of cards that didn't start in your deck is the rogue identity! besides it's useless outside of specifically packs.. or Dire Frenzy.
Burpo- I like it, very flavorful.
Alonsus- seems alright actually, goes well with shuffling cards into your deck something another archbishop did before.. maybe costs too little?
Russel- I don't like it, it gives you VERY powerful cards specially if Leeroy Jenkins gets HOFed now..
Malto- it's really really slow so if you OTK someone with it because you opened 2 packs.. so be it.. this card is VERY bad outside of a combo finisher, you need 2 discounts for this to be good. suggestion: have him have better stats around.. 4 hp is much better.
Pack slamming urk- I think he is underpowered, too useless without the packs.
Big lou- probably on point.. since discover only works in your class and neutrals this card is actually fine.
Velaris- I really like the design of this card.
Elise- has too low stats.. also is very P2W in terms of what it draws.
Thanks for the detailed feedback. I actually doubt you'd want to run more than 1 pack creation card in a deck. Even highlander decks don't need that much value, and might opt for Archivist Elysiana instead. Ava is obviously the best, but I think it'd be a nice way to force the current expansion into the spotlight, especially for underused cards in that set. Still, I might increase her mana.
Sarge: I was thinking that 'weird card draw' is a hunter identity. Rogues get good card draw, hunters get card draw with weird strings attached, like waiting a turn. But I did specifically model this card off Shaku.
Alonsus, I might increase the cost, but It needs to be competitive with something like Greater Healing Potion, 4 mana heal 12.
Russel- Hall of Fame cards are actually quite bad on average when randomly generated. Genn Greymane, Baku, all the even/odd cards, Conceal, Ice Lance, Molten Giant, Captains Parrot. I count 24 hall of fame cards with only 7 good ones: Naturalize, Iceblock, Divine Favor, Mindblast, Vannish, Sylvanas and Ragnaros. Even if some good cards like Leeroy are added, there's still a lot of mediocre or situational stuff.
Malto, not great I realize. I might go back to the drawing board entirely on this effect. It's an overly complicated Evolved Kobold.
Pack Slammin Urk- I actually think this might be OP. 8 Mana and you're probably going to deal 20+ damage to the board and Urk survives. I was considering a higher cost.
Elise: also might revist this concept and try somethign entirely new. Too similar to Velaris. As for stats, it's the stats on the original elise. So I think she should be 3/5 or 5/5 like the later two elise cards.
I really like the idea of having a few small ways to bring Wild cards into the Standard format from time to time. I made this as a custom card a while back. Part of a competition on the old site that was about bringing in old mechanics like we were going to see over the course of the Year of the Dragon. I'm actually a little upset we got no new Inspire cards during the year. But I guess we got Phase Stalker... which is Inspire without the Keyword.
Hey Dragonbane, the hunter legendary, is also an inspire effect without the keyword.
True... why use keywords when you can add extra text, right?
One thing for sure, these arts is scamazing!
Hey updated the cards. Reworked some, replaced some characters. Let me know what you think. Anyone have good fanart of whizbang? couldn't find any.