I'm sorry I haven't done much this time. I just had a lot on my plate to take care of (both figuratively and literally given that Thanksgiving happened) that the brain space I had for this competition was simply just not there.
So if you drop this when there's a 3 health minion on the board you can get one more attack out of this. I wonder if this would be any better if it said "you can attack again" so you could get chain kills out of this. Probably not significantly.
If I actually use this in a deck, I'm going to hit face with this when the opponent has 8 health left every chance I get. Too bad just about everything that has 8 health also has 8 attack.
I assume you just need to do exact lethal on this, and you don't have to use a card with the honorable kill keyword. Probably the player controlling this would want to initiate the trades to kill this, but I don't know what would have 5 attack and only 3 health. Guess you would have to trade 2 minions to remove whatever it was you were trading into.
Pretty great anti-aggro tool for the control decks that might rise from the ashes. Unfortunate part is you have to be behind for this to cost 1 and it's more a reactive card, but I guess control decks always enjoy those. Keen to try it in big paladin/control warrior and wreck all the aggro dreams.
Very easy to do in miracle priest/rogue. You'd ideally want to play this at 1 or 0 mana, so a deck with lots of small stuff will like this. Probably aggro but hard to tell if a 0 mana 3/3 is any good in this mess of a meta we currently have in HS.
Basic Honorable kill effect, but pretty good nonetheless. This can be buffed while in hand or on the board to guarantee the windfury but will probably only be on any value in arena where you want the board presence.
Not sure why a hippogryph needs to honorably kill something, seeing as it's just a beast that doesn't care about honor, but ok, I'll go with it,
4 mana 6/6, not bad. But aggro decks want to play something more impactful on turn 4. It's more of an arena card which is fine but nobody wants to play this guy without triggering the battlecry.
Pretty nice tutor for freeze shaman and control warrior but if those 2 decks suck, this won't see much play. Mage and Hunter could also run this card if they desperately needed draw.
So being neutral, it can fit in many decks like token DH/druid, rush warrior and maybe zoolock. It's not the best card in the world, but past experience has told us that effects like these see play.
I'm sure there's a way we can abuse this minion down the line. Reminiscent of Swamp King Dred but being a low cost, there's spells you can use to make this a scary threat.
Battle Of The Bards - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I'm sorry I haven't done much this time. I just had a lot on my plate to take care of (both figuratively and literally given that Thanksgiving happened) that the brain space I had for this competition was simply just not there.
New Neutral Minion - Tower Sergeant
Is this too expensive for aggro decks?
New Neutral Minion - Herald of Lokholar
Tutors are usually good I think. I could see this in Warrior to help the Frozen Buckler + Shield Shatter combo.
New Neutral Minion - Ice Revenant
This might be something to throw into a frost Shaman deck.
New Neutral Minion - Blood Guard
Well, Slam is a thing. Not sure if that makes this good. Maybe just less bad.
New Neutral Minion - Frantic Hippogryph
So if you drop this when there's a 3 health minion on the board you can get one more attack out of this. I wonder if this would be any better if it said "you can attack again" so you could get chain kills out of this. Probably not significantly.
New Neutral Minion - Legionnaire
At least it dies easily.
New Neutral Minion - Icehoof Protector
This looks like a pretty damn nice defensive card. Only option is to use spells, or you might have a lot of frozen minions trying to get rid of this.
New Neutral Minion - Humongous Owl
I guess this could be good if big minions are popular. Absolute waste if it hits something that only has 3 health or some shit.
New Neutral Minion - Troll Centurion
If I actually use this in a deck, I'm going to hit face with this when the opponent has 8 health left every chance I get. Too bad just about everything that has 8 health also has 8 attack.
New Neutral Minion - Irondeep Trogg
Looks like Troggs are back. This might be good with any class that likes buffs. Mostly Paladin and Priest I assume.
New Neutral Minion - Snowblind Harpy
I was going to say Shaman would like this, but the only frost spell Thrall has is Snowball Fight! Only class with any amount of frost spells is Mage.
New Neutral Minion - Kobold Taskmaster
Probably Priest is the one most likely to use this?
New Neutral Minion - Stormpike Marshal
Probably not too hard to trigger this, so for 1 mana, seems pretty damn good.
New Neutral Minion - Frostwolf Warmaster
A 2 mana 3/3 is alright, I think, and this could be free. Now what classes are most likely to play the cheapest cards?
New Neutral Minion - Korrak the Bloodrager
I assume you just need to do exact lethal on this, and you don't have to use a card with the honorable kill keyword. Probably the player controlling this would want to initiate the trades to kill this, but I don't know what would have 5 attack and only 3 health. Guess you would have to trade 2 minions to remove whatever it was you were trading into.
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Eye of the Storm shaman is really cool, I will play it today. I like how it actually uses Thrall, Deathseer.
New Neutral Minion - Stormpike Marshal
Pretty great anti-aggro tool for the control decks that might rise from the ashes. Unfortunate part is you have to be behind for this to cost 1 and it's more a reactive card, but I guess control decks always enjoy those. Keen to try it in big paladin/control warrior and wreck all the aggro dreams.
New Neutral Minion - Frostwolf Warmaster
Very easy to do in miracle priest/rogue. You'd ideally want to play this at 1 or 0 mana, so a deck with lots of small stuff will like this. Probably aggro but hard to tell if a 0 mana 3/3 is any good in this mess of a meta we currently have in HS.
New Neutral Minion - Frantic Hippogryph
Basic Honorable kill effect, but pretty good nonetheless. This can be buffed while in hand or on the board to guarantee the windfury but will probably only be on any value in arena where you want the board presence.
Not sure why a hippogryph needs to honorably kill something, seeing as it's just a beast that doesn't care about honor, but ok, I'll go with it,
New Neutral Minion - Tower Sergeant
4 mana 6/6, not bad. But aggro decks want to play something more impactful on turn 4. It's more of an arena card which is fine but nobody wants to play this guy without triggering the battlecry.
New Neutral Minion - Herald of Lokholar
Pretty nice tutor for freeze shaman and control warrior but if those 2 decks suck, this won't see much play. Mage and Hunter could also run this card if they desperately needed draw.
New Neutral Minion - Ram Commander
So being neutral, it can fit in many decks like token DH/druid, rush warrior and maybe zoolock. It's not the best card in the world, but past experience has told us that effects like these see play.
New Neutral Minion - Gankster
I'm sure there's a way we can abuse this minion down the line. Reminiscent of Swamp King Dred but being a low cost, there's spells you can use to make this a scary threat.
New Neutral Minion - Piggyback Imp
Well, it's got deathrattle. Bad stats but deathrattle... nah... won't see play unless spawned off random generation effects or evolve.