Cool change. Attune now fits even better and has a unique effect. But this limit its usability by two regions with attune cards. Stun keyword has only three regions btw... Maybe make it "When you refill spell mana..."? This change add five cards from other three regions and still works with attune effect. For instance, Flash of Brilliance should help to level up him in one turn.
For "The Final Frontier" when I tried that last week, it only worked when using Celestial Alignment - other combinations using Dreampetal Florist or Kun in Wild did not get me the achievement.
Not sure about card game popularity as a whole in China or the rest of the Eastern part of the world, but I believe MtG wasn’t selling product in China until 2008 or so. And then games such as Yu-Gi-Oh from Japan don’t have set rotation, only ban and limited lists to restrict use of cards that are too powerful for competitive play. Outside of those bans, all cards throughout the game’s history can be used in competition.
So Wild is likely more popular just because a lot of popular physical card games in the East may not have rotations in their competition rules. So a format like Wild may just seems more normal to them on that side of the world!
Even if they slow the game down, control oriented champions like Karma would still not be viable because of Lissandra/Trundle. All control deck are slow so that give L/T players all the time they need to get their combo pieces and once they do it's game over since unless you have double silence there is no way to counter two watchers.
Old Gods - Really we have to do C'Thun. Other than that Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is a great second. Honestly if they had the time I'd love to see all Old Gods done. Completing the achievement let you pick one for free and unlocked the rest in the store for a few bucks. You'd still have to have the achievement done but would be a nice offer to let people grab more than one if they wished while still letting those get their reward of their favorite god.
Karahzan- I still am not sure they'd make these for adventures but I certainly wouldn't mind a Medivh, the Guardian diamond.
Gadgetzan - I again would love to see the 3 crime lords done with one free and the rest as purchaseable if desired after achievement is complete. Still maybe too much work. I'd pick Mayor Noggenfogger as my set representative. Wrathion would also be awesome to see despite his lack of usefulness. I just love that art.
Transparency report looks like a tie (both with exactly 3.4444...), but only my card is shown at the competition page. Not sure if or how tiebreaking is done, but MathU should also be shown at the least.
Only showing one winning card in a tie has always been the way that it works, but the Card Design Conversation will acknowledge the tie and both winning people will be able to share their ideas for next week's comp.
Now Haku actually puts his Attune to work, and gives you something to build your deck around. Attune can be seen as his Eat Up! ability, while the Stuns are akin to his crowd control. Bilgewater + Ionia Attune-Stun deck with Yasuo, perhaps?
...I just noticed that I forgot the Dragon label on the level 2. Whoops. Pretend it's there :P
Transparency report looks like a tie (both with exactly 3.4444...), but only my card is shown at the competition page. Not sure if or how tiebreaking is done, but MathU should also be shown at the least.
First couple of ideas. Not sure if they're balanced, since it's pretty hard to tell with exponential effects.
BTW is Spell Damage still a thing in Shaman? I know they removed Wrath of Air Totem from the Hero Power, so I'm not sure if the first card is fine in terms of class identity.
Spell damage is still a thing in Shaman. There are 2-3 different cards that give spell damage, one of which is in the core set. I personally think these cards are very weak. Spell damage cards do not stay on the board for long enough for you to get enough to take advantage of Maelstrom Harbringer's effect, and the DH archetypes that could take advantage of that card have better cards to slot in
First couple of ideas. Not sure if they're balanced, since it's pretty hard to tell with exponential effects.
BTW is Spell Damage still a thing in Shaman? I know they removed Wrath of Air Totem from the Hero Power, so I'm not sure if the first card is fine in terms of class identity.
First two ideas, on opposite ends of the spectrum. The first uses art from one of Dr. Boom, Mad Genius's Hero Powers, the second doesn't really fit Warrior.
Mayor Noggenfogger will always hold a special place in my heart. On the day Gadgetzan launched, within four consecutive packs I opened three legendaries, one of them golden. All of them were Noggenfogger, and none of them saw much play.
The only reason I would play Noggenfogger now is for the "sorry" emote.
I Want Your Custom Champion Proposals
Cool change. Attune now fits even better and has a unique effect. But this limit its usability by two regions with attune cards. Stun keyword has only three regions btw... Maybe make it "When you refill spell mana..."? This change add five cards from other three regions and still works with attune effect. For instance, Flash of Brilliance should help to level up him in one turn.
Hearthstone's Forged in the Barrens Mini Set Releases on June 3! Card Reveals Begin Tomorrow!
nope. you're just a liar. it's not too late to delete all your lies, btw.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Nope. Once again - that card was NERFED. But Bonechewer Brawler is close btw.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Bonechewer Brawler
How to Complete the Forged in the Barrens Druid XP Achievements
For "The Final Frontier" when I tried that last week, it only worked when using Celestial Alignment - other combinations using Dreampetal Florist or Kun in Wild did not get me the achievement.
GetMeowth's interview with Dean Ayala
TIL, thank you!
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Nope. Socond line says that the card was nerfed long time ago.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
I guess Thrallmar Farseer
GetMeowth's interview with Dean Ayala
Not sure about card game popularity as a whole in China or the rest of the Eastern part of the world, but I believe MtG wasn’t selling product in China until 2008 or so. And then games such as Yu-Gi-Oh from Japan don’t have set rotation, only ban and limited lists to restrict use of cards that are too powerful for competitive play. Outside of those bans, all cards throughout the game’s history can be used in competition.
So Wild is likely more popular just because a lot of popular physical card games in the East may not have rotations in their competition rules. So a format like Wild may just seems more normal to them on that side of the world!
Any News Yet?
Even if they slow the game down, control oriented champions like Karma would still not be viable because of Lissandra/Trundle. All control deck are slow so that give L/T players all the time they need to get their combo pieces and once they do it's game over since unless you have double silence there is no way to counter two watchers.
Diamond Cards We'd Love to See From Hearthstone's Year of the Kraken
Old Gods - Really we have to do C'Thun. Other than that Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is a great second. Honestly if they had the time I'd love to see all Old Gods done. Completing the achievement let you pick one for free and unlocked the rest in the store for a few bucks. You'd still have to have the achievement done but would be a nice offer to let people grab more than one if they wished while still letting those get their reward of their favorite god.
Karahzan- I still am not sure they'd make these for adventures but I certainly wouldn't mind a Medivh, the Guardian diamond.
Gadgetzan - I again would love to see the 3 crime lords done with one free and the rest as purchaseable if desired after achievement is complete. Still maybe too much work. I'd pick Mayor Noggenfogger as my set representative. Wrathion would also be awesome to see despite his lack of usefulness. I just love that art.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Nope. Berserker do much less damage. It's literally the same otk worgen warrior combo, but with another minion instead of worgen.
Two The Point - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Only showing one winning card in a tie has always been the way that it works, but the Card Design Conversation will acknowledge the tie and both winning people will be able to share their ideas for next week's comp.
I Want Your Custom Champion Proposals
How about this?
Now Haku actually puts his Attune to work, and gives you something to build your deck around. Attune can be seen as his Eat Up! ability, while the Stuns are akin to his crowd control. Bilgewater + Ionia Attune-Stun deck with Yasuo, perhaps?
...I just noticed that I forgot the Dragon label on the level 2. Whoops. Pretend it's there :P
Two The Point - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Transparency report looks like a tie (both with exactly 3.4444...), but only my card is shown at the competition page. Not sure if or how tiebreaking is done, but MathU should also be shown at the least.
Built To Scale - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Spell damage is still a thing in Shaman. There are 2-3 different cards that give spell damage, one of which is in the core set. I personally think these cards are very weak. Spell damage cards do not stay on the board for long enough for you to get enough to take advantage of Maelstrom Harbringer's effect, and the DH archetypes that could take advantage of that card have better cards to slot in
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 - Week 7 Results, Relegations, and More! (Spoiler Free)
I unironically watched Blitzchung's last hero standing matches to learn how to play Token Druid
Built To Scale - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
First couple of ideas. Not sure if they're balanced, since it's pretty hard to tell with exponential effects.
BTW is Spell Damage still a thing in Shaman? I know they removed Wrath of Air Totem from the Hero Power, so I'm not sure if the first card is fine in terms of class identity.
Diamond Cards We'd Love to See From Hearthstone's Year of the Kraken
You add it to your deck but when you play it has a random border.
Built To Scale - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
First two ideas, on opposite ends of the spectrum. The first uses art from one of Dr. Boom, Mad Genius's Hero Powers, the second doesn't really fit Warrior.
Built To Scale - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Competition Theme: Built To Scale
We're looking for cards that just keep on getting better the more you look at them this time!
Arkasaur wants us to keep things scaly this week - no, not that way!
As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.
Competition Phases
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GetMeowth's interview with Dean Ayala
Thanks for that write up mate. +1
Diamond Cards We'd Love to See From Hearthstone's Year of the Kraken
Mayor Noggenfogger will always hold a special place in my heart. On the day Gadgetzan launched, within four consecutive packs I opened three legendaries, one of them golden. All of them were Noggenfogger, and none of them saw much play.
The only reason I would play Noggenfogger now is for the "sorry" emote.
Diamond Cards We'd Love to See From Hearthstone's Year of the Kraken
It would be cool if they diamonded up all the Old Gods. I think they would go for the standard set one
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 - Week 7 Results, Relegations, and More! (Spoiler Free)
That is correct, fixed.