Veteran warmedic is good, but it suffers from relevance. I still think this card is a sleeper but paladin being so good right now it's basically a cherry on top of a cake that already had a cherry on it. I'm sure at some point in time this card will feature in a few top paladin decks.
The one card, however, that will never feature in a top deck, and quite honestly even on paper its just bad, is Serena Bloodfeather. Priest decks seriously do not need something like this. I would put Priest of An'she above this card for relevance any day. To be even considered would require team5 to purposefully print a card specifically to make this card succeed and nothing else. Maybe something like a 0 mana draw a 2 mana legendary from your deck. Or the card gets buffed with the rush keyword.
Since some people didn't like the art ( :[ ) and simplicity of my card, here's a new idea:
Well, 2 variations on the same idea. What do you guys think? This better than Take Flight?
@Arkasaur 3 damage doesn't make much sense with poisonous, when 1 is enough. And having a poisonous card that's meant to go face is also unprecedented and a bit counterintuitive with the mechanics. Look at Vilebrood Skitterer for balance comparisons also, so it's not too big of a powercreep.
@Fedrion Nice and balanced, though this makes me feel bad for Wild Growth once more. maybe pump the heal to 5, so we can have some Lucentbark synergy maybe?
Feedback: I must say I really love this week's theme and your cards. Simplicity is one of the key advantages of HS and building a competition around that was genious. Thanks, JFK!
Arkasaur
The power level of a Poisonous minion that deals damage via Battlecry in general is fine for me. You have lowered the stats in a good way and I like how the effect, the art and the name come together. Two points that are worth discussion imho are the amount of damage the Battlecry deals and the rarity of the card. I think I would leave it at 3 damage but make it a rare.
Fedrion
Nice to have you back! Like you said, solid card. I like it.
BasilAnguis
It's a simple card indeed, but I like those. One thing I'd check if I were you is if tutor cards used the "from your deck" wording in Rastakhan. They're publishing cards without that phrase today, but we're trying to be historically accurate where we can. I hope that doesn't mess up the two lines restriction.
KANSAS
I prefer Grimstone. Really nice card, just like you described it. One thing I'd check if I were you is if tutor cards used the "from your deck" wording in Blackrock Mountain. They're publishing cards without that phrase today, but we're trying to be historically accurate where we can. I hope that doesn't mess up the two lines restriction.
Wailor
I agree with the others, 3 Mana sounds fair enough. Other than that, really nice card!
grumpymonk
I have to agree that this is the most interesting design so far this week. Really cool idea, well done!
linkblade
I really like the effect and it fits very well in RR. I'm not fully convinced about the art, though. I can't remember having seen such a creature in HS before… are they a part of the WoW universe? I don't play that game, but if I had to guess I'd rather expect this to be a Runeterra minion.
Demon
It's a simple but very solid effect on that iconic 1/1/3 statline. I like it. That said, two minor issues: I'm no native speaker, but "Earthwarder" got me irritated for a moment. Shouldn't it be "waren"? Then I'm not sure why you're using future tense in the effect ("will always summon"). Don't aura cards usually use present tense ("always summons")? I've run a quick check and there's not a single card in the database that has the word "will" on it.
Thanks for explaining all the nuances that come with the "Do it for the Vines" achievement. Thought I was losing my mind when my progress didn't increase. Overall, I'm finding the druid achievements the most challenging to complete
Everyone's requesting other characters from other games, but I want to see how you'd introduce another League champ into LoR, specifically Talon from Noxus. The reason I specifically mention him is that I have no clue how you'd translate him from League to LoR while still keeping the idea of the champion the same. I suppose some fugdging of the champion's identity is required to represent him in a card form, like how Darius, Renekton and Irelia are quite poor representations of the corresponding champions.
She has a surprising number of uses. One of the spicier intractions is yoinking a Alignment Druid's Overgrowth so that you can also ramp after they cast Celestial Alignment.
However the "poison" on her daggers still looks like paint or frosting to me.
Wow, this is really impressive. I know 700 wins is a frightening grind, but the 1.000 wins Demon Hunter portrait is one of the best in the game for me, so maybe that's something you can put your mind on when you spam Illidan. I've also found the newish Deathrattle / Il'gynoth hybrid decks very fun to play and powerful, maybe that's something you want to look into. The downside is that games usually take 10-15 turns, Odd Demon Hunter would be way faster.
I guess I can say I have achieved all I ever wanted and more, that is getting to legend in Standard and Wild. I'm also looking forward to more golden and 1.000 Heros, but I usually play what I feel like at that moment and only actively start to grind a class when I'm about 100 wins away from a treshold. I'm really, really bad at Arena so 12 wins isn't something I'm even trying to achieve. I might give it a go in Duels if I ever get bored enough, but right now I'm happy with Standard & Wild.
Agree. I have been playing her in a secret rogue variant. It does very well too, climbed to Diamond 3 with a 80% winrate (about 20 games I think). So that's a nice alternative for Miracle.
For my champ proposals, dimentio from super paper Mario or shovel knight from shovel knight would be nice, or if you aren’t familiar with either of those it’d be cool to see a champ that synergizes with shuffling cards into your deck
Shovel Knight is fun! Never finished the whole thing because I didn't care for the King of Cards expansion, but the others were a blast. Maybe I'll find a way to include shuffling cards into his design :D After R's proposal, of course.
If you pulled a 1-drop and are playing Demon Hunter, coining a pirate lets you answer your opponent's pirate while staying on curve. You can then do pirate + hero power on 3 to really lock the board down.
I'm interested to see how hard I can push a controlling poisonous minion for hunter (Also I was disappointed with FitB's lack of Wyverns!):
Theres a high ceiling here in that you kill two major threats with this guy - and the fail case is still dealing an extra 3 damage to the enemy hero while posing a threat to their minions. Question is, is that pushing the power level too much?
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@Demonxz95 Earthwarder looks like a solid submission. Not much else to say.
@linkblade91 A nice design. As others have said, putting "total" in there might make it clearer, but i dont think thats necessary, hearthstone tends to cut alot of those corners these days anyway.
@grumpymonk A really cool design - I think its clear how this works, and everyones familiar with mulligans so you're good to go. I dont think its really powercreep either, Valdris Felgorge is the closest card, and for 1 extra mana +3/+2 on a lategame legendary seems fine.
@Wailor A neat idea, and I'm not too concerned about reusing designs from other sites. I would like to this this card with more warlock flavour - I'm not really sure at the moment why it's a warlock card over say a Mage card that has historical "Time magic" effects - An infinite dragonflight art/name could fix that of course.
@anchorm4n A nice clean design, balance is right - I'd be a little concerned about this in a standard with Libram of Judgment.
@KANSAS Draining Imp is a bit strong as compared to Flame Imp, fatigue simply doesnt matter to the decks that would want to use it. If it said "instead of drawing" i think it would be the right level. Grimstone is a solid card, though a bit boring imo. Run with the draining imp idea and tinker a bit is my suggestion.
@BasilAnguis I like the design and think it's got a good balance. The art is a bit too non-hearthstone and shouldnt be too hard to find a hearthstone dragon art that fits, otherwise is ready to submit.
I now have 9 classes with 1000 or more wins. It feels really weird to only have Demon Hunter left to complete this feat. Almost feels like I completed Hearthstone with some loose ends here and there.
I already have most hero portraits and cardbacks. Reached legend dozens of times. Got the 12 wins key from arena years ago (pity they removed it visually from the game). Duels is kind of broken still and Battlegrounds is only a nice distraction once in awhile. Seems like there is a void appearing in front of my progression in Hearthstone.
Aside from those silly achievement points (which I do not intend to fully collect or care about without XP rewards attached), what are your personal goals left in Hearthstone?
Definitely should not happen. In your case, though, that looks like a sweet pick!
I was offered a card bucket once that was just 3 Mankriks. Couldn't really pass that up. Hilariously, I had already started with one Mankrik, and had collected the double battlecries passive treasure, so yeah. There were a lot of pissed-off Mankriks that run. Started to feel kinda bad for the guy.
I just reached level 173 and now have 9 classes with 1000 or more wins. It feels really weird to only have Demon Hunter left to complete this feat. Almost feels like I completed Hearthstone with some loose ends here and there.
Also, I conceded a lot of times on the Wild ranked legend ladder to efficiently gain more wins. Now my MMR is completely out of whack because after each win it is still going down, crazy stuff 😅
I'm at 1920 gold and exact level 100 on the track currently, I wonder if I can get back up to the expected 2k in time for the Mini-Set. Without highrolling some Arena or Duels.
Forged in the Barrens Midset Archetype Review & Decks - Mage, Paladin, and Priest
Veteran warmedic is good, but it suffers from relevance. I still think this card is a sleeper but paladin being so good right now it's basically a cherry on top of a cake that already had a cherry on it. I'm sure at some point in time this card will feature in a few top paladin decks.
The one card, however, that will never feature in a top deck, and quite honestly even on paper its just bad, is Serena Bloodfeather. Priest decks seriously do not need something like this. I would put Priest of An'she above this card for relevance any day. To be even considered would require team5 to purposefully print a card specifically to make this card succeed and nothing else. Maybe something like a 0 mana draw a 2 mana legendary from your deck. Or the card gets buffed with the rush keyword.
Two The Point - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Since some people didn't like the art ( :[ ) and simplicity of my card, here's a new idea:
Well, 2 variations on the same idea. What do you guys think? This better than Take Flight?
@Arkasaur 3 damage doesn't make much sense with poisonous, when 1 is enough. And having a poisonous card that's meant to go face is also unprecedented and a bit counterintuitive with the mechanics. Look at Vilebrood Skitterer for balance comparisons also, so it's not too big of a powercreep.
@Fedrion Nice and balanced, though this makes me feel bad for Wild Growth once more. maybe pump the heal to 5, so we can have some Lucentbark synergy maybe?
Two The Point - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Feedback: I must say I really love this week's theme and your cards. Simplicity is one of the key advantages of HS and building a competition around that was genious. Thanks, JFK!
How to Complete the Forged in the Barrens Druid XP Achievements
Thanks for explaining all the nuances that come with the "Do it for the Vines" achievement. Thought I was losing my mind when my progress didn't increase. Overall, I'm finding the druid achievements the most challenging to complete
5 Top Hearthstone Decks for Climbing the Standard Ladder in Late May 2021
The Miracle Rogue list is a thing a beauty when it takes off with Field Contact. Managed to get a full board by turn 3!
I Want Your Custom Champion Proposals
Everyone's requesting other characters from other games, but I want to see how you'd introduce another League champ into LoR, specifically Talon from Noxus. The reason I specifically mention him is that I have no clue how you'd translate him from League to LoR while still keeping the idea of the champion the same. I suppose some fugdging of the champion's identity is required to represent him in a card form, like how Darius, Renekton and Irelia are quite poor representations of the corresponding champions.
Magni Bronzebeard, Alternate Warrior Hero Skin, Returns to the Hearthstone Shop
It's hard to turn down a character that got turned into a living diamond statue that's attuned to the titan's soul of Azeroth itself.
He's also probably the only hero who you can emote with and it won't be misinterpreted as BM.
5 Top Hearthstone Decks for Climbing the Standard Ladder in Late May 2021
She has a surprising number of uses. One of the spicier intractions is yoinking a Alignment Druid's Overgrowth so that you can also ramp after they cast Celestial Alignment.
However the "poison" on her daggers still looks like paint or frosting to me.
Golden Hero Portrait - Completionist & Grind
Wow, this is really impressive. I know 700 wins is a frightening grind, but the 1.000 wins Demon Hunter portrait is one of the best in the game for me, so maybe that's something you can put your mind on when you spam Illidan. I've also found the newish Deathrattle / Il'gynoth hybrid decks very fun to play and powerful, maybe that's something you want to look into. The downside is that games usually take 10-15 turns, Odd Demon Hunter would be way faster.
I guess I can say I have achieved all I ever wanted and more, that is getting to legend in Standard and Wild. I'm also looking forward to more golden and 1.000 Heros, but I usually play what I feel like at that moment and only actively start to grind a class when I'm about 100 wins away from a treshold. I'm really, really bad at Arena so 12 wins isn't something I'm even trying to achieve. I might give it a go in Duels if I ever get bored enough, but right now I'm happy with Standard & Wild.
5 Top Hearthstone Decks for Climbing the Standard Ladder in Late May 2021
Yeah, a bit like Shaman in the past. 'You nerf my cards? I don't care, I have others..'
5 Top Hearthstone Decks for Climbing the Standard Ladder in Late May 2021
Agree. I have been playing her in a secret rogue variant. It does very well too, climbed to Diamond 3 with a 80% winrate (about 20 games I think). So that's a nice alternative for Miracle.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
It's inevitable that R and I are going to be the new Anchor and DestroyerR at this rate.
Getting Their XP Through the Roof
By Killing All That Move All Over the Map.
Cairne Turned to his Comrade and Exclaimed, "Yoo!"
"________", Replied Hogger, Happy and Fat.
meh. Writers block
Book of Heroes Thrall is Now Live - Get the Frostwolf Thrall Hero Skin Bundle
It looks great but hard to justify spending $$$ on hero portraits especially with all the new free ones
Card Design Conversation - No Complications
All hail the Magic Conch!
(please tell me there's a magic conch card in that battlegrounds set)
What is going on here...?
Indie means independent not Indian, just so you're aware
I Want Your Custom Champion Proposals
Glad you liked it :)
I Want Your Custom Champion Proposals
Shovel Knight is fun! Never finished the whole thing because I didn't care for the King of Cards expansion, but the others were a blast. Maybe I'll find a way to include shuffling cards into his design :D After R's proposal, of course.
Captain Blackheart's Treasure
If you pulled a 1-drop and are playing Demon Hunter, coining a pirate lets you answer your opponent's pirate while staying on curve. You can then do pirate + hero power on 3 to really lock the board down.
Otherwise, you're 100% right.
Two The Point - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I'm interested to see how hard I can push a controlling poisonous minion for hunter (Also I was disappointed with FitB's lack of Wyverns!):
Theres a high ceiling here in that you kill two major threats with this guy - and the fail case is still dealing an extra 3 damage to the enemy hero while posing a threat to their minions. Question is, is that pushing the power level too much?
Feedback:
@Demonxz95 Earthwarder looks like a solid submission. Not much else to say.
@linkblade91 A nice design. As others have said, putting "total" in there might make it clearer, but i dont think thats necessary, hearthstone tends to cut alot of those corners these days anyway.
@grumpymonk A really cool design - I think its clear how this works, and everyones familiar with mulligans so you're good to go. I dont think its really powercreep either, Valdris Felgorge is the closest card, and for 1 extra mana +3/+2 on a lategame legendary seems fine.
@Wailor A neat idea, and I'm not too concerned about reusing designs from other sites. I would like to this this card with more warlock flavour - I'm not really sure at the moment why it's a warlock card over say a Mage card that has historical "Time magic" effects - An infinite dragonflight art/name could fix that of course.
@anchorm4n A nice clean design, balance is right - I'd be a little concerned about this in a standard with Libram of Judgment.
@KANSAS Draining Imp is a bit strong as compared to Flame Imp, fatigue simply doesnt matter to the decks that would want to use it. If it said "instead of drawing" i think it would be the right level. Grimstone is a solid card, though a bit boring imo. Run with the draining imp idea and tinker a bit is my suggestion.
@BasilAnguis I like the design and think it's got a good balance. The art is a bit too non-hearthstone and shouldnt be too hard to find a hearthstone dragon art that fits, otherwise is ready to submit.
Golden Hero Portrait - Completionist & Grind
I now have 9 classes with 1000 or more wins. It feels really weird to only have Demon Hunter left to complete this feat. Almost feels like I completed Hearthstone with some loose ends here and there.
I already have most hero portraits and cardbacks. Reached legend dozens of times. Got the 12 wins key from arena years ago (pity they removed it visually from the game). Duels is kind of broken still and Battlegrounds is only a nice distraction once in awhile. Seems like there is a void appearing in front of my progression in Hearthstone.
Aside from those silly achievement points (which I do not intend to fully collect or care about without XP rewards attached), what are your personal goals left in Hearthstone?
Magni Bronzebeard, Alternate Warrior Hero Skin, Returns to the Hearthstone Shop
no Alliance skin only Horde for me so i skip this ...got Kadghar tho.
What is going on here...?
Definitely should not happen. In your case, though, that looks like a sweet pick!
I was offered a card bucket once that was just 3 Mankriks. Couldn't really pass that up. Hilariously, I had already started with one Mankrik, and had collected the double battlecries passive treasure, so yeah. There were a lot of pissed-off Mankriks that run. Started to feel kinda bad for the guy.
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
I just reached level 173 and now have 9 classes with 1000 or more wins. It feels really weird to only have Demon Hunter left to complete this feat. Almost feels like I completed Hearthstone with some loose ends here and there.
Also, I conceded a lot of times on the Wild ranked legend ladder to efficiently gain more wins. Now my MMR is completely out of whack because after each win it is still going down, crazy stuff 😅
Card Design Conversation - No Complications
CG Arkasaur, that was a pretty smooth design :)
Magni Bronzebeard, Alternate Warrior Hero Skin, Returns to the Hearthstone Shop
At long last. Can't say no to the dwarven King.
I'm at 1920 gold and exact level 100 on the track currently, I wonder if I can get back up to the expected 2k in time for the Mini-Set. Without highrolling some Arena or Duels.