The fact that there's a possible counter doesn't mean that the card is bad. If you play [Hearthstone Card (Dark Speaker Blackthorn) Not Found] in a Midrange-ish style deck that keeps dealing chip damage to the opponent, you don't really need that huge of a tempo swing to close the game.
Moreover, the minions summoned from the deck have Deathrattle: sure, your opponent can clear with Twisting Nether, but good luck with what spawns from them.
I suppose that makes sense, the Caravans shouldn't ALL be buffed, sorta like how only the common and rare Watch Posts got nerfed, while the Crossroads Watch Post went untouched, because it wasn't a problem.
I'd additionally take a good look at the paladin big token generators, and apexis blast. I feel all three are too much value. The tokens could stand stat nerfs and blast not going face maybe?
Which paladin token generators are you talking about? Hammer of the Naaru?
I think part of the problem with the Caravans is that there's a fair amount of power disparity between them. Soldier's and Apothecary's Caravan both can spiral out of control if left on board for a few turns, while the remaining three can actually be easily ignored for quite a while. If all the Caravans were buffed to be at the end of turn, I could see the two that summon minions being extremely powerful while something like Prospector's Caravan would be mediocre.
while that is true they still carry the same principle of "I have to deal with this now because it isn't getting any easier later".
I wouldn't have so much of a problem if the caravans weren't so wildly different in design. Some of them, like Priest and Shaman have powerful, but ultimately low impact effects. You want to deny them, but you aren't necessarily losing if you have to leave them up.
Meanwhile, Paladin and Hunter (and to an extent Warlock, even though their caravan is absolute garbage even if it were to be buffed) snowball extremely quickly and put you in a "guess I'll just fucking concede" position if you don't kill them immediately.
If you wanted to buff caravans into a playable state these two (three) would have to be nerfed into a state where they aren't just the absolute best thing to play on turn 2.
Since Smart Investment was the card almost everybody seemed to prefer, here's a more balanced version. I know I'm very bad at balancing, but that's mostly because I don't play Hearthstone since Uldum (funnily enough, most of the feedback I gave this week regards balance, so take it with a grain of salt).
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TheHoax91
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The main issue I see with it is its heavy win-more nature. If you already have tempo, you just go face, play this and guarantee going face again next turn, while your opponent can't do anything to improve his board, clear yours or play some Taunts.
All in all, it's a very cool idea, but very dangerous for normal mode. I'd love it as a card Treasure for Dungeon Run, Duels or a similar game mode.
Nirast
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Copy Homework is a much more elegant card, since the first one had an overly complicated effect. The way your opponent can counterplay this card is very cool and original, so I'd give it extra points for interactive gameplay.
linkblade91
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I like the effect and the flavor pretty much.
I think it compares a bit too favorably to Gather Your Party. As I see it, your card has some upsides and downsides compared to the Warrior card:
Upsides: Divine Shield, the minion can't be attack until it is summoned.
Downsides: doesn't allow you to make use of End of Turn effects or Taunts as soon as you use it. It doesn't allow you to go face in the turn after using the card.
All in all, I would say Gather Your Party has a stronger effect, but I don't know if this difference is worth 2 mana.
Demonxz95
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Nice card. I like how the fact you have to play it the same turn makes the card balanced, since you are capped to 7 Mana max.
I think I prefer the Combo version, since Casts When Drawn is weird as a collectible card. I don't dislike the fact that it allows you to skip the wait one turn, but that might just be me.
That said, the Combo version is quite underpowered. Summoning a 4/3 Stealth could be a card by itself without the combo requirement (see Jungle Panther or Druid of the Saber). I'd probably go with a 2 Mana summon a 3/3 Stealth.
AnAngryBadger
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Coming Storm is very cool. The fact that it synergizes with Overload, which is a keyword that also comes into play in your next turn is very well thought and elegant, IMO. That said, I think your card would benefit from zooming in the artwork.
Well, you can somehow manipulate Blackthorn pool by not including low Cost Deathrattles - sure stuff like Razorboar is not bad, but it really depends on what you're looking for.
The thing is, you can't really put only 5 and 4 mana deathreattle cards in your deck, otherwise, if you draw them before Blackthorn, the card would be totally useless.
Moreover, summoning 3 5 Cost Deathrattle for 7 mana + a 3/6 would be quite a bit too broken, don't you think?
It's a legendary card, so not really. By turn 7, the enemy board would probably be full too and by turn 8, it will probably be countered by druid's guardian animals, Mage's flamestrike, Priest's soul mirror, Warlock's Twisting Nether and so on.
I totally agree with the first day of school nerf. Jandice was nerfed for the same reason. It even sees play in wild right now so it might now be a bad idea to keep it nerfed.
Only time will tell, does it refresh the hero power rn if you play it while already in shadow form? If so its not totally useless (even if it is just 2 mana refresh your hero power)
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And that would make it a decent legendary card, can be dealt with, but not that easy.
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The fact that there's a possible counter doesn't mean that the card is bad. If you play [Hearthstone Card (Dark Speaker Blackthorn) Not Found] in a Midrange-ish style deck that keeps dealing chip damage to the opponent, you don't really need that huge of a tempo swing to close the game.
Moreover, the minions summoned from the deck have Deathrattle: sure, your opponent can clear with Twisting Nether, but good luck with what spawns from them.
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I suppose that makes sense, the Caravans shouldn't ALL be buffed, sorta like how only the common and rare Watch Posts got nerfed, while the Crossroads Watch Post went untouched, because it wasn't a problem.
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Which paladin token generators are you talking about? Hammer of the Naaru?
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I think part of the problem with the Caravans is that there's a fair amount of power disparity between them. Soldier's and Apothecary's Caravan both can spiral out of control if left on board for a few turns, while the remaining three can actually be easily ignored for quite a while. If all the Caravans were buffed to be at the end of turn, I could see the two that summon minions being extremely powerful while something like Prospector's Caravan would be mediocre.
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while that is true they still carry the same principle of "I have to deal with this now because it isn't getting any easier later".
I wouldn't have so much of a problem if the caravans weren't so wildly different in design. Some of them, like Priest and Shaman have powerful, but ultimately low impact effects. You want to deny them, but you aren't necessarily losing if you have to leave them up.
Meanwhile, Paladin and Hunter (and to an extent Warlock, even though their caravan is absolute garbage even if it were to be buffed) snowball extremely quickly and put you in a "guess I'll just fucking concede" position if you don't kill them immediately.
If you wanted to buff caravans into a playable state these two (three) would have to be nerfed into a state where they aren't just the absolute best thing to play on turn 2.
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Since Smart Investment was the card almost everybody seemed to prefer, here's a more balanced version. I know I'm very bad at balancing, but that's mostly because I don't play Hearthstone since Uldum (funnily enough, most of the feedback I gave this week regards balance, so take it with a grain of salt).
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TheHoax91
All in all, it's a very cool idea, but very dangerous for normal mode. I'd love it as a card Treasure for Dungeon Run, Duels or a similar game mode.
Nirast
linkblade91
I think it compares a bit too favorably to Gather Your Party. As I see it, your card has some upsides and downsides compared to the Warrior card:
All in all, I would say Gather Your Party has a stronger effect, but I don't know if this difference is worth 2 mana.
Demonxz95
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That said, the Combo version is quite underpowered. Summoning a 4/3 Stealth could be a card by itself without the combo requirement (see Jungle Panther or Druid of the Saber). I'd probably go with a 2 Mana summon a 3/3 Stealth.
AnAngryBadger
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The thing is, you can't really put only 5 and 4 mana deathreattle cards in your deck, otherwise, if you draw them before Blackthorn, the card would be totally useless.
It's a legendary card, so not really. By turn 7, the enemy board would probably be full too and by turn 8, it will probably be countered by druid's guardian animals, Mage's flamestrike, Priest's soul mirror, Warlock's Twisting Nether and so on.
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I totally agree with the first day of school nerf. Jandice was nerfed for the same reason. It even sees play in wild right now so it might now be a bad idea to keep it nerfed.
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Maybe just removing windfury from Crabrider is enough. It keeps the solid stats to trade and be buffed, and doesn't do insane damage.
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Only time will tell, does it refresh the hero power rn if you play it while already in shadow form? If so its not totally useless (even if it is just 2 mana refresh your hero power)
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I like both of these, but I blew my cosmetics budget on Sir Annoy-O. No ragrets.
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