Standard: Unfortunately for Darkmoon Tonk, the deathrattle hunter archetype needs quite a lot more support in order to become competitive. And FACE hunter is already better at going FACE than deathrattle hunter. To make it worse, Oblivitron, Ursatron, Nine Lives and other deathrattle hunter cards are going to rotate in 4-5 months. So deathrattle hunter has a really short time in the spotlight before a lot of "core" deathrattle hunter cards rotate out of standard. Darkmoon Tonk and it's archetype will need a LOT of support in this, and coming expansion(s) to thrive.
Wild: 0% impact, horrible card and will see nearly no play. Okay it MIGHT see play in decks from Standard players who accidentally play in wild, or it will see play because some poor memer soul went Whizbang the Wonderful and got deathrattle hunter. Hunter is one of the worst classes in wild, so i don't think Darkmoon Tonk and deathrattle hunter are going to be enough to spice up the meta. Otherwise we would have seen some kind of FACE hunter in the wild meta already.
Very interesting card. It's very comparable with Flark's Boom-Zooka, because both cards want to trigger Deathrattles. However Flark's Boom-Zooka was more of a control tool, BUT Maxima Blastenheimer is more of a SMOrc card. (Both might fit into 1 deck in wild i guess? probably still a bad deck though...)
In standard: Maxima Blastenheimer will be run in deathrattle decks, but i don't think the archetpe will be that good. Mainly because FACE hunter already is a good deck, and way better in terms of "going FACE". However it can all change depending on a few factors. 1: The support deathrattle hunter gets this expansion. 2: how much support control decks get.
In wild: This will have 0% impact on the wild meta. Aggro decks in wild generally end the game before turn 6. For example Token druid ends the game between turns 3 and 5. Also hunter is one of the worst classes in wild, and i don't think new deathrattle hunter cards are going to make a impact.
Update: Added the art and tokens. They don't fit together perfectly, but I probably won't have the time to look for better art this week. Do you think I should use them as they are or just submit the base card? Any flaws detected?
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The only thing I can say is that the Bunny token doesn't have the watermark on it. The art for it could be better, but I understand finding good bunny art is probably not very easy
Update: Added the art and tokens. They don't fit together perfectly, but I probably won't have the time to look for better art this week. Do you think I should use them as they are or just submit the base card? Any flaws detected?
There were a bunch of things we were wrong about Hunter legendaries before, specifically Deathrattle ones. Oblivitron looked like an absolute meme until it actually saw play in Deathrattle Mech Hunter. I think this is practically similar to Oblivitron except that you are a bit more (or less perhaps?) restricted in deckbuilding. It acts in the same way that it immediately acts as a Deathrattle trigger and depending on what other Deathrattles we may get this could be a pretty good card.
Linkblade91 - I could see this card doing pretty well. It's mechanically interesting and flavorful. It seems going back to Paladin cards may also help you.
BloodMefist - The card is pretty neat, and while it seems a lot of people agree, it also seems that people are not fans of ways for Priests to get more Convincing Infiltrators. Which I would probably agree with. Honestly, my biggest critique of the card though is that it feels too similar to Disciplinarian Gandling. This would be a really cool card… if it weren't for the fact that Priest has too many annoying ways to abuse this that people don't like.
Wailor - 10/10 minion card. XD - In all seriousness, I pretty much agree with KANSAS and his opinion of Reminiscence. The art doesn't have much to do with the effect, but the effect is neat and it's a nice warping of traditional Elemental chaining synergies. I am also a fan of Bolet. I don't personally have a preference fo which one is better.
TheHoax91 - Defender of Dalaran is kinda cool, although it has a bit of a generic name. Contrary to what some people are saying, I'm going to go a whim and say that it's balanced when I look at Sorcerous Substitute. I will also echo what people say about the choice of watermark, although there's nothing *wrong* with the one you have now. Moat Lurker is crying in the corner when I look at Raeth Ghostong. He's a bit of a cool Silence Priest tool, so I like him.
FungusABao - You've already submitted the card, so there's nothing I can help you with. It's probably not OP though?
Anchorm4n - To answer your question, the token would say "Bunny" since the token itself a single bunny, whereas the card would say "Bunnies" (in proper grammatical form) since it is referring to the summoning of more than one bunny. The Corrupt effect is pretty cool and flavorful, although one problem the card does suffer from (though to be fair, most real Corrupt cards will also be like this too) is that it isn't very strong when it isn't Corrupted.
KANSAS - I for one like simple but neat cards, so this card is good enough to me. The flavor is definitely there. I suppose the only thing about it is that it's already very similar to a lot of other Hunter 1-drops which do roughly the same thing (Alleycat, Springpaw, and Wolpertinger specifically). Not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but I'm not sure how other people will feel about it. It's good to me though.
Sad face. Of your two new cards, I prefer Bolet. Flavorful and strong, but not OP.
KANSAS:
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I like those small cards with a simple design. SMORC and Deathrattle are a natural fit for Hunter, the flavor of KnC is on spot and the missing tribe tag makes it balanced. Nice!
fungusABao:
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You should get rid of the default watermark. The card is strong and inovative, but it doesn't fit Warlock very well imho. Summoning Demons from a restricted pool is always hard to balance and this looks too strong as it is.
TheHoax91:
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I prefer Defender of Dalaran. It has some nice flavor and is quite strong in the right deck. Why didn't you use the Watermark with the Dalaran/Kirin Tor symbol?
BloodMefist:
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I'm not sure if this isn't OP. Making cards like this 3 to avoid combos with The Lich King or Rag is important, but imagine what you could do with Sylvanas or Infiltrator. I'm not sure if there shouldn't be "… of it." at the end of the text.
linkblade:
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Sigh. Strong and innovative, as usual. I vote for banning Yrel from these competitions. 5 stars.
One thing I would like to add is that we usually update this at the end of a day, so if you see a card that crosses off a square, don't expect the square to immediately be crossed off. If that happens, we haven't ignored the square. We're just waiting until the end of day where we may end up grabbing several squares at once.
New Hunter Minion - Darkmoon Tonk
Interesting. Good synergy with Maxima Blastenheimer for lot's of FACE dmg, and has a lot of synergy with Oblivitron. Also Darkmoon Tonk + Nine Lives can be a nice blast to your opponents FACE, or a clear!
Standard: Unfortunately for Darkmoon Tonk, the deathrattle hunter archetype needs quite a lot more support in order to become competitive. And FACE hunter is already better at going FACE than deathrattle hunter. To make it worse, Oblivitron, Ursatron, Nine Lives and other deathrattle hunter cards are going to rotate in 4-5 months. So deathrattle hunter has a really short time in the spotlight before a lot of "core" deathrattle hunter cards rotate out of standard. Darkmoon Tonk and it's archetype will need a LOT of support in this, and coming expansion(s) to thrive.
Wild: 0% impact, horrible card and will see nearly no play. Okay it MIGHT see play in decks from Standard players who accidentally play in wild, or it will see play because some poor memer soul went Whizbang the Wonderful and got deathrattle hunter. Hunter is one of the worst classes in wild, so i don't think Darkmoon Tonk and deathrattle hunter are going to be enough to spice up the meta. Otherwise we would have seen some kind of FACE hunter in the wild meta already.
New Hunter Minion - Maxima Blastenheimer
This could become a terror with the right support.
Darkmoon Tonk
Love the Starcraft Siege Tank reference :)
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
We should be able to rate the new cards for the new Duels format too as all the new expansion cards will be available for use in that mode.
New Hunter Minion - Maxima Blastenheimer
Very interesting card. It's very comparable with Flark's Boom-Zooka, because both cards want to trigger Deathrattles. However Flark's Boom-Zooka was more of a control tool, BUT Maxima Blastenheimer is more of a SMOrc card. (Both might fit into 1 deck in wild i guess? probably still a bad deck though...)
In standard: Maxima Blastenheimer will be run in deathrattle decks, but i don't think the archetpe will be that good. Mainly because FACE hunter already is a good deck, and way better in terms of "going FACE". However it can all change depending on a few factors. 1: The support deathrattle hunter gets this expansion. 2: how much support control decks get.
In wild: This will have 0% impact on the wild meta. Aggro decks in wild generally end the game before turn 6. For example Token druid ends the game between turns 3 and 5. Also hunter is one of the worst classes in wild, and i don't think new deathrattle hunter cards are going to make a impact.
Maxima Blastenheimer
Why can't we rate these cards for Duels? Anyway Love the art on the card.
New Hunter Minion - Darkmoon Tonk
While it is a cool card it doesn't seem competitive. It is too clunky, too high cost.
New Hunter Minion - Maxima Blastenheimer
That is such a cool idea. Not sure whether it will work as the Darkness starts dormant..
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
FINALLY a reason to use my Oblivitron I refused to dust, waiting just for this meme Tonk!
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The only thing I can say is that the Bunny token doesn't have the watermark on it. The art for it could be better, but I understand finding good bunny art is probably not very easy
New Hunter Minion - Maxima Blastenheimer
The real power of this will come through if lots of low cost support cards with high attack are printed.
like the original quest Druid, it’s not about having lots of high cost minions, just some 3 or 4 cost 5/1’s with sticky or strong deathrattles.
It has good synergy with the likes of [Hearthstone Card (Teacher’s Pet) Not Found]
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Update: Added the art and tokens. They don't fit together perfectly, but I probably won't have the time to look for better art this week. Do you think I should use them as they are or just submit the base card? Any flaws detected?
New Hunter Minion - Maxima Blastenheimer
There were a bunch of things we were wrong about Hunter legendaries before, specifically Deathrattle ones. Oblivitron looked like an absolute meme until it actually saw play in Deathrattle Mech Hunter. I think this is practically similar to Oblivitron except that you are a bit more (or less perhaps?) restricted in deckbuilding. It acts in the same way that it immediately acts as a Deathrattle trigger and depending on what other Deathrattles we may get this could be a pretty good card.
For now, it's probably a meme.
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
Quite. Verily, Face Hunter will soon be a thing of the past...
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
Tonks* for explaining
New Hunter Minion - Maxima Blastenheimer
I want to know if either of these will work. My guess is that Abyssal will work, but Darkness won't.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
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Linkblade91 - I could see this card doing pretty well. It's mechanically interesting and flavorful. It seems going back to Paladin cards may also help you.
BloodMefist - The card is pretty neat, and while it seems a lot of people agree, it also seems that people are not fans of ways for Priests to get more Convincing Infiltrators. Which I would probably agree with. Honestly, my biggest critique of the card though is that it feels too similar to Disciplinarian Gandling. This would be a really cool card… if it weren't for the fact that Priest has too many annoying ways to abuse this that people don't like.
Wailor - 10/10 minion card. XD - In all seriousness, I pretty much agree with KANSAS and his opinion of Reminiscence. The art doesn't have much to do with the effect, but the effect is neat and it's a nice warping of traditional Elemental chaining synergies. I am also a fan of Bolet. I don't personally have a preference fo which one is better.
TheHoax91 - Defender of Dalaran is kinda cool, although it has a bit of a generic name. Contrary to what some people are saying, I'm going to go a whim and say that it's balanced when I look at Sorcerous Substitute. I will also echo what people say about the choice of watermark, although there's nothing *wrong* with the one you have now. Moat Lurker is crying in the corner when I look at Raeth Ghostong. He's a bit of a cool Silence Priest tool, so I like him.
FungusABao - You've already submitted the card, so there's nothing I can help you with. It's probably not OP though?
Anchorm4n - To answer your question, the token would say "Bunny" since the token itself a single bunny, whereas the card would say "Bunnies" (in proper grammatical form) since it is referring to the summoning of more than one bunny. The Corrupt effect is pretty cool and flavorful, although one problem the card does suffer from (though to be fair, most real Corrupt cards will also be like this too) is that it isn't very strong when it isn't Corrupted.
KANSAS - I for one like simple but neat cards, so this card is good enough to me. The flavor is definitely there. I suppose the only thing about it is that it's already very similar to a lot of other Hunter 1-drops which do roughly the same thing (Alleycat, Springpaw, and Wolpertinger specifically). Not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but I'm not sure how other people will feel about it. It's good to me though.
New Hunter Minion - Darkmoon Tonk
This could be awesome with Maxima (also just revealed). Plus, you can use Nine Lives.
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
So nice to see new cards for Hunter that are not hyper agro
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
Ok, got it. Never actually played WoW. Thanks for explaining.
New Hunter Minion - Darkmoon Tonk
okay, follow up question - how long until it's available in BG?
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
Which would work nicely with N'Zoth 2.0. Big Menagerie Deathrattle Hunter incoming! (Probably Highlander)
Two Hunter Cards Revealed for Hearthstone's Darkmoon Faire Expansion - Darkmoon Tonk & Maxima Blastenheimer
Tonks are not typos, but legitimate small remote-controlled tanks that are part of one of the minigames in the Darkmoon Fair in World of Warcraft.
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Wailor:
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linkblade:
Demon:
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One thing I would like to add is that we usually update this at the end of a day, so if you see a card that crosses off a square, don't expect the square to immediately be crossed off. If that happens, we haven't ignored the square. We're just waiting until the end of day where we may end up grabbing several squares at once.