The problem I had with Fresh Apple is the fact that it uses art that's already used by another collectible card in the game (in the same expansion too, no less): Witchwood Apple.
Considering this and the fact that Carrot Muncher uses the classic watermark and has a spelling error ("health" should be capitalized), I'm even more surprised about some rather promising cards not showing up in the finals. The transparency report will be very interesting this week. Maybe we can draw some conclussions from this.
The one thing that I hope I am wrong about is the fact that Fresh Apple is blatantly plagiarized from a card that made it into Trump's top custom cards of the week quite a while ago. I really hope the guy that posted it here it's the same person, otherwise, that would be really not cool.
That's my card and I am also the creator of the original card that Trump reviewed :) I found the flavor was too perfect not to be reused in this contest. But really good you pointed it out, plagiarizing another person's design should never be tolerated.
Fellow finalist here.
The problem I had with Fresh Apple is the fact that it uses art that's already used by another collectible card in the game (in the same expansion too, no less): Witchwood Apple.
Hmm yeah you’re right that the flavor of summoning a 1 cost unit is a bit weird. I think that they added that option just because they wanted more Keg and 1 Cost unit support cards and combining them into one card saves them an extra card slot for the expansion. What if he were a 3 mana 3/2 with “Play: Create a Fleeting Parrrley in hand or summon a Powder Keg”? That way he’d be like a much worse L1 Katarina or a much worse Dreadway Deckhand. I think it would be a good change because it keeps him good in the decks he’s intended for without making him a powerful card in every Bilgewater deck. I do worry that as a Plunder activator it might be a bit too good, but because it would be a 4 mana Plunder activator for only the turn you play it, it can’t be combined with Rex or many other Plunder Payoff cards. It also fits the Flavor much better because it would be the Petty Officer adding Gangplank’s spell to your hand.
That's a cool idea, but I strongly expect something like OldmanSanns said. They will probably just up the cost by one or drop the attack by one
Anyone played against a really good Lee Sin lately? 22 damage in one turn is kinda ludicrous. Especially considering the protections he has spell shield and deny do an excellent job rending him unmovable. And the card that fills your hands with gems works wonders with him. I’m just not sure how to deal with him Deny and spell shield strong.
The one thing that I hope I am wrong about is the fact that Fresh Apple is blatantly plagiarized from a card that made it into Trump's top custom cards of the week quite a while ago. I really hope the guy that posted it here it's the same person, otherwise, that would be really not cool.
That's my card and I am also the creator of the original card that Trump reviewed :) I found the flavor was too perfect not to be reused in this contest. But really good you pointed it out, plagiarizing another person's design should never be tolerated.
The one thing that I hope I am wrong about is the fact that Fresh Apple is blatantly plagiarized from a card that made it into Trump's top custom cards of the week quite a while ago. I really hope the guy that posted it here it's the same person, otherwise, that would be really not cool.
Hmm yeah you’re right that the flavor of summoning a 1 cost unit is a bit weird. I think that they added that option just because they wanted more Keg and 1 Cost unit support cards and combining them into one card saves them an extra card slot for the expansion. What if he were a 3 mana 3/2 with “Play: Create a Fleeting Parrrley in hand or summon a Powder Keg”? That way he’d be like a much worse L1 Katarina or a much worse Dreadway Deckhand. I think it would be a good change because it keeps him good in the decks he’s intended for without making him a powerful card in every Bilgewater deck. I do worry that as a Plunder activator it might be a bit too good, but because it would be a 4 mana Plunder activator for only the turn you play it, it can’t be combined with Rex or many other Plunder Payoff cards. It also fits the Flavor much better because it would be the Petty Officer adding Gangplank’s spell to your hand.
You're probably completely correct, as this is the easiest (and most boring) change they could make. But it would probably still bring him down enough in power level to be much less appealing to just slap him into almost every bilgewater deck ever.
Aisde from feeling a little bit upset for not reaching finals yet again, I do agree that the Hunter card with Tentacle of N'Zoth was so flavorful and pretty good as a card in general that it should be there.
I'm not very happy with this week's results. None of my favorites made it - where are Friendly Barkeep and Slice and Dice? Neither did we manage to get a Hunter card to the finals once more. Sigh. Anyway, good luck to the finalists!
I kind of like him being a 3/2 to help Keg decks, so I hope that they make him create the 1-cost unit in hand instead of summoning it. Then people would actually be motivated to pick the Keg option.
Edit: I think your suggestion would probably make him okay-ish when compared to House Spider or Deadbloom Wanderer but it would remove all of his flavor (being part of the Keg package and the random 1-costs package). It also doesn’t make lore sense why a part of Gangplank’s crew would be summoning the Dreg Dredgers
For flavor, then, perhaps he only summons the powder keg. But I will point out that his current status does not have any kind of flavor at all, IMO. How is there flavor to getting a completely random 1-cost follower? How does it makes sense that he summons a poro, or a Solari Soldier, or Cithria, or even a Barkbeast or ....?
Do I entirely think having 1 faction close out every other faction in terms of value generation is a good idea? Not entirely.
Do I think it can be simplified to the level of directly comparing it to Hearthstone? Not entirely.
It has a great deal of differences to it, but I do think other factions should have ways of generating value as well if they are going to allow such to exist. Value generation was rare and extremely high value since there were so few ways to easily draw and out last an opponent early on, that is something I think Targon solves a bit too well compared to other factions. I'm not even saying that all factions should have high value generation, but I don't think it should be limited to only one faction. I don't think its horrible or game ruining but I do think it should eventually be considered worth addressing.
I kind of like him being a 3/2 to help Keg decks, so I hope that they make him create the 1-cost unit in hand instead of summoning it. Then people would actually be motivated to pick the Keg option.
Edit: I think your suggestion would probably make him okay-ish when compared to House Spider or Deadbloom Wanderer but it would remove all of his flavor (being part of the Keg package and the random 1-costs package). It also doesn’t make lore sense why a part of Gangplank’s crew would be summoning the Dreg Dredgers
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Nope. Taunt is not a key.
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Is it Ironbark Protector?
Edit: That would be too obvious, my guess is Ironwood Golem.
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Considering this and the fact that Carrot Muncher uses the classic watermark and has a spelling error ("health" should be capitalized), I'm even more surprised about some rather promising cards not showing up in the finals. The transparency report will be very interesting this week. Maybe we can draw some conclussions from this.
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Fellow finalist here.
The problem I had with Fresh Apple is the fact that it uses art that's already used by another collectible card in the game (in the same expansion too, no less): Witchwood Apple.
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Nope. He doesn't protect you.
But you kinda close.
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Is it... Ironhide Direhorn?
Over correction?
Lee Sin is pretty overtuned, if they get the right cards. The best ways to deal with him involve just killing him outright.
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That's a cool idea, but I strongly expect something like OldmanSanns said. They will probably just up the cost by one or drop the attack by one
Over correction?
Anyone played against a really good Lee Sin lately? 22 damage in one turn is kinda ludicrous. Especially considering the protections he has spell shield and deny do an excellent job rending him unmovable. And the card that fills your hands with gems works wonders with him. I’m just not sure how to deal with him Deny and spell shield strong.
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That's my card and I am also the creator of the original card that Trump reviewed :) I found the flavor was too perfect not to be reused in this contest. But really good you pointed it out, plagiarizing another person's design should never be tolerated.
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The one thing that I hope I am wrong about is the fact that Fresh Apple is blatantly plagiarized from a card that made it into Trump's top custom cards of the week quite a while ago. I really hope the guy that posted it here it's the same person, otherwise, that would be really not cool.
Speculations - How will Petty Officer get nerfed?
@Sto650
Hmm yeah you’re right that the flavor of summoning a 1 cost unit is a bit weird. I think that they added that option just because they wanted more Keg and 1 Cost unit support cards and combining them into one card saves them an extra card slot for the expansion. What if he were a 3 mana 3/2 with “Play: Create a Fleeting Parrrley in hand or summon a Powder Keg”? That way he’d be like a much worse L1 Katarina or a much worse Dreadway Deckhand. I think it would be a good change because it keeps him good in the decks he’s intended for without making him a powerful card in every Bilgewater deck. I do worry that as a Plunder activator it might be a bit too good, but because it would be a 4 mana Plunder activator for only the turn you play it, it can’t be combined with Rex or many other Plunder Payoff cards. It also fits the Flavor much better because it would be the Petty Officer adding Gangplank’s spell to your hand.
Speculations - How will Petty Officer get nerfed?
You're probably completely correct, as this is the easiest (and most boring) change they could make. But it would probably still bring him down enough in power level to be much less appealing to just slap him into almost every bilgewater deck ever.
Speculations - How will Petty Officer get nerfed?
I predict he's going to go from a 3/2 to a 2/2.
Targon turned Runeterra into Hurthstone
I personally feel that's more about players acting like sheeple when choosing which decks to play rather than any indication of balance.
Honestly, I think every region right now has at least 2 other regions it can be partnered with to produce an extremely strong deck.
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Aisde from feeling a little bit upset for not reaching finals yet again, I do agree that the Hunter card with Tentacle of N'Zoth was so flavorful and pretty good as a card in general that it should be there.
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I'm not very happy with this week's results. None of my favorites made it - where are Friendly Barkeep and Slice and Dice? Neither did we manage to get a Hunter card to the finals once more. Sigh. Anyway, good luck to the finalists!
Speculations - How will Petty Officer get nerfed?
For flavor, then, perhaps he only summons the powder keg. But I will point out that his current status does not have any kind of flavor at all, IMO. How is there flavor to getting a completely random 1-cost follower? How does it makes sense that he summons a poro, or a Solari Soldier, or Cithria, or even a Barkbeast or ....?
Targon turned Runeterra into Hurthstone
Even with celestials, LoR is still completely different from Hearthstone.
Yes, there is an element of random chance thrown in, and there is insane value with Asol, no question.
But, my money is on them nerfing/fixing things to the point that it's totally fine, and just another way to play this great game.
Targon turned Runeterra into Hurthstone
Feels like all I see on ladder right now is Leesin/Targon or Trundle/Targon.
Targon turned Runeterra into Hurthstone
Do I entirely think having 1 faction close out every other faction in terms of value generation is a good idea? Not entirely.
Do I think it can be simplified to the level of directly comparing it to Hearthstone? Not entirely.
It has a great deal of differences to it, but I do think other factions should have ways of generating value as well if they are going to allow such to exist. Value generation was rare and extremely high value since there were so few ways to easily draw and out last an opponent early on, that is something I think Targon solves a bit too well compared to other factions. I'm not even saying that all factions should have high value generation, but I don't think it should be limited to only one faction. I don't think its horrible or game ruining but I do think it should eventually be considered worth addressing.
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Nope
Targon turned Runeterra into Hurthstone
What do you think fellow Hearthstonians?
Do you think Celestials are fine....?
Or
Is it the same CreatedBy as Hearthstone's Mage/Priest...?
The only nice thing about it for me is that it's rarer to chain a Celestial into another Celestial......
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Bolf Ramshield?
Speculations - How will Petty Officer get nerfed?
I kind of like him being a 3/2 to help Keg decks, so I hope that they make him create the 1-cost unit in hand instead of summoning it. Then people would actually be motivated to pick the Keg option.
Edit: I think your suggestion would probably make him okay-ish when compared to House Spider or Deadbloom Wanderer but it would remove all of his flavor (being part of the Keg package and the random 1-costs package). It also doesn’t make lore sense why a part of Gangplank’s crew would be summoning the Dreg Dredgers