Somedays the RNG is really disproportionate. I especially hate losing mirror match after mirror match of Dragon Hunter because the opponent develops at turn 1-2-3 and I'm unable to play anything until I'm below half health and I just lose the SMOrc race afterwards. Everytime I face a Highlander deck it's more consistent then my two-off deck, and I'm still to face my first Embiggen Druid that does not Embiggen turn 1 and Breath of Dreams on 2 with buffed Zilliax turn 6 topdeck, when it's the only card that prevents me from winning. Like why should I even try at this low-skill-high-luck game -_-
can someone tell me how would i post an image into a comment
On the post interface, there should be an "Insert Edit/Image" button (located above "Runeterra Card Image). Click that.
Paste the image URL into the "Source" box, and the dimensions should come up. Hearthstone cards by default start at 400, but most people use either 200 or 250 as their default sizes for cards.
Probably should’ve checked for balance BEFORE I submitted this, but thoughts?
The main problem I see is that if you play it on turn 1, it's always going to end up completed at the end of turn 2 since you can't attack for those two turns anyway.
Another first time participant here :-) I'm really excited! Could someone please explain to me how to add images to this thread, though? What am I to enter into the "source" field?
Here's a link to my entry on imgur for the time being.
Edit: Since it's my first try, feedback would be really appreciated. Here are some of my thoughts about the card: I'm currently enjoying JambaJooze's Wild Aggro Quest Mage. That made me want to create a cheap Mage spell generator which obviously screams RENO!! in the Year of the Dragon narrative. "Genius" is a reference to Reno ;-) Twinspell further helps completing the quest, so that was my keyword. There was a cool piece of art with Reno holding the Gatling Gun, but I decided against it in favor of the scrolls because the generated spells are added to your hand and not cast. The hardest part was balancing the card. Arcane Intellect draws 2 for 3, but those are not random. So I went with Tome of Intellect for reference and extrapolated. The downside of the spells being random was heavy enough for me to not increase the cost of the card by 1 for the twinspell-tag, but that surely is debateable. In the end, this card heavily supports Open the Waygate, Raid the Sky Temple and Learn Draconic. It also gives Casino Mage one more toy for the early game.
Edit 2: Oh dear. I have never played Raid the Sky Temple and wasn't aware of the fact that I used its art for my card. Just randomly got it from an art site. I'll just show myself out.
Other than the fact that it has used art (which you pointed art), I don't see anything wrong with the card.
Hey everyone, it's amazing that competitions are back and I can't wait for the big ones as well.
Here's my idea, any thoughts?
I can't wait for the big comps either. They're so exciting to me.
In general, most people try to avoid passive Health buffs. If you've ever seen Stormwind Champion on the board, you'd see how its effect has some very "wonky" mechanics when it dies. I feel like the +1/+1 in exchange for 1 mana is also probably more bad than good since the good thing about Lackeys is that you can fit them n just about any turn you want.
So I had two ideas and would love some feedback on which everyone thinks is better? I really wish the reborn mechanic had taken off more - I really liked it and the paladin quest…
What class are these supposed to be for? I assume Paladin since you mentioned it in your post.
My favorite of the two is personally Multiplying Mummies, but either of them are fine.
When I am posting a card, what is a good size to make it so that it doesn't fill up the whole screen? Or is it a good size as it is?
I prefer the size of Demon's card, which is 250x358 or something like that. 250 x (whatever) is a perfectly fine size.
As for commentary on the card, I'm not a fan of the two options being so off-kilter. Either you high-roll a well-statted Rush minion, or you pay 4 mana for a vanilla 3/3. If you're relying on randomness to rein in the card's balance, the two options should at least be equivalent in power.
Thanks for the feedback!
I was not all too confident on making it so RNG reliant. But my thought was that sense it is a twinspell you would be more likely to high roll and it would soften the blow of the randomness. But since this is a card you would want to play on curve, it would feel pretty bad to low roll on turn 4, even if you did then highroll on turn 5.
Does this look better?
Also, thank you for the dimensions.
Seems perfectly balanced (as all things should be), although I don't really see a reason why the randomness needs to be there.
I like rush as a mechanic, but they went a bit overboard with it. It's good to have catch-up mechanisms, so a game isn't over if your opponent has a quicker start. But if every turn is a swing turn, it feels like you're not building towards anything.
I wouldn't call the game ruined though: the meta is usually worst just before rotation and compared to previous years I think the current state is actually pretty good.
Well, I wouldn't mind having to pay say 2,000-3,000 gold a month, or maybe 500 gold every week. But right now it is just so ridiculously expensive! It should not cost just as much to buy a real Brawl deck as it does to simply play digital Brawl.
When I am posting a card, what is a good size to make it so that it doesn't fill up the whole screen? Or is it a good size as it is?
I prefer the size of Demon's card, which is 250x358 or something like that. 250 x (whatever) is a perfectly fine size.
As for commentary on the card, I'm not a fan of the two options being so off-kilter. Either you high-roll a well-statted Rush minion, or you pay 4 mana for a vanilla 3/3. If you're relying on randomness to rein in the card's balance, the two options should at least be equivalent in power.
Thanks for the feedback!
I was not all too confident on making it so RNG reliant. But my thought was that sense it is a twinspell you would be more likely to high roll and it would soften the blow of the randomness. But since this is a card you would want to play on curve, it would feel pretty bad to low roll on turn 4, even if you did then highroll on turn 5.
Thank you, that's great feedback. I honestly haven't thought about Cabalist's Tome. So two lessons learned already with my first entry: be sure the art isn't already in use and doublecheck for similar cards in the game.
What do you think about the rarity? The tome being an epic makes me feel like I got that aspect wrong, too...
So I had two ideas and would love some feedback on which everyone thinks is better? I really wish the reborn mechanic had taken off more - I really liked it and the paladin quest...
Another first time participant here :-) I'm really excited! Could someone please explain to me how to add images to this thread, though? What am I to enter into the "source" field?
Here's a link to my entry on imgur for the time being.
Edit: Since it's my first try, feedback would be really appreciated. Here are some of my thoughts about the card: I'm currently enjoying JambaJooze's Wild Aggro Quest Mage. That made me want to create a cheap Mage spell generator which obviously screams RENO!! in the Year of the Dragon narrative. "Genius" is a reference to Reno ;-) Twinspell further helps completing the quest, so that was my keyword. There was a cool piece of art with Reno holding the Gatling Gun, but I decided against it in favor of the scrolls because the generated spells are added to your hand and not cast. The hardest part was balancing the card. Arcane Intellect draws 2 for 3, but those are not random. So I went with Tome of Intellect for reference and extrapolated. The downside of the spells being random was heavy enough for me to not increase the cost of the card by 1 for the twinspell-tag, but that surely is debateable. In the end, this card heavily supports Open the Waygate, Raid the Sky Temple and Learn Draconic. It also gives Casino Mage one more toy for the early game.
Edit 2: Oh dear. I have never played Raid the Sky Temple and wasn't aware of the fact that I used its art for my card. Just randomly got it from an art site. I'll just show myself out.
I personally would have settled on 3 mana for this as it currently way outclasses Cabalist's Tome, which was actually played a bit. Your card is a better version of 4 mana add 4 mage spells to your hand, notably in a class which uses Sorcerer's Apprentice almost by default, which reduces it to 2 mana overall, and then reduces the cost of everything it generates too. Even without the apprentice 4 mana add 4 probably raises a few concerns.
If it was in another class I could see there being a case for making it 2 mana if you really want to push the card, especially if that class has a lot of situational or low value spells that might not be super helpful (e.g. Paladin), but in mage it feels too easy to abuse.
I also don't get what 8 is supposed to mean. There are plenty of ways to kill minions with that amount of health, especially considering stuff like Single Combat, Whirling Death, Atrocity, etc.
The eight health breakpoint is Nexus health. If you have >=8 Nexus health, it'll take min. five Ledros plays to kill you (8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1 -> 0) meaning if it's first played on the tail-end of your attacking round you'll have two attacking rounds (the second of which needs to be taken immediately) to end the game before you auto-lose. Important to think about when assigning early/mid game blockers against SI decks.
Added Culling Strike (though less relevant as you have less control over your units' attack than their health - you can't mitigate it by choosing trades). Vengeance has no breakpoints aside from mana, and nor does Frostbite, so not sure what I'd add them under I'm afraid.
I also don't get what 8 is supposed to mean. There are plenty of ways to kill minions with that amount of health, especially considering stuff like Single Combat, Whirling Death, Atrocity, etc.
One point of note - it's highly unlikely that each season will align with each new set precisely because both League and TFT have shown Riot like to have a grace period between seasons. It's possible they'll go a different route with this game, but that wouldn't match established formulae.
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Somedays the RNG is really disproportionate. I especially hate losing mirror match after mirror match of Dragon Hunter because the opponent develops at turn 1-2-3 and I'm unable to play anything until I'm below half health and I just lose the SMOrc race afterwards. Everytime I face a Highlander deck it's more consistent then my two-off deck, and I'm still to face my first Embiggen Druid that does not Embiggen turn 1 and Breath of Dreams on 2 with buffed Zilliax turn 6 topdeck, when it's the only card that prevents me from winning. Like why should I even try at this low-skill-high-luck game -_-
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
@Demonxz95 the wording is meant to imply that’ you pass two turns without attacking while you could’ve
Out of Cards Changelog - 2020-02-17 - Card Design Competitions!
That was actually the first thing I thought about when Reno transformed. Well played!
Heroic Galakrond OTK
Worked well, just needed three trys (in first try Antonidas was last card in deck and second ice block had already triggered.... lol...)
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Anyone wanna bet how long they can keep the design philosophy of "everything viable" up?
For real though, I hope they can crack the code. But considering EVERY other competitive card game, the chance is between slim and none.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Open the Waygate
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
On the post interface, there should be an "Insert Edit/Image" button (located above "Runeterra Card Image). Click that.
Paste the image URL into the "Source" box, and the dimensions should come up. Hearthstone cards by default start at 400, but most people use either 200 or 250 as their default sizes for cards.
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Hey Steli! Welcome aboard.
Your card seems fine as the reward is powerful, but the effect is slow. That said, it's basically 2 mana to do nothing until you draw it.
The main problem I see is that if you play it on turn 1, it's always going to end up completed at the end of turn 2 since you can't attack for those two turns anyway.
Other than the fact that it has used art (which you pointed art), I don't see anything wrong with the card.
I can't wait for the big comps either. They're so exciting to me.
In general, most people try to avoid passive Health buffs. If you've ever seen Stormwind Champion on the board, you'd see how its effect has some very "wonky" mechanics when it dies. I feel like the +1/+1 in exchange for 1 mana is also probably more bad than good since the good thing about Lackeys is that you can fit them n just about any turn you want.
Simple, yet just good. I like cards like this.
My only nitpick is that you made this card a Rare whereas all the existing Dragon Explorer cards are Common.
What class are these supposed to be for? I assume Paladin since you mentioned it in your post.
My favorite of the two is personally Multiplying Mummies, but either of them are fine.
Seems perfectly balanced (as all things should be), although I don't really see a reason why the randomness needs to be there.
Does anyone else feel like rush has ruined the game?
I like rush as a mechanic, but they went a bit overboard with it. It's good to have catch-up mechanisms, so a game isn't over if your opponent has a quicker start. But if every turn is a swing turn, it feels like you're not building towards anything.
I wouldn't call the game ruined though: the meta is usually worst just before rotation and compared to previous years I think the current state is actually pretty good.
Out of Cards Changelog - 2020-02-17 - Card Design Competitions!
And your other signature about Reno was also correct.
I guess everyone should just take whatever you say in your signature as cannon.
MTG Arena - Brawler's GuildHall
Well, I wouldn't mind having to pay say 2,000-3,000 gold a month, or maybe 500 gold every week. But right now it is just so ridiculously expensive! It should not cost just as much to buy a real Brawl deck as it does to simply play digital Brawl.
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Thanks for the feedback!
I was not all too confident on making it so RNG reliant. But my thought was that sense it is a twinspell you would be more likely to high roll and it would soften the blow of the randomness. But since this is a card you would want to play on curve, it would feel pretty bad to low roll on turn 4, even if you did then highroll on turn 5.
Does this look better?
Also, thank you for the dimensions.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
the riddle is kinda wack but i did my best
MTG Arena - Brawler's GuildHall
And by more affordable I hope you mean fre
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
i do heres mine
For things that seem out of place i play
For a reward i will soon earn
A gate of old
And then my time starts anew.
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Thank you, that's great feedback. I honestly haven't thought about Cabalist's Tome. So two lessons learned already with my first entry: be sure the art isn't already in use and doublecheck for similar cards in the game.
What do you think about the rarity? The tome being an epic makes me feel like I got that aspect wrong, too...
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
can someone tell me how would i post an image into a comment
MTG Arena - Brawler's GuildHall
If you are buying with gems, it is basically a $13.00 monthly subscription to play brawl. I really have no idea how the devs justify this.
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
So I had two ideas and would love some feedback on which everyone thinks is better? I really wish the reborn mechanic had taken off more - I really liked it and the paladin quest...
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I personally would have settled on 3 mana for this as it currently way outclasses Cabalist's Tome, which was actually played a bit. Your card is a better version of 4 mana add 4 mage spells to your hand, notably in a class which uses Sorcerer's Apprentice almost by default, which reduces it to 2 mana overall, and then reduces the cost of everything it generates too. Even without the apprentice 4 mana add 4 probably raises a few concerns.
If it was in another class I could see there being a case for making it 2 mana if you really want to push the card, especially if that class has a lot of situational or low value spells that might not be super helpful (e.g. Paladin), but in mage it feels too easy to abuse.
Breakpoints
The eight health breakpoint is Nexus health. If you have >=8 Nexus health, it'll take min. five Ledros plays to kill you (8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1 -> 0) meaning if it's first played on the tail-end of your attacking round you'll have two attacking rounds (the second of which needs to be taken immediately) to end the game before you auto-lose. Important to think about when assigning early/mid game blockers against SI decks.
Added Culling Strike (though less relevant as you have less control over your units' attack than their health - you can't mitigate it by choosing trades). Vengeance has no breakpoints aside from mana, and nor does Frostbite, so not sure what I'd add them under I'm afraid.
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I'm new to card design. Here's my version of a Explorer for one of the E.V.I.L classes.
How To Train Year Dragon - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Hey everyone, it's amazing that competitions are back and I can't wait for the big ones as well.
Here's my idea, any thoughts?
Breakpoints
What abotu Vengeance and Culling Strike
Also all the Frostbite combos
I also don't get what 8 is supposed to mean. There are plenty of ways to kill minions with that amount of health, especially considering stuff like Single Combat, Whirling Death, Atrocity, etc.
Unintentional announcement of season/expansion schedule?
One point of note - it's highly unlikely that each season will align with each new set precisely because both League and TFT have shown Riot like to have a grace period between seasons. It's possible they'll go a different route with this game, but that wouldn't match established formulae.