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More Onyxia's Lair card reveals today! Let's go through card by card and talk about design stuff. (Image courtesy of @ben_heathstone <3) https://t.co/N4lwEqWo9b

More Onyxia's Lair card reveals today! Let's go through card by card and talk about design stuff. (Image courtesy of @ben_heathstone <3) https://t.co/N4lwEqWo9b

  • Cora
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
    More Onyxia's Lair card reveals today! Let's go through card by card and talk about design stuff. (Image courtesy of @ben_heathstone <3) https://t.co/N4lwEqWo9b

    • Cora
      Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
      Wings of Hate: We wanted to make a new Rank spell in this set as a throwback to Forged in the Barrens, but all 10 classes already had one! So how did we decide on DH? I... honestly don't know. It's a good card though. Not much insight here. Sorry. :/

      • Cora
        Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
        Dragonbane Shot: So this is a card that I believe was designed in Final Design, and I know they went back and forth a bit on the mana/textbox. At the time we were going back to do final balance for this set, Quest Hunter was looking a bit scary, so this card almost got axed.

        • Cora
          Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
          Furious Howl: This was originally a 1 Mana buff spell that read "Whenever you summon a Beast this turn, give it +1/+2." I'm pretty happy with where it ended up though. Both serve a similar token/aggro Hunter archetype, just in different ways.

          • Cora
            Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
            Keen Reflex: This piece originally didn't have Honorable Kill, but was a very similar design. Final Design put Honorable Kill on it and made it make a lot more sense in the context of the year. They're good at their jobs.

            • Cora
              Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
              Raid Negotiator: One of my favorite art pieces of the set. When you can't decide which you want, just get both! And there are a couple cards coming down the line that I think you will really like to Discover from this. I'd rate 4/5, pretty good.

              • Cora
                Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
                Razorglaive Sentinel: Outcast support piece, without having to say Outcast. It's a bit expensive for a low-curve DH deck, but you can have some pretty sweet turns with this. It's important for DH to have good card draw options.

                • Cora
                  Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
                  Boomkin: Here comes the BOOMKIN They really let me get away with a lot as far as names in this set... If you couldn't tell, I'm a very top down designer. My designs are often inspired by flavor and story, and this is one of those pieces. The sub-spell art is pretty too. :)

                  • Cora
                    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
                    Pet Collector: And one of the cutest cards we've ever made! The golden art for this piece is adorable. I can't take credit for this design, but I like it a lot. It's fun to play alongside Rat King or Teacher's Pet (before Scholomance rotates).

                    • SackseHS
                      Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
                      @Songbird_HS Its also one of the worst cards ever made.

                      • Cora
                        Posted 3 years, 7 months ago (Source)
                        @SackseHS We have made much much worse cards. Like, so much worse. We made a 4 mana 6/3.
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