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🎸🔥 AUDIOPOCALYPSE CARD THREAD 🔥🎸 To get HYPED for the Miniset, I wanna just info-dump cool facts/insight about all the new cards as they get revealed! https://t.co/1zlWp1sPx1

🎸🔥 AUDIOPOCALYPSE CARD THREAD 🔥🎸 To get HYPED for the Miniset, I wanna just info-dump cool facts/insight about all the new cards as they get revealed! https://t.co/1zlWp1sPx1

  • MyntyPhresh
    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
    🎸🔥 AUDIOPOCALYPSE CARD THREAD 🔥🎸 To get HYPED for the Miniset, I wanna just info-dump cool facts/insight about all the new cards as they get revealed! https://t.co/1zlWp1sPx1

    • MyntyPhresh
      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
      Remixed Tuning Fork The first of the Remixed cycle! These cards have rad, powerful effects, BUT you don't know which version you're going to get. When drawn and at the end of your turn, it transforms into one of the 4 sub-forms, making each turn feel different! https://t.co/DKj6o1KPVt

      • MyntyPhresh
        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
        Through Fel and Flames DUAL-CLASS!? YEAH! Dual-class cards are BACK, this time with brand-new class pairings! This card started as a Paladin card in the main set, but got cut for more important pieces. We still liked this card, and felt it was just as sweet in Warrior/DH! https://t.co/JXfhgDRdPk

        • MyntyPhresh
          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
          Abyssal Bassist Dual-class cards are tricky - they should feel right in either class but are coolest when they give classes things outside their identity. Warrior getting Lifesteal is 🤨, but it being DH justifies that. Being a weapon card helps make it feel like both classes! https://t.co/8389fwTpfg

          • MyntyPhresh
            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
            i also really wanted to call this card "Abassal" at first but its maybe the worst card name ive ever come up with

            • hsdecktech
              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
              @MyntyPhresh I didn’t even flag this one, @blizzlet, it failed the test before it even got to me.

              • RidiculousHat
                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                @hsdecktech @MyntyPhresh @blizzlet abassal disk twister

                • MyntyPhresh
                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                  @RidiculousHat @hsdecktech @blizzlet HAT

            • RegisKillbin
              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
              @MyntyPhresh I wish it were a Jinyu called Ofishial Bassist.

              • MyntyPhresh
                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                @RegisKillbin https://t.co/Wm1WNgVRTH

          • MyntyPhresh
            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
            Grimtotem Buzzkill We struggled for a bit with a story for the miniset. When brainstorming, we looked at what the main set was missing: conflict! The Grimtotem, native to Thousand Needles, HATE how long the festival has gone on and want to DESTROY (discard) MUSIC (instruments)! https://t.co/xGk2c7rLfR

            • MyntyPhresh
              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
              Elite Tauren Champion With the fate of music at stake, ETC has picked up his guitar to save the festival! We wanted a super over-the-top effect for this card, and a musically rockin' hot potato fit the bill perfectly! https://t.co/X8xMF9CfDl

              • MyntyPhresh
                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                Magatha, Bane of Music The Grimtotem want to destroy all of music, and we wanted to find all the ways to let them do that. Buzzkill discards instruments, and Magatha here hates music (spells) so much that she doesn't want ANYTHING to do with them! https://t.co/B2KAqgIgTB

                • MyntyPhresh
                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                  Speaker Stomper "WE HATE SPELLS!" -every Grimtotem Tauren ever I can't remember where this specific design started/came from, but it's dope! And Tradeable helps make this type of effect feel so much nicer :) https://t.co/aUuT8z2gtT

                  • MyntyPhresh
                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                    Remixed Musician Another one for the Remixed cycle! This one serves as a simple introduction to what the cycle does. ALSO, Cathedral Musician has some of my favorite VO/Audio of any card ever. No exaggeration 👀 https://t.co/MnNxjn1Aaf

                    • MyntyPhresh
                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                      Hidden Meaning One thing we try to do every miniset is see what the "keyword++" looks like from the main set, like how Deadmines had Tradeable-triggers. We found the cooleat way to expand on Finale's gameplay was through individual Finale-like designs, like ETC or Hidden Meaning! https://t.co/95WAPELCcW

                      • MyntyPhresh
                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                        Yelling Yodeler Ive seen lots of comments about how Hunter + DK is a strange mix. The fantasy of dual class in the miniset is that ETC asks all the festival-goers to band together, rather than compete, to take down Magatha, resulting in more than 1 weird and wacky class pairings. https://t.co/0316wme2bc

                        • MyntyPhresh
                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                          Hollow Hound This is one of my personal favorite cards from this set. Hunter's class identity makes it near impossible for them to get good healing, which funnily enough is what their slower Big Beast decks want. Since this is also a DK card, we CAN give them a Lifesteal card! 🎉 https://t.co/3T2ERBOr1n

                          • Elbardo_ts
                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                            @MyntyPhresh quick question: since these are also dk cards, when you have them on your hand as hunter you will also see your corpse count, right?

                            • MyntyPhresh
                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                              @Elbardo_ts Good question, not sure off the top of my head BUT i think probably yes

                          • ChaosOS_59
                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                            @MyntyPhresh Could you elaborate on why dual class get to be class identity bends and breaks? Seems like they should be the intersection of the identities, not the union

                            • MyntyPhresh
                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                              @ChaosOS_59 It can be either. Hollow Hound bends class identity (Hunter gets Lifesteal, DK gets a big Rush card), Yelling Yodeler shares it (both classes do Deathrattle). The former is just something we basically NEVER do, so moments where it's justified are super exciting and fun!

                              • ChaosOS_59
                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                @MyntyPhresh What's the line? Is it because lifesteal rush is something neutral can do, just not usually at this rate/quality?

                                • MyntyPhresh
                                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                  @ChaosOS_59 Its a case-by-case thing, the card just needs to feel right

                          • MyntyPhresh
                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                            Dead Air A cool piece for any deck that runs Deathrattles, Reborn minions, or just wants a lot of Corpses! https://t.co/8VHs9ZBzVR

                            • MyntyPhresh
                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                              Cool Ghoul With each release, we talk a lot about "complexity budget" - there's a limit to how complex we want a set to be. The Remixed cycle + ETC use a LOT of the complexity budget for the set. We looked for ways to make fun but simple cards, like this one, as much as we could! https://t.co/kntQhtG2OS

                              • MyntyPhresh
                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                Cold Feet We matched Paladin and DK for lore/flavor reasons since the Lich King was a Paladin before! That said, finding design overlap between them was tricky. We figured giving Paladin a Frost spell would be neat, and the design is similar to Rebuke, an old Paladin spell! https://t.co/IY9k7kcG14

                                • MyntyPhresh
                                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                  Dance Floor "THE LIGHT BENDS... TO MY SWEET MOVES!" https://t.co/AUh8tP3Byr

                                  • MyntyPhresh
                                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                    Jukebox Totem A dual-class Totem is fun because we get to ask "how would a Totem look like in X class?". Totems have such distinct gameplay, but only really show up in Shaman. With the menagerie implications of either The Purator or One Amalgam Band, getting a good Totem is rad! https://t.co/wABKuPMkDk

                                    • MyntyPhresh
                                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                      Horn of the Windlord Shaman is the class that uses Windfury the most, and Paladin loves changing the stats of minions. Slap both of those onto a weapon and BAM - you've got a greag control tool with Doomhammer levels of burst! https://t.co/UYvE6JRPYL

                                      • MyntyPhresh
                                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                        Remixed Totemcarver We found that the Remixed cycle is the most fun when the outcomes are varied, but with a throughline. Totemcarver ALWAYS comes with a good Totem, but each one is so different from the other with their effects! https://t.co/LDxjm32QOX

                                        • MyntyPhresh
                                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                          Jam Session Warrior wants another Fire spell. Shaman wants another Overload card. BOOM - Jam Session! https://t.co/Iby10ttmZp

                                          • MyntyPhresh
                                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                            Backstage Bouncer After we decided on class pairings, we jotted down rough ideas for how those pairs can share cards. My favorite was "Warrior/Shaman - FROG TAUNT". The outcome is a Taunt minion that "hexes" another minion into a frog! https://t.co/mndb9oLZpb

                                            • MyntyPhresh
                                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                              Remixed Dispense-o-bot This card says "Get X" instead of "Add X to your hand", but it's functionally the same thing. Why did we use this wording? Because it's shorter! It might not seem like much, but shaving off three words opens up some space for cooler designs in the future! https://t.co/JAa0hhxUrO

                                              • MyntyPhresh
                                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                Star Power We made Arcane Hunter in MotLK, and it didn't land as well as we wanted. Luckily, printing support for it is easy - just make damaging Arcane spells! Since they're sharing a card with Mage, this was a good opportunity to print a solid removal piece for Hunter and Mage. https://t.co/vPLQOZYpCD

                                                • MyntyPhresh
                                                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                  Costumed Singer A shared design space between Mage and Hunter is Secrets, something only a few classes have. Thing is, Mage and Hunter Secrets have different Costs, so we couldn't make an actual Secret. This design serves the same strong purpose in either class! https://t.co/HeofZfE3cg

                                                  • MyntyPhresh
                                                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                    One Hit Wonder A new, strong Combo card for Rogue! I also really like the flavor on this carrd :) https://t.co/Kt0985ILa8

                                                    • MyntyPhresh
                                                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                      Deafen Brain Freeze was one of my favorite dual-class cards from Scholomance since it felt like a reasonable card in either class, but also gave each class something they never get. This card is like that, but with the Priest-y spin of Silence instead of Freeze! https://t.co/alVVYyM2Ai

                                                      • TonberryBleu
                                                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                        @MyntyPhresh I'm confused how this gives Priest something they don't have. The class already has Shard of the Naaru in the core set, which is significantly more flexible...

                                                        • MyntyPhresh
                                                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                          @TonberryBleu Combo

                                                      • MyntyPhresh
                                                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                        Plagiarizarrr Rogues love to Burgle, but not usually directly from the opponent's cards. Priest does that, so now Rogue can too! And Priest doesn't usually get Pirates, but Rogue does! Also, I'm personally very proud of the name I gave this card hehe https://t.co/wGimzB1hmo

                                                        • MyntyPhresh
                                                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                          Remixed Rhapsody Playtests gave feedback that "(Changes each turn)" was confusing on other Remixed cards since it said that while in play, yet only changes in hand. We couldnt add" -while in hand" bc of Emotional's textbox, so instead that whole clause disappears while in play! https://t.co/nX2nAyLecA

                                                          • MyntyPhresh
                                                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                            Tough Crowd A Sap in DH??? Yup! Except this is I think the first time since Kidnapper that it's flexible - bounce an enemy threat OR a friendly powerhouse! https://t.co/BXCb9lAqga

                                                            • MyntyPhresh
                                                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                              Rhythmdancer Risa Of course, with dual-class returning, we had to have a dual-class legendary! Risa is great since both Rogue and DH attack with their heros constantly, but in meaningfully different ways. She feels super fluid to play in either class! https://t.co/XWss8oYQPl

                                                              • MyntyPhresh
                                                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                Popular Pixie The Hero Power package in Druid ia super exciting and fresh. Naturally, we had to give them an extra support piece in the miniset for those that want to go all-in on PUNCH Druid! https://t.co/kgrPD7ktMr

                                                                • MyntyPhresh
                                                                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                  Blood Treant Druid/Warlock is maybe my personal favorite class pairing this time around. Both classes are SO different, which actually helped a lot to inform interesting card designs! Blood Treant is both the first collectible Treant AND the first collectible Health-Cost card! https://t.co/QvGSFItIYn

                                                                  • MyntyPhresh
                                                                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                    Doomkin Normally, we would never give Warlock ramp or give Druid something so disruptive. But this is a Druid AND Warlock card! We can let Druid be mean becaise it's ramp, and we can let Warlock ramp because it's mean! https://t.co/IkDApqwZbL

                                                                    • hsdecktech
                                                                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                      @MyntyPhresh I think I asked in playtest, but to let the people know: it’s be pretty edge case, but if your opponent full passes are all their mana crystals “full” and therefore unable to be stolen?

                                                                      • MyntyPhresh
                                                                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                        @hsdecktech Yeah this can only take empty crystals

                                                                    • MyntyPhresh
                                                                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                      Ambient Lightspawn More Overheal support! I personally love seeing input-keywords combined like this (Battlecry and Deathrattle is pog), and combining the two new keywords worked super well! https://t.co/tPU84JgdgN

                                                                      • MyntyPhresh
                                                                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                        Funnel Cake FUNNEL CAKE FINALLY GETS ITS OWN CARD!!! This originally costed more Mana but healed ALL friendly characters and uh... well it no longer does that LOL. https://t.co/iYd5SohhIj

                                                                        • MyntyPhresh
                                                                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                          Fanboy In the spirit of dual class, this guy simply can't root for just one band! His Choose One options are fittingly named "Zok Rocks!" for Rush and "Poison Bloom!" for Lifesteal. https://t.co/kOMiuGN1mA

                                                                          • MyntyPhresh
                                                                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                            Fanottem, Lord of the Opera The most expensive card we've ever printed!!! Fanottem's textbox came about pretty early in the process, and despite not having a ton of direct synergy currently (The Jailer has entered the chat), we loved this textbox SO much that we kept it! https://t.co/VfpTW0WgRw

                                                                            • MyntyPhresh
                                                                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                              Before the character was locked in, we did try this as a Demon and uh. Dirge of Despair became preeeeetty gooood...

                                                                              • adam_noodelman
                                                                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                                @MyntyPhresh It still looks an awful lot like a demon. What species is it if not a demon

                                                                                • MyntyPhresh
                                                                                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                                  @adam_noodelman Whatever The Darkness is https://t.co/E8e4qXbcGg

                                                                            • MyntyPhresh
                                                                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                              Fiddlefire Imp Warlock/Mage is an interesting pairing, and a bit tricky to design since the classes can be SO similar. So, let's literally give them access to something they don't get - cards from the other class! https://t.co/7lm6Sg5utZ

                                                                              • MyntyPhresh
                                                                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                                Reverberations The goal here was to make a one-off Shadow spell for Warlock/Mage. The result? A really interesting half-removal, half-summoning spell! Mage's strength at summoning minions via spells paired surprisingly nicely with Warlock's grim style of removal. https://t.co/ccjZuoRpQI

                                                                                • MyntyPhresh
                                                                                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                                  And there we have it: all Audiopocalypse cards revealed! I hope this thread was as enjoyable to read as it was to share :) Any standout cards for y'all? https://t.co/oyjIB6P0zO

                                                                            • ben_heathstone
                                                                              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                              @MyntyPhresh Fanottem? Where is that name from? Google tells me this is not a WoW character. 🤓

                                                                              • MyntyPhresh
                                                                                Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                                @ben_heathstone New character!

                                                                  • Jotarun
                                                                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                    @MyntyPhresh need an official clarify though I think it is obvious: the "costs health" only apply to this card right? it is not an aura

                                                                    • MyntyPhresh
                                                                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                      @Jotarun Correct

                                                                  • Sieckmeyer
                                                                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                    @MyntyPhresh What was the thought process behind pairing Druid with Warlock? It’s probably the most outlandish duo, they don’t have much in common in lore or design

                                                                    • MyntyPhresh
                                                                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                      @Sieckmeyer Basically this https://t.co/qqq7BQR9yH

                                                                      • Sieckmeyer
                                                                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                        @MyntyPhresh I get the lore purpose but was there any sort of mechanical or design inspiration? Or was it just “let’s just mash these two together and see what common ground we can find”?

                                                                        • MyntyPhresh
                                                                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                                                          @Sieckmeyer It was really just "do we think there's space here to make compelling cards"

                                        • ben_heathstone
                                          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                          @MyntyPhresh Any consideration to go full Tuskarr Totemic throwback? 😅 https://t.co/i5XDIPpy4I

                                          • MyntyPhresh
                                            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                                            @ben_heathstone We tried to pick 4 Totems that Standard players would know to lessen how much info is on this one card. This card was designed when the Core set was still being worked on, and then when Mana Tide was cut from Core, this design was too far along to pivot :P

                    • Jackmanlol99
                      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                      @MyntyPhresh If you were to summon this from your deck, would it summon the one without extra effects or it would it have a random one?

                      • MyntyPhresh
                        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                        @Jackmanlol99 it only gains the extra effects while in your hand

                • HoomanTheHuman_
                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                  @MyntyPhresh How does she work with cast when drawn?

                  • MyntyPhresh
                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                    @HoomanTheHuman_ the spell is cast the moment its drawn, so nothing is given to the opponent for example: if she draws a Bomb, the Bomb explodes for 5 damage on your hero, and your opponent isn't given a Bomb because it was cast

                • JacobBu05270862
                  Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                  @MyntyPhresh Ah yeah, since all the Legendary Spells represent songs, the fact that she gets rid of them works well for the hating music angle. Are both ETC and Magatha a 5-mana 5/5 for flavor/lore reasons?

                  • MyntyPhresh
                    Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
                    @JacobBu05270862 they just both ended up there, and then we never changed them bc i liked that they're equal but opposed

          • Alucard_bu
            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
            @MyntyPhresh So if I’ll hypothetically play instrument smasher into swinging I’ll discount it by lot lot lot?

            • MyntyPhresh
              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
              @Alucard_bu ya

          • Rblhcx
            Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
            @MyntyPhresh It's sword eater battlecry count for this?

            • MyntyPhresh
              Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
              @Rblhcx yep

        • MyntyPhresh
          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
          also, this being a 0 mana Finale card was a bit confusing for the main set when Finale was just introduced. it felt much better to release this idea after people have played with Finale for a bit! (if you have 0 mana and play this, the Finale triggers)

      • August_7th_
        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
        @MyntyPhresh Is the Gain +2 Attack one for the turn or permanent buff?

        • MyntyPhresh
          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
          @August_7th_ permanent buff on the weapon

      • Kurt50A
        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
        @MyntyPhresh Does it follow a cycle? Like Sharpened to Reinforced to Curved to Backup or is it random each turn?

        • MyntyPhresh
          Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
          @Kurt50A https://t.co/i3WuPSX6qY

    • Sieckmeyer
      Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
      @MyntyPhresh So does every class get one mono-class card and two dual-class cards? With 11 classes, Warrior and DH getting two shared cards means the math wouldn't quite be consistent across all 11 (unless my math is wrong, which it very likely could be)

      • MyntyPhresh
        Posted 1 year, 4 months ago (Source)
        @Sieckmeyer the class pairings go in a circle, so every class has the same number of cards (5) https://t.co/U3ih71ua4t
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