B-U-R-S-T Card Design Competition

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She promises to give back anything she takes!

Card Art by Blunell

Stitching Arm is a little blast-from-the-past at Scholomance harnessing the power to craft a Zombeat.

The professor of sewing class had to take some days off, and the substitute they had in the mean time was... eccentric to say the least.

I made this card as a good way to make control paladin a bit better against mid to late game decks as a way to counter huge swing turns and provide a way to get back in the game. 

The card is fairly balanced in my opinion since it will not be that threatening against agro decks since it will only affect them past turn 7 with the requirement of also having a cheap spell in hand like Libram of Wisdom . 

I always kinda liked the Kobolds Cards - so i thought what about a Legendary Kobold that not only could Support certain Archetypes (Stealth Rogue) and also can give you benefits off from Spellburst.

So i came up with this little Fella' ! :) 

"Welcome to sacrificing class. Okay, we just need a volunteer from the class..."

'AFKs his way through every raid.'

Refreshment Vendor has managed to start a cookery class in Scholomance Academy! This is one of his finest students, managing to conjure funnel cakes out of thin air.

She doesn't know what to choose, so why don't you give her both?

Below are the lists of standard spells that activate the effect.

I liked the idea of making Feral Spirit playable and this softens the overload so if you do get board cleared, you have back up. Works in Galakrond, Totem and even Eye of the Storm + Lightning Bloom is nice. 

Ancestral Crescent allows shamans to call on the ancestors to 'bank' mana in the form of removing Overload, not only that you already had , but off the triggering spell as well!

Ideally, a turn like Squallhunter + Lightning Bolt following the crescent would result in no overloaded mana. Curving this into a turn 3 Feral Spirit, Lava Burst or Lightning Storm would help shaman survive to the late game. Spells like Eye of the Storm or Elemental Destruction also do quite well with this as the drawback of a powerful spell with alot of overload is mitigated.

While this adorable little guy looks rather like a rare than an epic at first glance, it's quite surprising to see how much havoc you're able to wreak with his help. For starters, there are Professor Slate and Overwhelm in Scholomance that have direct synergy with it. But the current standard repertoire of Hunter also includes Explosive Shot, Marked Shot, [Hearthstone Card (multi shot) Not Found], Scrap Shot, Kill Command, Corrosive Breath, Arcane Shot and Rapid Fire. Wild adds Baited Arrow, Cobra Shot, Flanking Strike, Wing Blast, Powershot, Bomb Toss, Grievous Bite, Quick Shot, Toxic Arrow and On the Hunt to the bunch. Some of those have the potential to create really nasty ripple effects with the help of Blasting Bowman, as the original spell already damages adjacent minions and stacks with the Spellburst. So all in all this has lots of AOE-potential but still honors the fact that this is supposed to be one of Rexxar's weaknesses since it depends upon a combo.

With the Farstriders disbanded due to centuries of peace and prosperity, the former Ranger General of Silvermoon, Sylvanas Windrunner found a new home in Scholomance Academy. There she quickly became famous for only accepting the most talented and ambitious students, but also producing some of the greatest archers on Azeroth. Her most recent graduate is the well known Ace Hunter Kreen. 

"Nice trick, traveler! You'll get a 25% discount on one of my items!"

This salesman from the depths of Gadgetzan will only give you a bargain if you manage to impress him. Sometimes even a shiny coin is enough.
Basically a 1 mana 3/3 when you think about it.

"Not to be confused with Sir Weaselton, the Exalted Polecat."

As usual, the Divine Shield means that the next hit your Hero takes does 0 damage, including swinging with the weapon.

A Paladin equivalent to Shadowblade, with the requirement to play a spell balanced by the ability to choose when you negate damage.

He can be Discovered by Athletic Studies :)

Zekhan is a young jungle troll who fought alongside Saurfang in the rebellion against Sylvanas, eventually becoming intertwined in the relations between the Horde and Zandalari Empire. A promising shaman, he's a bit weak physically, but he can pack a punch with his lightning spells, allowing you to get a bonus one off without the usual drawback. He is designed for a late-game combo. 

Following from Gibberling, Horticulture Teacher is a means of making a wide token board via Scholomance's Spellburst. Also provides Standard with some much-needed Treant synergy/production, considering Goru the Mightree is still around.

In case it was not clear, the minion needs to be still Stealthed in order for the Spellburst to trigger. Rogues can get Stealth synergies like Greyheart Sage from the card, and both classes will get a somewhat-reliably surviving Spell Damage potential.

I'm slightly annoyed that the minion borders quite efficiently cut out almost all the knives, the art would've been quite fitting (at least in my opinion); you can see them better from the full art on Pinterest.

I have wanted to see a Gang Up for spells for a while, but it was difficult to make it work in the past.  As a spell or a battlecry effect, you would have to play the spell you wanted to shuffle into your deck on the same turn, which made it clunky.  Not to mention that there would be too much text to fit.  Attentive Student uses spellburst as an elegant solution to this. This version goes further in letting you casting copies for free, much like Shadow of Death.  The Enchanted Book is worded like that to match other cards that cast a specific card that isn't known until it is generated, such as Shadow and Drustvar Horror. 

A student looking to make Headmaster Kel'thuzad proud.  She's can make use of the dead bodies, but hasn't gotten the 'raising' part down.