anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Here are my ideas for this week:
Which of them do you like most? I'd really appreciate feedback for all of them!
Here are my 2 cents for your cards:
bigcums:
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I'm quite new to card design competitions but it already feels as if I have seen this effect on 5 different cards. I'm sorry, but it's not very exciting for me.
Elfensilver:
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You should specify which Pirates the Corsair summons: are they random or copies of himself? I guess you meant him to summon copies of himself. In that case, 2 copies would be very OP, I'd reduce it to one. I don't like the Helmsman. Seawind Seeker is interesting, but too weak to actually see play. Don't forget to add the period at the end of the text. Also: would you mind to send me the art if you should decide not to use it?
Me0203:
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The Freebooter is too complicated for my taste. The Gravedigger is cool, but there's no reason why this should be a Pirate (and not a Murloc). Spectral Cannoneer looks very interesting to me. Nice card!
Valor1204:
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I like Possessed Raider and I think it's balanced as it is. I hope you don't mind my Possessed Brigadier, but people usually are afraid of random Demons and will probably prefer your card because of this.
Pokeniner:
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The one thing I don't like about your Paladin Legendary is the "only once" part in the token. Bonebeard doesn't appeal to me (cool name, though).
KANSAS:
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I like Davy Jones, nice flavor! The Flying Dutchman gaining Stealth at the end of your turn is OP though. Removing an 8 health perma-stealthed minion is nearly impossible for the most classes. Why not make it gain Stealth at the start of your turn? That way it's up to you if you want to reveal it or not. Orc Raider is a solid card, but not very interesting.
CursedParrot:
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Interesting card! As others already stated, you should make it equip the staff. Personally, I don't mind a 5 cost card clogging my starting hand if the effect is powerful enough to make up for that. I'm not completely convinced that this condition is fulfilled with your card…
Xarkkal:
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Really cool art! As the others said, it's probably too powerful as it is. I tried something similar with Murlocs in competition 1.05 and made it cost 7. Ended up in 4th place. Edit: I just voted on the first bunch of cards and I don't know if that matters to you, but someone else used the art (for quite a bad card imo).
linkblade91:
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I think you should be forbidden to create Paladin cards. :P Seriously though, I like the Staffwielder most. I'm not sure if it shouldn't cost 4, but since it needs at least one more mana to gain the bubble anyway, 3 is probably okay.
Demonxz95:
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Great card! Probably my favorite so far. If anything, the art might be a bit too sexy to actually be printed.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
I don't know guys. I've been playing Wild almost exclusively for the last months and at least for that game mode, I don't agree. Sure, if you're as bad at deck building as me, you're hopelessly lost. But praise Yogg there are sites like OoC where you can straight out net deck or at least get some inspiration for your semi home brews.
My point is, a wide variety of decks is viable right now. Pirate Warrior, Quest Mage, Mech and Odd Paladin, Disco and Cube Lock, Raza Priest, Odd Demon Hunter, Big Shaman. There's aggro, there's control, sometimes you meet a Druid who plays some weird kind of combo and Mecha'Thun is still a thing. It's not even rock / paper / scissors, I managed to outvalue Pirate Warriors with Disco Lock often enough while both decks belong to the aggro department. In my eyes, Wild is a healthy place right now. The only issue I have is that playing fun decks at the ranked floors is no longer possible because of the MMR matchmaking. But then, this is a good thing overall and the true problem are people abusing the casual mode.
As I already said, I rarely play standard these days, only for a quest now and then. When I do so, I usually use no minions mage and even that deck nets me a win around 50% of the time.
I understand your arguments about card creation from Dragonqueen Alexstraza and the likes, but it's nowhere as bad as you make it look imho.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
I've actually been around since Blackrock Mountain, but I only started playing Wild last year and dusted all my rotating cards before that. I had completely forgotten about triclass cards. Shame on me.
Wouldn't it be more convenient for us to make them show up in all the classes they are playable in instead of the neutral section? I'd prefer to see them in three different places instead of only one where I can't use them in 7 out of 10 cases. Shouldn't be too much of an effort to program a pop up warning when you try to dust one of them that informs you about the fact that your "copies" in the other two classes will be gone as well.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
My go-to fun deck is Reno Demon Hunter at the moment. I net decked the list and didn't pay much attention to it, but today I noticed that Kazakus is missing from the usual Highlander package. So I tried to add him and... I couldn't. While the deck list is open, the card isn't shown in my collection, no matter what I do. Has anyone else encountered this?
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Not a lot of entries in both competitions so far. I could imagine that having to find two matching pieces of art was too much of an issue for some people in the other competition.
Anyway, that Vengeful Voidmaster looks like a cool card! I think it's a little OP but it's very flavorful and a cool design. Well done!
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Seconded, calendar sounds like a great idea!
I wouldn't be surprised if Flux has been sneaking in updates without telling us either. Yesterday I looked up something on Queen of Pain's card page and noticed there are sound samples for her! That was new for me, have I missed their introduction? It isn't a very wide spread feature (yet?), I couldn't find another card page with those.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Highlander Demon Hunter in Wild is just hilarious. Nobody expects Illidan to run Reno or N'Zoth. I just out controlled a Raza Priest who died by fatigue damage.
You should really try it, it's super fun and the win rate is good enough (I'd say around 50% at diamond 3). It wasn't my invention, I stumbled upon it on that other site.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
First of all, your statement about having set this up for a long time and the "history research" make me quite sure that you have hidden the answer in your riddles all over this thread. You told us to "look for capitals", so I went through fourty.fucking.nine pages and wrote down all the capital letters. They make no sense at all:
I also tried leaving out the "I"s whenever there only was an "I" in the riddle, also to no avail:
AAMYAMHBBOTSOGIAHCCMCHMAHWRWHSTATOWHQWAIATJ
Last but not least, I wrote down all the words with capital letters (without the "I"s). That went to hell as well:
Alona Alas My Yet As My He Beyond But Oobdi Taunt Stab OG If Attack Health Cost Cost My Cost Health My Attack Health Who Rarity Who HS Twins A Think Oh While Here Q What A In This Just
Maybe those words are a riddle theirself, but I can't find any meaning in there yet. Does anyone else?
For the sake of making a guess after all this effort, I go with Illidan Stormrage because of "Alas" and "Twins" and lots of "Attack"s.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
I think I know where this is going but it will take some time to solve. I'll try to have a look this afternoon or tonight. If it is what I think it is, it's genius!
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
I used Spell Mage for the first and Bomb Warrior for the second boss and won at first try. Magtheridon is tough, though. Don't know what to do about him yet.
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Here we go. Medivh came up with some more entertainment for his guests! The Beast Tamer and her pet are a proud bunch, so they won't show up until their audience has gathered. What do you think? Any suggestions for a better name?
Oh my, I'm sorry! You shouldn't hide your cards behind spoilers, even if it was with good intentions ;-)
I don't like Temporal Loop as an idea, sorry. Slaith looks very interesting, but it scares me. Rogue has lots of possibilities to trigger deathrattles plus [Hearthstone Card (Anka the buried) Not Found]... This could get out of hand even though the condition looks reasonable. I'm in a hurry and can't look up similar cards right now, but both cards having the same name feels strange. Aria is my favorite of the bunch, even though it looks pretty OP, too. With one Incanter's Flow hitting a Fireball, you could play both on turn 10 for 13 damage... I'd like to suggest "When revived, transfrom." for the first card. Maybe you could find a pile of ashes for the second one?
anchorm4nHarbinger of Winter 19152510 PostsJoined 03/13/2019
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for the feedback! I decided to drop DH Tony because generating multiple cards is against Demon Hunter's class identity (thanks grumpymonk!) and the Illidari Blacksmith because the [Hearthstone Card (Warblaides of Azzinoth) Not Found] originate from Azzinoth and making him a card would be kinda boring.
I just found cool art for an iconic card I'd like to build my entry around, just need to come up with an interesting effect and I'll show it to you :-)
In the meantime, more feedback!
bananenparty:
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This is somewhat… crazy. Two major flaws for me: 1) The card is not strong enough to compensate for the negative effect of giving your opponent fireballs. The only option to exploit this I can make out would be clogging their hand and make them mill a card when their turn starts. 2) I don't like art that shows Hearthstone cards (that's a personal thing, though). So all in all, the idea is fun enough, but the card isn't very good.
BloodMefist:
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Set the Table! looks great now. I'd love to run this in Wild Disco Lock.
grumpymonk:
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Drill Sargent looks best out of the three. Maybe a little forced, but nice flavor and very versatile.
CursedParrot:
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I'd go with Mistress of fate, but instead of reducing the cost, giving it "Casts when drawn" would be way more interesting. This would also allow giving it strong stats because it could be considered a drawback (lol).
bigcums:
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Very close to my own train of thoughts. I like the art, but I feel like the condition is too easy to meet. Also: Why not use the original Majordomo's stats? Nice work!
Pokeniner:
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Nice work, although I'm still sad you don't want to make Mecha-Jaraxxus a card :/
Cg8889:
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Solid card, but I don't feel the flavor.
MrRhapsody:
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Beast training Manual and Weather Forecast both look great. I like Hunter as a class more and the card looks a little more serious, so I'd go with the Manual.
KANSAS:
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Nice work, the text looks way better now.
CovenantKevlar:
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Hilarious! You probably won't win with this, but it's great!
grayghost39:
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Really great card, one of my favorites this week! There shouldn't be a capital letter at the start of "add" (Ysera, The Lich King)
Here are my ideas for this week:
Which of them do you like most? I'd really appreciate feedback for all of them!
Here are my 2 cents for your cards:
bigcums:
Elfensilver:
Me0203:
Valor1204:
Pokeniner:
KANSAS:
CursedParrot:
Xarkkal:
linkblade91:
Demonxz95:
Thanks so much for this article! I came up with an idea for a custom expansion last night and was looking for excatly the things you've explained.
Congrats, well done!
Congrats LesserHealer! Cool idea!
I don't know guys. I've been playing Wild almost exclusively for the last months and at least for that game mode, I don't agree. Sure, if you're as bad at deck building as me, you're hopelessly lost. But praise Yogg there are sites like OoC where you can straight out net deck or at least get some inspiration for your semi home brews.
My point is, a wide variety of decks is viable right now. Pirate Warrior, Quest Mage, Mech and Odd Paladin, Disco and Cube Lock, Raza Priest, Odd Demon Hunter, Big Shaman. There's aggro, there's control, sometimes you meet a Druid who plays some weird kind of combo and Mecha'Thun is still a thing. It's not even rock / paper / scissors, I managed to outvalue Pirate Warriors with Disco Lock often enough while both decks belong to the aggro department. In my eyes, Wild is a healthy place right now. The only issue I have is that playing fun decks at the ranked floors is no longer possible because of the MMR matchmaking. But then, this is a good thing overall and the true problem are people abusing the casual mode.
As I already said, I rarely play standard these days, only for a quest now and then. When I do so, I usually use no minions mage and even that deck nets me a win around 50% of the time.
I understand your arguments about card creation from Dragonqueen Alexstraza and the likes, but it's nowhere as bad as you make it look imho.
I've actually been around since Blackrock Mountain, but I only started playing Wild last year and dusted all my rotating cards before that. I had completely forgotten about triclass cards. Shame on me.
Wouldn't it be more convenient for us to make them show up in all the classes they are playable in instead of the neutral section? I'd prefer to see them in three different places instead of only one where I can't use them in 7 out of 10 cases. Shouldn't be too much of an effort to program a pop up warning when you try to dust one of them that informs you about the fact that your "copies" in the other two classes will be gone as well.
Oh lord. Thank you!
My go-to fun deck is Reno Demon Hunter at the moment. I net decked the list and didn't pay much attention to it, but today I noticed that Kazakus is missing from the usual Highlander package. So I tried to add him and... I couldn't. While the deck list is open, the card isn't shown in my collection, no matter what I do. Has anyone else encountered this?
Now you see me...
... now you don't.
Not a lot of entries in both competitions so far. I could imagine that having to find two matching pieces of art was too much of an issue for some people in the other competition.
Anyway, that Vengeful Voidmaster looks like a cool card! I think it's a little OP but it's very flavorful and a cool design. Well done!
Seconded, calendar sounds like a great idea!
I wouldn't be surprised if Flux has been sneaking in updates without telling us either. Yesterday I looked up something on Queen of Pain's card page and noticed there are sound samples for her! That was new for me, have I missed their introduction? It isn't a very wide spread feature (yet?), I couldn't find another card page with those.
Highlander Demon Hunter in Wild is just hilarious. Nobody expects Illidan to run Reno or N'Zoth. I just out controlled a Raza Priest who died by fatigue damage.
You should really try it, it's super fun and the win rate is good enough (I'd say around 50% at diamond 3). It wasn't my invention, I stumbled upon it on that other site.
Wow, incredible work from both of you. I wouldn't have been able to solve this even if I had gotten the letters right. Well played!
True enough, between the interview riddle and the current one there are some outstanding capitalizations. I gathered (in chronological order):
MTTALWDFMASD
Plesae don't tell me that's an anagram again. It's sorely missing vowels. Edit 1: Found the vowels, they were hiding in a comment. USOKTYOLERTEPAE
Edit 2: @Dermostatic please explain the solution to us!
First of all, your statement about having set this up for a long time and the "history research" make me quite sure that you have hidden the answer in your riddles all over this thread. You told us to "look for capitals", so I went through fourty.fucking.nine pages and wrote down all the capital letters. They make no sense at all:
AIIIAIIMIYIIIAMIIIIHBBOIITSIIIIIIOGIIAHCCMCHMAHWRWHSTATOWHQWAIATIJ
I also tried leaving out the "I"s whenever there only was an "I" in the riddle, also to no avail:
AAMYAMHBBOTSOGIAHCCMCHMAHWRWHSTATOWHQWAIATJ
Last but not least, I wrote down all the words with capital letters (without the "I"s). That went to hell as well:
Alona Alas My Yet As My He Beyond But Oobdi Taunt Stab OG If Attack Health Cost Cost My Cost Health My Attack Health Who Rarity Who HS Twins A Think Oh While Here Q What A In This Just
Maybe those words are a riddle theirself, but I can't find any meaning in there yet. Does anyone else?
For the sake of making a guess after all this effort, I go with Illidan Stormrage because of "Alas" and "Twins" and lots of "Attack"s.
I think I know where this is going but it will take some time to solve. I'll try to have a look this afternoon or tonight. If it is what I think it is, it's genius!
I used Spell Mage for the first and Bomb Warrior for the second boss and won at first try. Magtheridon is tough, though. Don't know what to do about him yet.
Here we go. Medivh came up with some more entertainment for his guests! The Beast Tamer and her pet are a proud bunch, so they won't show up until their audience has gathered. What do you think? Any suggestions for a better name?
Oh my, I'm sorry! You shouldn't hide your cards behind spoilers, even if it was with good intentions ;-)
I don't like Temporal Loop as an idea, sorry. Slaith looks very interesting, but it scares me. Rogue has lots of possibilities to trigger deathrattles plus [Hearthstone Card (Anka the buried) Not Found]... This could get out of hand even though the condition looks reasonable. I'm in a hurry and can't look up similar cards right now, but both cards having the same name feels strange. Aria is my favorite of the bunch, even though it looks pretty OP, too. With one Incanter's Flow hitting a Fireball, you could play both on turn 10 for 13 damage... I'd like to suggest "When revived, transfrom." for the first card. Maybe you could find a pile of ashes for the second one?
Thanks for the feedback! I decided to drop DH Tony because generating multiple cards is against Demon Hunter's class identity (thanks grumpymonk!) and the Illidari Blacksmith because the [Hearthstone Card (Warblaides of Azzinoth) Not Found] originate from Azzinoth and making him a card would be kinda boring.
I just found cool art for an iconic card I'd like to build my entry around, just need to come up with an interesting effect and I'll show it to you :-)
In the meantime, more feedback!
bananenparty:
BloodMefist:
grumpymonk:
CursedParrot:
bigcums:
Pokeniner:
Cg8889:
MrRhapsody:
KANSAS:
CovenantKevlar:
grayghost39:
That's correct! You're next, DestroyerR.