A quick question for the native speakers: with the guy in the art in mind, is it still okay to call this "Frost Ward" or should I make it "Frost Warden"? I want to preserve the flavor of this being Flame Ward's twin but couldn't find a freezing device yet.
Edit: Feedback for all those who haven't submitted yet.
@ZardozSpeakz
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I like Sleeping Beauty and Big Game Sniper the most. The art of the latter looks more like Hearthstone to my eyes, that's the only argument I can manage to come up with to decide between the two.
@Almaniarra
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Leeching Poison looks too strong to me. Maybe you can tune it down a bit if there are more people thinking so? Dismantle is a good idea but the art is not as cool as the other one and it would be a tech card with little use…
@Nirast
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Cool idea, I like innovative cards. Is it possible to squeeze the second two lines into one? Using Assassin's Creed art for Rogue is genious!
@Conduit
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I know that ruins the pun, but you should really change the name. I'm also not sure if the wording works as intended. "Return the spell to hand" doesn't necessaryly mean it isn't cast at the first place, does it? Look at Xarkkal's post, I think he got it better.
@Xarkkal
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I like (both forms of) True Companionship and Counter Shot. If you should go with the first, I'd say go big or go home and take the legendary iteration. The restriction seems reasonable and it is a legendary after all. The idea to build a freezing trap for spells is really great, too. Hard decision.
@KANSAS
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Both look fine, nothing to criticize here.
@Demonxz95:
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Cool idea! There's a typo in the last line, "It" instead of "If".
I have yet to look up art for this, but here's my idea. It doesn't look very creative at first glance, but I think it has potential. What do you think?
I feel so dirty, but don't care. Because finally for the first time, I can call myself a Legendary Hearthstone player! Finally hit legend for the first time with Aggro DH! Now I never have to make that legend push again!
I reached legend in wild this morning and since then I've been able to see the ranks of my opponents again. So far I've only played 3 or 4 matches, all of them against players between diamond 9 and diamond 5. I don't like this very much. I don't want to be in the way of people who are still trying to climb but I can't concede every single match. And then there's OPs problem of me trying to play meme decks and constantly running into T1 decks.
On the bright side, I'm sure the devs are monitoring the new ladder closely and as fast as they act these days, maybe we'll get a fix for this soon.
Thank you! It was Darkest Hour Warlock. Insane winrate. I can post the decklist when I come home in the evening, but you should also find it here on the site somewhere.
This looks really cool at first glance, but I'm not sure if minions who received Taunt via your card's battlecry count towards the quest. If that works, it's a great card. Can someone confirm or deny my suspicion?
I brought Hunter and Mage home to 1.000 in February and March. Not sure where to continue now, since I'm not even close to a threshold with another class... Paladin, Warlock and Warrior are all between 200 and 300. I must admit I like aggro and already pushed Demon Hunter to 80 wins, almost exclusively in wild. I guess I'll just wait and see what the nerfs do to the wild meta before I focus on a certain class. Sadly, I'm low on dust after crafting a Darkest Hour Warlock deck last week.
Thanks for all the feedback, especially you, shaveyou. Of course you're right, I looked it up and there's not a single Warrior card with Divine Shield in the game. Stripping an Annoy-o-minion of its Divine Shield is no option, so I'll go with Blackhand. It will basically be the same card but with Reborn instead of Divine Shield. I feel this is necessary to reach the powerlevel I'm aiming for, this is ment to stick no matter the board state. I'll tune down the stats to 9/5/6 as Sinti suggested though. It can still be buffed by Armagedillo or something.
Regarding your own cards, I agree with KANSAS. Nothing to add to his evaluation.
Last but not least, I want to express how awesome this community is. You veterans help us newbies a lot and it's alway constructive, friendly criticism. I'm all in for perfectionism when it comes to card designing and there's just so much you have to think about. Thanks a lot for helping me out!
Okay guys, last try. I couldn't stop thinking about Warrior needing a late game control bomb. What I came up with is this:
Obviously the effect is really powerful, that's why I made it a highlander card. What I initially wanted to do was give a minion this effect with Taunt and Elusive. But as long as the latter isn't an official keyword that's just too much text. I prepared an alternative Warchief Blackhand card with Reborn instead of Divine Shield, but the flavor is not good. Summoning copies without restriction Saronite-style happened on purpose.
There go my 6.000 dust I spent yesterday to craft my first Darkest Hour deck ever. Needless to say I lost almost every game with it. But that one time I pulled the combo off on turn 3 was great!
Okay, I must admit that I didn't know Bolster was a thing. My furst try was way too similar to this, so I tried to come up with something new. I'm actually pretty happy with this one. It's flexible, it does something on play, it helps finishing the quest and isn't useless once we did so. What do you think about this:
I like the card, but the watermark is an unusual choice for two reasons:
The flavor is off with the rest of the expansion.
I Know a Guy existed at the time, in the expansion literally right before Un'Goro.
If you moved it to Saviors of Ulduum, I don't think anyone would begrudge the power creep. Although you are basically doing what you did with Bolster originally...
Also: you totally skipped right over me on the first page lol :P
Thanks for your help! Obviously, I had not thought of I Know a Guy either when I created my second attempt. Sigh. I'm close to give up on coming up with something original and just submit this.
Also sorry for overlooking your post! I'm torn between Annoy-O-Giant and Against the Wall. But the latter is more creative so I guess that's the better choice.
Okay, I must admit that I didn't know Bolster was a thing. My furst try was way too similar to this, so I tried to come up with something new. I'm actually pretty happy with this one. It's flexible, it does something on play, it helps finishing the quest and isn't useless once we did so. What do you think about this:
Thanks Nirast! The potential 14 Armor gain frightened me into making it really expensive. I adjusted it to your suggestion. Here's the alternative art, which would you like better?
I like the flavor of Thaurissan's Guard. It fits Blackrock very well. Ironmelt Guardian is difficult because what happens if you quipped a targeted hero power like mages? That said, Dragon Turtle has the cooles art and the effect is really innovative. I think it's the most interesting card and you should go with that one.
Nirast
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There's a typo in the name ("challAnger"), the point behind "Taunt" shouldn't be there and you should take care of the orphan in the last line. The card is interesting, but probably too slow to see play. But what if you added magnetic? That would be really crazy, since you should end up adding a copy of the other minion to your hand. A second Zilliax would be great.
BasilAnguis
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Cool idea, I like it!
h0lysatan
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This reminds me of Val'anyr. Interesting concept, but I have no idea if it is balanced.
Fedrion
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Gallywix and cost effects make for good flavor. I like it.
Xarkkal
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Really cool card! I agree it should be cheaper.
Conduit
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Nothing to criticize here, solid card!
MrRapsody
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Make sure to add the Evil Heckler reference to the description, I would have missed that. Great thinking!
Hordaki
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Now that's what I call thinking out of the box. Very impressive. There's a typo in the name ;-)
Demonxz95
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Simple and solid, but I'm having difficulties bringing the art and the card together. A huge warlord Demon with 1/2/2? Is there some WoW lore behind this I don't know about?
I've got a second iteration with different art, but imgur is malfunctioning right now. Feedback would be very welcome.
I found ZardozSpeakz idea to ask Linkblade what the deck is missing really helpful. Too bad Sulfuras requires the minions to be played. Maybe I'll try my hand at another Taunt minion with Echo, but that will be hard I guess...
A quick question for the native speakers: with the guy in the art in mind, is it still okay to call this "Frost Ward" or should I make it "Frost Warden"? I want to preserve the flavor of this being Flame Ward's twin but couldn't find a freezing device yet.
Edit: Feedback for all those who haven't submitted yet.
@ZardozSpeakz
@Almaniarra
@Nirast
@Conduit
@Xarkkal
@KANSAS
@Demonxz95:
Congrats! Your card was my favorite, too :-)
I have yet to look up art for this, but here's my idea. It doesn't look very creative at first glance, but I think it has potential. What do you think?
Will add feedback later.
Congrats, I'm happy for you!
I reached legend in wild this morning and since then I've been able to see the ranks of my opponents again. So far I've only played 3 or 4 matches, all of them against players between diamond 9 and diamond 5. I don't like this very much. I don't want to be in the way of people who are still trying to climb but I can't concede every single match. And then there's OPs problem of me trying to play meme decks and constantly running into T1 decks.
On the bright side, I'm sure the devs are monitoring the new ladder closely and as fast as they act these days, maybe we'll get a fix for this soon.
Thank you! It was Darkest Hour Warlock. Insane winrate. I can post the decklist when I come home in the evening, but you should also find it here on the site somewhere.
First time Wild legend! Woohooo!!
This looks really cool at first glance, but I'm not sure if minions who received Taunt via your card's battlecry count towards the quest. If that works, it's a great card. Can someone confirm or deny my suspicion?
I brought Hunter and Mage home to 1.000 in February and March. Not sure where to continue now, since I'm not even close to a threshold with another class... Paladin, Warlock and Warrior are all between 200 and 300. I must admit I like aggro and already pushed Demon Hunter to 80 wins, almost exclusively in wild. I guess I'll just wait and see what the nerfs do to the wild meta before I focus on a certain class. Sadly, I'm low on dust after crafting a Darkest Hour Warlock deck last week.
Thanks for all the feedback, especially you, shaveyou. Of course you're right, I looked it up and there's not a single Warrior card with Divine Shield in the game. Stripping an Annoy-o-minion of its Divine Shield is no option, so I'll go with Blackhand. It will basically be the same card but with Reborn instead of Divine Shield. I feel this is necessary to reach the powerlevel I'm aiming for, this is ment to stick no matter the board state. I'll tune down the stats to 9/5/6 as Sinti suggested though. It can still be buffed by Armagedillo or something.
Regarding your own cards, I agree with KANSAS. Nothing to add to his evaluation.
Last but not least, I want to express how awesome this community is. You veterans help us newbies a lot and it's alway constructive, friendly criticism. I'm all in for perfectionism when it comes to card designing and there's just so much you have to think about. Thanks a lot for helping me out!
Looking forward to draw in hunter.
Okay guys, last try. I couldn't stop thinking about Warrior needing a late game control bomb. What I came up with is this:
Obviously the effect is really powerful, that's why I made it a highlander card. What I initially wanted to do was give a minion this effect with Taunt and Elusive. But as long as the latter isn't an official keyword that's just too much text. I prepared an alternative Warchief Blackhand card with Reborn instead of Divine Shield, but the flavor is not good. Summoning copies without restriction Saronite-style happened on purpose.
Is this better than my other idea? Is it too OP?
Edit: Following Annoy-o-Tron and Annoy-o-Module, the stats should be 8/4/8...
There go my 6.000 dust I spent yesterday to craft my first Darkest Hour deck ever. Needless to say I lost almost every game with it. But that one time I pulled the combo off on turn 3 was great!
Thanks for your help! Obviously, I had not thought of I Know a Guy either when I created my second attempt. Sigh. I'm close to give up on coming up with something original and just submit this.
Also sorry for overlooking your post! I'm torn between Annoy-O-Giant and Against the Wall. But the latter is more creative so I guess that's the better choice.
Okay, I must admit that I didn't know Bolster was a thing. My furst try was way too similar to this, so I tried to come up with something new. I'm actually pretty happy with this one. It's flexible, it does something on play, it helps finishing the quest and isn't useless once we did so. What do you think about this:
Thanks Nirast! The potential 14 Armor gain frightened me into making it really expensive. I adjusted it to your suggestion. Here's the alternative art, which would you like better?
Feedback time!
Wailor
Nirast
BasilAnguis
h0lysatan
Fedrion
Xarkkal
Conduit
MrRapsody
Hordaki
Demonxz95
Here's my first idea:
I've got a second iteration with different art, but imgur is malfunctioning right now. Feedback would be very welcome.
I found ZardozSpeakz idea to ask Linkblade what the deck is missing really helpful. Too bad Sulfuras requires the minions to be played. Maybe I'll try my hand at another Taunt minion with Echo, but that will be hard I guess...
Congrats Shaveyou! Cool idea!
Good luck to all the finalists!