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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    I'll follow Dermostatic's example and try my hands at this kind of riddle. It's probably a little easier ;-)

    A winged predator

    A feral weapon

    A gesture of respect

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Feedback, sorry for the delay:

    Cursed Parrot:

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    Interesting idea. The "cast all other copies" part was very clever, since this little part balances the whole thing. I'd give 4 stars for now because I am somewhat afraid that it is OP. Will think some more about reasons for this feeling before my final vote. Also: no feedback for me?

    Cg8889:

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    That's a tough one to evaluate. First of all, I think it should be "Whenever" in Allanah's text. I don't know what to think about the cloud… It shouldn't be compared to Twisting Nether since Divine Shield minions would survive, but 4 still seems too cheap. Very creative, anyway!

    bigcums:

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    I second Demon's statement about the missing rarity and the difficulty of pulling this off. The idea is good enough and the reward is cool within a reasonable spectrum, but you should probably lower the requirement or switch the class (and the effect of the god?).

    BasilAnguis:

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    I like those simple, yet creative designs. Cool card!

    KANSAS:

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    There's a period missing at the end of the King's text. Regarding your (and my) token, in my opinion, there shouldn't be a period behind the keyword. I used Locust from Swarm of Locusts as my reference. Do you have an example where the period is used? Finally, I'd suggest to lower the health of the King a bit. 15 just looks exaggerated.

    DestroyerR:

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    The flavor's there, but I don't think you'll be able to submit all the tokens and I don't like the reward.

    R:

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    Sorry, but I don't like it. The others already pointed out the wording issues.

    linkblade91:

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    I'm still no fan of the Libram archetype and this time you haven't offered me an alternative :D I don't know, it feels a little forced. Technically, it's probably fine enough.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Okay, let's see. First of all, I asume that we're looking at the name of the card again, broken into three pieces this time (remember the Incanter's Flow riddle?).

    It should look like this:

    *not for sitting president* - *small insect part 1* - *spanish word for "100"* - *small insect part 2*

    The first part is tough. I guess THE president everyone would think of first is Trump. I don't know what's not for Trump though. Maybe it's just toying with his name and a trump card is meant. Or Trump, the streamer. 

    Second, a small insect. Ant, bug, fly, wasp, bee, ... 

    The third part is easy. Google says the spanish word for 100 is "cien" or "ciento".

    Conclusion:
    Hearthstone has quite a few cards that use "ancient". That would fit the second and the third part. I still don't understand the first part of the riddle, but the only collectible cards that have a word before "ancient" are Blessing of the Ancients and Forbidden Ancient.

    I'll take the riddle by word and guess it's Forbidden Ancient because "of the" doesn't fit and the plural -s wasn't hinted at either.

    (@Live4vrRdieTryn: I agree that this kind of riddle looks really hard at first glance, but if you try to solve them systematically, you usually get near enough. My post was a work in progress, I had no idea what my guess would be when I started typing.)

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    I find Token generating themes especially difficult because I struggle to find matching art. Here's what I found:

     

    Submitting legendaries (and highlander at that) usually doesn't get you far, but I have no better idea for the moment. I'd be grateful for feedback and will provide my thoughts on your cards later.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    Congrats Xarkkal, I'm really happy for you!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

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    Nirast:

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    The easy part first: it should stay neutral. I'm not really sold about the card without being able to put a finger on the sore spot. The text looks too long but is correct. The paragraphs are fine. Hm. I guess I need more motivation to run this. You should make it cost 3.

    Pokeniner:

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    I agree with Wailor. What about making Mecha-Jaraxxus a card? You could use the original Lord Jaraxxus stats for more flavor. That way you might give it a harder condition though… Cool design anyway!

    Xarkkal:

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    I'd drop the Rush, everything else is great. I especially like the cost & stats reflection.

    BloodMefist:

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    Ishanah is OP imo. Both of the spells look interesting. I don't have the time to look it up now, but have you checked the wording of the Shaman one (is it "field"?) and if the art of the Warlock one is already used?

    KANSAS:

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    I like the card. In your place, I'd toy around with positioning of the text a bit, trying to fit parts of the effects into one line each (1: Battlecry: Deal 2 damage; 2: to a minion; 3: and add a 'Counterfeit Coin'; 4: to your hand) if that doesn't look awkward. Also there's a typo in your flavor text (pain / paid).

    Demonxz95:

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    I like the card, but the art looks a bit off. The colors don't look strong enough.

    linkblade91:

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    I'm no fan of the Libram archetype and I just don't feel the druid card. Volcanic Guardian looks really cool. Why not make it an Ungoro card as well?

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 5 months ago

    I'd like to try to make a Demon Hunter card this week because there was only a small number of entries for this class over the last weeks and the Outcast mechanic works well with this week's theme. 

     

    My first idea is a blacksmith that toys with Warglaives of Azzinoth. I find it very hard to balance Outcast cards, but first of all I need to decide between adding the weapon to hand or flat out equipping it. Not entirely happy with the art yet.

    My second idea is a "DH Tony" card (still looking for a fitting character). Suggested game plan: equip Warglaives of Azzinoth, next turn drop DH Tony and attack as often as possible, next turn drop Altruis the Outcast and profit.

    Which of the two designs do you like better and why? I'm grateful for any form of feedback and will add my two cents as soon as possible. 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    First of all, I'm really pissed that someone basically copied my card (Shard Mage) with their Orderkeeper Henley. It isn't exactly the same, but the idea of using unspent mana crystals was unique and I find it suspicious that someone should have come up with it by coincidence. Even if that was the case, can't people check the already submitted cards before they enter the competition? With no way to tell which one got submitted first, we'll both suffer now (I'm not necessarily saying my take is better, mind you).

     

    Rant over. My favorites are First Arcanist Thalyssra, Mana Droplet, Nerubian Ritualist and Imbue Energy. Those are my 5 star votes, but I gave lots of 4 stars as well. Good luck to everyone! 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    I was missing Spiritsinger Umbra for a few months now. To make things worse, I'm stupid and used to dust my rotating cards so I have basically zero Ungoro legendarys. Nevertheless, I decided to buy some packs with gold, 3 Ungoros among them. First pack: boom! Spiritsinger Umbra. It's really crazy because that worked with Bloodreaver Gul'dan a few weeks ago as well. 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    I agree that this was the hardest boss so far (3 chapters finished). What did the trick for me was a Spectral Cutlass from the 2 mana "discover a weapon from another class" spell on curve.

    In reply to Mother Shahraz
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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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    @ anchorm4n: Maybe something like this? I agree the effect doesn't need to be legendary. It doesn't stack (twice doesn't become thrice) so having two just makes it more consistent. It also isn't that powerful and hard to pull off; something like this is probably destined to be meme-y which is okay. I lowered the mana to 5 since with the randomness it can't be abused as easily. Thanks for the feedback! :) 

    I agree with Xarkkal, if it targets enemies (in italic!) it is legendary worthy after all. Using Kael'thas statline is a great idea!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    You should add "(targets chosen randomly)" at the end of it. Interesting idea! I'm not sure if it has to be a legendary, though. It needs quite a setup and the reward isn't that good, at least as long as you don't give her the Solarian Prime treatment ("(targets enemies if possible)") which might actually be a cool idea for your card.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    Won my first game with the Druid list, completely destroying a Demon Hunter. Makes me consider crafting Ysera, Unleashed after all...

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    More feedback for page 3:

    Xarkkal:

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    I'd very much suggest to go with the first one. It has the simplest design and the text just looks better. Don't over-complicate an already great card!

    grumpymonk:

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    I agree with Xarkkal, the second art looks better. I'm not convinced by the name, though. What does a star have to do with the art?

    KANSAS:

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    Cool card, nothing to add.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    Really cool concept! I think it's a little too much of the same mechanic to fit into one expansion, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing since you could cut them down to the best cards among them. Mage makes me a little concerned about gaining too much spell damage, but that heavily depends on consistency which I'm really bad at evaluating. 

    Great work overall, thanks for sharing! 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago
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    I have that idea of doing something that is dependend of your mana crystals. I hope it's not to close to BloodMefist's Shaman legendary... Here's my first try:

    So at 10 mana you could combo it with a Fireball to get a more complicated Pyroblast. This card shines when you manage to keep it alive for a turn (Frost Nova?)or in combination with a Kalecgos in play. It becomes bonkers if you hit it with Luna's in wild, but then, what isn't.

    How do you like it? I'll add feedback later, as usual. 

    Thanks for the feedback so far! Could someone explain to me why you are so concerned about OTKs? If the card is played at 10 mana, it gains Spell Damage +4. The worst you can do with the remaining 4 mana is to cast a Fireball for 10 damage - which would be the same as casting Pyroblast in the first place, safe for the body of course. That's actually the reason why I put it at 6 and not at 7, I wanted to keep it strong enough to be a threat. If your opponent can't deal with a 4 Health minion at 10 mana you probably deserve that win anyway. Sure, there is combo potential with freeze effects but even then it's susceptible to spells. Honestly I haven't ever seen a Malygos Mage deck worth mentioning and I just don't see any possible OTK in standard by a long way. You might be able to cast 2 fireballs for 20 damage with the help of Incanter's Flow, but that's veeeeery RNG dependent. What am I missing here?

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    Feedback time!

    Me0203:

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    I like Lightning Aspect the most effect-wise, the other two feel a little forced. That said, the flavor is a bit off since there's no lightning in the art.

    Pokeniner:

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    I like your idea, but it doesn't feel right in Mage. Hard removal isn't part of their class identity. Warlock probably would be the class to go to, but then it might be too close to Keli'dan the Breaker… I'll think some more abiout it.

    DestroyerR:

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    I really like Anzu! Rogue loves some spell damage and you've paired it well with the stealth archetype. I'd wait until some of the card design veterans evaluate if it's OP, but to me it looks great!

    grumpymonk:

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    Kirin Tor Chaincaster is the better idea in my eyes, I imagine exploiting this with Rogue or Mage could be fun. Cool card!

    BloodMefist:

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    I'd go with Grennan or Meryl. Grennan looks a little more like a card that might actually be printed in real life HS. I agree about bumping the cost a bit.

    MenacingBagel:

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    Sorry, I'm not convinced by any of them. MEGABLAST! looks the most interesting out of the three of them. You should put a period at the end of your first sentence.

    Xarkkal:

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    Arcane Brilliance and Mana Droplet look really great! I wouldn't mind the spell at 2, the obvious card to compare it to being Arcane Intellect. Arcane Brilliance needs a setup and a little power creep is okay. The Droplet is super cute, a strong card with great synergies (Flame Geyser) and well balanced. Wouldn't know which one to pick.

    Demonxz95:

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    Sorry, I don't like it.

    linkblade91:

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    I prefer Essence Drainer. It's an interesting effect that fits the art well. That said, it could also be a Warlock card. It reminds me of Blood-Queen Lana'thel.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    I have that idea of doing something that is dependend of your mana crystals. I hope it's not to close to BloodMefist's Shaman legendary... Here's my first try:

    So at 10 mana you could combo it with a Fireball to get a more complicated Pyroblast. This card shines when you manage to keep it alive for a turn (Frost Nova?)or in combination with a Kalecgos in play. It becomes bonkers if you hit it with Luna's in wild, but then, what isn't.

    How do you like it? I'll add feedback later, as usual. 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

    Congrats Wailor! That was a close one indeed. No shame in a second place with these strong competitors. 

    (Sidenote: When does season 1 end? The finalist voting really shouldn't be open for the finalists themselves. I chose the middle way and only rated my own card this time. If I had given Wailor's card 1 star, I'd have won.)