If you actually posted that Illidan Stormrage as your entry, that would be the funniest troll ever. We'd still disqualify you for doing so, but it'd still be funny. I've give it a laugh.

Rexxar is cool. Hunter can sometimes spell-spam pretty well, but the effect can't do too much since after 3 spells, it stops doing anything, so he doesn't ever go too overboard.

Jaina is quite good thematically, but it does seem too much compared to Deep Freeze. Instead of simply one Freeze, you get a 3/9 that casts Blizzard instead.

I agree that Gul'Dan is better than Valeera. Valeera is quite awkward to use given that she's a 6-mana Combo card that requires you to have a sizeable board of certain minions that also happen to be good Shadowstep targets.

Gul'Dan doesn't have that problem. You just plop him and you're good to go.

I think this is a cool play into Kalimos and Bru'kan's Elemental powers, but I think in general this is probably too powerful. It's a 5/5 with no condition and all of the effects are incredibly solid. Stonemother's Blessing also happens to have a Common rarity gem, so remember to fix that.

Windlord's Blessing is also significantly weaker than all of the others, so you should try to either buff that one or lower the power level of the others to try to match it better.

I like Uther. He's quite simple, but his effect works pretty well.

Anduin is quite scary. Especially if you copy him somehow since they would both give each other Immune and make it almost impossible to get rid of him.

Even though I do think the first version is more exciting, I will agree that it's not particularly Mage-y. This third version is quite good. I will echo that maybe it can even be 4 mana. Mage is not really that good at minion spamming, and even Warlock which is good at minion spamming couldn't break Disciplinarian Gandling.

Your first Jaina is… quite a bit! It fully Freezes the enemy board and if they can't do anything about the several Water Elementals you made, you'll Freeze their board again next turn with the Water Elementals. Or just go face. Both outcomes are quite strong.

I don't like your second one as much because it lacks identity. It summons Frost Elementals, wants you to use Arcane spells, and gives itself Spell Damage for each (which it can't use that effectively in most situations since it's a 9 mana minion and it needs to be played for it to get the Spell Damage).

I agree entirely with Wailor. Use the second version's effect and the first version's cost and statline and you'll have the best version.

I like Warlord Garrosh's synergy with handbuffing. Feels like something he himself would probably do, and it makes a lot of sense flavorwise.

Gul'Dan has a great idea, but his effect is quite bad unless Warlock has specifically a Hand of Gul'dan in rotation since the Taunt Demons can be dealt with fairly easily in some situations and if they do, then you've just lost your entire hand. I think it's also a bit weird that his card name is just Gul'Dan. I think you should give him an additional title in there somewhere.

The flavor of Stern Librarian having Taunt was supposed to be representative of the fact that he knows you have overdue books to bring back and he's not happy about it, and eventually you'll have to confront with the less-than-happy librarian about it. I guess that aspect of the flavor isn't communicated well enough.

Regarding Demonsoul Scavenger, I do also think what Link said about the second iteration applies. It seems that it will just simply two cards which will be both in end up in the right-most spots of your hand. The first version does the job better.

As for what you said about Illidari Ambusher, how weird it is read "shuffle your hand" is actually the reason I didn't go with this idea myself. It some ways, it seems unclear, but it also feels like improper wording to me, although we have no precedent so we can't really be sure.

Something about dual-class cards in an RoS mini-set kinda irks me, but I suppose if we're imagining that these mini-sets would all be added at the same time in present day Hearthstone like the mini-set comp we just did, then this is perfectly fine. I might just have to learn to overlook that.

It feels a bit strange mechanically for Warrior since they aren't really that good at minion spamming most of the time, and Warlock doesn't really have the Bomb support cards that Warrior does, but it's an okay card overall.

Very weirdly and awkwardly, my list of cards from best to worse is a complete reverse of Wailors. Waterfall Visions is my favorite because it makes the most sense and has the most potential. I quite like it.

Pluxva the Soulbound is a cool little swap on Soul Fragments although it is quite limited by the fact that you'd have to draw those Fragments while you control it, which then encourages you to run a lot of cards that draw the Fragments to use its effect, but in turn that also means you're up all your Fragments that you could otherwise use for cards that destroy them (or Soulciologist Malicia which already has some anti-synergy with the other Soul Fragment cards).

Curious Experimenter is a bit unclear as to what "shuffling its stats" entails. Does that just that the sum of "A + B = C" will result in an entirely different (and presumably randomly chosen) A and B as long as it equals the same C?

Shallow Waters is my least favorite because it doesn't feel like a card for any particular purpose. For all intents and purposes, it basically just acts as a 0 mana Dredge in most game states. It also doesn't feel either Mage or Shaman at all, so it being a dual-class of both is particularly weird.

It feels a bit much in either regard. It's a 3 mana 4/4 Neutral minion that's basically a Madam Goya on crack. It can be used for the same "swap something small for something big" in your own deck or vice-versa on your opponent's board. Replace their big threat with a tiny, insignificant minion. All on a Neutral minion with excellent stats for the cost.

This also assumes that it doesn't have a chance to just repull the same minion that you just put into your deck. Can it do that? If it can, then that doesn't feel fun knowing that the effect always has a chance to just randomly whiff.

Xevozz is cool in theory and might slip an opponent up, but as mentioned, the fact that it's quite easy to remove does hinder its playability, and your opponent could even possibly take advantage of it by spamming a bunch of small cards that your deck can't use too well.

Reckless Seeker is one of my favorite cards of the competition posted so far. Makes a great use of the Spellburst keyword and there's some pretty fun applications with it as well.

I like Twilight Shepherd as a way to communicate what a C'Thun Death Knight could be. I think the effect of spending Corpses to do this allows the card to feel Death Knight-y, and provides a potentially powerful way to buff C'Thun that wouldn't be too broken due to requiring a resource.

Monica Dreadguard is a fine card. My main criticism about the card though is that it generates Fel spells, yet the art seems very fire-oriented, so there's a bit of a disconnect there.

First off, your advice is incredibly good and everyone in this thread should take it if they're having trouble.

As for your card itself, I like the idea of making a Neutral Quest and I wouldn't be opposed to Team 5 giving us a Neutral Quest, Questline, or even a hero card in an expansion fairly soon. We already have a Neutral Legendary weapon ala Sphere of Sapience, so really, anything can happen. I do like that it ties into Un'Goro's other keyword and I do think choosing different Adaptations is more creative than just "Play 4 Adapt cards" or something like that.

I can definitely see why you think Apexus is weak. My first comparison point is The Mistcaller since Flaming Claws, Rocky Carapace, or Volcanic Might effectively makes it a 5 mana 8/8 Mistcaller that requires a Quest to complete. At the same time though, there are definitely some Adaptations that could be a bit on the problematic side. I could see Crackling Shield, Lightning Speed, or Shrouding Mist potentially being annoying even they aren't necessarily overpowered. This isn't really your fault though since Adapt in general is just simply not very well balanced across all of its options. Having all summoned minions gain the Adaptation would be a good route, but then Living Spores might get in the way.

Overall I'd say it's a good card. Adapt effects like this are hard to work with and you did the best you could given that. It is probably a bit weak, but I don't really think it can be any stronger before it becomes unfun.

You won't be able to use Unidentified Mummy since the maximum tokens you can submit on a card is 3. In general, most cards don't need more than that, but I can see why think could potentially be problematic. Should we increase the number of tokens on future comps to 4? The artwork of the base form is also just a real-life picture, and that's definitely going to get penalized from people out the wazoo.

The Worgen Curse is a fine card. I think I like that one better.

And also remember to use the mini-set watermarks found in the custom watermark option.

I like the idea on paper, but I don't like how the extra effect sort of quickly becomes obsolete once you play two of them. Once you get a string of 1 mana 3/2s, you just… don't get anything else after that.

If you wanted people to also count Dragonbane Ritual from the previous comp, then it would've been a good idea to post the card again here.

I definitely like Suffocating Lullaby the best out of the other two. I don't like Flameguard Protector that much since Permanent Overload is basically just losing a Mana Crystal and I don't think the effect can be explored since the downside can easily be negated by just using something like Overdraft.

I do definitely prefer Living Typhoon myself, though if you do choose to go with Calia Menethil, I would suggest reorganizing the textbox. I think it would look better if you just strung them all along together (like Zilliax or Al'Akir) rather than give each one a separate line.

Super simple is just sort of the name of the game in this competition.

At 0 mana for Spell Damage +1, it will definitely see play at some point. Mage in particular would definitely like this with Arcane Bolts and Vexallus.

I too prefer Nutty Buddy over Inlet Scavenger. More fun in my opinion.

I do agree that the Fel Spell Damage is not as overpowered as it looks like it should be, although it does limit the design of cheap Fel spells for Warlock pretty significantly.

Little future note here: The best way to use the Discussion Topic is to post your card(s) here first to get relevant feedback and then submit your entry when you're happy with the card in its current form.

Unfortunately, I do think that it needs to use "gain" and thus, would invalidate the card.

I appreciate the attempt at what you're trying to do, and Echo and Choose are both keywords that would work well together.

But I feel like the text is bloated too heavily with a lot of bold words and it's actually sort of hard to read. I think you should try something a bit simpler.

Chronax is an elegant use of the prompt, but I feel like it might actually be quite powerful since you can stack your first draw with no cost.

Dragonbone Ritual is unfortunately not valid due to the use of the word "Galakrond".