A funny juxtaposition of Zephrys, but I don't really like it too much unfortunately. Mostly from a technical standpoint, but I also think it's weird for a Zephrys effect (or in this case, the opposite of said effect) to be on a Common card.
Wailor
I definitely prefer the Neutral version (and the art is better as well). It can definitely be a 1/1 since other minions with their own Tavern Brawl have also been 1/1s (Webspinner, Jeweled Macaw, and also Shifter Zerus even though you're not intended to play it in base form). As a 2 mana 2/2, it does also overlap with [Hearthstone Card (Wandmaker.) Not Found]
R
A neat little Pogo-Hopper-esque effect that works. This version in particular also works better with bouncing as it distributes the stats among a 1/1 and a big body as opposed to just a big body.
I love the artwork and how well everything in the card is put goether. I really like the flexibility of the card, but I feel like it falters in terms of playability since summoning a random X-Cost minion is usually going to be worse than just putting a minion of that Cost into your deck in the first place.
Do you think it would be better if the card cost 0 initially, like Nirast said? 0-Mana for a random 1-cost minion; it would then become a 1-Mana discount (until the very end).
Possibly so. Starting at 1 mana for a random 2-drop might be another option.
The power level of the card would shift to the other side. Paying 1 mana for a random 2-Cost minion seems pretty good most of the time since in many cases it'll be basically a vanilla 1 mana 2/3 or 3/2 and sometimes you might even get one with a good Deathrattle.
Question for y'all: What do you consider to be more important for the competition? Would it be how playable the card is for Constructed, or how fun the hypothetical Tavern Brawl would be? Or do you try to evenly balance the two judgements together? Or do you not really care either way?
Linkblade91
I love the artwork and how well everything in the card is put goether. I really like the flexibility of the card, but I feel like it falters in terms of playability since summoning a random X-Cost minion is usually going to be worse than just putting a minion of that Cost into your deck in the first place.
Wailor
I do agree with Nirast that "Studies card" feels more methodically written, but the card is great! As far as the Tavern Brawl part is concerned, this is probably the best card so far.
R
Probably say "total mana" as opposed to "current mana" to remove any ambiguity of whether or not it counts your spent mana.
I guess one thing that's a bit weird is that once you reach 10 mana, the card's effect just completely stops changing (unless you use Wildheart Guff I suppose, but you'd never use that card with this one) and it feels a bit weird for the "dynamic" aspect of the card to just completely stop for the rest of the game once you reach a certain point.
And speaking of which, it's quite strong at high mana costs. Especially if you can play a second copy in the same turn or repeat its Battlecry again somehow.
AeroJulwin
The card is coherent, but other than just being an Evolve card, it doesn't really have any Evolve flavor to it. Then again, some real Evolve cards don't have Evolve flavor either, but still. Maybe something to consider.
It's definitely weaker than Evolve though. I don't think paying two extra mana for the effect to get what is essentially a random 2-Cost minion to your evolution board is going to be worth it.
Nirast
I definitely prefer the second version from a balance perspective, even though that does effectively make it a worse Double Agent.
While I think the card is a pretty sound idea from a Constructed perspective, I don't think it would make for a good Tavern Brawl. I'm still not quite sure how much importance that plays into this competition.
BloodMefist
Even if it is just a slightly different variation of the Shifter Zerus brawl, it works for the Tavern Brawl potion. It's not going to be competitively viable, but these cards never are and I don't imagine was made with the intention to be either, so I'm not going to give the card negatively for it.
Your latest version is definitely the safest and therefore will probably get the best score. It looks powerful without being too crazy.
Wailor
I too prefer the 5-mana version. Dare I say it could possibly be 4 mana.
AeroJulwin
I do realize that finding good art for this prompt is difficult, but I do the art could be better.
Otherwise, it's a much better Runespear that still unfortunately runs into the same problems that card does in terms of being unreliable.
BloodMefist
Unpopular opinion, but I actually prefer Gaze of the Void personally. That's not to say anything bad about Orb of Domination because that card is still pretty solid.
BasilAnguis
I think Ring of Purity is too convoluted and Saint's Skull is too impractical. Ring of Strength I think has the best idea but it suffers from a problem of being extremely good when drawn early and drastically dropping off the longer the game goes on for and it requires you to run a lot of weapons which is a bad thing.
This article was definitely made to spark this debate. XD
I do hope you realize that all of this is just some friendly banter between the community. I highly doubt that most people here are taking any of it seriously.
I must admit that I'm late on feedback, but here I am!
Linkblade91
Twilight Hammer's Den is pretty weak. Compare to [Hearthstone Card (Beckoner of Evi) Not Found]l which, for the same mana cost, gives you a 2/3 body on the board and applies the +2/+2 buff right away instead of at the end of the turn (which can be important for cards like Twin Emperor Vek'lor).
The other two are better. Although I do like the idea of Sigil of Momentum, it may be better to go with Wave of Ooze because it's easy to understand and the former seems difficult to phrase properly.
Wailor
I prefer Irondeep Mine.
BasilAnguis
I think Buried in Ice is the best of the three for me. Cover Fire seems too weak and Pacifism (although super flavorful) seems to require too specific of a game state to be practical.
BloodMefist
Definitely prefer Rain of Chaos personally.
AeroJulwin
I'm a sucker for anything resembling a Scry-like effect, although this one seems pretty weak to me. The word "turns" also should be singular if the effect normally only lasts a single turn.
Alright, I'm counting on you to give me some good feedback.
Restless Souls is a classic design of mine that ended up working perfectly for what's going on here.
Servant Magatha has Magatha Grimtotem at the Darkmoon Faire and corrupted by the Old Gods. Not sure why she's there, but the art was way too perfect to pass up. I wish I could've made it just summon any random Totem, but unfortunately a couple of too good rolls exist for that.
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Wailor
I like it, but maybe make it cost 4.
Linkblade91
Still going on that Yrel train even after she was added to the game. And wow, that Yrel is a huge comeback enabler. Basically a 5-Attack pre-nerf Dreadsteed with Rush while behind on board. Kinda strong at putting you back in the game.
Hold the Line! is definitely a lot easier to balance. That said, one thing that is weird about both cards is the fact that they both have anti-synergy with the Hero Power.
Anchorm4n
Yeah, I was just about to comment on Cyclopian Horror. I encourage you not to give up though. You can definitely get there.
Nirast
This is a cool effect and I like the many different ways it can be used. The card is by no means bad as is, but I'm thinking it could possibly be 2 mana since it's always worse than Subdue on the enemy board and you need a lot of minions on your side in order for it to be a huge buff (thinking specifically of Reliquary Seeker in that regard), though I can't doubt that a +6/+6 buff for 2 mana would indeed be extremely good.
Pretty good job overall
AeroJulwin
Exactly that. PM Shadows (or DM on Discord) your prompt ideas and we choose whichever one we like the most to be the next competition (ideally having more than one prompt is a good idea).
As for your card, Smoldermort is definitely a deviation from the typical Hunter weapon. This is very much a card for Control Hunter, which is a little bit weird, but I don't hate it.
The artwork doesn't particularly feel like a Hunter weapon to me, but then again Stormhammer exists and this definitely feels more Hunter to me than that card does.
Well it took a while, but I finally got both The Deadmines and Fractured in Alterac Valley up.
The Deadmines
Upon uniting with the rest of the Mercenaries in Stormwind, Infinis and the rest of the gang find themselves in The Deadmines, a dungeon populated with the Defias Brotherhood. In the hideout, Infinis has hopes of finding the Infinity Scroll, an artifact said to be able to unlock his time-twisting abilities to its maximum potential.
Fractured in Alterac Valley
The two political factions are at conflict with each other. Infinis discovers the true location of the Infinity Scroll across his journey in the Deadmines is here in Alterac Valley, prompting him to remain neutral in conflict as much as possible to uncover the powerful artifact. Time manipulation powers have lead to the rediscovery of The Veiled Cleft, once hidden from an avalanche and thought to be permanently lost in time. This does not go unnoticed, as Infinis and his actions have also attracted the attention of the astral god Shallatoah and her following.
Yeah, not a great idea from the start but when you're frazzled for something, you just gotta do with what you got.
But I did nonetheless come up with something else. Tried to spin around Druid's tendency to benefit from a wide board (particularly modeled after Soul of the Forest) into building one from your opponent.
I wasn't sure if 4 was the right cost for the card. I just thought "Vivid Spores is 4 mana, and this basically that card in reverse so, 4 again? It does have the potential to allow for some wide board building, though Druid doesn't have strong AoE to combo with it.
Y'all got a little under 24 hours left to submit.
Hey. While I admire your enthusiasm for sharing your ideas, you should make your images smaller for the sake of everyone else reading the comments.
Possibly so. Starting at 1 mana for a random 2-drop might be another option.
The power level of the card would shift to the other side. Paying 1 mana for a random 2-Cost minion seems pretty good most of the time since in many cases it'll be basically a vanilla 1 mana 2/3 or 3/2 and sometimes you might even get one with a good Deathrattle.
Question for y'all: What do you consider to be more important for the competition? Would it be how playable the card is for Constructed, or how fun the hypothetical Tavern Brawl would be? Or do you try to evenly balance the two judgements together? Or do you not really care either way?
I guess one thing that's a bit weird is that once you reach 10 mana, the card's effect just completely stops changing (unless you use Wildheart Guff I suppose, but you'd never use that card with this one) and it feels a bit weird for the "dynamic" aspect of the card to just completely stop for the rest of the game once you reach a certain point.
And speaking of which, it's quite strong at high mana costs. Especially if you can play a second copy in the same turn or repeat its Battlecry again somehow.
The card is coherent, but other than just being an Evolve card, it doesn't really have any Evolve flavor to it. Then again, some real Evolve cards don't have Evolve flavor either, but still. Maybe something to consider.
It's definitely weaker than Evolve though. I don't think paying two extra mana for the effect to get what is essentially a random 2-Cost minion to your evolution board is going to be worth it.
I definitely prefer the second version from a balance perspective, even though that does effectively make it a worse Double Agent.
While I think the card is a pretty sound idea from a Constructed perspective, I don't think it would make for a good Tavern Brawl. I'm still not quite sure how much importance that plays into this competition.
A bit funnier than my usual cards, but it just works out so perfectly here, wouldn't you agree?
I had a really hard time thinking of anything and it took forever to come up with something that I at least sorta liked, so hopefully it's good.
I really have nothing right now. Here's feedback.
I do realize that finding good art for this prompt is difficult, but I do the art could be better.
Otherwise, it's a much better Runespear that still unfortunately runs into the same problems that card does in terms of being unreliable.
Hey, this is pretty fun.
Click on another expansion, then go back to "Coresetgryphon" and that should fix it.
This article was definitely made to spark this debate. XD
I do hope you realize that all of this is just some friendly banter between the community. I highly doubt that most people here are taking any of it seriously.
"(pronounced "Jif")"
On opposite day.
You pronounce it like "gift" without the t. Otherwise, you're just unevolved.
I must admit that I'm late on feedback, but here I am!
Twilight Hammer's Den is pretty weak. Compare to [Hearthstone Card (Beckoner of Evi) Not Found]l which, for the same mana cost, gives you a 2/3 body on the board and applies the +2/+2 buff right away instead of at the end of the turn (which can be important for cards like Twin Emperor Vek'lor).
The other two are better. Although I do like the idea of Sigil of Momentum, it may be better to go with Wave of Ooze because it's easy to understand and the former seems difficult to phrase properly.
Got two quick Objectives here.
My new, very stupid idea. Go big or go home!
Chalice*
Alright, I'm counting on you to give me some good feedback.
Restless Souls is a classic design of mine that ended up working perfectly for what's going on here.
Servant Magatha has Magatha Grimtotem at the Darkmoon Faire and corrupted by the Old Gods. Not sure why she's there, but the art was way too perfect to pass up. I wish I could've made it just summon any random Totem, but unfortunately a couple of too good rolls exist for that.
Feedback
Still going on that Yrel train even after she was added to the game. And wow, that Yrel is a huge comeback enabler. Basically a 5-Attack pre-nerf Dreadsteed with Rush while behind on board. Kinda strong at putting you back in the game.
Hold the Line! is definitely a lot easier to balance. That said, one thing that is weird about both cards is the fact that they both have anti-synergy with the Hero Power.
Pretty good job overall
Exactly that. PM Shadows (or DM on Discord) your prompt ideas and we choose whichever one we like the most to be the next competition (ideally having more than one prompt is a good idea).
As for your card, Smoldermort is definitely a deviation from the typical Hunter weapon. This is very much a card for Control Hunter, which is a little bit weird, but I don't hate it.
The artwork doesn't particularly feel like a Hunter weapon to me, but then again Stormhammer exists and this definitely feels more Hunter to me than that card does.
420 blaze it!
You officially have the highest-scoring card in the entirety of our WCDCs.
Well it took a while, but I finally got both The Deadmines and Fractured in Alterac Valley up.
The Deadmines
Upon uniting with the rest of the Mercenaries in Stormwind, Infinis and the rest of the gang find themselves in The Deadmines, a dungeon populated with the Defias Brotherhood. In the hideout, Infinis has hopes of finding the Infinity Scroll, an artifact said to be able to unlock his time-twisting abilities to its maximum potential.
Fractured in Alterac Valley
The two political factions are at conflict with each other. Infinis discovers the true location of the Infinity Scroll across his journey in the Deadmines is here in Alterac Valley, prompting him to remain neutral in conflict as much as possible to uncover the powerful artifact. Time manipulation powers have lead to the rediscovery of The Veiled Cleft, once hidden from an avalanche and thought to be permanently lost in time. This does not go unnoticed, as Infinis and his actions have also attracted the attention of the astral god Shallatoah and her following.
Tokens
Yeah, not a great idea from the start but when you're frazzled for something, you just gotta do with what you got.
But I did nonetheless come up with something else. Tried to spin around Druid's tendency to benefit from a wide board (particularly modeled after Soul of the Forest) into building one from your opponent.
I wasn't sure if 4 was the right cost for the card. I just thought "Vivid Spores is 4 mana, and this basically that card in reverse so, 4 again? It does have the potential to allow for some wide board building, though Druid doesn't have strong AoE to combo with it.