I made Reno no longer a Dragon because it didn't make sense given the artwork and lore of ONiK. I also changed 'Party Time!' to specify the lowest cost minions to make it more random, and I removed the additional buff to minions in your deck because it apparently confused people about the functionality of it. Is this version better? I also thought of making 'Party Time!' say "Give the lowest Cost minion of each tribe in your hand +1/+1", but I thought it might be too good, and wouldn't fit the theme of the menagerie as well.
This version looks perfectly fine, although I fail to see the flavor connection between Reno and the menagerie synergies
If the picture does not show: Legendary neutral minion (Dragon), 4 mana cost, 3/4 stats, "Battlecry: Each player draws all Legendary cards from his deck."
The Black Prince is also known as Wrathion and is a major character in the World of Warcraft lore.
Short version: He grants legendary items which can be upgraded per WoW expansion. Long version: You can find more informations about him here
Welcome aboard.
A few things I'd like to mention is that Golden cards are not allowed during competitions. It can be used as an unfair, unnecessary grab for views, and it also sometimes makes it hard to tell what card a class is from. I thought it was a Priest card until I read that it's Neutral.
In addition to that, the effect should specify "their" deck and not "his" deck as you can play as female heroes (and being Neutral, you don't even have to use a workaround to do this), or in various modes like Tavern Brawl or sometimes PvE, something with no discernible gender. The card also shouldn't be tagged as a Dragon, as dragons in their human forms, i.e (ironically) Wrathion are not tagged as Dragons in the game.
As for the effect, it seems too powerful to tutor all your Legendaries instantly (which in and of itself, is disadvantageous to F2P or low budget players), and the text is in really weird spots. There shouldn't be a line break after Battlecry. The name also does not suggest it to be a minion. It sounds more like a spell, yet it appears to have been made as a minion in mind. The card also has no watermark either.
The idea behind this would be to support a Menagerie deck. It is balanced by the fact that you need to have a lot of Beasts, Dragons, and Murlocs for Party Time! to be better than your normal Hero Power, so a deck running just dragons or just beasts would not run Reno the Partier. You also have to spend Mana on the first few turns buffing your minions, which makes this strategy slower than a normal zoo deck. I made Party Time! also buff a random Beast, Dragon, and Murloc in your deck because I felt it was a little too weak if it just handbuffed.
To add onto what Link said about dragon in their human form not being tagged as Dragons...
Reno was not yet established as a dragon in One Night in Karazhan.
KANSAS - Yeah, I prefer Trick Gift, although the art seems more Christmas (or Winter Veil, if you will) themed rather than birthday themed. Your second version also breaks an unspoken rule of Hearthstone by having 5 lines of text.
I didn't even notice! Do you think this wording is better? Or do you know of a better way to word it?
About your cards, I like Explosive Pinata. It makes for some interesting deck-building, and is also pretty powerful with the right synergies.
MenacingBagel - Firework Fanatic seems decent, although "firework" should start with a capital F as its referring to a card name, and the token should have the watermark on it. Reno does look better after the change, that said, "Golden" should start with a capital G, and "legendaries" should be "Legendary minions".
Linkblade91 - I love the silliness of the card, so you get points from me for that. I love the idea of the effect, although it has some downsides.
KANSAS - Yeah, I prefer Trick Gift, although the art seems more Christmas (or Winter Veil, if you will) themed rather than birthday themed. Your second version also breaks an unspoken rule of Hearthstone by having 5 lines of text.
Alfi - I love the silliness of the card, but it's definitely too weak. Giving your opponent two strong board clears is not something you want to do.
Anchorm4n - I love it. It's flavorful as hell.
Wailor - Happy Hour seems too weak, and Surprise Party doesn't seem functional. Ergo, Wedding Officer is my favorite of the three.
Dermostatic - I absolutely love it, but it seems to have too many stats as a 3/6 Divine Shield for 4. I'd love probably take one stat off, and it's strong but not too OP.
MrRhapsody - Wine and Cork Shot is pretty nice, and I'm also quite fond of Shaked Soda (although this is a spelling mistake in that card). Arena Cheerleader isn't bad, but it's somewhat… morbid I guess (an enemy died, let's celebrate!). You also forgot to put a rarity on Wine and Cork Shot.
The Spell was in a custom expansion i made with Mage focusing on Elemental synergy. The Astrologist focus on exploring bigger and bigger planets, with bigger and bigger minions. Then Nether-terrestrial is a minion you can combo into exploring the Twisting Nether (I got the inspiration from card last competition). Thoughts?
Right off the bat, Extraterrestrial Arcane should not be an MSoG card as Elementals were not made a tribal tag yet, so there couldn't be any support for them.
These are my first ideas for now. Love black holes so i made 2 cards about them.
Gravity well is an elegant removal spell that is best compared to Deadly Shot. The random element is instead replaced by a unique condition that can be manipulated by both players to some extent. Thematically, the more weight something has, the stronger the gravity force will pull it down.
Feed the Void is a more simple removal, everyone knows you can't come back from a black hole so no deathrattles, and priest has the whole void stuff going on.
Finally, Comet comes repeats itself. My attempt at mimicking real comets that come back every few years or so.
It's 1 AM for me so i will give feedback when i wake up ^^;
The wording of Comet could possibly make it repeat itself over and over. Might need to add an addendum that it only works once. Feed the Void is pretty cool. I'd say those are probably my two favorites of your three.
I don't have much of an opinion of "Celestial Crafter" - seems fine. Regarding "Starace, Solar Entity," I have two comments:
I immediately thought it should be pronounced Starace, so if you intend an "iss" type ending, I'd rename it to "Stariss." While there are some words that pronounce "ace" as "iss" (e.g. solace), the fact that "race" sounds like "ace" is unavoidable here.
It seems complicated in a way that would make it too hard to fit into a deck. Presumably the intention is that Starace is a way to consistently activate "played elemental last turn" effects, but +3 spell damage isn't worth 3 mana on its own (and if you bounce him, that's what you're getting - just +3 spell damage, no body), and he's a very expensive way to keep your elementals online (3 mana plus a spell just to have him available next time you need to play an elemental). I would think a better effect might be "After you cast a spell, add a 1/1 Star Elemental to your hand" or something to that effect - still gives you plenty of elemental activators, but they're just token units.
Wanna know something funny? The original Starace I made wasn't even an Elemental, so consistently activating your Elementals wasn't even the card's intention. It just happened to work really well with the bouncing effect.
In terms of balance, I made the Coin token into Delicious Meal:
This version is a little more balanced at 2 Mana and also giving a slight heal, which helps keep Tahm Kench alive longer to trigger his support effect more. I could also remove the Toss, but I wanted it to help Maokai decks.
I feel like you shouldn' use art already used on Hearthstone cards unless the set is specifically built around this idea.
I remember joining this site back when it was still known as HearthStation, and one of the first posts (or perhaps even the first) I made was a suggestion to increase emphasis on the fan community. It was interesting to see how the site would grow, and when the site came back online and it was announced that HearthPwn was closing down, I immediately knew where I was going. Here.
When the site was accepting applications for people to write articles, I knew I had to give it a shot. With what I suggested to give the fan-made card community more exposure was now a mission that I would take on myself. I wanted to make something to give all the expansions and sets people made more exposure, and this evolved into Fan Community Spotlight.
I've loved writing all the content I make for the site, and being part of the team that makes this site what it is. They're all truly wonderful people to work with, and we all create an ensemble team that makes every piece of the site.
Here's to another year of Out of Cards, and many more to come.
For some reason it won't let me upload more images, but "Coin" would be a token spell that is 1 Mana Burst Speed with the text "Toss 1 to draw 1." I chose Greed as the Sin for the Shadow Isles because SI already has a theme of destroying their own units for power, which seems similar to Greed.
Do you want to know something really funny?
The first custom LoR card I ever made had the effect of Chainer of Souls (except slightly different as it also worked on strikes), and the artwork of War Baron.
I'm still missing 13 and 14, grrr!
Those are the only two I have left.
This version looks perfectly fine, although I fail to see the flavor connection between Reno and the menagerie synergies
Welcome aboard.
A few things I'd like to mention is that Golden cards are not allowed during competitions. It can be used as an unfair, unnecessary grab for views, and it also sometimes makes it hard to tell what card a class is from. I thought it was a Priest card until I read that it's Neutral.
In addition to that, the effect should specify "their" deck and not "his" deck as you can play as female heroes (and being Neutral, you don't even have to use a workaround to do this), or in various modes like Tavern Brawl or sometimes PvE, something with no discernible gender. The card also shouldn't be tagged as a Dragon, as dragons in their human forms, i.e (ironically) Wrathion are not tagged as Dragons in the game.
As for the effect, it seems too powerful to tutor all your Legendaries instantly (which in and of itself, is disadvantageous to F2P or low budget players), and the text is in really weird spots. There shouldn't be a line break after Battlecry. The name also does not suggest it to be a minion. It sounds more like a spell, yet it appears to have been made as a minion in mind. The card also has no watermark either.
"I love this series"
I love this series too, Shadows. They're always very enjoyable things to read after each competition.
To add onto what Link said about dragon in their human form not being tagged as Dragons...
Reno was not yet established as a dragon in One Night in Karazhan.
Yeah, that's better.
Leaving my cards here.
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Linkblade91 - I love the silliness of the card, so you get points from me for that. I love the idea of the effect, although it has some downsides.
KANSAS - Yeah, I prefer Trick Gift, although the art seems more Christmas (or Winter Veil, if you will) themed rather than birthday themed. Your second version also breaks an unspoken rule of Hearthstone by having 5 lines of text.
Alfi - I love the silliness of the card, but it's definitely too weak. Giving your opponent two strong board clears is not something you want to do.
Anchorm4n - I love it. It's flavorful as hell.
Wailor - Happy Hour seems too weak, and Surprise Party doesn't seem functional. Ergo, Wedding Officer is my favorite of the three.
Dermostatic - I absolutely love it, but it seems to have too many stats as a 3/6 Divine Shield for 4. I'd love probably take one stat off, and it's strong but not too OP.
MrRhapsody - Wine and Cork Shot is pretty nice, and I'm also quite fond of Shaked Soda (although this is a spelling mistake in that card). Arena Cheerleader isn't bad, but it's somewhat… morbid I guess (an enemy died, let's celebrate!). You also forgot to put a rarity on Wine and Cork Shot.
Spam filter tripped up a bit.
Fixed it.
Right off the bat, Extraterrestrial Arcane should not be an MSoG card as Elementals were not made a tribal tag yet, so there couldn't be any support for them.
I'll post more detailed feedback tomorrow.
One thing I will point out about Reno. Fantastic Treasures did not exist yet in Karazhan
The wording of Comet could possibly make it repeat itself over and over. Might need to add an addendum that it only works once. Feed the Void is pretty cool. I'd say those are probably my two favorites of your three.
Wanna know something funny? The original Starace I made wasn't even an Elemental, so consistently activating your Elementals wasn't even the card's intention. It just happened to work really well with the bouncing effect.
That said, I got 2 cards off of the bat.
And no, I did not name him Starace because of my pfp. It's intended to be pronounced "iss", like "bliss".
I believe there was a soft rule that you should only post a maximum of 3 cards at a time, back on HearthPwn.
Your Noxus images appear to be missing.
You should probably make the SI card images smaller.
I feel like you shouldn' use art already used on Hearthstone cards unless the set is specifically built around this idea.
I remember joining this site back when it was still known as HearthStation, and one of the first posts (or perhaps even the first) I made was a suggestion to increase emphasis on the fan community. It was interesting to see how the site would grow, and when the site came back online and it was announced that HearthPwn was closing down, I immediately knew where I was going. Here.
When the site was accepting applications for people to write articles, I knew I had to give it a shot. With what I suggested to give the fan-made card community more exposure was now a mission that I would take on myself. I wanted to make something to give all the expansions and sets people made more exposure, and this evolved into Fan Community Spotlight.
I've loved writing all the content I make for the site, and being part of the team that makes this site what it is. They're all truly wonderful people to work with, and we all create an ensemble team that makes every piece of the site.
Here's to another year of Out of Cards, and many more to come.
Do you want to know something really funny?
The first custom LoR card I ever made had the effect of Chainer of Souls (except slightly different as it also worked on strikes), and the artwork of War Baron.
Just FYI, I have found a fix that allows you to download the cards from the LoR Card Maker without needing to snip them.
Put your browser into full-screen mode with this button before you download.
I have no idea why this works, but it does.