This card basically trades bad cards for better ones. The deck will function without it, but if you want to play combo decks, then this should be an easy craft.
I've replaced Kil'jaeden with two new cards; hopefully these are better received:
The Dark Titan Sargeras is the most powerful being that ever existed, hence the 15/15 (The Ancient One? Never heard of it). Literally the size of a planet, Sargeras is the creator and Dark Lord of the Burning Legion. Show your devotion to him and he will duplicate all Demons in your hand, shuffle in new copies of all Demons in your deck, and summon copies of all Demons on your battlefield. With him, the Legion is endless. Note that he is not a Demon himself.
Emperor Shaohao would be our first Neutral Hero card, having overcome many trials to become balanced in mind and spirit. Despite being a 6-mana "do nothing", he provides a ton of refuel and a means to access it in the Hero Power.
Working on feedback next.
Sargeras should definitely be a demon - why did you intentionally leave that out? If your problem is with him copying himself, you can specify "other" in his card text.
As for Shaohao, this is a neutral hero card (which I'm personally against), is a draw engine, reduces the cost of the cards, and to make it amazing for long and grindy control matchups, this gives you an extra 29 cards in your deck. Imo, this would be a bad idea to print.
One big problem I see with this card is set context. Class Legendaries do not exist in Karazhan (or any of the preceding adventures), so you should not make a card for this competition for that set. As a matter of fact, No Neutral cards didn't exist until Descent of Dragons, so for the sake of following the game's "continuity" (for lack of a better word), cards for this competition should only be from that set or later. There are also a lot of custom watermarks to sidestep the issue entirely.
I choose the Karazhan watermark purely for flavor reasons. Aegwynn was the one who constructed Karazhan, but I see why I shouldn't use the watermark.
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Life gain is also a weakness of Mage, meaning that a card that permanently gives them a source of Armor is probably not a good idea since it will allow them to pretty much completely overcome that weakness. Arcane Artificer is not as egregious in this regard because it only works while it's on the board. Neutral should also be capitalized.
Mage already had access to powerful conditional lifegain in the past, with Frost Lich Jaina, Reno Jackson (although not mage, it strongly supported one of it's archetypes), and to a lesser extent, Arcane Artificer. Strengths and weaknesses are a guideline, occasionally breaking from it is fine as long as you keep in flavor for the class. At least that is my reasoning behind why this card is fine; if you still disagree with me, could you please explain your side further?
You are completely right on the Neutral bit, I'll fix it in the next version (if I make one).
This is my first ever card submission, so I'm not experienced in this. Anyways, I haven't seen any mage cards on here, so I'm here to fix that.
This is meant to be a control tool for big spell mage, trading out all neutral cards for armor. For interactions, this works like a permanent Arcane Artificer.
Are alies going to be a theme in this set? I haven't seen any so far, nor have I seen any synergy cards, other than the reprinted Jwari Shapeshifter, and the new Tazri, Beacon of Unity.
If you want to keep it simple you could do something like "2 mana: give a minion +1 health*, but if you're willing to make it a little less simple you could have it do something different depending on if the targeted minion is friendly or an enemy (example: 2 mana: give a friendly minion +1 attack, or give an enemy minion -1 attack). If you don't like permanent buffs you could play around with temporary buffs as well.
I like this idea, but it seems a little weak. The two mana hero powers should be on the level of a 0 cost card (like moonfire, or wisp). The 1 mana HPs should be half the value of a 0 cost card (compare DH HP to pre-nerf/buff twin slice). Considering [[Power Word: Shield]] exists, I recommend making the hero power 1 mana if you give +1 to a stat.
Dual sided cards have existed before. There are two solutions for it - Using sleeves, or using a card representing that DFC. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Checklist_card
I'm really by this news, especially the Zendikar Party mechanic, and the Forgotten Realms set. I believe that because we're getting "D&D parties" as a mechanic in the set, D&D is getting a Zendikar book soon, just like it did Theros and Ravnica.
This card basically trades bad cards for better ones. The deck will function without it, but if you want to play combo decks, then this should be an easy craft.
Sargeras should definitely be a demon - why did you intentionally leave that out? If your problem is with him copying himself, you can specify "other" in his card text.
As for Shaohao, this is a neutral hero card (which I'm personally against), is a draw engine, reduces the cost of the cards, and to make it amazing for long and grindy control matchups, this gives you an extra 29 cards in your deck. Imo, this would be a bad idea to print.
You generally don't want to leave a line of text all on it's own. I'd also spell out "four" to match Totem Goliath.
Especially considering that's what you play with beyond the first encounter.
That is fair, I will try to create something else.
Thank you for the feedback!
I choose the Karazhan watermark purely for flavor reasons. Aegwynn was the one who constructed Karazhan, but I see why I shouldn't use the watermark.
Mage already had access to powerful conditional lifegain in the past, with Frost Lich Jaina, Reno Jackson (although not mage, it strongly supported one of it's archetypes), and to a lesser extent, Arcane Artificer. Strengths and weaknesses are a guideline, occasionally breaking from it is fine as long as you keep in flavor for the class. At least that is my reasoning behind why this card is fine; if you still disagree with me, could you please explain your side further?
You are completely right on the Neutral bit, I'll fix it in the next version (if I make one).
This is my first ever card submission, so I'm not experienced in this. Anyways, I haven't seen any mage cards on here, so I'm here to fix that.
This is meant to be a control tool for big spell mage, trading out all neutral cards for armor. For interactions, this works like a permanent Arcane Artificer.
Ah, ok, I see. Thank you for the reply, as a commander main, I like seeing WOTC supporting older sets and archetypes.
Are alies going to be a theme in this set? I haven't seen any so far, nor have I seen any synergy cards, other than the reprinted Jwari Shapeshifter, and the new Tazri, Beacon of Unity.
I like this idea, but it seems a little weak. The two mana hero powers should be on the level of a 0 cost card (like moonfire, or wisp). The 1 mana HPs should be half the value of a 0 cost card (compare DH HP to pre-nerf/buff twin slice). Considering [[Power Word: Shield]] exists, I recommend making the hero power 1 mana if you give +1 to a stat.
Have you tried wild format? I'd be in the same boat as you if I still played standard.
They're going to be playable without a doubt - it helps alleviate mana screw and flood.
Dual sided cards have existed before. There are two solutions for it - Using sleeves, or using a card representing that DFC.
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Checklist_card
The first card's instant side in the section "September 4 Modal DFCs" is missing it's full translation.
I'm really by this news, especially the Zendikar Party mechanic, and the Forgotten Realms set. I believe that because we're getting "D&D parties" as a mechanic in the set, D&D is getting a Zendikar book soon, just like it did Theros and Ravnica.
I mean, if any class would have a "Go to Jail" card, it would be Paladin.
Thank you for creating this article - as a wild main, this was something I was looking forward to!
The problem isn't getting Noz, the problem is that each portal animation takes half an hour to complete.
Hemmet would also kill Plot Twist in Mecha'Thun Warlock, but it's still played there.
Where's the Even Demon Hunter? Their hero power at 1 mana is busted!