I'm at the worst mental state of my life, my creativity is gone, my passion is gone, my will is gone, and they won't come back any time soon, the whole deal of this custom expansion making for me was about the self improvement that came with it, like making cards, logos, lore, etc, but if the only thing I feel like doing now is go to work and spend the rest of the day looking at the roof waiting for the end of it, then I don't think there's a point to keep working on it, nothing I do feels fun or meningful anymore
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but my situation is critical and I must have full dedication to the treatment so I don't make something stupid.
I don't know the best words when it comes to this kind of situation, despite having lived it myself. When you reach that point where nothing seems to mean anything anymore and the most "productive" thing you can manage is just...surviving to the next day. I'm still trying to recover, even a full decade after I collapsed in a heap of darkness and loneliness. But I'm working on it, and that matters. Admit you need help, and seek it out: as far as I'm concerned there is no alternative waiting in the wings, so it's absolutely essential that you keep striving to make the only life you get a better one. For as long as it takes. Live, and fight your sorrow. We'll be here when you're ready to return; take all the time you need.
As for your project, I don't think I'm in a position to take it from you. I'm not making much progress on my own endeavors, including some IRL stuff: I don't want to get into the details, but I'm on the cusp of a pretty important life-changing decision and that needs my attention. I would be honored to work on it for you, but I can't give the expansion its due diligence right now :(
The flavor of the expansion is pretty cool, though, I must say. "Radioactive" could be a fun Keyword to experiment with.
With the added restriction, I really like Izzy. I couldn't tell straight away if she let's you put the spell into your deck or only casts it, but either way I think it's a great design. I do suspect if it was ever released someone would find a way to break it :)
Thanks :) Only she casts the spell: you cannot add it to your deck to play the spell by itself. I mean, it technically is included in your deck while building, but it's only there to function with Izzy. I can see where that could be some confusion: hopefully that doesn't color too many peoples' perceptions the wrong way, but I'm imagining otherwise.
I also like Bazaar Plunderer the most of the three, but two things: "Cost" should be capitalized (you did it on the Totem :P), and I think it needs to lose some stats. Right now it's vanilla with Tradeable and a very potent Battlecry; that's too much.
Do you mean add a Banana and, if you have another Beast, cast another Banana on it? I guess that wouldn't be OP, but it would get a bit too wordy, I think.
I gave Izzy 5 stars, btw. She seems not that dangerous with the new restriction.
I think something like "Battlecry: Add a Banana to your hand and cast one on another friendly Beast." would work: it's still three lines of text or thereabouts.
Posted a new idea, but deleted my post because I just wasn't feeling it. Not overly encouraged for any of my cards, truth be told, so I decided to be bold and submit Izzy with some alterations. We'll see how low I can go with a controversial idea lol
I can't remember which expansion it was, but one of these times they had this Brawl the first week and it was perfect :/ There's no excuse for it beyond "we want you to waste dust creating things you might regret".
Wailor - I think it would be safe to add a Banana to your hand *and* cast it on another friendly Beast, but you'd have to add "another" in there to avoid it just going to the Rascal. Amusing card :)
BloodMefist - I like Lord Blackhand more than the Grand Apothecary: Putress is fine, but it's a small investment that only starts to pay off after multiple weapons, and could be dangerous if something like Leeching Poison returned to prowess. Blackhand can slot directly into just about any Warrior deck that wants to work around a specific weapon (so…basically all of them lol). I'm not sure what you mean by your proposed change: you want to make the player automatically attack as the Battlecry finishes? Can't they just choose to do that on their own?
Moondreamer - Your card discourages me from trying to come up with a new idea; I honestly think we have a winner already lol :P
adamsleungcn - I guess I like Relic Chest the most? As others have said they all have some errors in wording/phrasing and need to be cleaned up. I believe the Relic Chest's Infuse only needs to say "Cast another." and it would be fine.
R - This is a lot in one card, but I wouldn't want to strip anything out because it's a cool combination. Maybe bump it up to 5 Mana?
AeroJulwin - I passionately despise Yogg and his random bullshit, but yours is not nearly as random so I guess I can give it a pass.
Demonxz95 - Beyond what I've already said about it, I agree with Wailor in-that her stats should grow in a consistent manner, just for that little extra flavor bonus.
Nightshade Bud would have been an acceptable submission even if minions were not allowed because it can cast the spells from your deck; the minion part would've been considered non-relevant to the comp, albeit still a cool addition to the card. We debated a little whether or not minions should be allowed, and the group decided that they're fine. My opinion doesn't matter anymore *shrugs*
This was all an unnecessarily-verbose way of saying Yes, those two are fine. Dirty Rat, Party Crasher, Deathwing, Dragonlord, Ironforge Portal; pulling minions from the hand or deck (or the ether) are okay.
As Demon would put it, if this was a physical card game, both of your examples would cause a player to place a card from their hand onto the table, effectively "playing" it. I think "play" has a slightly different definition in Hearthstone because you have to truly pay the cost of a minion to trigger its Battlecry - as opposed to summoning it randomly, Recruiting it from the deck, etc. - but Tess Greymane was an example given to us by Sothis, and she can replay minions, so we have to assume minions are allowed as well.
I have two initial ideas for this one; pretty satisfied with the Druid minion, but the Legendary I pre-nerfed twice already lol:
Massive Macaw is the counter-point to Grey Sage Parrot: the Parrot replays Rune of the Archmage or Time Warp over and over again, so why can't the Druid resummon minions repeatedly?
Izzy the Overachiever could be really fun, but Survival of the Fittest from the same set makes it scary. I upped her cost and swapped Battlecry for Spellburst to make it harder to cheat out a spell before it's time.
"Imagine if I had a real weapon..." For being a supposed badass of combat, so good that he bonks people with a lamppost to make things more fair for the opponent, I figured that he would be higher-statted than a mere 2/3/2 *shrugs* Edit: Maybe he has those stats because of the lamp heh.
Never imagined him as much of a team-player, either, that he gains +1/+1 based on allies. Maybe that's because Jax players were selfish assholes when I was playing lol.
I'm very late, but I finally came up with a refined version of Razuvious.
I like this a lot more, and fitting within the rules always helps, too :D I have but one niggle: the Poisonous/Unholy Rune costs 2 when the others cost 1. This feels weird; I'd honestly have it cost 1.
Congratulations to Moondreamer! I told ya we had a winner already :)
2.46 is honestly higher than I expected for my card. Nothing like ending my finalist streak more-or-less by choice lol
Master those 200-IQ plays with Fenek's teachings. "Do the combo again, but properly this time!"
I don't know the best words when it comes to this kind of situation, despite having lived it myself. When you reach that point where nothing seems to mean anything anymore and the most "productive" thing you can manage is just...surviving to the next day. I'm still trying to recover, even a full decade after I collapsed in a heap of darkness and loneliness. But I'm working on it, and that matters. Admit you need help, and seek it out: as far as I'm concerned there is no alternative waiting in the wings, so it's absolutely essential that you keep striving to make the only life you get a better one. For as long as it takes. Live, and fight your sorrow. We'll be here when you're ready to return; take all the time you need.
As for your project, I don't think I'm in a position to take it from you. I'm not making much progress on my own endeavors, including some IRL stuff: I don't want to get into the details, but I'm on the cusp of a pretty important life-changing decision and that needs my attention. I would be honored to work on it for you, but I can't give the expansion its due diligence right now :(
The flavor of the expansion is pretty cool, though, I must say. "Radioactive" could be a fun Keyword to experiment with.
Good luck to everyone in the voting :)
Less than 19 hours to go!
Thanks :) Only she casts the spell: you cannot add it to your deck to play the spell by itself. I mean, it technically is included in your deck while building, but it's only there to function with Izzy. I can see where that could be some confusion: hopefully that doesn't color too many peoples' perceptions the wrong way, but I'm imagining otherwise.
With your card, I think you're good to go!
I also like Bazaar Plunderer the most of the three, but two things: "Cost" should be capitalized (you did it on the Totem :P), and I think it needs to lose some stats. Right now it's vanilla with Tradeable and a very potent Battlecry; that's too much.
I think something like "Battlecry: Add a Banana to your hand and cast one on another friendly Beast." would work: it's still three lines of text or thereabouts.
And thanks :)
Posted a new idea, but deleted my post because I just wasn't feeling it. Not overly encouraged for any of my cards, truth be told, so I decided to be bold and submit Izzy with some alterations. We'll see how low I can go with a controversial idea lol
I can't remember which expansion it was, but one of these times they had this Brawl the first week and it was perfect :/ There's no excuse for it beyond "we want you to waste dust creating things you might regret".
All well. Got Neeru Fireblade from my pack, so...yay?
Some quick feedback:
Wailor - I think it would be safe to add a Banana to your hand *and* cast it on another friendly Beast, but you'd have to add "another" in there to avoid it just going to the Rascal. Amusing card :)
BloodMefist - I like Lord Blackhand more than the Grand Apothecary: Putress is fine, but it's a small investment that only starts to pay off after multiple weapons, and could be dangerous if something like Leeching Poison returned to prowess. Blackhand can slot directly into just about any Warrior deck that wants to work around a specific weapon (so…basically all of them lol). I'm not sure what you mean by your proposed change: you want to make the player automatically attack as the Battlecry finishes? Can't they just choose to do that on their own?
Moondreamer - Your card discourages me from trying to come up with a new idea; I honestly think we have a winner already lol :P
adamsleungcn - I guess I like Relic Chest the most? As others have said they all have some errors in wording/phrasing and need to be cleaned up. I believe the Relic Chest's Infuse only needs to say "Cast another." and it would be fine.
R - This is a lot in one card, but I wouldn't want to strip anything out because it's a cool combination. Maybe bump it up to 5 Mana?
AeroJulwin - I passionately despise Yogg and his random bullshit, but yours is not nearly as random so I guess I can give it a pass.
Demonxz95 - Beyond what I've already said about it, I agree with Wailor in-that her stats should grow in a consistent manner, just for that little extra flavor bonus.
Nightshade Bud would have been an acceptable submission even if minions were not allowed because it can cast the spells from your deck; the minion part would've been considered non-relevant to the comp, albeit still a cool addition to the card. We debated a little whether or not minions should be allowed, and the group decided that they're fine. My opinion doesn't matter anymore *shrugs*
This was all an unnecessarily-verbose way of saying Yes, those two are fine. Dirty Rat, Party Crasher, Deathwing, Dragonlord, Ironforge Portal; pulling minions from the hand or deck (or the ether) are okay.
As Demon would put it, if this was a physical card game, both of your examples would cause a player to place a card from their hand onto the table, effectively "playing" it. I think "play" has a slightly different definition in Hearthstone because you have to truly pay the cost of a minion to trigger its Battlecry - as opposed to summoning it randomly, Recruiting it from the deck, etc. - but Tess Greymane was an example given to us by Sothis, and she can replay minions, so we have to assume minions are allowed as well.
Congratulations to Foobars!
Seven people gave me 5-stars in the first round, but not one in the finalist vote? That's quite a bummer :(
I have two initial ideas for this one; pretty satisfied with the Druid minion, but the Legendary I pre-nerfed twice already lol:
Massive Macaw is the counter-point to Grey Sage Parrot: the Parrot replays Rune of the Archmage or Time Warp over and over again, so why can't the Druid resummon minions repeatedly?
Izzy the Overachiever could be really fun, but Survival of the Fittest from the same set makes it scary. I upped her cost and swapped Battlecry for Spellburst to make it harder to cheat out a spell before it's time.
Good luck to the finalists :)
Less than 20 hours left to submit! Lots of cool designs so far :)
Really? That's unfortunate; I thought that attitude made him more unique.
"Imagine if I had a real weapon..." For being a supposed badass of combat, so good that he bonks people with a lamppost to make things more fair for the opponent, I figured that he would be higher-statted than a mere 2/3/2 *shrugs* Edit: Maybe he has those stats because of the lamp heh.
Never imagined him as much of a team-player, either, that he gains +1/+1 based on allies. Maybe that's because Jax players were selfish assholes when I was playing lol.
I like this a lot more, and fitting within the rules always helps, too :D I have but one niggle: the Poisonous/Unholy Rune costs 2 when the others cost 1. This feels weird; I'd honestly have it cost 1.