Jealous Shade kind of plays like Circus Medic, where you have to be mindful of the Corrupt (or Infuse in this case) because the two outcomes are quite different. There's a use-case for both of them: the initial Battlecry is good after a Pelagos pop-off turn, while swapping stats is good against enemies in a Thief Priest kind of way. The Shade represents a marriage of both Nathria Priest archetypes :)
Edit: I found better flavor and art for my Paladin card; it is now called Well Fed. It's the WoW buff you gain for eating food - this is a double entendre, because vampires feed off the living. It functions similarly to Wailor's Legendary from a few comps ago, giving a minion stacking Divine Shields to make them very sticky: the more you eat, the harder you are to kill!
Edit2: If you don't like stacking Divine Shields, I made another version of Well Fed. After the Infuse (2) it's a cheaper Mark of the Wild, with the potential to be even better.
Next time ya'll need to double-check the order in which you submit your Colossal card tokens: it makes a difference based on the art you used :P When Colossal minions are summoned, their tokens come out on either side based on what the art depicts; I wouldn't say it detracted from my voting, but it looks silly if the cards aren't in the correct order.
...I might be the only one who cares about this lol.
I like Sargeras more than Archimonde. Using the Blade of Sargeras in that way is cool. Just two things:
While he created the Burning Legion, Sargeras is not a Demon - he is a Titan. This would actually help balance the card, in my opinion, because then he cannot be Discovered from Netherwalker, copied from Felosophy, cheated out, etc.
Being, you know, the Demon Hunter, the class comes into direct conflict with Sargeras and the Burning Legion; to have him be a DH card is odd. They use Demons and Fel magic to fight other Demons, certainly, but they ultimately seek the defeat of the Burning Legion. I'd maybe make him Neutral: that gives the Warlock a chance, as well, and while the DH can obviously still use Sargeras there wouldn't be as big a disconnect in flavor.
Hey! This week's competition looks fun, so I'm trying to participate. This is the design I've come up with and submitted:
Hey there, welcome to our little side of things :D Always nice to see new faces.
To go along with what R said about the location reappearing, there are some who will frown on the fact that your card is in the Uldum set (when it couldn't possibly exist yet with both Colossal and locations). I think your idea is very creative, though, so I wouldn't let nit-picky details get in the way haha. The flavor of it is great. Just...something to think about for next time: if you want that truly "authentic" feel, it would need a custom expansion watermark.
It seems like a very weird design choice to have two tokens do the exact same thing but have different stats. If you do use both arms, they should probably have different effects, but I don't really see a reason for that to be the case, so I'd stick with the original version.
I agree: was kind of waiting for someone to say it so I can feel better about reversing course lol
How's that; better? Maybe it should cost 9 now *shrugs* Not sure if I like this iteration as much, but it could grow on me.
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Wailor - He's like a reverse Glugg the Gulper, whereby boosting Kavei makes bigger tokens. It's neat, and educational! lol. I believe the Belly should have a point of Attack: Blackwater Behemoth's lure gets to attack, and this would allow you to trade it in better.
Demonxz95 - As I mentioned elsewhere this is really cool. Not the fastest way for the Mage to pump out damage, but it's still flashy and the art works perfectly. Just need to change Volcan's title, as I said before. "Volcan, Molten Lord"?
R - This is powerful, especially now that we know Implock is a thing in the very next expansion. The Cannon needs to be Warlock, and should lose the gem if you want it to look right: use the "Force Apply Emblem" and "Force Apply Dragon" options. As for balance, I would honestly jump this up to a 9 or 10: you could be summoning a bunch of Imps that are guaranteed to stick. All that being said, this is a really cool idea, the art is good, and it's much better than the slime :)
AeroJulwin - Immune is always a scary prospect, but it also messes with the Taunt you want to hand out with Zorqon's Right Arm, making it kind of clunky. Glorth is much better and could be fun in that Mutanus the Devourer way: just eat all da stuff!
My only gripe with it is that it seems strange that it has only one Claw. My suggestion is changing it to Colossal +2 but make each Claw summon a single Treant. Also, the palmtree custom watermark would fit the flavor better than Sunken City, IMO.
Unfortunately the art doesn't really help in that regard: Maokai (the League of Legends character) has the one big claw with a second mouth, and his other one is a baby T-rex arm by comparison lol. I could do it, but it wouldn't look as good in my opinion. Edit: Maybe if I made it "Klai's Lesser Klaw" and "Klai's Greater Klaw"? Could have different stats, too; I'll give it a try.
I will change the Cost and the watermark, though, as per everyone's feedback.
...foolishly, in my excitement over being so close to a full set, I crafted the last two I needed (Imp King Rafaam and Theotar, the Mad Duke). So when it came time to hit level 20 on the Rewards Track, I got another Kryxis; the same problem awaits me at level 50.
I own all the Nathria Legendaries, 'cause in my excitement I crafted the last two I needed...not even thinking that level 20 and level 50 of the Reward Track would give 'em to me for free :/ Now I have a golden and normal version of Kryxis the Voracious, and some other dupe on the horizon.
Klai, Tiki Terror was my entry for a preorder giveaway last expansion, but I never heard back.
Edit: I replaced the old Klai with something similar that I like more. Instead of just replacing Treants as they fall - which could get nasty if there was ever a Treant with Rush - now you must sacrifice the trees to the Colossal to keep it alive. An incredibly sticky minion if you can maintain a board.
Anise, Avatar of Ice is a newer idea, creating a board out of your opponents' popsicles. Ironically a Mage minion so that Freeze Shaman cannot have it XD I was worried about Snowball Fight! and Snowfall Guardian, although Flurry (Rank 1) could be its own problem.
Went 0-1 before I had to stop because I might accidentally complete an XP quest otherwise. Pretty sure I would've gone 0-2 like usual, so no major loss there lol
Something small to consider: since the Ranked Season ends the day before, you could theoretically choose not to log in on Monday, and wait until after the expansion's release to acquire your Season goodies. That way, they could potentially come from Murder at Castle Nathria, giving you a slight edge in your Day 1 collecting.
If you're opening enough packs to gather all the Rares and whatnot anyway, then it won't matter as much. Still, something to think about.
Maybe this is a copout, but I honestly expect the answer to be "none of them". Is "Stewart the Steward killed him" really a satisfying answer? No, and the same is true for the others; a story that puts a focus on one of the 10 classes would be a disservice to the other nine. Plus murder-mysteries are always reliant on some kind of twist.
Congratulations to Moondreamer! A winner right out of the gate :D
I have two ideas this time around:
Jealous Shade kind of plays like Circus Medic, where you have to be mindful of the Corrupt (or Infuse in this case) because the two outcomes are quite different. There's a use-case for both of them: the initial Battlecry is good after a Pelagos pop-off turn, while swapping stats is good against enemies in a Thief Priest kind of way. The Shade represents a marriage of both Nathria Priest archetypes :)
Edit: I found better flavor and art for my Paladin card; it is now called Well Fed. It's the WoW buff you gain for eating food - this is a double entendre, because vampires feed off the living. It functions similarly to Wailor's Legendary from a few comps ago, giving a minion stacking Divine Shields to make them very sticky: the more you eat, the harder you are to kill!
Edit2: If you don't like stacking Divine Shields, I made another version of Well Fed. After the Infuse (2) it's a cheaper Mark of the Wild, with the potential to be even better.
Good luck to the finalists!
Next time ya'll need to double-check the order in which you submit your Colossal card tokens: it makes a difference based on the art you used :P When Colossal minions are summoned, their tokens come out on either side based on what the art depicts; I wouldn't say it detracted from my voting, but it looks silly if the cards aren't in the correct order.
...I might be the only one who cares about this lol.
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I like Sargeras more than Archimonde. Using the Blade of Sargeras in that way is cool. Just two things:
Hey there, welcome to our little side of things :D Always nice to see new faces.
To go along with what R said about the location reappearing, there are some who will frown on the fact that your card is in the Uldum set (when it couldn't possibly exist yet with both Colossal and locations). I think your idea is very creative, though, so I wouldn't let nit-picky details get in the way haha. The flavor of it is great. Just...something to think about for next time: if you want that truly "authentic" feel, it would need a custom expansion watermark.
I agree: was kind of waiting for someone to say it so I can feel better about reversing course lol
How's that; better? Maybe it should cost 9 now *shrugs* Not sure if I like this iteration as much, but it could grow on me.
Feedback:
Demonxz95 - As I mentioned elsewhere this is really cool. Not the fastest way for the Mage to pump out damage, but it's still flashy and the art works perfectly. Just need to change Volcan's title, as I said before. "Volcan, Molten Lord"?
R - This is powerful, especially now that we know Implock is a thing in the very next expansion. The Cannon needs to be Warlock, and should lose the gem if you want it to look right: use the "Force Apply Emblem" and "Force Apply Dragon" options. As for balance, I would honestly jump this up to a 9 or 10: you could be summoning a bunch of Imps that are guaranteed to stick. All that being said, this is a really cool idea, the art is good, and it's much better than the slime :)
AeroJulwin - Immune is always a scary prospect, but it also messes with the Taunt you want to hand out with Zorqon's Right Arm, making it kind of clunky. Glorth is much better and could be fun in that Mutanus the Devourer way: just eat all da stuff!
Unfortunately the art doesn't really help in that regard: Maokai (the League of Legends character) has the one big claw with a second mouth, and his other one is a baby T-rex arm by comparison lol. I could do it, but it wouldn't look as good in my opinion. Edit: Maybe if I made it "Klai's Lesser Klaw" and "Klai's Greater Klaw"? Could have different stats, too; I'll give it a try.
I will change the Cost and the watermark, though, as per everyone's feedback.
I don't remember how many packs I opened, but I own all the Legendaries at this point: only missing one copy each of Promotion, Mysterious Visitor, Burden of Pride, and Ashen Elemental to be 100% done.
My preorder Legendaries were: Regular Artificer Xy'mox and The Countess, Golden Pelagos and Remornia, Living Blade.
I also acquired The Harvester of Envy, Topior the Shrubbagazzor, and Kryxis the Voracious from some golden packs. Everything else is normal, but I did upgrade Kel'Thuzad, the Inevitable to golden so I could have the entire Volatile Skeleton package look all shiny :D
...foolishly, in my excitement over being so close to a full set, I crafted the last two I needed (Imp King Rafaam and Theotar, the Mad Duke). So when it came time to hit level 20 on the Rewards Track, I got another Kryxis; the same problem awaits me at level 50.
Wow nice! My first ever double-Legendary pack was a Standard pack as well: The Rat King and Grand Magus Antonidas.
I own all the Nathria Legendaries, 'cause in my excitement I crafted the last two I needed...not even thinking that level 20 and level 50 of the Reward Track would give 'em to me for free :/ Now I have a golden and normal version of Kryxis the Voracious, and some other dupe on the horizon.
Good luck to you as well :)
Congratulations to AeroJulwin! 4.21 is an impressive final score :D
I have two already made:
Klai, Tiki Terror was my entry for a preorder giveaway last expansion, but I never heard back.
Edit: I replaced the old Klai with something similar that I like more. Instead of just replacing Treants as they fall - which could get nasty if there was ever a Treant with Rush - now you must sacrifice the trees to the Colossal to keep it alive. An incredibly sticky minion if you can maintain a board.
Anise, Avatar of Ice is a newer idea, creating a board out of your opponents' popsicles. Ironically a Mage minion so that Freeze Shaman cannot have it XD I was worried about Snowball Fight! and Snowfall Guardian, although Flurry (Rank 1) could be its own problem.
Went 0-1 before I had to stop because I might accidentally complete an XP quest otherwise. Pretty sure I would've gone 0-2 like usual, so no major loss there lol
I must've read right past it lol. My head's been in a fog all day; keep making dumb errors :/
Something small to consider: since the Ranked Season ends the day before, you could theoretically choose not to log in on Monday, and wait until after the expansion's release to acquire your Season goodies. That way, they could potentially come from Murder at Castle Nathria, giving you a slight edge in your Day 1 collecting.
If you're opening enough packs to gather all the Rares and whatnot anyway, then it won't matter as much. Still, something to think about.
Good luck to the future finalists!
Maybe this is a copout, but I honestly expect the answer to be "none of them". Is "Stewart the Steward killed him" really a satisfying answer? No, and the same is true for the others; a story that puts a focus on one of the 10 classes would be a disservice to the other nine. Plus murder-mysteries are always reliant on some kind of twist.