This thread aims to help new creators to know when to use certain keywords. In order to do this, we will classify all existing keywords in different classes, according to the sets where they can be used. So far, Blizzard has only broken these rules twice, so if you want to make a believable card, following them is surely a good place to start.
@Mods, if you believe this post should be included in the Fan Creations Primer thread, go ahead :)
These keywords were introduced in a particular expansion, but have also appeared in later sets. If previous cards had that effect, they are modified to include the keyword (see Emperor Cobra or Queen of Pain)
Poisonous is included in the Basic set in the HoF replacement Plaguebringer. This sets a precedent for using Evergreen keywords in that set, although I don't think Discover would fit the Basic set.
These keywords only exist in the expansion they are introduced. If previous of later sets include cards with similar effects, they are worded explicitly (see how Meat Wagon and Captain Hooktusk don't use Recruit, even if their effect is just that).
Before the introduction of SN1P-SN4P, Echo used to belong to this category.
Year-exclusive keywords
Extensive list: Echo, Lackey.
These keywords can appear in all cards of a certain Year. While Lackey was a year-exclusive keyword by design, the inclusion of Echo in this category is more or less accidental, since the only card that doesn't belong to The Witchwood with this keyword is SN1P-SN4P.
Recurring keywords
Extensive list: Mega-Windfury, Quest, Choose a Deathrattle, Casts When Drawn, Choose Twice, Start of Game.
These keywords appear in expansions from time to time. All of them are very different in nature, however:
Mega-Windfury has only appeared in two cards in total and has always been a very marginal part of the expansion.
Quest, on the other hand, has always been one of the core aspects of the expansions they appear in.
Casts When Drawn is a token-exclusive keyword.
Choose a Deathrattle and Choose Twice are variations of the Druid-exclusive keyword Choose One. For synergy purposes (like Ossirian Tear), Choose a Deathrattle is considered a Choose One card, while Choose Twice isn't.
Start of Game was a core aspect in The Witchwood. The appearance of this keyword modified the text of a previously existing card, Prince Malchezaar.
I cannot speak for everyone, but I personally don't like it when people post images that would blatantly never make it into Hearthstone. I only post when I see an image I like that could conceivably be on a card.
This. So much this.
Could you give examples of this? There are very odd artworks from time to time, but I don't think it's very often.
Golems have been mindless lackeys since their conception. Haven't you watched that incredibly old German film about them? Or , well, that Halloween Simpsons episode that parodies it.
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I that sentence to be more understandable. Did you notice some other similar case?
Right, thanks. I only checked collectible cards
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This thread aims to help new creators to know when to use certain keywords. In order to do this, we will classify all existing keywords in different classes, according to the sets where they can be used. So far, Blizzard has only broken these rules twice, so if you want to make a believable card, following them is surely a good place to start.
@Mods, if you believe this post should be included in the Fan Creations Primer thread, go ahead :)
Basic keywords
Extensive list: Battlecry, Charge, Divine Shield, Freeze, Spell Damage, Taunt.
These keywords can appear in any set, including the Basic set.
Classic keywords
Extensive list: Choose One, Combo, Counter, Deathrattle, Immune, Overload, Secret, Silence, Stealth, Windfury.
These keywords can appear in every set, except Basic. They expand the Basic ruleset to make Hearthstone more rich and complex.
Evergreen keywords
Extensive list: Discover, Poisonous, Lifesteal, Rush.
These keywords were introduced in a particular expansion, but have also appeared in later sets. If previous cards had that effect, they are modified to include the keyword (see Emperor Cobra or Queen of Pain)
Expansion-exclusive keywords
Extensive list: Spare Part, Inspire, Jade Golem, Adapt, Death Knight, Recruit, Echo, Magnetic, Overkill, Twinspell, Reborn.
These keywords only exist in the expansion they are introduced. If previous of later sets include cards with similar effects, they are worded explicitly (see how Meat Wagon and Captain Hooktusk don't use Recruit, even if their effect is just that).
Year-exclusive keywords
Extensive list: Echo, Lackey.
These keywords can appear in all cards of a certain Year. While Lackey was a year-exclusive keyword by design, the inclusion of Echo in this category is more or less accidental, since the only card that doesn't belong to The Witchwood with this keyword is SN1P-SN4P.
Recurring keywords
Extensive list: Mega-Windfury, Quest, Choose a Deathrattle, Casts When Drawn, Choose Twice, Start of Game.
These keywords appear in expansions from time to time. All of them are very different in nature, however:
Could you give examples of this? There are very odd artworks from time to time, but I don't think it's very often.
Next: A Shadow Priest card.
Is there any reason why some tol'vir have jackal or goat heads? Like High Priest Amet or King Phaoris. Maybe they're just wearing masks...
Is it me or we're just three people playing? 😂
Next: A Millhouse version from Rise of Shadows.
I made both Goliath and Hordaki's suggestions.
Next: Let's make a [Hearthstone Card (Puzzle-Box of Yogg'Saron) Not Found] for another explorer!
I'm just gonna drop this here:
I'm pretty sure they will. I mean, recipes have been a thing before he existed, so I guess they'll still be around once he rotates out.
Drain Soul is sad. Drain Life is even sadder.
Reborn is kinda equivalent to Divine Shield, so it's strictly better than 1 Health.
I'd say I prefer it over 2 Health, too, but that's more subjective.
So, this isn't worse than Obsidian Destroyer.
Next: Must be a Druid Demon called Druid of the Legion with a Choose One effect that transforms itself. Lots of requirements, I know.
Why? Many people compare it to Sludge Belcher (rightfully, IMO), which was very strong.
This and Kindly Grandmother are the only two granny cards in the entire game and both of them have a Deathrattle effect.
That's a pretty cruel joke, blizz.
Kind of a mix between Rin, the First Disciple and The Darkness, and pretty broken with Plot Twist... But couldn't come up with anything better.
Next: Shaman card with Totem synergy.
Golems have been mindless lackeys since their conception. Haven't you watched that incredibly old German film about them? Or , well, that Halloween Simpsons episode that parodies it.
I like the biblical feel of certain cards this expansion, like the Plagues or this new card Overflow. I'm an atheist, btw 😂
He's clearly the guy who dies first.
Next: A Hunter Secret.
Hozen Healer was decent in Arena, and this has much better stats for the cost and affects two minions.
Not sure if it will see constructed play because it doesn't seem very synergistic, but it is a very good individual card.