Words of Power Card Design Competition

Welcome to Sunset at Westfall! Where the fastest Gunslingers of Azeroth duel each other for just a fistful of Mana Crystals...

Gunslinger is the exclusive keyword for a wild-west expansion set in the WoW location of Westfall.

This sort of effect is a staple of other card games, like MtG's First Strike or LoR's Quick Attack and, although Heartstone has it mostly covered by Divine Shield, Gunslinger has some interesting uses that wouldn't be possible with DS, as showcased by all three cards.

'Why is the name singular when it has four of them?'
'His obsession isn't always conductive to wise decisions.'
'Mark was the best thing about Green Lantern.'

Objectives are a form of spell that function like a Sidequest, but they offer multiple branching paths that scale in difficulty to complete. The more difficult the path you choose is, the stronger the Reward is for completing it. As a result, it has a lot of flexibility. If you need the reward now or all you need is the smallest variation, you can play it and probably complete it very easily. Alternatively, you can play it and draw it out over a longer period of time to unleash a huge blast on your opponent later.

Harmony is a bonus if you already played a copy of the card during this game.

It can be accessed naturally by running two copies of the card in the deck, but also through copy effects such as Moonlit Guidance, Cold Storage, Shadowstep, Selective Breeder and so on.

Also, I really like how all the numbers are the same on the cards, it really creates a harmonic card overall, representing well the mechanic flavor.

New evergreen class-specific keyword for Hunter inspired by the recent announcement of Priest's Overheal. It follows the essence of Hunter which is SMOrcing, be it with your minions, weapons, spells or simply your Hero Power.

(Nothing to do with the other Hunter Predator keyword, just an insane coincidence I just found out about!)

The Maddened keyword is a negative keyword that gives the opponent control over the minion's attacks (although they must obey taunt and normal HS attack rules, and you can also choose not to attack when you know it would backfire). Thematically, it would be part of another "Corruption of the Old Gods" set and represents a character being driven mad and taking "insane" actions controlled by the Old Gods. It also adds an interesting gameplay dynamic because it rewards thinking ahead and setting up the board to make your Maddened attacks useful or prevent your opponent's Maddened minions from having good attacks.

As for the cards themselves, Mad Magi is a corrupted version of Ogre Magi who now spreads Madness instead of giving spell damage. Giving enemy minions Maddened can either protect your Hero's health by sending the Maddened minions into small minions on the board, or it can send the enemies at your Hero to protect your minions. Essentially, it acts as a more interesting and less frustrating version of freezing minions that the opponent can interact with.

Xal'atath is an Old God weapon that drives your Hero insane with its whispers, forcing Priest to keep the board clear to deal face damage or accept Xal'atath's attacks being sent into 1/1s. I think that Xal'atath is probably too slow and easy to sabotage for it to fit into current aggressive Shadow Priest decks, but with Lifesteal and the ability to help control the board and deal face damage if set up correctly, I think it could encourage a more control or combo oriented Shadow Priest.

Finally, Fallen Chromie represents the Bronze dragon Chromie under the influence of the Old God's corruption. Chromie takes Maddened in an interesting direction by applying Anachronos' effect to minions instead of actually attacking them, which the Paladin player can make the most of by playing her when the opponent only has large minions. Once Chromie no longer has her Rush attack, however, Maddened allows the opponent to just send Chromie face to deny her ability, making her a mostly one-time effect outside of countering enemy Taunts.

Hit the ignition and prepare for takeoff, the Launch is about to start! With some outer-space/rocketry flavor for an expansion, cards using this keyword give you a bonus if you begin your turn with them.

To clarify, you will be shown three options. Two will be random cards from your hand. You can choose to discard one of them to trigger the effect or you can keep both, but lose the effect.

"Welcome to the Forsworn Family!"

ex.4/5 minion can target a 2/4 or 3/3 or 1/1 minion etc...

Shadow is a Priest-specific mechanic. Cards with Shadow trigger a bonus effect if played while your hero is in Shadowform.

These cards are based around the theme of the corruption of Eranikus, however there are many flavours through which this mechanic could be explored; it would ideally be evergreen, in the vein of Overload.

A new keyword for hunter! Lean in more in the Hunter fantasy by gaining bonuses for having successfully hunted prey in a turn!

• Reptile Fetcher - Functionally a 2 mana 4/3 if you can activate Predator. Of course you can hit something else of higher priority other than the Crocolisk or play it dircetly without Predator. The purpose of the card is to also offer you something to hunt in the case the enemy has no minions. The crocolisk is just the vanilla 2/3 one, hope it's clear enough that it doesn't need a token.
• Night Hunt - Hit and track your prey! A little less efficient damage/mana value but the Rush carries over to the next turn allowing you to play a Beast and attack right away to trigger another Predator next turn.
• Cobraptor - You select your mark and sic your pet onto it next turn, hopefully killing it for Predator activation next turn. If you are already in a chain of kills you can make killing the cobraptor before it can attack super hard with stealth. He's beefy enough to benefit from Night Hunt too, possibly taking down 2 to 3 targets even.