Eventually you want to start using the Ragnaros Hero Power, so why not create an Inspire minion? Undying Tauren is that minion.
These two are the same thing, more or less; just a different way of phrasing the Battlecry. I couldn't decide which was the better way to say it, so I made two dramatically-different cards so you could tell them apart and help me out there.
I'm really excited to see what people come up with to support the deck :D
My personal favourite is definitely Against The Wall, I think it has great flavour and is such a cool card. Annoy-O-Giant is a bit strong to be actually printed and Undying Tauren is either too strong or too weak, depending on when you play it. As for the wording of the legendaries, I think Blackhand makes more sense, as duplicates have been shown to be a 'mechanic' of sorts due to highlander.
Good luck to all the finalists! I’m a bit sad I didn’t make it this time, but I reckon my design was a bit too complex compared to the relative simplicity of most of the others
OK, design #2. What do you guys think of this one? When a card is 'bagged' it is stored inside that minion instead of being added to your hand. Silence hard-counters it, but other than that, I'm happy with this one. What do you guys think?
My idea was for a kaiju-type card, and you can't have a giant monster without another giant monster to battle. You'd have to plan ahead to take care of your opponent's Insectoid, but if you do you could make a major swing.
This is interesting. It seems fairly neutral at first glance, but Hunter has a lot of hand-buff and draw buff to make sure that yours is better than the opponents on playing it. It has great flavour too.
As for feedback on mine, would changing the cost and matching the stats accordingly work? I have a couple of other ideas, but I wanna see if there's any redemption for my card before I put it away and conjure something new. Thanks for the feedback btw! :)
The drawback is the interesting part of this week’s contest, and I’m trying to go about it a different way. Gurtogg here (a missing boss from the Black Temple, like Illidan, Reliquary, and Gorefiend) just can’t wait to fight. But he’s gonna have to. You can’t mulligan for him, and even if you shuffle your deck, he’ll be at the bottom. Maybe you’ll get lucky and Recruit him. Otherwise, he’s a great, cheap play in a long game, but you better have a deck that can make it that far
OK. I personally love this card! It's got a very unique drawback that make its ridiculous stats manageable, yet it still has synergy with heavy draw decks and Recruit-type effects. No complaints here, this one is cool!
Here are some cards I already had made that fit the theme:
I already submitted Short-Tempered Brute in a previous competition and it didn't make the finals so I probably won't submit it this time but I will still put it out there anyway.
I had created Shadow Imp along with some other non-warlock/demonhunter demons for the competition last week but then decided that I didn't like them much and didn't bother submitting.
What do you think?
That's a lot... I'll try my best to be helpful!
Illidan is a cool effect, but now that he's a hero, it might be better to change the actual flavour of the card. It doesn't have to be legendary either, that could easily pass for a Rare or Epic in my opinion if you tweaked the flavour.
For Crystal Imp, do you mean destroy a friendly demon? Cause the wording implies you could destroy any demon and that would be LUDICROUSLY strong. I still think it's a bit strong regardless, as it wouldn't be a challenge to just destroy a random imp you summoned.
Reno... I'm not quite sure if Highlander is a downside, but lets say it is for now. I'm not quite sure on the usability of it. Dragons are generally very expensive, so filling your hand with many expensive dragons probably isn't the best idea...
Shadow Imp is flat-out not a downside. Sorry.
Short-Tempered Brute is your best, but that's already been submitted... I'd say submit Illidan with different flavour, or Crystal Imp with different wording and maybe a slight balance change. I don't think highlander counts as a downside (please correct if I'm wrong) and Shadow Imp doesn't match this theme at all.
Good luck to you with the re-works and sorry if I was a bit harsh.
Here's my first idea. I'm really unsure of the balance, but I wanted something a bit more flavourful than I usually do. I considered making it Priest/Legendary, but I wanted to wait on any feedback you guys might have!
Anyways, here's some of my own -
@linkblade91 - I personally prefer Sinestras design, as I feel like it just has a better effect and could have genuine use if it was printed. The Icy Guardian isn't bad, I just think it's a little bit plain.
@demonxz95 - I am so conflicted on this one. Depending on when you draw it, it's either amazing or terrible. The effect is really unique and could get you hella votes... or people could hate it. I'm sorry, I can't think of much to say about it, other than I love how bold and unique it is.
@thehoax91 - I just think this is a good, solid card. The effect of anti-lifesteal is cool, but you could maybe mess the stats a bit and make it so it only heals your opponent rather than both of you.
@shaveyou - I like the Shaman one better than the Druid one. The Druid one seems way too restrictive and it almost feels too weak in a way, it has no real synergy, just a flat drawback. Whereas the Shaman card, while it can be a hefty drawback, also has room for a few synergies, so it's instantly appealing.
@menacingbagel - Ignoring the awkward grammar and punctuation (sorry, I'm really uptight about that stuff), I like the idea. It could be better as a Warlock card, as they have ways to stall out their mana generation. There's also the problem that it's a dead draw after Turn 10, but I don't think you could balance it by making it a Start of Game effect... or maybe I'm just dumb.
Overall, I reckon this competition could have some really unique ones! I'm excited to see what people come up with. :)
Good luck to everyone for the final votes! I loved some of these designs, and I’m really interested to see what hits the finals! Mine this time could’ve been better I think, some of the ones I’ve seen just blow mine out of the water
Ur'zul are formed from the bodies and souls of fallen members of the Army of the Light.
Ooh... I kinda like the vibe of this one! It has a similar feel to Blood Knight, but the boys are more easily accessible than Divine Shields. No flaws from me, this ones really cool
hi all, here's my first look (i'm sure I'll try some shaman lark before time).
This seems too strong. For minions that cost 5 or more, it's a 4-mana Mind Control that counts as a minion. The Neutral restriction is a solid idea but it's still crazy. Maybe bump the cost up a bit or completely re-work the card because the 'downside' of taking damage is largely irrelevant if you're spending 4 mana for a Mind Control with a twist. (Yeah the Neutral-only bit is a downside, but it can also grab Elusive cards.)
Yeah, that sounds a lot better... TO HEARTHCARDS
I see your point... maybe the text should be 'Taunt, loses Taunt when damaged'?
Alright, changed the stat line and the flavour. I like this a lot better already :)
My personal favourite is definitely Against The Wall, I think it has great flavour and is such a cool card. Annoy-O-Giant is a bit strong to be actually printed and Undying Tauren is either too strong or too weak, depending on when you play it. As for the wording of the legendaries, I think Blackhand makes more sense, as duplicates have been shown to be a 'mechanic' of sorts due to highlander.
Also great theme btw :)
Here's my first idea. Might change the name/find better art, but this is just a rough draft.
Good luck to all the finalists! I’m a bit sad I didn’t make it this time, but I reckon my design was a bit too complex compared to the relative simplicity of most of the others
Ah yes, Wild. The mode that is strictly made for a meta. Not for fun. Not at all.
Good luck with the final votes everyone! This one will be close, I can tell
Yeah... we kinda all expected this. I'm a little surprised they hit Aldrachi, but the other 3 are very justified. PREDICTION TIME!
I think they'll either increase the cost of Antean or reduce the awaken effect (maybe like 6?)
Eye Beam will go to Outcast - Costs 1.
Skull Of Guldan will either draw 2 cards or reduce the cost by 2 when Outcasted
And Aldrachi will most likely become a 2/2.
Let's see how accurate I am...
Looking back, I do see the similarities to Gral... do you think making it Neutral would work better?
OK, design #2. What do you guys think of this one? When a card is 'bagged' it is stored inside that minion instead of being added to your hand. Silence hard-counters it, but other than that, I'm happy with this one. What do you guys think?
This is interesting. It seems fairly neutral at first glance, but Hunter has a lot of hand-buff and draw buff to make sure that yours is better than the opponents on playing it. It has great flavour too.
As for feedback on mine, would changing the cost and matching the stats accordingly work? I have a couple of other ideas, but I wanna see if there's any redemption for my card before I put it away and conjure something new. Thanks for the feedback btw! :)
OK. I personally love this card! It's got a very unique drawback that make its ridiculous stats manageable, yet it still has synergy with heavy draw decks and Recruit-type effects. No complaints here, this one is cool!
I personally have been giving Whizbang the Wonderful one last hurrah. It's such a meme card, but I don't play much ladder anyways, so why not?
That's a lot... I'll try my best to be helpful!
Illidan is a cool effect, but now that he's a hero, it might be better to change the actual flavour of the card. It doesn't have to be legendary either, that could easily pass for a Rare or Epic in my opinion if you tweaked the flavour.
For Crystal Imp, do you mean destroy a friendly demon? Cause the wording implies you could destroy any demon and that would be LUDICROUSLY strong. I still think it's a bit strong regardless, as it wouldn't be a challenge to just destroy a random imp you summoned.
Reno... I'm not quite sure if Highlander is a downside, but lets say it is for now. I'm not quite sure on the usability of it. Dragons are generally very expensive, so filling your hand with many expensive dragons probably isn't the best idea...
Shadow Imp is flat-out not a downside. Sorry.
Short-Tempered Brute is your best, but that's already been submitted... I'd say submit Illidan with different flavour, or Crystal Imp with different wording and maybe a slight balance change. I don't think highlander counts as a downside (please correct if I'm wrong) and Shadow Imp doesn't match this theme at all.
Good luck to you with the re-works and sorry if I was a bit harsh.
Here's my first idea. I'm really unsure of the balance, but I wanted something a bit more flavourful than I usually do. I considered making it Priest/Legendary, but I wanted to wait on any feedback you guys might have!
Anyways, here's some of my own -
@linkblade91 - I personally prefer Sinestras design, as I feel like it just has a better effect and could have genuine use if it was printed. The Icy Guardian isn't bad, I just think it's a little bit plain.
@demonxz95 - I am so conflicted on this one. Depending on when you draw it, it's either amazing or terrible. The effect is really unique and could get you hella votes... or people could hate it. I'm sorry, I can't think of much to say about it, other than I love how bold and unique it is.
@thehoax91 - I just think this is a good, solid card. The effect of anti-lifesteal is cool, but you could maybe mess the stats a bit and make it so it only heals your opponent rather than both of you.
@shaveyou - I like the Shaman one better than the Druid one. The Druid one seems way too restrictive and it almost feels too weak in a way, it has no real synergy, just a flat drawback. Whereas the Shaman card, while it can be a hefty drawback, also has room for a few synergies, so it's instantly appealing.
@menacingbagel - Ignoring the awkward grammar and punctuation (sorry, I'm really uptight about that stuff), I like the idea. It could be better as a Warlock card, as they have ways to stall out their mana generation. There's also the problem that it's a dead draw after Turn 10, but I don't think you could balance it by making it a Start of Game effect... or maybe I'm just dumb.
Overall, I reckon this competition could have some really unique ones! I'm excited to see what people come up with. :)
Good luck to the finalists! Disappointed I didn’t get in, but next week I’ll try my best
Good luck to everyone for the final votes! I loved some of these designs, and I’m really interested to see what hits the finals! Mine this time could’ve been better I think, some of the ones I’ve seen just blow mine out of the water
Ooh... I kinda like the vibe of this one! It has a similar feel to Blood Knight, but the boys are more easily accessible than Divine Shields. No flaws from me, this ones really cool
This seems too strong. For minions that cost 5 or more, it's a 4-mana Mind Control that counts as a minion. The Neutral restriction is a solid idea but it's still crazy. Maybe bump the cost up a bit or completely re-work the card because the 'downside' of taking damage is largely irrelevant if you're spending 4 mana for a Mind Control with a twist. (Yeah the Neutral-only bit is a downside, but it can also grab Elusive cards.)