I got some sleep and woke up to immediately redo these cards ideas. I appreciate all the kind criticism as it's helping me get a better grasp of the card designing process. I tried to redo the cards above in a different manner, but kept them in the same string of 3 tiers to a legendary. I think I managed to decrease the power level of the cards but I'm not 100% sure. I think these are definitely not as overpowered as the original insomnia versions I made.
I will keep that in mind for my next go around once inspiration strikes. Had I seen your comment earlier I would have taken more time once I re-did the cards above, but I kind of got what sleep I could and woke up to redo the cards.
That did help a lot. And I completely blanked on the OG Sylvanas before she was undead. I also blanked on Pyros as a good reference for these. I had the idea of these as a "Here's your hero as a card" in my head if Blizzard wanted to insert them as some kind of celebration of each classes OG representation, Sylvanas being the neutral choice because she was an auto-include from the neutral pool for a long time.
Balance was definitely not on my mind. However! Before I go crazy expanding on this train of thought, I will re-evaluate what I've made with balance in mind thanks to your comment. I appreciate the kind criticism on my first try at this. Hopefully, when I get some rest and tackle this topic again, I'll have balanced these cards and figured out a few more to post.
Hello! First time custom hearthstone card maker here, please forgive me if I don't format things right. I'm having a bit of insomnia and unless I get this idea out of my head I won't be able to even attempt to sleep again. The thought came to me about having multi-tiered legendary cards, similar to the Primes in Ashes of Outland, but based on fan favorite characters/current class heroes. So far I only created a neutral legendary to represent my idea. Below I have pasted three cards I made that all come with the same starting legendary. The condition to get the next version is via deathrattle, but each card has a unique ability that hopefully is worthwhile in case of silencing effects. The other non-neutral classes would get a multi-tier legendary just like Sylvanas here, but with effects more themed to the character and class identity of the card. I also thought it would be neat if the three versions of the card represented different aspects of the chosen characters character development throughout the history of Warcraft and WoW.
EDIT: I have redone my current card ideas, maybe they're more balanced now.
If you're just recently getting into things then you're definitely investing in the right sets. Ikoria and Core 21 are so strong on their own it's insane. I hope you're having a fun time and continue to do so!
I've seen a lot of cultivate in historic and sprinkled in standard. Ugin is in various historic decks, but I only saw him once in a ramp Ulamog deck as an alternate win condition. I've been mostly playing Gruul or Golagri mill in standard with mixed results. Historic is starting to be over-run by various ramp Ulamog decks thanks to so much land draw and Nissa.
What commander in M21 have you been looking forward to the most?
Quite a few of the new legendary mono-colored creatures have some neat stuff going on. For me it's a hard choice between Barrin, Tolarian Archmage and Mangara, the Diplomat. Barrin is the more mechanically fun one, giving you a nice setup for some combos or stall against your opponent. Mangara though is the more versatile for card advantage. Given all the lifegain in white and ways to protect creatures, I feel like Mangara could give you so much more value and help you setup any potential combos as a result. Barrin is just going to do cheeky things once or twice a game but that's also fun. So for me it's Barrin if I am looking to just have fun and do something goofy, or Mangara if I'm looking to be serious and try to gain card advantage to always have what I need when I need to answer my opponents threats and strategies. And what's even better is if you play a UB commander deck and just slot both of these guys in for some bounce related shenanigans, especially if they call up Venser to join the party.
I got some sleep and woke up to immediately redo these cards ideas. I appreciate all the kind criticism as it's helping me get a better grasp of the card designing process. I tried to redo the cards above in a different manner, but kept them in the same string of 3 tiers to a legendary. I think I managed to decrease the power level of the cards but I'm not 100% sure. I think these are definitely not as overpowered as the original insomnia versions I made.
I will keep that in mind for my next go around once inspiration strikes. Had I seen your comment earlier I would have taken more time once I re-did the cards above, but I kind of got what sleep I could and woke up to redo the cards.
That did help a lot. And I completely blanked on the OG Sylvanas before she was undead. I also blanked on Pyros as a good reference for these. I had the idea of these as a "Here's your hero as a card" in my head if Blizzard wanted to insert them as some kind of celebration of each classes OG representation, Sylvanas being the neutral choice because she was an auto-include from the neutral pool for a long time.
I've re-made the cards entirely!
Balance was definitely not on my mind. However! Before I go crazy expanding on this train of thought, I will re-evaluate what I've made with balance in mind thanks to your comment. I appreciate the kind criticism on my first try at this. Hopefully, when I get some rest and tackle this topic again, I'll have balanced these cards and figured out a few more to post.
Hello! First time custom hearthstone card maker here, please forgive me if I don't format things right. I'm having a bit of insomnia and unless I get this idea out of my head I won't be able to even attempt to sleep again. The thought came to me about having multi-tiered legendary cards, similar to the Primes in Ashes of Outland, but based on fan favorite characters/current class heroes. So far I only created a neutral legendary to represent my idea. Below I have pasted three cards I made that all come with the same starting legendary. The condition to get the next version is via deathrattle, but each card has a unique ability that hopefully is worthwhile in case of silencing effects. The other non-neutral classes would get a multi-tier legendary just like Sylvanas here, but with effects more themed to the character and class identity of the card. I also thought it would be neat if the three versions of the card represented different aspects of the chosen characters character development throughout the history of Warcraft and WoW.
EDIT: I have redone my current card ideas, maybe they're more balanced now.
Neutral:
Priest:
If you're just recently getting into things then you're definitely investing in the right sets. Ikoria and Core 21 are so strong on their own it's insane. I hope you're having a fun time and continue to do so!
I've seen a lot of cultivate in historic and sprinkled in standard. Ugin is in various historic decks, but I only saw him once in a ramp Ulamog deck as an alternate win condition. I've been mostly playing Gruul or Golagri mill in standard with mixed results. Historic is starting to be over-run by various ramp Ulamog decks thanks to so much land draw and Nissa.
What commander in M21 have you been looking forward to the most?
Quite a few of the new legendary mono-colored creatures have some neat stuff going on. For me it's a hard choice between Barrin, Tolarian Archmage and Mangara, the Diplomat. Barrin is the more mechanically fun one, giving you a nice setup for some combos or stall against your opponent. Mangara though is the more versatile for card advantage. Given all the lifegain in white and ways to protect creatures, I feel like Mangara could give you so much more value and help you setup any potential combos as a result. Barrin is just going to do cheeky things once or twice a game but that's also fun. So for me it's Barrin if I am looking to just have fun and do something goofy, or Mangara if I'm looking to be serious and try to gain card advantage to always have what I need when I need to answer my opponents threats and strategies. And what's even better is if you play a UB commander deck and just slot both of these guys in for some bounce related shenanigans, especially if they call up Venser to join the party.