The Return of MECH Shaman?! Top Custom Cards of the Week

[@bobbybobsen123]

For Physiological Needs, it actually has the same problem as the “draw 2 cards” part. The card doesn’t ask you to have max mana crystals, but that your mana crystals are full, and as the card cost 1 mana this only happens if you can discount the card to 0 mana.

[@vincentpelletier57]

Well, Esteem Needs is even more difficult, since it is itself a card played from hand, therefore it is impossible for the hand to be full while it is being cast. Each step certainly has issues. Interesting concept, but probably unsalvageable.

[@SunbleachedAngel]

@@vincentpelletier57 technically possible with Gathetzan Auctioneer since his effect activates before the spells' effects but yeah, they card is super poorly worded/designed

[@shanedancer3895]

@@vincentpelletier57 idk if I’d describe the card design as unsalvagable, just terribly worded. I think everyone understands the intent behind each card so all you have to do is rewrite the cards to actually fit the effect

[@nifdoowo]

I mean the draw part has a double whammy issue of is a card played from hand and if your hand would be full even after playing it, it couldn't add the payoff card into your hand aswell

[@joemama-kc7ez]

@@SunbleachedAngel thats an issue, because it then cannot add another car to your hand

[@jesuschrist9677]

the Franz card is funny and flavorful, but if you change its name to king arthas's dad or something the card could easily be printed

[@ezariogerion3138]

I was going to provide his correct name, but discovered that I actually forgot his name. Oh the irony.

[@muntaacas6358]

@@ezariogerion3138 Terenas Menethil II

[@themostdiabolicalhater5986]

Love that you’re on a first-name basis with the Archduke

[@stevenyoung9738]

@@themostdiabolicalhater5986 you ain't? What did you do to get hated by him

[@cranapple3367]

[Establishing shot of Northrend, VO of Arthas's Dad Or Something] My kid or whatever Right around when you showed up, some trees or something told me "Arthas" was a dope name Little dude, I guess I liked seeing you get bigger and become a weapon of being good and stuff Don't let it slip your mind that earlier dudes were smart and strong And I'm pretty sure you won't be a jerk just because you're swole But man, it's the best when your people really like you I'm talking about this because when I die I'm pretty sure you get my job

[@sk8rdman]

7:11 I think that's the point. The lesson we have to learn from this card is that even after going through all of this effort to fulfill all of your needs, self actualization is unattainable.

[@satori8626]

Damn that's deep.

[@BitterBatter]

This would be the Trump card of the week if Trump had depression

[@PlutoDarknight]

Mechastorm Al'Akir reminds me a lot of the Vilefin Inquisitor for Paladin, the 1-drop that makes your Hero Power summon 1/1 murlocs instead of just dudes.

[@hagger4858]

except al'akir you don't have to draw, doesn't require you to play a 1 mana 1/3 (bad stats) but the synergies is probably a bit weaker Edit: 1 mana 1/3 murloc wasn't that bad back in the day, my mistake. got caught a bit up in that nowadays a 1 mana 1/3 needs powerful upsides to work

[@icecontrol2571]

@@hagger4858 since when is a 1 mana 1/3 bad stats? people played Dire Mole. the reason Vilefin Inquisitor wasn't played was because it would make you summon a bunch of 1/1s with no effect off of Anyfin Can Happen.

[@TheMirksta]

@@hagger4858 Vilefin's effect almost never did anything, it just had good stats

[@hagger4858]

@@TheMirksta The effect was a good part of it, tho now thinking about it 1 mana 1/3 murloc might be good back then, my bad.

[@hagger4858]

@@icecontrol2571 You didn't play anyfin can happen in the deck, that was a separate deck that was more like a combo deck, and the 1/1 murlocs was a really nice benefit with cards like murloc warleader, but where you are right are that back the 1 mana 1/3 murloc could see play, nowadays a 1 mana 1/3 has to have really strong upsides.

[@GaveLJorgensson]

09:12 This could be re-told as a reference to the 'Spell of Conjuration' cast by Ner'zhul which tore the fabric of Draenor apart. The spells could be the catastrophic events which followed

[@robertlupa8273]

0:11 It feels unreal to not only have the Trump Card of the Week be the first one, but also the one that I've seen and loved myself. Absolutely beautiful.

[@atChinome]

Estem needs actually have 2 major flaws in its technical design 1, You can't add the new card in your hand is full (pointed out in the video) 2, If you play that card, then your hand will almost never be full when it's effect is calculated unless you play specific cards like gadgetzan auctioneer

[@simonbas6]

The way it's worded I assume you draw 2 first and then it checks if your hand is full right? Same way that the gain 2 mana crystals wouldn't work if it checked then gave you 2 mana since it costs 1 mana to cast

[@atChinome]

@@simonbas6 wording specifies "already", the intent is clearly to check before the card does its things. I'd even say the intent is clearly that all the steps of the "quest" do nothing for the quest to be more difficult

[@dwang663]

For anyone wondering, classless act is: deal 1 damage, and 2 damage to the energy hero restore 2 health gain 1 armor draw 1 card summon 1 basic totem and 1 silver hand recruit equip a 1/2 weapon, gain +2 attack this turn

[@Serphentin]

...what happened to warrior? Or I guess it does even out if warlock happens after. If warlock happens first, it'd potentially be important that you lose 2 HP, gain 2 armour

[@raphaelunger3057]

It's gain plus one attack this turn

[@slimede1452]

You have Druid and DH giving 1 attack each​@@raphaelunger3057

[@maciejtorbicz9616]

Druid plus demon hunter​@@raphaelunger3057

[@rikufujibayashi9383]

I do wanna say on physiological needs, I do really like how it plays amazingly into druids class identity. Ramping to maximum mana, druid has a healing theme and not only that but this card has natural synergy with the tree of life that's 9 mana, token druid shows us how to fill the board,then filling hand, druid has massive draw effects, see overflow and ultimate infestation so as badly balanced as it is, to me it's very in flavour design

[@tora148]

Someone on the post for Draw commented that it should be phrased “At the end of your turn, draw 2 cards.” Otherwise, any random spell effects (like Yogg’s Box, or Yogg itself) could end your turn prematurely by casting Draw, which feels pretty bad in my opinion.

[@joshparchure9084]

But then you can play cards after Draw. The turn ending was the intended downside for a value 2 mana draw 2, but your point is very valid; the card's design is fundamentally flawed

[@hellfrozenphoenix13]

@@joshparchure9084 to be fair, it acheives the same effect. By making it draw two at the end of turn, you cannot utilize the draw immediately. So i agree with OP on that fitting well, and accounting for Yoga style effects.

[@joshparchure9084]

@@hellfrozenphoenix13 sure you can't use the cards, but i was thinking the flavour of the card was to "draw your weapons" and prepare for the attack, hence ending your turn. but yes it does fix those yogg interactions which would be pretty bad for the game

[@skovborgjensen9767]

Classless act for 4 mana would be insane though. Deal 1 to anything, deal 2 to the enemy hero, gain 3 attack and 1 armor + dagger (druid+rogue+demon hunter), draw a card (warrior+warlock), restore 2 health, summon a 1/1 Silver Hand and a random totem sounds like an insane tempo swing If the opponent doesn't have taunt, you can simplify it to 4 mana: Deal 6 damage to the enemy hero, draw a card and summon two 0 cost minions, and it would would probably be a good card, even neglecting some of the effects. Edit: math

[@atChinome]

I think if we try to assimilate that to other cards to estimate the real cost it would be something like that (trying to pick up the cheapest cards from classes) ~Renew on self (priest + warrior + druid armor + warlock) Arcane shot face (hunter) whatever 1 mana minion summoning a random 0 drop (shaman + paladin) ~twin slice (druide attack + rogue + dh) (could have been pounce) So yeah around 3~5 mana worth of rather good cheap cards, with no extra tax on mana

[@BIOHAZARD_V2]

That's what I was thinking. It would probably have to be 5 mana since it's neutral at the cheapest.

[@N12015]

I would say 5 mana. Is a lot of face damage, a bit of cycling, a bit of armor, a ping and the hunter cat.

[@judemccabe1242]

Ultimately the only part about the whole thing that means it should be 5 mana, is the drawing a card from warlock really. Warlock hero power is the only one of the group thats worth around 1 mana, rather than the 0.5 that all the others are worth.

[@jordanlelievre2029]

Thinking of it as a 4 mana draw a card, equip a 3 damage weapon this turn that deals one damage next turn, ping something, heal a friendly minion that value traded this turn, summon a 1/1 and a 0/2 or a second 1/1. It sounds pretty good for sure but at 5 or 6 mana, i don't know if it would be playable. Its like a flame juggler (stats and ping) + a fire war axe (weapon) combo + some minor additional affects.

[@ktktktktktktkt]

1:33 and also it's similar to other aoe attached to deathrattles. Delayed AOE means there's a lot of counterplay in particular silence although in this case you can't play around it with buffs.

[@ktktktktktktkt]

14:41 obviously you wouldn't be playing mechastorm alakir for the stats but 4 mana 3/5 is weak for an effect that doesn't do anything inherently. Could be a 4/5 at least.

[@idulus]

@@ktktktktktktkt Debatable. At 4/5 Taunt it would have no downside. It really depends on the strength of mech synergie shaman receives. If they get strong synergie, then 3/5 is fine. If they get weak synergie, might be wort buffing to 4/5

[@SonyaBladesBooty]

But what if you play Franz Ferdinand and then play a Brawl and he dies?? You can't play a Brawl if there's only 1 minion....

[@Biggy-je9lu]

There's just something about Trump referring to WW1 as "a massive brawl"

[@Redzeths]

Surprising how much people have learned about the start of turn effect after trump gave them all 1 star in season 1

[@jakeshmo3322]

Too be fair, a lot of those cards were horribly unbalanced anyway, even if they had a cool effect.

[@YouAreLyingJane]

I think the problem with Aranna is also that your opponent may never end up drawing the changed card which is weird and makes the cards really specific in terms of when it's actually useful. Your opponent may have even already drawn the card you wanted to turn into a wraith when you play Aranna, which is another situation when this card barely does anything.

[@NuckElBerg]

I agree with what you said about the two situations, but I'd argue that this makes the card arguably quite balanced, since it's not as consistent as Trump would suggest.

[@Freekymoho]

Also if aranna became too prevalent, but combo was otherwise top tier, combo decks might try to juke her by putting in one card that costs the same or more than their main combo enabler

[@epidjxd8704]

Also if she would be prevalent in the meta its quite easy to build around, just have your highest cost minion not be your combo piece (yeah go cry me a river all you Daddy D Fanboys) If its Kel, Kael, Maly or whomever just add a Stonborn general and you're safe from Aranna. Even Denathrius gets a 50% or with 2 Generals even a 66% chance to dodge the effect. Lower the stats to 5/5 as suggested and you enemy now just played a sub-par minion losing valuable tempo giving you time to get your combo off. And if she makes it to wild ... lets go, The Darkness becomes a 4 Mana 20/20 if you build correctly... Tech-Cards can never be overpowered. Because if they are, you know they are Coming, which means you can just avoid the Tech and be happy your Opponent is playing a Trash minion. THE ONLY Problem besides the statline is that Tech-Cards shouldn't be Class specifics. Tech needs to accesable to all classes to avoid very one sided Metas. Otherwise if a Combo-Meta forms and Aranna is the Answer its gonna be 50% Demonhunter 50% whatever combo is Strong in Ranked

[@ethanmontgomery6132]

I also just do not see the flavor at all. Pretty sure the creator made it just to dunk on Denathrius and nothing more.

[@YouAreLyingJane]

@@NuckElBerg you would most likely be corret. I agree the card is balanced, but I think it's swingy (unreliable as it's often useless), easy to counter and not that interesting over all.

[@jorgelenny47]

These cards with "end your turn" should really have additional text like, "when played from hand" or whatever, because if they're randomly cast, randomly ending your turn shouldn't be a thing, at least I believe so

[@freshproduce4954]

Gud point

[@TechnoBacon55]

Or, you know: “At the end of your turn, draw two cards.”

[@Shero1337]

@@TechnoBacon55 That's much better

[@Begeru]

There are other spells that are horrible to be carded randomly like Cataclysm. That’s just part of the game.

[@baconeko]

@@TechnoBacon55 Wait that makes so much more sense from a hearthstone perspective, wtf I suppose the only difference would be that you could cast it in the middle of your turn and free up a card/mana, but that doesn't matter for hunter

[@dopl777]

I think for the Needs line I think it means if it's full at the time of casting not after casting, so if you have 10 cards in hand and cast it you get self-actualization, but if you have 9 or less at the time of casting you get the card draw.

[@MrAdityaShriyan]

Then the card text needs to add the word "instead" at the end of the card text, also applicable for all of it's precursor cards.

[@whiteknight8445]

"The Apocalypse" has thematic spells like twisting nether and DOOM!!! It's kind of like an apocalypse for minions because they probably die in a turn or two after they're summoned

[@Noobie2k7]

I really want to see Blizz actually give different tribes to different classes to have some great new design space. Murloc Mage, Beast Warrior, Mech Druid, Pirate Shaman etc. Would lead to some great design space.

[@TheUltimateShade667]

Demon priest sounds sick. But I guess shadow priest fits that theme already.

[@ByFee]

I think Araanna would be super interesting if it was "Transform the first minion in your opponent's deck".

[@jingyulee96]

11:36 Yeah, it's almost always worse than Blessing of Authority even with the buff to 5 mana

[@menovat]

Wow, I made it into the thumbnail!

[@LeagueOfLou]

So what happens if “draw” is cast when yog type effects are activated? I think trump didn’t account for that with forcing your turn to end cards.

[@rubysauce]

Archduke could be rethemed to some sort of warcraft character that incited a war or a conflict? Im sure something similar happened in the WoW lore

[@ruktipp2627]

I liked that the Physiological Needs card line was filled with (mostly) only Tauren Druid art.

[@Bigby4life]

1:50 If aranna was a big meta player people would start running aggro with the darkness at the top end for a 4 mana 20/20 lol

[@Cyberman091]

Another problem with esteem needs not mentioned is that having a full hand is impossible because you are playing the card itself. You can only be at 9 cards max

[@masterplusmargarita]

I think Esteem Needs has another issue - it can never go off because the already in "hand is already full" implies it checks before the draw 2 effect, but you can never have a full hand at that point because you've just played Esteem Needs. Just removing the "already" fixes that issue - the same thing applies to a lesser extent to previous steps too.

[@nightfoe79]

The suspicious cards don't trigger the option to choose for your opponent if they die on your turn, so if you backstab hooktusk, you can guarantee the card steal.

[@Handygamer]

Ever better/worse: you can also just shadowstep her, making this card super busted and entirely impossible to print at 3 mana. Imagine going Brann + Hooktusk + Shadowstep + Hooktusk at 7 mana.

[@niffthesniff8258]

if she died, then her effect wouldn't trigger at all. the stealing happens at the start of your opponents turn

[@RaventhortheWarrior]

I think the Physiological Needs legendary line is missing the word "instead" from each step. So your issue with Esteem Needs sounds off-base: it wouldn't draw 2, then trigger the full hand, then burn the card. If you're casting this with a full hand (think: Anetheron), instead add self-actualization to your hand. Which, since you spent Esteem Needs, there is now room for. I love the flavor of the card, I must admit. It's actually flawless: It solves one of your needs. But if your need is already fully met, you try to solve the next need, which is the priority order for survival. It's beautiful storytelling for sure.

[@Leopoldshark]

It would probably be better on a legendary named Maslow Peacetree, given it references Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

[@Cathuulord]

I'm pretty sure esteem needs would work fine, unless I'm misunderstanding it either draws 2 cards OR adds self realization to your hand, which is how I'm assuming every other part of it works, it's like how wild growth works at full mana

[@Leopoldshark]

Esteem could just say "become self-actualized and win" instead of adding the last part to your hand. Actually, just make it a questline with a big reward that represents an inevitable win condition instead.

[@kazumas3369]

I thought esteem wouldn't work because, when you cast it, you have 9 cards in your hand afterwards, which isn't a full hand. But it makes sense like this

[@Cathuulord]

@@Pixxel124 generally speaking a card that gives you another card will leave your hand before the new one gets added so I don't see how it wouldn't work, it's played with 10 cards in hand, counts them (including itself) then leaves the hand and adds the new card

[@liquidchalk7080]

I personally think you undervalued classless act's effect. If it was to cost 4 mana as you proposed then you would get in total for 4 mana 3 armor, a 1/2 dagger, a 1 damage ping, draw a card (assuming priest heals face for free), a 1/1 minion, +2 attack for your hero, 2 damage to the enemy face, and a random totem. If you just went face with that and ignored all of it's potential flexibility you would deal 6 to face, gain 3 armor, draw a card and summon two token minions. I think at 5 mana the card would be balanced potentially but at 4 mana it would be very strong.

[@sk8rdman]

4:35 Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

[@byVariations]

I legit said the exact same thing about the demon hunter disruption card in the subreddit and had a lot of people disagree with me and say it "just add giants"

[@afluka]

Surprised he didn't dock a point from design on Draw for only working in English. Though now that I think of it, it would work in my language too, it might for others as well.

[@andreicecold4379]

10:15 What if instead of Apocolypse, it was Eternal Darkness. Then it would be a play on shadow spells while keeping the doom theme.

[@SunbleachedAngel]

11:41 That's clearly a Rogue spell

[@l3m0ntea]

Actually i don’t find Psychological needs difficult since it’s a win condition (you don’t have to play everything on the same turn and win) but yes the wordings on the cards should be changed to be more reasonable. 1) play at 10 mana (if it is change to having max mana crystal) 2) play reno and then play it so you’ll be at full health. 3) whelps or any card that can flood your board easily. 4) play kalegos and draw all your spell till max hand then you play the last one. If you have no cards in deck you can pair it with either Elise or the Dragon that put cards in your deck. 5) Win.

[@Aeivious]

Maybe make aranna an outcast card with the text Outcast: transform the right or left (depending on where you cast aranna) most minion in your opponents hand into a wraith with its stats and cost. It wouldn't obviously not show you which position you actually effected because of spells n stuff

[@painfulelegy812]

For classless act its: Draw a card, Each hero takes 2 damage, Gain 2 attack this turn, equip a 1/2 weapon, deal one damage to any targer, heal 2 to any target, Summon a 1/1, Summon a basic totem, Gain 3 armor. Which I'm not sure if it should be 4 mana, because that is a biiit much.

[@armanaryan4663]

hey, draw was my card! my first card in the top ten cards of the week got 5 design 5 balance!

[@peterjohannsen3610]

I find it hilarious that trump always complains about things not translating well into other languages and him actually criticizing that exact word 'draw' in videos before but that he's fine with it here

[@shieldphaser]

Mm Aranna should probably be in hand instead. As for Brann, don't forget that battlecry minions also take up board space so it is capped in how wild it can go.

[@Crusader3454]

hot take: 3:15 aranna is fine because its countered by most the giants (probably add the flavor text of target above 10 mana is reduced to 10 mana

[@bruhh4667]

11:25 remember 4 mana 7/7 with overload? Toast is here to introduce brand new 5 mana 7/14 with no downside

[@fantasyfan7643]

That's not quite true, since you need to have a minion on board to transform. If you think paladin hero power into using the card for example, that is a 7 mana still, or if you were to use it on a 1 mana minion, that would require using 2 cards as a downside, as well as costing 6 mana. It might still be too strong, but its definitely not a 5 mana 7/14 no downside

[@TH3NAM313ZZ1]

I'd make aranna outcast to tranform, But it hits lowest or highest cost depending on left or right side of your hand Not sure if that would be enough of a hit to consistency, if not maybe add a mana or two to the cost

[@DatMageDoe]

A little tidbit about Aranna: Ramp Druids (the deck this is obviously targeting) runs more high-cost cards than just Denathrius. Sure, their main win condition is Denathrius, but they also have Naga Giants and Onyxia, which could take the bullet on Denathrius's behalf.

[@benjamingoh1641]

Interesting to me how Trump did not dock a design point off of Draw, in relation to the card art and name. The flavour in English makes sense, "drawing" your bow and ending your turn in preparation for next turn. The word "draw" however, does not translate to other languages. In Mandarin Chinese for example, the act of "drawing" a card is 抽 (chou1), while "drawing" a bow is 拉 (la1).

[@qedsoku849]

Classless act let’s you deal 2 damage face, 3 damage by attacking with your hero, 1 damage where you want it, draws you a card, leaves you a 1/1 weapon next turn, and can summon 2 1/1’s, seems like a lot for 4 mana considering you can deal 6 damage face with it. I think 5 is fair

[@queomeo]

10:07 I once did a card that Trump was talking about. It was a reward for a shadow quest :)

[@CardbroadM]

The Brann card reminded me of Crystal Core in a way, so maybe that can be taken as a metric for balance

[@maetriarch1727]

The problem with Classless Act on 4 mana is it's almost strictly better Fireball. Hunter and Mage hero power, plus the Rogue weapon, the +1 attack from Demon Hunter, and the +1 attack from Druid, all equals 6 damage to the face, in Rogue, which also makes two bodies, restores 2 health and draws a card.

[@Baker3102]

The needs card chain would be impossible wouldn't it? Like by playing esteem needs you would no longer have a full hand and therefore could never trigger it giving the self-actualization card right? This is assuming the change would be made to prevent it burning it because your hand was already full of course.

[@numanokami7427]

Classless Act at 4 mana seems insanely op: Basically Deal 4, heal 3, draw a card and summon 2.

[@simonbas6]

4 mana for classless act? That's 4 mana gain 3 armour, 4 attack, with a 1 attack swing next urn as well, draw a card, deal 3 to the enemy's face and summon 4 stats to the board in all classes assuming you target face with all the hero powers that are targetable. that'd be massively powerful wouldn't it?

[@saetharion]

For Aranna it doesn't include hand or deck, so being one or the other makes it skill expressive. Not sure which it should be.

[@Niitroxyde]

Isn't esteem needs' issue the fact that, if you play the card then your hand will never be full so you will never get self-actualization ? Full hand > play esteem needs > 9 cards in hand > can't trigger full hand effect so draw 2 (draw 1 and burn 1 actually) instead.

[@johnobrien2055]

The other problem is esteem can't work because you just played the card. So by definition your hand can't be full unless you cheat it out and idk how druid does that while maintaining a full hand.

[@Emperorhirohito19272]

Classless act is supposed to be a rogue card, at least that’s what the border is

[@aquadine4469]

If I was better at gathering art and stuff, I'd definitely be going and making some cards for fun, used to do a long time ago. Idk how to even push them out to where they can be viewed. But it was fun with friends

[@Gabriel.M.]

Hey Trump! I have an ideia about you make a review of every set of heartstone with this analisys of the Custom top cards of the week. So you will do the same design and the balance and we can know with you if some card printed for the blizzard is good or not, i will love that content and no one else of the community will do it better than you!

[@SyckestBlah]

With the Needs "Questline", you just build your deck around it as usual. I'm not saying it'd be a strong deck, but ramp is easy for druid. Being at full health is easy with Reno. Having a full board is easy with Scale of Onyxia or even Mad Summoner. So you'd be building a Reno combo deck, I guess.

[@DKDelnada]

IIRC we also had mech shaman in Goblins vs Gnomes, due to that wind fury mech

[@LostOnceLefthanded]

Aranna's consistency could be good for the game. It's always the same, which means you know it's coming and can play around it - versus theotar where you can't really play around him. What I mean is if disruption demon hunter is popular then you know that you need to draw your high-cost win condition before that, so it doesn't get transformed. Which can be pretty easy if you play druid for example. This creates variance in games. If you face demon hunter your game plan might be different than when playing versus hunter, which is good for the game. Also if Arianna would get too popular you can also add some throwaway ten cost minions to your deck to possibly eat the polymorph effect.

[@gregoryzelevinsky9837]

You want Classless Act to be 4 mana? That seems insane to me? Why should we have 4 mana draw a card, summon 2 little dudes, deal 6 damage to opponent, gain 3 armor?? (3 attack from dh druid rogue, 3 damage from hunter mage, 3 armor from warrior druid, draw from warlock priest, dudes from paladin shaman)

[@Partypoopersgroup]

Alright. Aranna basically the same but instead "Transform the highest cost minion into a Wraith with the same stats, but reduce its cost by half" Or something. Turn a combo play into a more tempo play as a trade off? I dunno. Just an idea.

[@matthewholt6168]

Agreed with the Aranna disruption minion. Disruption stays fun when its narrow or involves some luck. Aranna is both broad and very consistent -- OP OP.

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

Unless the combo minions are in hand: gets hard countered by simply keeping your expensive combo pieces in hand instead of sending em back in the Mulligan, which for Sire Denathrius, you want to do anyways for max infusions, or simply add in some bigger minions that aren't part of your win condition but can improve your deck's performance It's strong, but nowhere near OP since it can't hit hand

[@maxim.b]

wait, classless act gives your hero: - 3 attack (with 1 weapon charge left if you use it) - 3 armor - 1 targeted ping - 2 hero dmg - 1 draw - 1 1/1 minion - 1 random totem - +2 heal on a minion at the cost of -2 hero health i mean, that's removal/draw/board presence/aggro/health all in one. 4 mana would make it too much of an auto-include for a lot of decks, at 5 however it'd have to specifically fit your deck or you could be doing better things in that turn. i agree with 6 being too much but i disagree with 4 being the correct cost

[@PiquantPan]

Easy fix for the Hierarchy of needs card: make physiological needs gain 1 empty mana crystal, and give the card Repeatable This Turn for every phase. You probably can’t print this in standard with Guff, because it’s nearly guaranteed to win late in the game, but it lets you “Achieve” each phase instead of needing to already be there

[@sabnock31]

It probably also need to say something like "can't cost less than 1 mana" or it would be too op.

[@PiquantPan]

@@sabnock31 idk if druid has any ways to discount their own spells, but yeah, it's potentially game-breaking with something like thief priest + discount elemental

[@chris-js1kh]

The archduke death, trigger the biggest brawl in history. Twice, since without the first theres no second.

[@Nightknight1992]

classless act seems too crazy for 4 mana. going face its already 6 damage, plus it summons 2 minions and heals you for 3 and draws a card

[@Zandre1126]

I think the problem with disruption right now is that decks are too reliant on one wincon and losing that card means kinda gg. I think this is gonna be a big problem going forward because power creep is making disruption too disruptive.

[@masterplusmargarita]

Gonna go a bit off here, but this is an issue with having a card game where the attacker fully controls trades (as opposed to blocker-based systems like MTG or Runeterra where the defender picks the trades). This means aggressive strategies have an inherent advantage, which means it's harder to reach the lategame. As the power level increases the lategame becomes even harder to reach so big cards have to basically win the game on the spot to be worth running, which means the decks running them instalose if those cards are yoinked, which means disruption can cause too many really feel-bad outcomes. Iksar even said at one point they were having trouble designing cards that cost more than 5 because the power level needed to be absolutely bananas or they'd never see play. The way to solve this is simple: just dial the power level down for a few expansions every few years so you have a new baseline to creep up from. I liked when they tried to do that with the Year of the Raven - bit of a boring year because new stuff was overshadowed by the last year's stuff, but the next year could've been great - but it unfortunately was followed up by the insane power creep of Year of the Dragon, with possibly the single biggest power spike in all of Hearthstone being Descent of Dragons.

[@LTDextel]

Aranna I think could have the restriction of if your deck has no duplicates

[@maxim.b]

i think aranna is easily fixed if it's changed to "Battlecry: Transform a higher-Cost minion in your opponent's deck into a Wraith with its stats and Cost." where "higher-cost" means a random minion with a cost above the average cost of minions in their deck. this gives opponents a chance to deckbuild around it and introduces a luck factor to balance things out. a different approach would be to keep the current effect but add a positive for the opponent to it, like for example: "Battlecry: Your opponent draws the highest-Cost minion in their deck. It loses all effects and costs [3] less." that at least gives the opponent a beatdown advantage. i do think aranna with that effect should be a 5 mana 5/4 though, beatdown advantage isn't worth a lot if aranna herself can easily take out the affected card

[@god1tet]

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[@CraftedAnime]

You missed the detail on the Arianna card that the wraith gives you the card back

[@FartyMcgooo]

the Physiological Needs is a lot less balanced than you give it credit for. just run a reno control/ fatigue deck with scale of ony. it's an already existing deck that's made much better with one card

[@ZombieChesseDip]

I dunno, I think that polymorph ultrasaur would be better off as a mage/shaman card. Shamans are known for having beasts, evolving into something better, and changing things in general. Paladins are more about protecting and buffing things that already exist. Changing something with a polymorph effect seems too wild for the conservative paladins.

[@akoskovacs6830]

I'd make Aranna cheaper/smaller but randomize her target. Maybe change her to a spell disruption where the spell becomes a wraith/elemental with power/touhgness equalling its mana cost.

[@daleodorito]

Nobody talking about that the op part of brann is not thta u can use cheap battlecry minions to generate lot's of value, but that u can negate negative battlecries cause is "instead". Thinks like the 4 mana 7/7 deathratle draw 3 cards or the 2 mana 4/4 are disguting and an oppening such a turn 3, coin, brann and flame imp can be like super snowbally

[@Snickersnek]

A different way to do the "Needs" card is instead of adding the next card to your hand, it *casts* the next card if it can't activate. Boost the cost and effect too, and it becomes a general purpose "Gain resource" card. Obviously the win-con would be nigh impossible here, needing ALL the requirements simultaneously, so instead I'd have Self Actualisation boost the cap on hand size, life, mana, and it buffs your board. Super unlikely to happen, and not what it'd be played for, instead a pseudo-choose one resource generator. Probably talking out my ass, but I feel a 'cascading' card that tries multiple ways to resolve could be interesting

[@TimoRutanen]

The brawl started when a guy called Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry

[@grantjames7504]

I like the apocalypse crd cuz the doomsaye says the end is coming on summon so the card could be like the end is here on activation 😮

[@l3m0ntea]

I do think Aranna is quite balanced. Trump need to read carefully at the effect. She can only target cards INSIDE the deck. If it is in the hand then she actually become useless. And moreover you need to draw her as well. And lastly if opponent. isn’t a combo deck, it’s a 6/5 do nothing.

[@Ruija27]

I think flavor wise, the first card could be fixed for the game by making it some sort of barbarian warlord character. You know, the leader is holding everything together, and when they kick the bucket there is a chaotic struggle for power, a Brawl.

[@hteety]

The joke doesn't exist without the specific historical figures they picked. Obviously if it were in the game, yes you would have to change it, but as it was submitted as a meme, this is definitely the best version of the card.

[@Renegateor]

I agree with aranna, she should maybe just read transform a random minion in the opponents deck into a wrath. basically a pre silence against everything? Still disruptive but not as bad as this version

[@benjaminhurtado5119]

That spell is called the Apocalypse probably because there are a *crapload of damage spells above 5 mana*. Flamestrike, Blizzard, Pyroblast, Rune of the Archmage, Tidal Wave, and that's just what I remember off the top of my head. If a tandom spell that's 5+ is being cast every turn, shits gonna die guaranteed.

[@benjaminhurtado5119]

oh and I forgot every board wipe in the game-Twisting Nether, Earthquake, and Whirlpool to name a few.

[@melancoliemelancolie9081]

the biggest problem with spells that says "end your turn" is that they will be in the random spell bucket that will be casted automatically and hence create much unnecessary frustration, like doomsayer level of random that mess up all your gameplan i don't think it should be printed ever for that sole reason, however, if you clearly state, like out of game in library that such and such does not appear in random spell casting, it would be right ! because such effects will limit card creation liberty, sadly

[@Jaricko]

Aranna would be fine if it wasn't a cheap minion. It could be an expensive minion with good stats, and the same effect. The problem is, at 5 mana its way to easy to play. And even if it hits a minion that costs like 5 - 6 mana and the deck you are up against is some kind of aggressive mid range deck... its stats are still good as vanilla so its still not even bad. It could be an 8 mana 9/8 though.

[@invoquante]

Isn't classless act a rogue spell ?

[@kamilbuszta6596]

Wait, Classless Act for 4 mana? Its like 1/2 Weapon, battlecry: gain 1 armor, 2 attack, heal target for 2,deal 1 dmg to target and 2 to face, also summon totem, 1/1 and draw a card.

[@paytonyoder1260]

I don’t think Aranna is took consistent. It’s the highest cost minion in the deck, anything in the hand would be safe. And the earliest you could get it out is turn 4 if you have coin.

[@akbmfm]

Ironically, I think Doomsayer Datrius would be better as a quest.

[@hdckighfkvhvgmk]

I actually lol'd at Franz. Easily my favorite meme card.

[@T_Brick23]

Psychological needs is just burning to be an actual special quest line, instead of cards just added to your hand

[@aaaaaa-ts3rw]

That franz Ferdinand card made me spit out my drink

[@Holyinfern0]

Aranna could be highest cost minion ( or Card) in hand. that way if you want to hit denathrius theres some gambling or waiting

[@Brokenlordike]

Imagine playing Duels, getting Book of Wonders and it randomly casts Draw! . . . The feels bad man. The feels bad.

[@07_shintaro]

I think the fact that you can't actually play Self-Actualization due to not being able to add a card to your hand once your hand is full is more of a poetic thing, in that you can't actually fulfill all your needs and achieve true self actualization in the way that Maslow describes it. No matter how much you want to push for it, the other needs will drag you down and stop you somehow, eventually.

[@cakeyeater7392]

I think the demon hunter arranais sort of ok. You often want to draw denathrius early, so it shouldn’t always hit him. I would move it to six mana though, for taelin

[@byeguyssry]

The card Draw can be thought of as "Draw 2 cards next turn"