TOP CUSTOM CARDS OF THE WEEK #13 | Card Review | Hearthstone

[@NA-nz9lv]

Lol queensbane is literally the new card they added for paladin in rastakhan rumble

[@fosso8803]

Yeah lol

[@d4s0n282]

@@fosso8803 yeah, is it not a 2 mana card tho?

[@emir2591]

Lol

[@NA-nz9lv]

@@d4s0n282 luckily it is, otherwise it would have been a really strong card in odd paladin

[@sio5104]

lmao coming back to this now it feels like the custom cards reddit is really fucking clever

[@unclenoodle3572]

7:15 My mans was in the future with Galakrond’s Awakening

[@Povidavhiy_ded]

Dragonking Galakstraza XD

[@cursed77777]

I think that you should split the design to idea and execution

[@ImSimmin]

I agree, because a lot of these cards are very interesting in concept, which would lend to a high design score, but they wouldn't work in execution, which would lend to a poor score, so having that be 2 separate scores would make much more sense.

[@placeadrien5566]

Yes

[@RealityMasterRogue]

Ramen Cat yes

[@KuroroSama42]

I agree with that, though I'd call it a gimmick score, rather than execution... execution feels too similar to balance.

[@fillosof66689]

Ramen Cat 'design' and 'flavor', mb? That way, it's easier to understand that one is tied to the mechanical parts of the design process, while the other covers the ideas and lore that went into it?

[@АндрейВоинков-е9п]

The real paradox is Deck betrayal card: it says it starts at the bottom of your deck, but since two of them available they can't both be in the bottom

[@athath2010]

Well, they could be the bottom two cards of your deck.

[@ramonestefano]

I give this video a 5 star rating on design and entertainment

[@sedfer411]

1 star on balance tho.

[@zeteny741]

One star, it's not Druid.

[@nothing11558]

@@Panimu What do you mean? He doesn't seem to be misunderstanding anything about that first card to me...

[@C00Cker]

Yeah if we go with the Blizzard naming conventions "this minion" means "whatever minion this text is written on", we can see that with zombiests for example. If it was to mean the drone, it would have to name it.

[@stevenglikin3219]

+Panimu- literally the first thing he says about the card is "you can magnetize it on a minion you want to get back to your hand" so yeah, he understood the card just fine

[@Carbogenetic]

Everytime I watch these videos- Me: Wow, that's a fun looking card. I'd totally play around with that! Trump: Terrible design. Powerlevel is broken. Unsalvageable. 1 star.

[@gabriellarena2256]

For example? I don't see a single card that he gave a 1 that would be playable, only if with "fun looking card" you mean broken and unfair

[@gabriellarena2256]

@Jack Reaver 5 mana and tree cards are definitely not better than just 8 mama, its still too weak and if you drop the mana cost it will be too strong

[@ModrunOfficial]

the problem is that bacteria costs 2 mana, so if ur hand is 10 bacteria, u can only play 5 bacteria a turn but the other 5 in ur hand duplicates so u forever got 10 bacteria. solution: 3 mana 3/3 give opponent 1 mana 1/1 bacteria or 4 mana 4/4 give opponent 1 mana 1/1 bacteria

[@ModrunOfficial]

naaa do you have any idea how fast cards that duplicate get out of hand? 1-2-4-8-16 if you at any point have 3 or more ur pretty much screwed unless ur at turn 10

[@gabriellarena2256]

@@ModrunOfficial a 1 mana bacteria wouldn't be difficult to play, also a 1 mana 1/1 is much better than a 3 mana 3/3 or a 4 mana 4/4 that you have to draw, and there's no reason to interrupting a combo for one turn when you also lose a turn to do it

[@raver377]

eerie passerby: ''whenever this minion attacks the enemy hero silence the minion(s) infront of it'' there now its clearly understandable and the theme stays the same

[@AnglosArentHuman]

I'd make it "DIRECTLY in front" to be extra clear

[@codebracker]

Hearthstone chess rules

[@wrpen99]

Doesn't keep the intent, though. On two full boards with Eerie to the far right or left, as written it would silence the 2 or 3 minions that are one, two, and possibly three spaces towards the center from Eerie, and wouldn't silence the one directly across from it at all.

[@raver377]

well then you go ahead and make a better sugestion :D

[@NivMizzet89]

There aren't any. That's why the design is only worth 2 stars.

[@jorgelenny47]

4:20 but trump, there has already been a 2 2/2 rogue minion that you can shadowstep on turn 2 and instantly win the game, its called keleseth

[@Xthe_enemyX]

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[@Xthe_enemyX]

38:17 time stamp

[@samuelhide262]

Still lost lul

[@stevenglikin3219]

you can still win vs keleseth, you can't win if your hand is 2 mana 1/1s for the rest of the game, it's like going into battle with a deck that only has 2 mana 1/1s

[@BettyCastella]

That requires your deck to be constructed in a certain way. Bacteriologist + shadowstep can win the game regardless of whether your deck is miracle rogue or odd rogue or whatever

[@Chocl8215]

tldr; a low design score because of balance means that this type of card could never be printed, not because it isn't interesting or creative, but something about the card inherently makes it too strong/weak, and couldn't be balanced no matter how hard you try. low balance scores mean that it -could- be balanced without removing the spirit of the card, but it would take significant changes to the stats or mana cost.

[@tenno57]

Chocl8215 you missed the point of tldr, its supposed to be short.

[@DemonRaticate]

tldr of tldr low design score because of balance = card can be interesting, but initial design makes the card unbalance-able. low balance score = card can be balanced while retaining spirit, but needs many changes.

[@Chocl8215]

I mean, it's 2 sentences.

[@ryanbarry34]

Every time I think of design I hope he discusses and takes account the art and moreso the name of the card ie the devoted servant which was such a well named card for what the effect was

[@ikrena4701]

@@ryanbarry34 why? That's literally the least important part when it comes to designing cards. If he were to do that, it would need to be it's own separate "flavor" category

[@JoViljarHaugstulen]

8:55 I actually don't think it is overtuned because it is a worse 1 mana 1/3 if you don't buff it because drawing a 1 mana 1/3 is really bad later on in the game so having it shuffled into your deck is a drawback Yes it is a better 1 mana 1/3 if you use the effect... and it is a worse 1 mana 1/3 if you don't use the effect.... seems fair to me

[@petergotz8064]

I see your point, but you could still put it in odd paladin and keep the fungalmancer or blessing of might buffs on the card

[@JoViljarHaugstulen]

But then you have a almost dead card in the mid game (unless you have a buff) because playing it might give you bad draws (though it might still be worth it to play it out and just hope not to draw it again) and I certainly don't think you would hold back fungalmancer or Blessing of Might because of this card So I am still not sure how reliably you would be able to get a buff to land on it to make drawing it again an upside and not a downside (and if you get it to work I am still not sure if it is worth the effort or the unreliability of all the times it doesn't work and the effect is just a downside) All in all I think it is an alright card which would probably be just playable or just slightly too weak but not by much so it is about where it should be in my opinion I just disagree with Trump calling it overtuned/too powerful

[@redeyesb.dragonite8562]

But it's odd pally, it doesn't have a real midgame other than Fungal, Level up and Vinecleaver

[@JoViljarHaugstulen]

"But it's odd pally, it doesn't have a real midgame other than Fungal, Level up and Vinecleaver" Well yes but I still not sure if a 1/3 (or 4/3 or 3/5 later in the game) for 1 mana is a better to draw than Fungal, Level up or Vinecleaver.... and if you don't draw it again then it doesn't really have any upside compared with other 1 mana 1/3 minions I just don't see that much upside in the effect and I can see it being a downside so I can't see many ways of it seeing much play over other 1 mana 1/3 minions

[@mr.paperbag771]

You have good justifications for why it should not work, but by your justification kingsbane should also not work. There's just so many ways to draw a one attack minion, a one cost minion or the lowest cost minion of your deck so you would have this in your hand 70% of the time. It's no where a bad card if build around it. But if you just add it to some random deck, it's meh and almost always 1600 dust 1/3. EDIT: For the side note, I wouldn't but it on odd paladin as it lacks buffs for this card

[@buncythefrog]

Deck Betrayal would present a deckbuilding problem as well that you could never shuffle something into your deck, because that shuffles your deck. Weasel tunneler would be hilarious as a counter to that deck.

[@dominikn.1185]

A flavour category would be nice

[@LordSoulSicarious]

Generous Bacteriologist feels super salvageable to me? I'd honestly take the design as is, make it 3 mana and call it a day. Earliest you can possibly play GB -> Shadowstep -> GB is turn 3 with the coin, and then your opponent can play both Bacteria on turn 4. You basically stall the game for one turn, using two cards, you gain a 2/2 and your opponent gains two 1/1s without spending any cards. Seems pretty fair and balanced to me.

[@kuro13wolf]

At 2 mana it breaks the game. At 3 mana as you suggested it's completely useless. Unsalvageable card really. Why would you ever want to stall the game for a turn exclusively on turn 4 or 3 with coin using a two card combo? Just play doomsayer and job done.

[@ballinhamster3170]

I’m not sure what mana/stats I would like it most at, but I agree it has to be salvageable, and is a really interesting design. If it cost more and had more stats, it could be a balanced card with potential to be played by itself and mess up your opponents curve. They have to decide if they want to take the mana hit immediately or wait and take a bigger hit.

[@stargazer7836]

Who could have guessed that bacteria are op. It's not like they are like that in real life.

[@ModrunOfficial]

the problem is that bacteria costs 2 mana, so if ur hand is 10 bacteria, u can only play 5 bacteria a turn but the other 5 in ur hand duplicates so u forever got 10 bacteria. make bacteria cost 1 mana and make the card 3 mana 3/3 seems fairly balanced

[@MrDragonorp]

but then the bacteria is good of the opponent, if its 1 mana makes the Bacteriologist give 1 of them on the battlecry and 1 on deathrattle,

[@NerdySatyr]

**"The Idea is OUTSTANDING!"** 2 star design.

[@svono1]

TopHatCat design has nothing to do with a concept

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

Sven Nagel A design _literally is_ a concept, you daft tit.

[@svono1]

Dexxus no that is called: concept design. Design on it's own is the excecution of a certain Idea. Concept art is design for example. The art is the design based of an Idea(concept).

[@karue7581]

TopHatCat He just explained this in the start of the video, wtf?

[@NerdySatyr]

Which is why I feel there should be a 3rd rating, clearly a cool idea but, even then I feel his excuse for poor design was, well, poor. You could EASILY program it to show what units would be crossed by it, simply highlight them as you drag the attack over. Granted probably less intuitive for the opponent to play around it, which would be my strongest negative. But I just feel some of these cards deserve better praise/a different rating for like, idea/concept, then design and balance to go with it.

[@dougtaylor26]

Queens Bane made it into the most recent expansion as “Immortal Prelate”

[@Skullhawk13]

Freezing Trap as a non-legendary at that

[@iiRoel]

at 01:03 , the return to hand would apply to the minion that this gets magnetized on. Cmon. You gotta know this

[@mr.paperbag771]

But with how magnetic works, if you have fully decked out 7/13 Skater bot on your board and you magnetize this into it. You will get 1 mana 1/1 skater bot back to your hand when it dies. Card is no doubt a viable and great one but with how magnetize works, it's substantially worse

[@iiRoel]

yeah thats what i said

[@dakota6885]

Yeah, he's saying if you play it as a minion and not as a buff to a mech.

[@frostburning]

7:28 Gal-ka-rond

[@GabeTheOnlyBabe]

I see your a man of culture

[@mellowhero3520]

Is Deck Betrayal actually just the ultimate Togwaggle tech?

[@mattcool1046]

lmao

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

lmao

[@aimbotarrow5981]

TOGWAGGLE HUNTER IS A THING

[@samothran1998]

I literally just thought that as I watched, that would be crazy, it's basically mecha'thun!

[@mellowhero3520]

@@samothran1998 That's what I was thinking! I kind of don't hate the idea of Hunter getting a piece of the exodia pie. Everyone else has at one point or another.

[@Kelarys]

I love the way you do things, it seems like the best way to make everyone else happy would be to add a 3rd score for flavour just so cards that are inherently unworkable can still be appreciated for being a cool idea or a fun play on words

[@jonsnow3919]

I agree with Trump’s rating system. You have to keep in mind that the custom Hearthstone subreddit is where these cards come from, so obviously all of the top rated cards are going to have really good flavor. That’s why you can’t use the cleverness as the sole component when it comes to design. Printability is just as (if not more) important.

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

Yeah exactly. We're just saying he should have 1 for what he personally thinks of the card and what it's going for "does he find it fun or interesting?" And then another for "would this actually be good/see play in HS" One for opinion another for reality

[@huntersuper98]

But then their isn't really a point to having multiple categories if they aren't separate. If one category is heavily influenced if not entirely decided by another then those should just be 1 big category. He needs to either split design into multiple categories or add 1 or 2 more so it's not just him giving the same score for both design and balance over and over.

[@DemonRaticate]

I'd kinda like a 3 rating system flavor: how interesting this card is and how good this idea is design: can this card be printed? can it ever be balanced? is this idea (even a good one) unsalvageable. balance: how good this card is as it is. stats? mana? effect with the previous? This way, a card can have 5 star flavor, but 1 star design. A card that is amazingly flavorful (like the dragon aspect card) can still have 1 star design if it can never realistically be printed in Hearthstone.

[@adamxue6096]

Yeah I want a Flavor rating, because what we are also very interested in is what he feel about the card, in a more exact way, it is like "This idea seems really fun!" but maybe it is "Way too impractical ", and therefore gives off a bad design rating and bad balance, but he can also just tell people like "Hey, now that the formal stuff is over, I still do like this card, it looks fun" or "This card really sucks and one should really find better flavors for it." Like he has reviewed very boring bland, balanced well cards, where he has like given 3 in design and 5 in balance. That type can get like a "2 or 1 in flavor" just because of how unoriginal it might get. Just for the Dragon Aspect. We can make it so that it shuffles the dragons in after checking for "What dragon is the deck missing". Play all 4 dragons Rewards you the same stuff. This way I don't see how bad it could be, you can draw into Nozdormu early on and brick yourself really badly, having quest in your hand strongly restrict the fact that you are gonna do a Malygos otk with Alextrasza lowering the enemy heros health. You can build a deck to quickly draw those and play those 4 dragons or just have the quest in as a extra buffert to heavy minions, just like how Prince Malchezar can be. I don't think it is op either because they are all really goddamn slow. It is just like Prince Malchezar, pay 1, a legendary to shuffle these in your deck if you don't already have them. It could be great to not have the quest shuffle in any, and put the 4 dragons in yourself to thin out the deck, or fill the deck up and have the quest do its thing.

[@FinetalPies]

Printability is so low on my list of priorities though, otherwise then wouldn't the subreddit be 90% vanilla pack fillers

[@safrussalmus9056]

2:49 could be fixed easily by having at say in front if it (with a curved attack animation to keeo the plavor), since we already had in front of a minion multiple times with chess peaces for example.

[@caleb2730]

On deck betrayal, if it doesn't work out, you play tracking when you have 3 cards left. Select the none deck betrayal, and discard those cards.

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

I feel like Deck Betrayal would make a lot more sense as a Warlock card than a Hunter one.

[@nathangu1834]

Galakrond is actually in hearthstone now!

[@marleonka.]

8:40 Hi, Immortal Prelate

[@wotbjoe2513]

Thanks for reviewing my card Trump ;) I am TopDeckingLeeroy and your feedback was really helpful.

[@Volvary]

Eerie Passerby could be reworded as "Whenever this minion attacks the enemy hero, silence the minions in front of it." (Similar to the Chess pieces essentially)

[@itssupermandoe2434]

I feel like the ghost would work fine just give it a special effect on its attack animation

[@TheRiversGuide]

10:44 ah yes all the good Hunter card draw cards, its not like that has been a direct and deliberate weakness of the class since day 1 or anything.

[@flamefusion8963]

Hunter has good draw. Wtf are you talking about?

[@rruzgarr97]

Tbh ur scoring is near perfect for my taste. If a card is unbalancable, that is terrible design, because it is fundamentally flawed. If it is super weak but easily balancable, then it could have a high design score considering it fits the other criteria as well, and would get a low balance score but it is easily fixable. You should however, have a third rating for meme cards only so we know how much you like the joke (if its not obvious enough from the commentary).

[@kaianderson9920]

I know this vid is old, but in the last card he forgot to mention Hemet. Blast that garbage away and now you have a 28 card mech’thun deck.

[@Rohan-uu4ju]

queensbane is literally immortal prelate

[@lyra_tcm1953]

We know that now but trump isn't a soothsayer

[@andyspendlove1019]

Dangggg Rescue Drone is super cool! One of the best custom cards I've seen.

[@Lordofthelosers01]

I don't know if someone else has discussed this in the comment section but I think you may have overlooked a big flaw with the Rescue Drone card. The text says "Return this minion to your hand" meaning if the card was magnetized you would get the buffed minion with the Deathrattle. I haven't watched a lot about the Magnetic mechanic but I assume Deathrattle stacks, but does the mana cost of the magnetized card change? If not you can constantly play a super buffed minion for very little mana whose only threat is Polymorph or a silence

[@Kalaitos1505]

You would get the original minion without any magnetic upgrades

[@Lordofthelosers01]

Yeah I had about 10 minutes to think it over and that thought popped in my head. Thanks for confirming

[@Kalaitos1505]

@@Lordofthelosers01 No problem ^^

[@palladigm3280]

Maybe the balance of a card could be rated as either “Unplayable”, “Balanced”, or “OP”. It could be on a sliding scale that’s red towards the edges (bad balance) and green towards the center (good balance).

[@typhoonlagoon4031]

My favorite hearthstone series of vids!

[@victorh.6169]

If druid can abuse togwaggle, hunter can too.

[@Eegor0920]

In regards to "Paradox", there was a custom Rogue card "I know a guy that knows a guy" which was basically "Discover a Discover card" and I thought it was really fun :)

[@proxeidon6384]

If the dragon hero would fill your hand with legendary dragons, would it be good?

[@paulmayaux6692]

5:55 gives 4 to balance and 4 to design for the exact same reason (where it should have been 5 for design). Good thing he cleared things up at the start of the video tho

[@fernandoveiga1848]

1:38 I like the design but when you look at warlock cards there isnt really much ways to heal your minions so this is basically: 4 mana summon 4/3 with lifesteal, heal 3 to your hero.

[@manueldominguez1282]

Fernando Veiga vodoo doctor, 3/3 shaman guy that heals for 3, the 4/4 that heals gor 4 and 3/3 that heals everything for 2 are my only guesses, maybe it could be a good card in even warlock with the 4/4

[@ZombraxSullivan]

For the dragon aspect it could be turned into simply having the dragon aspects and then the battle cry could become “summon all dragon cards from your hand” that works both ways

[@animagamer2]

I love that you took the opportunity to speak on what the peeps have been saying Trump! Made me think that it would be really cool if you took a more active role in addressing some of the feedback you so often receive here. Like maybe, on occasion, you could respond to some of the feedback you receive that can't really be properly addressed broadly like you did here. Maybe a little segment attached at the end of the reviews once you've collected enough? I feel like it would create a neat sense of engagement that your youtube audience rarely receives if they don't directly watch your streams.

[@Kalo_]

Really appreciate you taking our feedback into account. I agree with what others have been saying about having a separate rating for the "idea", its creativity, uniqueness, things like that; And then the the current ratings can judge that ideas execution.

[@theginbot1]

Guys, I'm from the future. Galakrond is going to be added to heartstone. It is so powerful, you won't believe it.

[@kevshorty]

0:36 I've seen that card design before. It's on heroes of camelot

[@jacksherick9257]

4:19 Give both players Bacteria, so has to be played on turn 4, giving your opponent time to play it

[@subprogram32]

I do greatly appreciate listening to the feedback and making an extra effort to define the difference (or simularity) between the design and balance ratings!

[@gavopianthegreat757]

My mans predicted the galakrond expansion 👀

[@modernhotdog8627]

0:38 a card design from heroes of camelot

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

11:25 Trump is already the best card rater across the land, he gives all the cards "1 STAR! *Trump sound effect*" as they should be. And.. 0:09 oh hey it's me

[@moldybiscuit1080]

I think people confuse design with creativity, something can be creative, but terribly designed

[@nutcheck1339]

That bacteria card was interesting if It got reduced to one cost vs two should be fine that way if shadow step is played you could drop both turn two and makes them think of how to actually utilize generous bacteriologists at moments that they’d like to force their opponent to burn mana. This could make quest rouge exceptionally powerful so it’d would probably have to wait until that was out of rotation.

[@kazzar831]

Another problem with Deck Betrayal - it only STARTS at the bottom of the deck. You're a bit screwed if your deck ever gets shuffled.

[@hastyboots5108]

7:50 have you seen the dust cost of recruit warrior?

[@ykl1277]

The bactorigist seems workable if it is a 3 mana 3/4 that give a 2 mana 1/1 bacteria, that'd not be shadowstepable on turn 3, you get a good drop and opponent get stuck with a bacteria on his next turn so you're still ahead on tempo.

[@bobwall8021]

The bacteria guy is salvageable. Make him 3 Mana, so that if you want to to pull off a shadow step combo it would be turn 4, in which case the opponent can play both bacteria, making the board state in a vacuum even ( 2 1/1s and a 2/2)

[@KuroroSama42]

Trump missed the mark on Paradox... There are more than 2 possible results. Stonehill defender would be possible, for example. Maybe servant of kalimos? Also: what would be the point of it? It's a cheaper shadow visions, with different targets. It could see play, in certain decks. Big priest, when that was a thing, would happily add 2 5 mana revives.

[@adamxue6096]

Heck it can get like Journey below, finders keepers, I am not so sure if it CAN get hallucination, dragon operative, glimmerroot etc. Technically in the right situation they can discover the spell but not always. Stone hill defenders and Servant of Kalimos would definitely be one. Unfortunately it can't get rune spear : ( It can get more deathrattle discovers... Like Myra for example. There are definitely more than 3, and in wild even more. It is a terribly unbalanced card tho due to the absolute inconsistent out come, and the fact that you are taxing 1 for a very very big pool. Since you can get deathrattles, taunts, 3 cost cards, battlecry cards, overload cards, even murlocs, it is like bad last ditch effort.

[@lucasnadamas9317]

Its alive in wild

[@turntsnaco824]

He LITERALLY says "and some neutral cards", he just didn't show all of them.

[@kuro13wolf]

+Adam You can only discover class or neutral cards unless the card states otherwise.

[@Marsh22]

I always assumed that the rating system functioned the way it did for that reason, don't see what all the confusion is about. Keep up all the great card reviews.

[@MrShyguyRS]

Paradox might be difficult to program. I don't program, but it would seem hard to identify that if you have another copy of paradox in your deck, paradox wouldn't be able to discover shadow visions, because shadow visions could discover paradox

[@hammurabitheawesome674]

I give this video a 5 star on entertainment and 1 star for generosity. These people worked so hard for these cool ideas and trump just puts all of them down.

[@ekings2119]

I think the first card "Rescue Drone" doesn't return itself to the hand, it just returns the Minion it magnetized to.

[@TheJustist]

How would Deck Betrayal work with effects that shuffle stuff in your library though? Like weasels or bombs or screams. It only says it starts at the bottom, will it be shuffled to another spot?

[@Cellidor]

I think it would be neat to also have a star rating for something like "Fun". There are a number of cards I've seen reviewed that have really poor design and balance, but the idea itself is really interesting and fun. One example right in this video is eerie passerby. Sure it would be difficult to implement properly in the game and balance, but the idea itself is really intriguing.

[@noidea2568]

11:19 Not sure if you're saying "best card rater" or "best card rader", or maybe that was an intentional joke that I didn't get... anyways I think that you are improving when raiting cards and I really like this series (also I don't think any other hearthstone channels have custom card reviews exept regis killbin). You and Jens are doing great work, I hope your content only gets even better. Wishing you the best :)

[@B1aQQ]

There are many minions with Discover that can't discover Paradox. It's not only spells.

[@luliby2309]

For the record, I think the ratings on this one were way better. Nice work.

[@LazyPuppyTV]

With Deck Betrayal, I feel like you failed to mention the shuffle mechanic. Anytime you cast anything that adds things to your deck such as augmented elekk, that beast buff 3/3/ card or if rogue were to shuffle a 4/4 into your deck the Deck Betrayal could be shuffled more towards the top of the deck. Which in turn makes it slightly worse.

[@lux13wow]

The way to get around deck betrayal is to simply imclude one tracking and cast it when you have 3 cards in the deck, choose the one that isnt deck betrayeal, and rest will be discarded :)

[@coldfusion230]

If the opponent is running deck betrayal and you shuffle a bomb/mine into their deck, does the deck betrayal get shuffled into a random position as well?

[@xRosalin444]

Im very late to this video and quite new to hearthstone, but wont the magnetic effect of the Rescue drone apply on the mech it magnetized with?

[@stachedghostx7171]

You could use zereks cloning gallery to complete the dragon aspects but that requires you to play a 9 cost spell before drawing them.

[@maluxon5324]

Just out of curiosity: Is the design of Eerie Passerby took from Magic The Gathering? It seems so familiar but im unsure

[@jordanscott868]

Deck betrayal is a paradox. If you have 2 copies of the card and they both always start at the bottom of your deck then which one starts at the bottom?

[@mowsey98]

If you made generous bacteriologist a 3 mana 3/3, you could combo it with shadowstep on turn 4 at the earliest. That means your opponent will be able to play both bacteria. If this were too oppressive, you can then start nerfing its stats to 3/2. 2/3 or 2/2. I'd say its salvageable, though it would definitely be a design constraint for future cards

[@JamesEck]

But when you shuffle a card into the deck, would it move the "Deck Betrayal" off the bottom? Sounds risky. I think the balance scale needs to be from too weak to too powerful with just right in the middle. I want the "Eerie Passerby" mechanic, why do you underestimate our intelligence?

[@theaquaforcegal1067]

Deck betrail brings up an interesting question. Does your deck ever shuffle? Does psychic scream just add the cards to the deck in a random order or does it reconfigure the cards?

[@WnIyLkLvIiAsMt97]

The aqua force guy It had been confirmed by Blizzard that it shuffles, and also the creator of the Deck Betrayal has since changed it to a constant aura effect, that keeps it on the bottom.

[@theaquaforcegal1067]

Neat but I really like the idea of shuffling the opponents deck for a potential insta-kill everytime they draw. If would also make the deck construction interesting

[@Alexander_Chase22]

Getting close to that Trump reviews Trump reviews time 😏

[@marker9196]

I think a big part of the problem people are having with the 'design' category for your ratings comes down to one thing. Design can be a bit of a vague word in the context of Hearthstone, it could very easily be referring to the mechanical design of the card (is it interesting/fun to play with and against?) along with the visual/creative design of the card (does it have good flavour?). From watching your series I believe that you are primarily referring to the first version of design (mechanical) while occasionally making a nod to the second, it's these occasional nods which give people the suggestion that you're being inconsistent or arbitrary with this category. An easy fox for this would be to simply have a third category dedicated to the aesthetics of the card (the visual/creative design) and highlight it as such, alternatively, you could roll the mechanical design score into the balance score since it is so closely tied to it (it stands to reason that a card that is poorly designed mechanically is very likely to be unbalanced and vice versa) and split your evaluation of the card down into the creative score and the mechanical score (again, removing any of the ambiguity about what your scores are based upon).

[@Nightknight1992]

the priest quest states summon, so the legendary spell helps a ton with completing this quest.

[@squidward47]

Great review, man. You say things I wouldn’t even begin to think of:)

[@St_bane1]

For the dragon aspects it should be shuffle 5 dragon aspects into your deck QUEST play all five then reward galakrond instead of specific dragons the five aspects should be a 10mana 10 10 a 8 mana 8 8 a 6 mana 6 6 a 4 mana 4 4 a 2 mana 2 2

[@willtofish]

Queens bane made it in game with his nerf, look at immortal prelate

[@hurotiz]

Galakrond: 5 armor, battlecry: summon a random undead aspect. Deathwing: 12/12 deathrattle: destroy all minions. Nozdormu: 8/8 your opponents turn is set to 15 seconds. Ysera: 4/12 add a nightmare to your hand at the beginning and end of your turn. Alexstrasza: deathrattle: lifesteal - deal 15 damage to the opponents hero. Hero power - necrotic breath: deal 1 damage to all enemies, if any die by this effect summon a 3/3 dracolich.

[@joeytansey8466]

It makes me happy that queensbane essentially got printed as eteenal prelate :)

[@HadesThePyro]

You forgot to mention that with deck betrayal you can just hold a tracking in your hand till there's 3 cards left in your deck and just discard the deck betrayals.

[@dandawson1599]

You should add another category called flavour. The dragon card, for example, could never be printed but the idea had some flavour behind it.

[@jorgelenny47]

Deck betrayal just cannot exist while togwaggle is here

[@maurice4348]

jorgelenny47 why not? It requires you to reach turn 8 at least and draw your entire deck first. Druid has far stronger/faster combos at the moment and they dont even run all of them

[@jorgelenny47]

But play a card then win is just... Idk hunters have 1 mana burn 3 cards, you can cycle a lot if you want with the good old unleash the hounds + that 5 mana 3/2 whose name I cant remember... The thing is that is not even a combo, you just draw 28 cards, then play one of them and its over, so weird

[@flamefusion8963]

Deck betrayal is one of the most poorly designed cards I've seen in these custom card videos.

[@starluigi767]

It can't exist because it will be a mandatory staple in every aggro hunter by mere virtue of deck thinning

[@cheeser4076]

Trump Reviews: Classic Set He could make it like a new expansion is coming out and basically talk about the cards we never see from that set and what cards seems like problems because of their power and inclusion and decks.

[@MrEntinen]

Paradox 1 star for being too weak? You must be smoking something amazing. The card has very tiny discover pool and smaller the discover pool, the BETTER a discover card is, because its 3th and 4th copy of the best card in the deck if it sees play to begin with. Stonehill defender is insane in paladin as 2nd and 3rd tarim/tirion. Netherspite historian became insane in dragon priest the moment it stopped discovering twilight whelps rather than drakonid operatives. Big priest would kill to have extra copies of eternal servitudes even if they did cost 5 rather than 4. THEY ALREADY PLAY SHADOW VISIONS AS A 6 COST ETERNAL SERVITUDE!! Even as a 1mana spell its stupid. With some radiant elemental support, yes i would play a 1 mana discover stonehill defender or weak 2 mana spell to fuel my Lyra or Dragon soul or even pyromancer.

[@mr.paperbag771]

Well that's the problem Paradox is always 1 mana draw released from amber as the other results would put shined by it. As creative as the card is, in current hearthstone it would only draw one card. And for a discover to be balanced three should be +6 cards to choice from and the +6 cards should be somewhat equal in power level

[@jakethompson5843]

I think your explanations and ratings make perfect sense, I don't know why people are confused. Design is asking whether the card could be put into a future expansion. Balance is asking if the card would be balanced if it was announced as a card for a new set. Those are 2 different things, as you can have balanced cards that can't be in future expansions (i.e. mechanics from previous expansions, incorrect lore etc) and vice versa

[@melgibsonero]

What if the priest dragon card added the dragons to your deck like Malchezaar? It would still be pretty damn slow to play that 40 mana of dragons, but it would cut it down to only 1 lege needed. Plus you could run double the Alextraza and Malygos on priest

[@BurningDuck]

I suggest you put a 'Flavor' rating. I mean it breaks my heart to watch interesting cards have a design score of 1 star

[@hunding1978]

About the bacteria what if it would say: While this is in your hand, if you have less than 8 cards in your hand add an other copy to your hand at the end of your turn. It would become more manageable for control match, but will overflow the hands of aggro, remember if you have 3 of these in your hand at the end of the turn and you have 7 card, then your hand will be filled up, cause the trigger would not verify all of them individually. Quest rogue would be able to use that to his advantage still; but it would screw up divine favor..... i don't know just my 2 cents

[@That1Yoshii]

7:50 I understand what you mean, and this card is very extreme, but, Stalagg and Feugen exist(ed).

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

I assume Passerby would silence the exact same way the chess pieces work. Pretty clear cut.

[@v-vowels]

What if you buffed the bacteria? It be pretty OP??

[@federicovolpe3389]

I’d love to play Togwaggle OTK Hunter!

[@Vaereel]

I'm just posting this comment here, just to do a little hypothesis : IF the next expansion is on Trolls/Dalaran, MAYBE, Hearthstone will do a funny thing (that could end up being a good custom cards source) : swap the mechanics of classes. I explain myself : Rush minions in Priest, Choose One in Mage, Resurrect in Hunter, etc ... I really think it could be a LOT of fun.

[@huntersuper98]

I feel like you should probably add 1 or 2 more categories. Maybe something like Flavor as a category or as some people are saying to split Design into multiple categories.