Top Custom Cards of the Week #61 | Card Review | Hearthstone

[@evo683]

Finally a “Big Effect Legendary” that is not only balanced but also super interesting

[@harryalerta]

Agreed. Correctly if I am wrong, but the reborn (undead) minions being able to control themselves if the lich king is dead sounds like the biggest flavor win ever.

[@HawtLS]

ehh tbh i don't really think it's balanced. Far too weak IMO. Compare it to Kel'thuzad, which is similarly costed and powered. The main difference is Kel can only bring upside, whereas this card has massive chance to be huge downside. Imagine best case scenario for this card. You have a big board of minions. So do they. You drop this guy, trade all your minions, get their reborn minions. Nice. Very unlikely scenario, as you can probably tell by Kelthuzad not being extremely OP. It's an 8 8/8 card that doesn't do anything when you play it, and requires them to either NOT kill it, or for you to be in a very specific scenario where you can clear their board. Wouldn't see play at all. The only thing I can say is that this card would theoretically be nice in a very reborn heavy meta, but even then it's very specific and not very good.

[@xhalexj]

@@HawtLS I think that's kinda the point. The way I see it, you're right: it's very specific and therefore either niche (sees low play) or bad (sees low play). But that has nothing to do with whether or not it's a well designed card. It's basically a weirdly specific twisting nether. Sometimes it swings the board in your favor and you can win, sometimes it just ends up neutral or slightly unfavorable. Overall it's one of those RNG cards that aggro/mid-range decks can play to swing a turn for victory. Something like an aggro warrior or paladin (who already have reborn synergy) that can get board value. Overall it's not meta breaking but it might be considered a 1of in certain decks.

[@arifridwanabriyanto9286]

@@HawtLS comparing it to kelthuzad is weird since kelthuzad itself is unbalanced and unfair against many deck archetypes, just my opinion..

[@etherealg3940]

It's way too weak. At the very least, the "take control of reborn minions" should be part of the battlecry and apply to the minions it gave reborn, even after it's removed

[@stephenburley4581]

Epic Pirate Hunter Card? Captain Greyskin: 5 Mana 5/4 Beast, card art is a shark wearing a pirate hat. Card text reads "Your Beasts are also Pirates"

[@aeleron0577]

That one should be legendary.

[@jarjab2games]

What about "hidden cove" a 5 mana spell that summons a random pirate for every secret that you have up.

[@monarkev]

Stephen Burley How would you use that card though, what Pirate synergy does Hunter have?

[@wizardsmix7961]

@@jarjab2games I think "recruit" works better there because then you have the whole theme of recruiting these pirates for your journey or whatever

[@stephenburley4581]

​@@monarkev It's mostly designed as an early building block to expand design space for pirate hunter. Hunter struggles to make non-beast cards work, because so many of their identity-focal powerhouse cards are beast oriented, so in order to design pirate hunter cards, you either have to give them something brokenly strong, or something that enables beast/pirate synergy. I think the only card in the game it inherently synergises with right now is Southsea Captain? So it would probably be the building block for some kind of midrange pirate/beast minion-focal deck, I guess.

[@rowan4573]

What's the Lich King doing in Uldum? 0 star design

[@undercover5048]

Where is his taunt went Did he forgot the stat at his throne

[@love4075]

@@undercover5048 the lich king doesn't always need taunt as a different card. That's like every Reno card giving you full heath if you have no duplicates in your deck. Don't ask for too much the game would be very broken.

[@Leopoldshark]

Murmy Army

[@Spooky_Bard]

We all need a vacation.

[@prussia9255]

@@love4075 I think the card should have taunt, seems weak as just an 8/8.

[@KnucklesGum]

This Captain's Flintlock card is pretty neat! They should add it to the game!

[@Grentanksmog]

The first thing I thought too 😂 the cost of flintlock though is too high (3 mana vs 1 mana)

[@uchuuseijin]

@@Grentanksmog I think this comment is referencing the fact that there's a new card that has a better version of the effect (and it is 1 mana)

[@princequincy5421]

@@uchuuseijin what's the card called?

[@uchuuseijin]

@@princequincy5421 Trueaim Crescent

[@AleskanderPog]

@@uchuuseijin I'm fairly certain he already knows that, hence him pointing out specifically the 1 mana part

[@bb-im6hf]

for bouncing cards back into your hand you have in standart waggle pick and shadowstep *sad daring escape noises*

[@purpleblah2]

7 mana draw 3, heck yeah

[@robertobear1749]

@@purpleblah2 In other words..objectively worse Nourish..for Rogue?

[@klepka5400]

@@robertobear1749 with a 3/3

[@daridon2483]

@@purpleblah2 Yeah I really want sprint that draws 1 less card

[@TheStrangeBloke]

​@@purpleblah2 Its an amazing card for cycling through your deck. Play it, hit it with togwaggle then shadowstep... you could keep the train going for 3-4 turns easily. The first time you play it? Does nothing. Second time? its a 4 mana draw three. Third time and beyond? Pure value. Would it see play? Probably not. But its still a cool card to potentially design a deck around.

[@introman1854]

For aggressive barganing he actually did say that its op with the quest but he really liked the idea

[@SeaKaned]

Lmao, when the captain's flintlock is not only buffed but is for all minions and put into the game

[@premeditated_burger]

Lord of the Scourge: Your home, MY tomb!

[@willefille1268]

Backup Axe is pretty strong though with Heroic Strike, doubble Heroic Strike without the atk of weaponds is 16 dmg

[@Bubbl3Bubbl3gum]

Ah dammit, I just wrote that. You wrote it before though. I agree, Backup Axe is op as hell

[@tarille1043]

Yeah, for some reason Trump also passed over the fact that the cards effects where on a Deathrattle given to your weapon... Meaning that it's not as conditional as he thought, since you can simply play this card whenever you have a weapon equipped, not only on the last charge. In addition, there's even potential for a Gonk-esk effect if you use Sul'thraze since you can Overkill with the last charge and get its extra attack AND get Backup Axe's extra attack. Heck, in a single turn, it means you can use 2x Heroic Strike > Hit a minion with Sul'thraze > Get the 2/2 axe > Use another copy of Backup Axe > Hit face 3 times for 30 damage. A 6 mana OTK combo that only needs 3 cards in hand (With 2 cards used at some point previously as set up)

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Gorefang (Created by Zephyrys). Yeah this could get silly lol.

[@miska5120]

Backup axe? *Laughs in hack the system*

[@335637880]

it can be otk since it's basically windfury and all you need is that 2mana +4 attack card and you can do at least 20 damage

[@thalden2384]

laughs at heroic strike

[@love4075]

@@thalden2384 you are a kipp fan I hope to see you on twitch.

[@thalden2384]

@@love4075 i do follow him. but i dont comment in the chat xd

[@gnammyhamster9554]

Play Gorehowl, pass. Play two heroic strikes and backup axe, attack for 15, attack for 10. 25 damage at turn 8.

[@henrikmogensen3305]

With the backup axe, the most important thing to notice is the "Refresh your hero's attack" it never says you need to use it with the 2/2 axe. equip Gorehowl wait or kill a minion, next turn use backup axe smack face for 6 or 7 equip another Gorehowl and smack face again for another 7. so this can be 13-14 dmg to face in a combo.

[@klxroly1]

2:12 0 stars that's just maokai skin from league of legends.

[@mkovacic7]

Damn i didn't even realise til i saw this comment xD

[@matthewm3669]

Pirate hunter card : Captains Call 0 mana spell that summons a 1/1 parrot (beast tag) for each pirate you've played this turn. You could even give them rush or something if it needs to be stronger

[@satibel]

That's pretty good, basically slightly under 0 mana "give up to 3 pirates +1/+1" I think it is a bit strong, but it's for pushing the archetype.

[@CeltaHeaven]

"Backup Axe is very weak." Looks like someone forgot warrior has cards like Heroic Strike.

[@justsomerobloxvids1791]

CeltaHeaven assumption: equips a Molten Blade. Heroic Strike, Heroic Strike, +8 attack, 9 attack, Backup Firey Axe. 9 damage, 11 damage combo- WAIT FIRST MATE OH GOD Molten Blade, HSHS, BFA. 9 damage, 11 damage. BFA, First Mate. Breaks the Firey War axe, replaces with hook, breaks hook, replaces with Firey war axe. 11 damage again. 22, 9, means 31 damage combo. This is an OTK at 8 mana.

[@zercade]

@@justsomerobloxvids1791 conditionated, because needs be able to atack face, but yes, would be op

[@justsomerobloxvids1791]

@@zercade (assuming there are no taunt minions or anything that makes the hero immune, its an otk)

[@zercade]

@@justsomerobloxvids1791 i called it conditionated because u need something from the enemy, for me in that cases is a conditionated otk

[@riccardodellorto4267]

There are a lot of good and balanced cards in this video: Ichoron, dinotaming Also back up axe was good in my opinion, because hack the system exists; while I think Trump's version is unbalanced

[@andrewmcreynolds3692]

Trump's version allows for nearly 20 burst damage

[@rorre1650]

Trump's version will probably move aggro warrior in tier 1 ezily

[@Galforetress]

Andrew McReynolds trump didn’t consider heroic strike. Oof.

[@imaplague]

Riccardo Dell'Orto Reaper > Heroic strike > Heroic strike > backup axe = 23 damage in one turn

[@masona8821]

Riccardo Dell'Orto I also agree that Trump’s version is overpowered, what if the card was still 2 mana but read “equip a 2/2 axe, if you have a weapon equipped give it deathrattle refresh your hero’s attack and equip a 2/2 axe” or would that be to long of text for a card?

[@MidnightBloomDev]

0 mana spell: KZbin Sacrifice good sleep tonight

[@hadizahedi5651]

Design 5 Balance 1 Lost to this card too many times.

[@asteriskthegamingstar1891]

A NEUTRAL SPELL OTHER THAN THE COIN? 0 STAR DESIGN!

[@ogc1974]

holy shit its 5 46 am this is me

[@logandavis3316]

Could be balanced in a set based on using KZbin to fall to sleep

[@viggo_kasa874]

For the first card I only have one word to say "EVOLVE!!!"

[@leon_blackpaw]

Damm I am late

[@wizardsmix7961]

??? how does evolve have any synergy with that card lmao

[@h1gunther659]

@@wizardsmix7961 U stupid? Lol

[@gdaymaster8499]

Think of the fact that it turns 1 mana totems into 5 mana "totems." Evolve then says 1 mana --> 2 mana or 5 mana --> 6 mana. I know I worded that badly, but I hope it is understood

[@ianlittle1653]

3 desert obelisks are better than 3 6 drops

[@TheDAKING549]

I think amalgams ruin pyramad mostly the 4 mana one that summons 2 1/1s. I can easily see some consistent combo with that card alone.

[@no1bro120202]

Aggressive bargaining is also missing a quotation mark around bargaining.

[@buzzalliver4298]

2:53 totem bearer is a skin of maokay from league of legends lol

[@manuelnekros6649]

Only hunter card I could think of is possibly one that scales like the Shaman card with Totems, but relies on you having multiple tribes on the board.

[@digiquo8143]

Menagerie Hunter was decent back in the days of Karazhan, would like to see a revival of the archetype in some way, even if only for wild like Dragon Paladin.

[@IanBooth21]

I think a neat pirate-themed hunter epic card could be something like: "Sailor's Nightmare- 8 mana 7/8 beast- Battlecry: Destroy all pirates. For each one destroyed, gain +2/+1"

[@593swheeler]

When you said the bounce effects rogue has you forgot Daring Escape. Also, the creator of Aggressive "Bargaining" redesigned the card as "if you have a weapon with 3 or more attack," which is fair imo.

[@gizel4376]

yeah make the quest better or require you to play a real weapon or a weapon enchanter, the main problem with the original is that the only condition only require you to press the button, doesn't worth a lot

[@Suavek69]

13:30 how about "equip 2/2 axe. If you have weapon equipped give it "deathrattle: refresh your hero's attack and equip 2/2 Axe""

[@localinquisitor3106]

Lmao, how funny that Captain’s Flintlock actually transformed into that 1/4 Box that makes your Beasts attack a minion

[@ayylmao2664]

2:50 hey that’s Maokai!

[@sebastiankjlby4456]

No?

[@AleskanderPog]

@@sebastiankjlby4456 Yes? It is?

[@leeroy1961]

Maokai*

[@leeroy1961]

@@sebastiankjlby4456 it is

[@ayylmao2664]

Leeroy Jenkins oops lol

[@wellguesswhatIthink]

6:00 "But there are no value Rogues in play" Implying there ever was. Value Rogue pretty much died when Auctioneer got nerfed 5 years ago. I would know, I kept trying (angry Valeera noises)

[@wizardsmix7961]

Obviously you never played deathrattle rogue, wild kobold rogue, or any of the wild viable rogue decks.

[@klepka5400]

Reno rogue exist and no matter how bad it is it can win and its fun

[@zeldosan5138]

this aged poorly [laughs in galakrond]

[@kennethokubo3435]

Rare hunter spell: Name: storm the fleet. 1 mana: equip a 1/3 weapon, if you already have one, summon a southsea deckhand instead

[@klepka5400]

Thats super weak still

[@kennethokubo3435]

KlepkaPl PvP it’s more of a versatility card for said pirate hunter decks. You could buff it to equip a 1/4 weapon i guess. But the point is that it’s good both to activate the often weapon based pirate effects and to benefit off of weapons you already have with 2 damage and a possible body

[@vitortoniolo4880]

really weak, not really hunter flavored

[@firestarr5812]

More for rogue. A rogue would storm a fleet, not a hunter.

[@0IIIIII]

Hi just wanted to say, this card has no flavor

[@Nerdnumberone]

Pyramad: There's a spell that gives your minions deathrattle: summon a random basic totem.

[@Rishech]

It's in wild, and wild has some waaay crazier combos

[@horchorseman9270]

@@Rishech pyramad is even too.

[@XFeuerFestX]

Just off the top of my head: 2 (maybe 3) Mana spell: Poachers Add a random Beast to your hand for each Pirate you control. I'll admit it's a bit weird, since neither Hunter nor Pirates are usually playing the control game, but I feel like the card kinda ties the pirates in with Hunter and it is somewhat flavourful.

[@charlierose7153]

Could call it 'Brave New World' or something: thematically these Pirates have landed on an unexplored island and captured a bunch of the wildlife.

[@XFeuerFestX]

@@charlierose7153 I like that, too. It looses the outlaw aspect, but gains the seafarer theme.

[@yeah5874]

I live for these videos i dont even play HS anymore

[@larroqe]

And to think that Captain Flintlock's idea was used in Scholomancy

[@luckynumberslevin5936]

10:00 i like the idea of adapting it "Taunt" twice, so you have the triple taunting stegadon x)

[@love4075]

Aggressive bargaining with quest can be completed in turn 3. All you need is coin equip your weapon by using your hero power. Turn one is complete. Turn two use aggressive bargaining then it's complete. Turn 3 use any spell or minion that gives you a card from another class then quest is complete.

[@mattryan3559]

Pyramad would cause problems in wild for Even Shaman

[@LinNof]

the backup axe can be played before you're down to 1 durability because the attack refresh is part of the deathrattle, so that effect won't trigger until you use the last hit anyway

[@funmaster5249]

Doesnt pyramad work with hench clan hag?

[@DiegoHernandez-vv3iv]

Last time I was this early riot had only 1 game

[@ankylo5550]

Trump: it was a hard design requirement Also Trump: Design 1 star

[@santeri5921]

Well the fact that the design requirement was hard doesn't automatically make a card have good design...

[@Vearru]

Initial instinct on the hunter pirate card would involve some play on Captain’s Parrot as it is already a beast that works with pirates. One ridiculous idea I have is a high cost hunter pirate that either fills your hand with Captain’s Parrots or adds some number to your hand based off of either pirates or beasts and call it something like Parrot Poacher.

[@zeophen]

Maybe Backup Axe was designed with Heroic Strike in mind. When combined, Heroic Strike will be 8 damage each. If you had a 1/1 training axe on turn 6, you could do 19 damage just from your hero with Backup Axe + Heroic Strike + Heroic Strike. Obviously, that would be very draw dependent, but it is still a strong finisher where just 2 cards for 4 mana can represent 10 burst damage.

[@iamthereddemon20]

Learn To Aim Landlubbers 7 Mana Hunter spell Deal 2 damage for each pirate you control, overkill: summon a pirate with +1/+1 for each extra damage. Not too happy with the name but I think this could be a pretty strong card in a hunter pirate deck.

[@ser6Ijvolk]

Just change flintlock's text to "after your hero attacks the enemy hero, your pirates have rush and windfury this turn, but can't attack the enemy hero", maybe lower the charges to 2 and it's fine. This way it's also hard countered by taunts, isn't too aggro and not too much of a constant threat. The flavor is that your crew sees you engaging the enemy captain in a one on one duel and their morale shoots up. If you think this is too much, switch "your pirates" to "pirates played this turn have rush and windfury for it's duration".

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

Looking back on this video from the future, how does Pyramad fare now that we have a totem-based deck?

[@Feraldok]

With Galakrond the backup axe could actually be insane. You could invoke and get some attack and then attack multiple times with the attack Bonus.

[@christianscrocco5321]

3:15 hmmm, reminds me of something. Maybe blizzard took some inspiration?

[@LoudMutes]

Trump, you forgot that there are attack buffs in Warrior! That turns the card from a +2 damage niche card to a possible full otk with just: Turn 1: Fresh Weapon to face + Backup axe Turn 2: 2x Heroic strike using both last charge of weapon and first charge of backup axe + 2nd copy of backup axe + Firey Waraxe for a minimum of 28 face damage + 2 weapon charges. This is even more broken in wild because you can do the entire otk in 1 turn with access to 2x cursed blade to break the first and second backup axe.

[@WaluTime]

Flintlock being hard powercreeped and put into the game lel

[@achimsinn7782]

Another issue with Blubberfin he didn't mention is how would it interact with taunt? Like you send him face, but your opponent puts up a taunt on his turn - would he still go face past the taunt or would he attack the taunt instead?

[@ZackBogucki]

Pyramad isn't dangerous because it turns totems into an obscure payoff card, it's dangerous because it turns totems into 5-mana minions in an Evolve meta. I don't think it'd fit well in current Evolve Shaman decks, but the mana cost on every Shaman card is painfully relevant right now.

[@utopiapro007]

Hunter Epic Weapon: Fang and Claw 5 Mana; 1/4 Weapon Text: Has +2 Attack if you control a Pirate. If your hero kills a minion, add a Parrot with Rush to your hand. (Parrot is 2 mana; 1/1 beast which tutors a pirate from the deck) It's a conditionally better "Assassin's Blade" which needs Pirates to do well. I had considered dropping the cost of parrots to one, but that would be a bit much on tempo. Also didn't want it to immediately summon because 1) flavor of pirate rexxar attacking with his blade and then having Birdy attack; 2) the Parrot battlecry allows for the tutor; and 3) it would just become a strictly better locust spear. Sure, the second part is a bit slow, but it doesn't have to be used in the same turn.

[@K1110n]

I have an interesting idea for a pirate hunter card, though I’m kind of meshing together multiple hunter archetypes for it. Stowaways: 2 mana secret “Whenever a deathrattle effect is triggered, summon 3 1/1 parrots with deathrattle ‘add a random pirate to your hand’. “ It may not work as a card to push pirate hunter, but I thought it might help it get there if there was one more pirate card to support it.

[@ThePlaydohWarrior]

Make aggressive bargaining "Take an additional card per attack of your weapon. (Up to 2)". Meaning daggering just gives you 2 cards and something with 2 attack gives you all three?

[@lavandereisly4194]

Now what I'm curious about is Twisting Nether style effects with Lord Of The Scourge. Would you get the minions?

[@mauricioochoa1089]

I think for the backup axe you are forgetting the possiblity of using it, attack with your weapon, and then equip another weapon for an unexpected burst. The card doesnt state that the refreshed attack can only be used with the axe.

[@tobiaspause1775]

im disagreeing with boosting the Backup axe card. Getting a 3/2 for 1? Where does that comes from? The old 2/2 plus an extra attack is completely fine.

[@ExOTiC1234]

That hunter pirate weapon is pretty neat with Ticket Scalper. I could see it being run for that interaction alone

[@kushaiah12]

Do reborns activate if they get bounced but there is no handspace?

[@djad4118]

The totem bearer card I believe is actually a fair bit weaker then you thought. It doesn’t say “gains” it says “has” meaning it scales up and only gets one effect (rush, +2 attack or wind fury) I believe the text should be edited to make it more clear on how it scales.

[@criticalcoke6347]

I think Backup axe is actually a little to powerful with the attack refresh because it sets up a near lethal turn very easily and early. Turn 5 play Arcanite Reaper and attack face, turn 6 play 2 Heroic Strike and Backup Axe for a whopping 28 damage.

[@ScoutXdude]

Anybody recognize Totem Bearer’s art is just a Maokai skin from League?

[@kiwilover8]

The amalgams are also all totems, don't forget. So pyramid combos very well with Hench-clan hag since she summons 2 totems already, so you'd only need 1 totem on board to make pyramad go off

[@bluephoniex6356]

BTW, hunter pirate cards aren't that out there because in reality there were Pirate hunters, just make pirates who can destroy or severely weaken other pirates for hunter and it fits the theme well, even if pirates aren't a big enough threat atm to need to target nerf by countering. ( maybe it would allow another wave of pirate cards to buff the tribe up then?)

[@santeri5921]

You could try to balance Leoroxx by giving the blessing "costs (3) more"

[@asteriskthegamingstar1891]

Kills the card

[@xgraharax]

wouldn't backup axe be super powerfull in an invoke deck though? it could basically act like a one turn windfury, potentially doing huge face damage for relatively low cost

[@sp1d5r]

back up axe can be played any time you have a weapon, it doesnt have to be just on your last strike

[@cathsaigh2197]

Would Pyramad be OK if it transformed only two of your totems and was 5 mana?

[@KakashiOTS]

I'd say do something like "Captain Squawks: 1 mana 1/2 beast: Your beasts count as pirates and your pirates count as beasts." Something to that effect anyway.

[@Stupid-yn8tl]

(Hunter Card) 2 Mana 1/1 Beast "Pirates Best Friend" Battlecry: Summon a 1/1 Pirate's Best Friend for each pirate you control.

[@hask620]

Play the 7/1 weapon. Wait til next turn. Play backup axe and card that gives +4 attack this turn. Hit enemy face for 18 damage.

[@vampuricknight1]

Lord of the Scourge seems a bit OP to me if you can in any way cheat out the effect at a lower mana cost such as in big priest or equivalent. The plan would then be to play out a cheaper lord of the scourge, board wipe the enemy either with a spell or minions take their reborn minions and then heal them back to full.

[@Necrotechian]

Backup axe is insanely good even with the 2 mana and 2/2 axe version .... 2x heroic strike = equipped weapon +8 dmg to the face → weapon breaks and you get additional 2+8 dmg to face→ cast Backup axe again and play any weapon with your remaining mana → hit face with a second 2+8 dmg... you can literally deal 30 dmg to the face with 7 mana... assuming you had a at least 2 dmg weapon on 1 durability with Backup axe on it from the previous turns

[@Dw3llerr]

in terms of the hunter card, I have a legendary minion idea Admiral Ripsnarl 5 mana 2/3 PIrate with Rush Your Pirates are also beasts!

[@satibel]

I prefer "your beasts are also pirates.", because making a human into a beast would be an scientists thing, while adding an eyepatch to your beasts isn't hard. Though it's extremely underpowered 5 mana 2/3 that basically has it's effect for one turn. If you are playing a pirate deck, you want aggressive cards. I think if it was a 2mana 2/3 pirate/beast with this text it might still be balanced. If you make it a start of the game effect or a battlecry it might be better, but would still be underpowered at 5. You could maybe add the "after this attacks, your pirates attack the target" line and it may be balanced for 5, but still bad unless you also give it rush. For 5 mana, a 3/7 or 4/6 with that effect might be playable but still, 5 mana for a card is on the expensive side for a pirate deck, you'd rather play a leeroy to kill your opponent at this cost.

[@Dw3llerr]

@@satibel the idea of pirates being beasts is because of the worgen curse that ripsnarl forced on his entire crew.

[@justsomerobloxvids1791]

Daniel Syring the entirety of the crew is not worgen. Also, the captain is a Murloc. Ripsnarl isn’t captain.

[@Dw3llerr]

@@justsomerobloxvids1791 that's why I didn't say Captain, he's an Admiral.

[@satibel]

@@Dw3llerr also, worgens aren't beasts in hearthstone.

[@GiammiTheBest]

Backup Axe, what about giving:"plus four attack to your hero" 2 times? It will be pretty strong for combos with galakrond

[@jjrbenis07]

How about "Backup Axe" be a 2 mana spell reading "Equip a 2/2 Axe and refresh your hero's attack"? Skip the whole already have a weapon.

[@cubandarknez]

Hunter pirate card needs to be strong, to push the archetype. Probably a weapon or a spell. Will edit with nore thoughts. Thoughts: some interaction with pirates and beasts. Sharks, parrots, crabs. Deathrattle on your pirates, when they die do something crazy related to beast mounts or captured beasts? Some pirate themed weapon that summons beasts every time you attack for each pirate on the board.

[@punims]

I think backup axe is absolutely nuts... In the right combo deck you can play it with Heroic Strike.. I wouldn't underestimate it

[@VERRUCKT411]

8:24 Finish quest on turn 4 ? That incredibly fast and too strong ! Quest Druid does it every game :))

[@placeadrien5566]

Power depends on the reward.

[@wizardsmix7961]

literally impossible? lol?

[@snakeorbreak6258]

@@wizardsmix7961 actually, it is possible, but not every game turn 1 coin or innervate->quest turn 2 one-cost card|pass turn 3 two-cost card|hero power|anything from t2 turn 4 three-cost card|two-cost card and one-cost card|hero power and one-cost card|anything from t2 or t3 boom quest done on t4

[@wizardsmix7961]

@@snakeorbreak6258 Yeah.. duh.. but the commenter specifically said every game..

[@VERRUCKT411]

@@wizardsmix7961 As Snake or Break told, if they go with the coin it's turn 4 quest ended, if they go first, turn 5. And tbh i do think that have both choice insta is stronger than actually only having a perma 3 attack everyturn for free

[@MrZerodaim]

Regarding Pyramad, It pairs incredibly well with Splitting Axe. 2 totems survive, and you've got 4x5 damage on the way.

[@mrbrightside9609]

I'm surprised Heroic Strike (give your hero +4 attack this turn) wasn't mentioned with backup axe. Equip a FWA, swing with it. Cast Backup Axe and double Heroic Strike for a 21 damage beatdown since the attack refreshes.

[@davidlee4314]

Feathered Seafarer: 5 mana 5/5 Pirate, Battlecry: add two Captain's Parrot cards to your hand

[@devidbaguetta4803]

I´m not so sure about your statement regarding aggressive bargaining. Remember the quest reward is a weapon, a very good one aswell.. Additionally you already have to have a weapon equipped for this card to gain its full effect. In the end you will most likely have 3 dead cards in your hand because your hero power weapon is just superior. Clever disguise on the other hand is not only almost as good in terms of completing the quest, it gets you cards you can play and that will be replayed in a useful way by tess when you play her. So in summary, yes it would speed up the quest completion but wont achieve much else.

[@Andy9833]

Think about backup axe with Heroic Strike. Arcanite Reaper with 1 durability left + Heroic Strike + Backup axe is 15 damage to the dome assuming you keep the attack.

[@digiquo8143]

Epic Hunter Pirate card Storm the Island!: 6 mana spell, summon a 2/3 pirate with Rush for every beast you control.

[@Duhad8]

Random hunter pirate idea with 0 thought put into it: Parrot Trainer (pirate) - 2 cost 2/2 with battle cry "Put a 'Loyal Parrot' into your hand." Loyal Parrot (beast) - 1 cost 1/1 with battle cry "Discover a pirate." Its basically a slow 3 cost 3/3 with a worse 'draw a card' effect, but possibly allows for both beast and pirate synergy in a theoretical expansion where pirate hunter was being pushed. Also obviously theirs a chance at an infinite 'value' combo, but I don't think a 3/3/ for 3 combo would be all that scary. Especially if best case is just filling your board with 1/1s and 2/2s.

[@BartixShieldsmen]

Here's one for the contest: "bandit's mounts" 2-4 mana discover a beast, give your pirates deathrattle summon the discovered beast

[@BMVfilms]

Bartix waaaay too polarizing effect.

[@jellevaneijk9397]

also bandits aren't pirates, go watch some one piece

[@BartixShieldsmen]

@@jellevaneijk9397 yeah but the name honestly just sounded better tbh, if you got a better one i'm all ears

[@jellevaneijk9397]

@@BartixShieldsmen marauders menagerie mayhem, but the card seems op af with bad deviations, turn 1 pirate pirate (+patches in wild) turn 2 MMM and then shove them into whatever the opponents has played and get triple tyrantus

[@jellevaneijk9397]

and not sure if that can be fixed

[@fluffydbeast7557]

Pyramad would be really op with evolve too

[@cooper1700]

I think after Trump’s change to the backup axe it’s still too strong. If you play it then attack, your attack is refreshed but you don’t HAVE to use the 2/2 weapon. Aggro warrior could get pretty ridiculous by attacking, then equipping Arcanite Reaper or Gorehowl and attacking again

[@DatBeast18]

What do you think of a spell or minion that silences and destroys a reborn minion? Kinda like black knight

[@SilverWing213]

2:02 That's the old Totemic Maokai skin splash art from League of Legends...Why do people love using these skins as card art lmao

[@klepka5400]

If blizzard were to print this im sure they can afford to make/buy their own art. Randoms on subreddit cant

[@PhantomJavelin]

Because they look like they would fit in a TCG?

[@Bluutuber]

Because it looks like exactly the kind of art style for a Hearthstone card? It fits perfectly and without knowing its origin you wouldn't be able to guess.

[@s0vietb3atle]

How is equip a weapon a condintion in rouge? Its their hero power

[@jonathandavies1716]

Pushing a new archatype with one card is hard. I think would need to focus on pirate beast synergy in this case. Something like: Parrots For Everyone! Start of game if some drawback, for the rest of the game your pirates have deathrattle summon a 1/1 parrot. Base card doesn't overly matter. Maybe a big minion or something that summons lots of little minions. If the drawback involved overloading your deck with weapons would be nice. It helps push both the pirate theme and synergy. Probably not a big enough drawback though. It might be nice if your pirates also got +1/1 but I think that would be too strong. Also replacing the buff with pirates counting as beasts seems too strong too.

[@moshill1374]

3:45 Design 1 star cause you did what the competition said to do... can we actually teach Trump how to review cards fairly?

[@wesleyd5315]

Backup Axe would be one of those that would enable to Warrior quest to be viable.

[@toniconge7003]

For a Pirate Hunter Weapon based on the one the team made 6 mana 2/3 weapon "After your Hero Attacks your Pirates attack the target too" For the lack of other Pirate synergy they get a super face payoff with Pirates.

[@Baconator4579]

Pyramad would be really good in even shaman in wild

[@tehmastawow]

That Lord of the scourge's effect was really sweet, and a whole lot closer to what it should've been instead of what Blizzard made, which really dissapointed me personally as a long time wotlk and wc fan.

[@jellevaneijk9397]

it's really underpowered, 8 mana 8/8 that gives you 1 health versions of the opponents minions in very specific circumstances that will turn into a disadvantage once your 8/8 dies? wouldn't be played. The lich king they gave instead was played quite a lot, was a powerful card with flavor that got plenty of effort put into it

[@Dream146]

It might be OP but my first thought is like a mad scientist goblin pirate strapping hooks and cannons onto sharks and such. Maybe something that makes all beasts count as pirates or summons two cannon sharks.

[@jeppenathanael3205]

What if leoroxx gave you a random animal companions blessing - but this time, its a spell that buffs a beast and costs 3

[@thebitterfig9903]

Pyramad really brings up a question: Why hasn't Blizzard made a "Summon All 4 Basic Totems" spell?

[@Bluutuber]

Because it would discount thing from below by 4? It would also force the opponent to clear or else they could potentially hit you with totemic surge + totemic surge + bloodlust for 29 damage

[@onimaxblade8988]

For a Hunter Pirate card I'd do a thing like "If you attack (or kill) a minion, summon a highway man for the opponent." I would need to sort through the numbers, or think about whether it should have rush or not, or what the highway man pirate should be like, but, yeah. You could maybe think about doing something beast or murloc related, and make it more themed around fishing, so instead of a highway man it actually is a high-seas pirate as well. I dunno.