Virtual DC Contest #3 - The Return of the King (Starting the FINAL ROUND!)

[Cw0rk]

It doesn't really matter if the contest is a bit late, it's not as if our lifes depended on it.

[Thranduil]

Sorry, been a very busy weekend. The entries will come up later today.

Until then, I'm voting for #5 three times.

Thranduil

[Thranduil]

Again many many apologies for the delayed state of this round. I will be sure to fire my secretary - he's obviously quite useless.

And now some cards! I enjoyed seeing this round. Some great ideas for a really flavour-packed card title, and I think all the entries are fantastic.

That said, I need everyone to vote for their favourite 3 as usual. The voting deadline for this round will be a week today, so Monday 22nd.

#1
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Enduring. Fierce.
While you can spot a token, this minion is a corsair.
While you cannot spot a token, this minion loses Man and gains Nazgûl.
"...corrupted by Sauron, and who hated above all the followers of Elendil."
8 V 49

#2
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 10
Vitality: 2
Site: 4
While you can spot a Man, this minion is fierce.
While you can spot a Man, this minion is damage+1.
This minion is strength +1 for each companion you can spot.
The Men of Númenor were settled far and wide...Many became enamoured of the Darkness and the black arts.
8 V 49

#3
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Corsair
While you can spot another Man, this minion is strength +2 and damage +1.
While you can spot a Free Peoples Man, this minion is strength +2 and damage +1.
While you can spot Denethor, Faramir, Boromir, or Aragorn, this minion is strength +3 and fierce.
"Black with hate, they swore destruction upon that other remnant, the Elendil."
8 V 49

#4
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Corsair. Fierce.
When you play this minion, you may reinforce a token for each Free Peoples follower you can spot.
While you can spot a companion, this minion is damage+ 1.
"...corrupted by Sauron, and who hated above all the followers of Elendil."
8 V 49

#5
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 10
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Ambush . Corsair. Easterling. Enduring. Fierce. Southron. Toil 1.
"After the fall of Sauron, their race swiftly dwindled or became merged with the Men of Middle-earth…"
8 V 49

#6
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 5
Vitality: 2
Site: 4
Corsair.
When you play this minion you may spot a possession, a besieger or a Nazgûl to gain initiative until the end of the turn.
Shadow: Exert this minion to add .
"...corrupted by Sauron, and who hated above all the followers of Elendil."
8 V 49

Designer's Note: My biggest problem with Corsairs is that they should have been a great support culture but a weak culture on their own. I.e., they should have filled in holes for other groups weaknesses but not functioned together very well. I imagine one guy with a cost who may add back and discard a condition, a guy with a cost who may discard a possession and add back...I don't know. That is kind of how I would have made Corsairs.

#7
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Corsair.
While you can spot a ranger companion, minions cannot be discarded (except during the regroup phase).
While you can spot a knight comapnion, minions cannot be exerted by Free Peoples cards.
Skirmish: Discard a card from hand to make this minion strength +2.
"...corrupted by Sauron, and who hated above all the followers of Elendil."
8 V 49

#8
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 13
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Corsair. Enduring.
Skirmish: Heal this minion to reinforce 2 tokens.
"... corrupted by Sauron, and who hated above all the followers of Elendil."
8 V 49

#9
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Site: 4
Each companion (except the Ring-bearer) skirmishing a Man is resistance -2.
Each Man minion skirmishing a companion with resistance 0 is strength +2.
Skirmish: If this minion is skirmishing a companion with resistance 0, exert this minion to wound that companion.
Even of the Men of Westernesse many fell sway to Sauron's deceptions.
8 V 49

#10
Black Númenorean (V)
Minion • Man
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site: 5
Corsair. Fierce.
While you can spot a or minion, this minion's twilight cost is -2.
Assignment: Exert this minion to assign it to a companion. That companion may exert to prevent this.
"...corrupted by Sauron, and who hated above all the followers of Elendil."
8 V 49

[legolas3333]

3 love the flavor of this one

10 this one too

1 ok i guess, i just don't see how you can lose a race.

[ket_the_jet]

Number 10 was the best to me. It covered the and support better than number 6. He kind of has game text, but I don't mind that.

Number 4 seems a little underpowered to me, but I like him.

I'm not a big fan of resistance-based stuff, but 9 was well-balanced and gets my third place vote.



Number 3 is cheaper and (in most cases) stronger than the Witch-King. Isn't that already Corsairs' problem?
-wtk

[TelTura]

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10
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#8 needs a "shadow cards may not exert this minion during the skirmish phase" clause, `a la the "thrall of the one" nazgul cards, else you could have some rediculous loops.

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1 ok i guess, i just don't see how you can lose a race.

well, it's easy when you think of the concept, he's not so much losing one as gaining another, man to nazgul...I suppose it wouldn't make sense for many transitions, like uruk-hai to hobbit, or dwarf to wizard....but...hey, elf to orc, or ent to troll....that could be a particularly evil (and technically canon) effect....hmm.

[Cw0rk]

5-6-8

[Cw0rk]

Lets bump this thread. Votes are needed guys.

[sharkey]

I'm not really impressed by any of these cards, sorry. But then again, I've never been a fan of anyway.

[Not a Zombie]

All seem wrong power wise, so I'll vote based on flavor

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5
10

[Cw0rk]

All seem wrong power wise, so I'll vote based on flavor

What do you mean? Too good or too weak? It think most cards are alright.

[Thranduil]

I'm not really impressed by any of these cards, sorry. But then again, I've never been a fan of anyway.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't "vont" this round!
-wtk

Well done ket! You spotted my intentional mistake.

Your reward is the satisfaction of a job well done.

All seem wrong power wise, so I'll vote based on flavor

You should try to avoid voting on power level in general. As I have said several times, obviously before print these cards would go through a more extensive development process and power level would be fixed then. Vote primarily on concepts.

[sharkey]

I'm not really impressed by any of these cards, sorry. But then again, I've never been a fan of anyway.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't "vont" this round!
-wtk

Yeah it kinda does

I think none of them have the "Corsair" flavor, or are too weak. Mostly the first.

Actually, I vont for 0. The original.

[MR. Lurtzy]

I thought this was one of the better rounds.

[Cw0rk]

I'm not really impressed by any of these cards, sorry. But then again, I've never been a fan of anyway.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't "vont" this round!
-wtk

Yeah it kinda does

I think none of them have the "Corsair" flavor, or are too weak. Mostly the first.

Actually, I vont for 0. The original.

Maybe you haven't read the link posted by Thranduil talking about how some of the Nazguls are Black Numenorean. I agree that a few of them don't have the corsair flavor, but most of them does.