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

[legolas3333]

1, 3, 4, and 9 seem overpowered 1 because it discards all conditions, 3 because of Gandalf., Leader Of Men 4 because 4 of those will kill the opponent's deck balance and 9 because it breaks the rule of 9

2 is an interesting idea, I just wouldn't use it

5 goes with the picture, but doesn't work on the original flavor.

6 has too many abilities, either the healing or the prevention of overwhelming would have to go to make it even out.

7 I like it, nice and simple

8 I like it but the second ability should be removed.

so my votes go to

8
7
2

[Cw0rk]

2-5-9

[sharkey]

Okay, I want to do a quick review of these cards, for fun. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but I also want to be honest.

Number 1: It seems a bit underpowered to me. I would rather play Sleep, Carahdaras. However, I do see the benefit of having it functional in the regroup phase. Seems situational to me.

Number 2: Seems a little bit powerful, but I do like it. It does not quite seem correctly worded, maybe a "may" would help.

Number 3: I love the flavor on this one. However, I would have to check and make sure this would not do anything game-breaking.

Number 4: Seems a little bit powerful, especially against Ninja Gollum decks and the like. Might have a place, may not. Also interesting that it can hit your won deck.

Number 5: Seems good in a Rohan deck, and also goes with the art. The effect is good, but not anything special. I like it.

Number 6: Very powerful, and a fun card to mess with your opponent, since Gandalf does have a lot of "Discard a minion Gandalf is skirmishing" effects.

Number 7: Hmmm.... Goes well with Friend to the Shirefolk. A very Gandalf card.

Number 8: Useful and very powerful. A good card that could see some play, but a lot Like Palando.

Number 9: I like this version of some of the other condition/minions. My problem with it is what happens if it is killed, which seems like what it would be mostly used for.

Anyways, everyone did a good job. I've going to vote for:

3
7
9

[ket_the_jet]

To be honest, I've always thought that it was the Treebeard that was actually the problem.

I read this a few days ago and could have sworn I responded to this. You are absolutely right...Treebeard is the problem.

I remember when Treebeard was previewed, it took about two minutes for players to say, "Hey, what about a loop with Steadfast Champion?!"
-wtk

[MR. Lurtzy]

Once again, I am caught wishing I could vote for my own.

Seriously, every round I think about this.

[TelTura]

3
7
8

3 just blows me away...overpowered?  possibly.  but the concept (linked with the lore!) fills me with fanboy giddiness.

[Not a Zombie]

1, 3, 4, and 9 seem overpowered 1 because it discards all conditions, 3 because of Gandalf., Leader Of Men 4 because 4 of those will kill the opponent's deck balance and 9 because it breaks the rule of 9

Just to re-iterate, we are not voting on power level here, but flavor.

[Anvar]

9
3
8

[Not a Zombie]

4
6
1

[legolas3333]

1, 3, 4, and 9 seem overpowered 1 because it discards all conditions, 3 because of Gandalf., Leader Of Men 4 because 4 of those will kill the opponent's deck balance and 9 because it breaks the rule of 9

Just to re-iterate, we are not voting on power level here, but flavor.

Well I  just won't vote for a card that would allow you to discard your opponent's shadow side

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

1
5
2

[Thranduil]

It occurs to me that there are only 2 votes left, the natural pair of MR. Lurtzy and some guy Thranduil who's always the last the vote - really bugs me.

So yeah my votes go for

1) #7
2) #3
3) #2

And please Lurtzy can you vote as soon as possible!

Thranduil

[MR. Lurtzy]

3
2
5

[Thranduil]

Sorry for the delay, but now I'm ready to face the world once more!

I can give you the results for round 8. Unfortunately, choosing the card for round 9 has turned out to be a tricky business (I know what the final round 10 is going to be), so I will not post the next round right now, but as soon as possible.

Our winners:

1) Sweet_Stuff (#3)

2) Anvar (#7)

3) ket_the_jet (#2) AND MR. Lurtzy (#8)

So a to them in the meantime. Hopefully the new round will be up later today or tomorrow. I will also replace the innocuous numbers with real people's names (or usernames, I suppose...).

Thranduil

[Thranduil]

Right - I have now worked out what our 9th card is going to be. Essentially I realised there was one culture in particular missing from all that we've done so far: . And I was looking around to see which card would be the best to choose, and it was a close call between several different options. And I think it's going to be a choice between:



So there's nothing particularly wrong with either of these cards. They're just unimpressive and unused, and I know we can do a great job revamping.

Let me restate the rules for this contest. You should make either one (not both) of the above cards. Any particular comments I have will be underlined below.

Your card should:

1) Have the same title (with a (V) attached to the end)
2) Have the same twilight cost and culture. Characters and followers, FP and Shadow, are all fair game for this round.
3) Have whatever attributes or attribute modifiers you think appropriate.
4) Have a different text, maybe similar, but could also be on completely different lines. There is a lot of scope this round. What's the sort of Gollum/Sméagol you've always wanted to design? Is there something you think he should do that he doesn't? Or maybe there's another card or sub-strategy that you thought never got the love it deserved. Or back to flavour basics - what do their subtitles suggest to you about what they do? Or their lore texts? Or the picture? What's he thinking?
5) Have a lore which you want, it's really up to you - you can keep the same lore or put in your own, it doesn't really matter.

So your Sméagol card should look quite a lot like this:

•Sméagol, Hurried Guide (V)
Type • Sub-type
Strength: +X
Vitality: +Y
Resistance/Signet: +Z
Game text.
"Lore text."
7 V 72

or your Gollum card would look like this:

•Gollum, Vile Creature (V)
Type • Sub-type
Strength: +X
Vitality: +Y
Site: +Z
Game text.
"Lore text."
7 V 59


I like to leave a week for entries to come in, so the deadline will be at midnight GMT on Tuesday 20th. A few days before, if you've said that you want to participate and haven't given me an entry, I will be pestering you via PM, so do get them in as quickly as possible!

Entries should be submitted to me by PM (or email if you prefer).

So all that remains for me to say now is, good luck!

Thranduil