Card Creator

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The card creation tool works in a very building-block style to facilitate the creation of new cards using pre-coded card effects. These card effect blocks are inserted into the card in certain places depending on how the card effect should be realized.

The four types of effects available to be attached to cards are the untargeted effects, targeted effects, static effects, and triggered abilities. Untargeted effects are effects that happen to entities relative to the source with no specific target. Targeted effect are effects that require a target to be used. Static Effects are effects that exist as long as some condition is met. Such as Flametounge Totem buffing the attack of any adjacent unit. Triggered abilities wrap untargeted effects in order to activate them when ever some condition is met, such as casting a spell or dealing damage. When the condition is met the untargeted effect is triggered and does whatever it is supposed to do. Triggered abilities do not function without reference to at least one untargeted effect that will take place. Some triggered abilities though can also accept targeted effects and it will chose the target to be a specific entity related to the trigger activating, such as Water Elemental freezeing any minion that it damages.

Bloodmage Thalnos

Modifiers can be added to the card by selecting them from the dropdown. If a selected mod requires some more data it will be displayed below the dropdown. Thalnos requires a number to determine her spelldamage and a reference to an effect that will occur after her deathrattle.

Archmage Antonidas

This card is a bit more complicated, it reuires the use of a triggered ability. A triggered ability is an effect that wraps other effects in information that tells the game engine when to activate it. For example, Archmage Antonidas triggers before every spell cast by its controller so we attach a Before Spell Triggered Ability and fill out the relevant info about when it triggers. the trigger is global because it requires information from outside the card to trigger, and the compare is set to friendly cards of type spell, so that it will only trigger when a friendly spell is cast.

Perdition's Blade

This card utilizes both the battlecry and the combo modifier. In my engine the combo modifier is treated as a special case of the battlecry modifier on creatures or weapons, and as such, it has the option to override the original battlecry effect. In this case it is needed so it is selected. This card needs two instances of the same “Damage Target“ effect. They are placed into their respective spots in the battlecry and combo targeted effects section. Because there are targeted effects present a targeting comparer appears which allows the creator to control the specifics of what can be targeted. In this case it can target any creature or player controller by any player.