MArcomage

Standstill is kinda 'meh' even more reinforce non-keyword tower decks.

On the other hand - Baku and Madness returns are real neat.

Madness returns seems funny, but fluffy bunny was better.
I was wishing for some more alliance but I'm sure we will have more in the christmas update (or even halloween?)
Not even an uncommon? It could be a good choice since we have already 256 uncommon cards, still it's weird...
Let's look at the single cards now:
Amzon and Northern archer are good newcomers for barbarian deck; it's already a good deck but there are so few barbarins that every deck looks alike. I like to have more choices. Northern archer is intresting, a tower- card that can't be used in direct tower attack decks.
Samurai princess seems weak for a rare, but it's easily summoned by coscript. At least opponent sholdn't draw rares(like Tsunami)
Stand still will make tower decks stronger, it's also good for decks that need many turns to win.
also medusa and goblin heap are interesting zero cost cards, probably Dark flame will be used in a more aggressive way now.
Baku is the third beast/illusion card we have, it's a strange sinergy, I wonder if it could be developed more, maybe it needs a card like Keeper of souls and Forest spirit.

How about Wind Dragon and some of the good Alliance proposed concepts? :(

All of the new cards seem to be very good. I'm curious to see how Madness returns will be. I think I'm gonna like Ancient power :)

Wow. I wouldn't have assumed Madness returns to be possible. Very interesting. I assume, since it doesn't say so, that it doesn't change your hands, so it would take a few rounds for the effect to really take hold.

Medusa is a Common? Why not call it Gorgon, then? It seems to me that Medusa, the most famed and most notorious of the gorgons, wouldn't be Common.

The name Samurai princess simply makes no sense. The samurai were a social class distinctly separate from royalty. Is this meant to be a princess who disguised herself and trained as a samurai? If such a story exists, I'd name this card for that individual instead. Otherwise, call it something akin to Samurai elite. As it stands now, it's a headscratcher, like calling someone a Knight Duke or Mercenary Emperor.

(Alright, I've Googled "Samurai Princess" to see what comes up, and I see that there is a 2009 movie with that name, and it also sounds pretty ridiculous. It's about a female ninja robot. I would not use it for inspiration.)

Fithz wrote:
Madness returns seems funny, but fluffy bunny was better.

Looks like Fithz is the only one who wasn't tricked :D (switching decks isn't supported). I just really like to add one fake card with obvious reference to something to the preview. But fear not - you will not have one card less. I'll be adding one mystery card instead of this one to the update.

I renamed Medusa to Gorgon as suggested. Samurai princess wasn't inspired by the movie, but I think it just fits the picture very well. Maybe it doesn't make really too much sense, but cmon - we have cards with more ridiculous names here like Tubular bells.

:( I've already designed a shitty deck to switch it to the enemy.

The new cards look great :)
my only concern is Ancient power, although i like the card i think its gain should be capt somehow production x0 possibly? Because with a normal production it can give as much as +10 stock in one turn. It isn't difficult to have +4 or 5 stock in a dragon or a summoning deck even with x0 restriction.

Again - no real love to Alliance and Beast :(
About cards:
I'm not a fan of Academy-like cards, but I'd take this one in my deck IF it raised highest facility instead of lowest one, even if its cost would be 12/12/12. By the way, this card is called Academy, Quarry+ - Architect academy, Magic+ - Magic academy... So why is Dungeon+ card called Manufactory, and not, say, Warrior academy?
Arcane tome, Forge master and Mason - I like it. It's great for facilities+ decks - cheap and effective.
Baku... I don't know about using it in Beast deck, but it's good addition for Illusion. Same with Elven sorcerer. It isn't good for Alliance - mediocre at best - but in Mage decks it will be pretty effective.
Both Barbarians are very interesting.
Guardian spirit... I believe it will become one of the worst common Restoration, along with Sea priestess.
I like these common zero-cost cards. Especially Ancient power - Dragon decks need something supportive like this. I guess I'll finally build a zero-cost deck :)
Zeus is just epic. Counterable, but epic.
Samurai princess... It's almost fine, it will be Illusion and Nature's bane, but it really should not allow opponent to draw rares.
And Aqua cards - both are interesting and useful. In fact, these two cards can be picked in non-Aqua deck as well, and will be very effective.
Overall, I like this set. Of course, I'd like to see something else - especially Incoming army or some of my combos, but... oh well.