Oh, Dark Seed used to be “Change a minion to a 10/1” in the alpha days.
CPG patched the game very frequently in the early days. Wish they did the same thing now.
Also, who remembers the old puzzles? The Abyssian one at ch.7 took me like weeks until I gave up and looked up the solution online. The puzzle was what drew me into the game. I think those puzzles are completely changed (and watered down) now because so many cards were changed from beta to now.
please elaborate man, don’t just say “hoo boy i remember that”
i’m a fairly new player i want to know what is this hoo boy thing
coolest 9 mana? what did it do? why are you teasing like this?
Maelstrom used to give you an extra turn.
3rd wish used to be +3/+3 and blast. Then they made it only applicable to dervishes, then they must have changed it again at some point.
You literally just skip your opponent’s next turn. Like, you attack with your general, attack with your minion, your obelisk spawns a wind dervish. You cast Time Maelstrom, so the next turn is yours also - your general and minions can attack again, your BBS refreshes (just theoretically speaking; there wasn’t BBS during beta), and your obelisk spawns another dervish.
that’s like god version of frigid corona. doesn’t sound too fun to play against.
Well, it’s really hard to set up a board for Maelstrom, so it was somewhat fair I guess?
Let’s just bring back old Time Maelstrom now that Nosh-Rak exists and see what happens. 
Third Wish used to be 3 Mana “Give 3 friendly minions +3 Attack.” That plus Stars Fury was broken.
Then it was 3 Mana “Give a friendly minion +3/+3 and Blast.” That plus Saberspine Tiger was broken (you might see the term lazerkitty thrown around sometimes, and this is what that refers to).
Then it was 3 Mana “Give a friendly Dervish minion +3/+3 and Blast.” That was STILL broken with Sand Howler.
That’s when it changed to the current version.
Also, Mana Burn. A long time ago, Magmar was the king of removal because it had Chromatic Cold under the name of Mana Burn alongside 4 Mana Plasma Storm. When Vanar was introduced to the game they got Chromatic Cold, and Mana Burn got changed to 2 Mana “Deal 2 damage to all enemies nearby a Mana Tile.” Then the 1 draw change occurred and Mana Burn got reworked into Dance of Dreams.
manaburn actually sounds pretty cool if they changed the text to deal 2 damage to enemy minions around mana springs. I’m also surprised that no one mentioned 4/1 kitty and broken kinentic surge yet
LOL laser kitty, sounds hilarious i laughed so hard.
thanks man these old cards sounds absolutely mental but, it shows the free creativity of cpg in the old days, now they’ve been consumed by balance but i guess it’s for the better.
I remember when nightsorrow assassin was a 4/1 for 3 (or 4?) mana with rush, and then it was changed to a 3 mana 3/1 that destroyed a nearby minion with 3 or less attack. I also remember when Zenrui was a 5 mana 4/3 that also targeted 3 attack or less minions, until both were nerfed to only affect 2 or less attack minions (and nightsorrow became a 2/1). Zenrui was still good in sabotage Vetruvian decks, until the shimzar nerf killed the card and the deck.
I remember when gauntlet was only open three days a week, and when patches rolled out every Tuesday. I also remember the cards Mana Burn and Drain Moral
Remember when Divine Bond only costed 2, and Tusk Boar had 3 attack (essentially infinite Pheonix Fire until you remove it)?
Not only Tusk Boar, but Songhai had other nice things like:
2/4 Lanturn Fox
Pre-nerf Mana Vortex because spell spam is fun
1 mana Saberspine Seal
Who wants a Baconator?
Those were fun times. misses October internally
well since it’s the past of Duelyst and not only the past of cards, gotta remember that Duelyst used to have monthly cards 
Hey, remember celerity sun steel? I do. It was broken. Yep
Sunstewl had Forcefield AND Celerity? Daaaaamn