I'd like to see the cards made fun again too. But absent other changes, this:
I would not like to see WHM fall to the wayside, so the potency of the cards must not push AST far above WHM, but it should be noted that if AST cannot do at least slightly more rDPS than WHM in an optimized group, than WHM will always be taken over an AST because of WHMs stronger heals and greater MP generation.
is the first ingredient in the tried-and-true recipe for benching WHM down the line.