New Rogue Minion - Water Moccasin

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A new Common Rogue Minion, Water Moccasin, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    A new Common Rogue Minion, Water Moccasin, has been revealed!

    Water Moccasin Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    Probably awesome in Arena and could be useful in Construced too. The problem I see is that Rogue usually goes wide after the first 3 turns to get in chip damage, meaning if you don't drop this on curve it gets significantly worse.

    That being said, it's at the very least a high Health stealth minion which encourages attack buffs, but that is probably too slow.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    Hmm seems unexpectedly good actually. Stealth minion often have low health so their more prone to AOEs. And Water Moccasin punishes AOEs by getting poisonous. Its high health is also pretty good, because it makes it a good target for spells such as Cold Blood and Nitroboost Poison. Water Moccasin seems very solid!

    Standard: Will see play in Stealth rogue and maybe weapon rogue as an answer for big taunts?

    Wild: ODD Cost so ODD rogue might experiment with it. Probably wont use it though, that deck prefers going FACE. Maybe Kingsbane rogue might include 1 copy of it, because it's a good target for Tinker's Sharpsword Oil.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    Doesn't really have anything to offer. It's not weak but it doesn't occupy a niche that needs filling, especially given the restriction on poisonous.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    This is an awesome way to setup your turn 4. Like Lonely Champion but different keywords. Best use is in Arena.

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  • JoeyJojo48's Avatar
    Peon 630 230 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    This has a surprising amount of potential. It's good stats with an interesting but siituational effect.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    I'm really not sold on this one. It could be a nice answer to a single big minion, or a discouragement to play one.

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    A 3 mana 2/5 with stealth is reasonable, but the additional effect is not making this a lot better. Just an ok card, not amazing, meaning this probably won't be played in constructed.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    Its not my cup of tea, and I'm fairly certain no deck will run this card.

    The reason being thus; can rogue play no minions just so this card has poisonous? No. Does rogue even need a poisonous minion? Yes, and that niche is filled nicely with Patient Assassin that costs less and doesn't come with conditions.

    The stealth is interesting, which means you can get if off Savory Deviate Delight. But your opponent has an equal chance of getting it too. Oh well. Either way, its not likely to feature very much regardless.

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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1050 649 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    High health stealth minion with occasional poisonous. That's not a bad deal. Just the health alone on a stealth minion is nice for Ashtongue Slayer and Greyheart Sage.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    This might be good in some deck that doesn't rely heavily on minions. It has enough health to kill 2, maybe even 3, things before it dies. I'm not sure how often you could get the poisonous active without crippling yourself.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 6 months ago

    Not bad but also not that great. Still decent enough to maybe find it's way into some decks. 

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