Rogue Anti-Rogue card? 

Can you destroy your own minion to remove them from your opponents deck? 

A Rogue minion to ... Counter Rogue? lol

I mean it's also strong vs Sathrovarr combos, so should those ever become top tier, they can be countered at least.

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Can you destroy your own minion to remove them from your opponents deck? 

I would think so yes.

Counters paladin 2 turn kill maybe.

Doesn't seem to good overall. 

This a 6 star card it will be in every rogue deck till it rotates.

Combo decks will have to be real careful. This nearly hard counters shirvall

Worth mentioning: should destroy your own copies too. 

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Counters paladin 2 turn kill maybe.

Doesn't seem to good overall. 

Why not? A 6 mana 4/4 + assassinate seems good to me, vile spine slayer has combo requirement, this does not.

It's effect is sometimes a double edged sword though. And sometimes a big positive. 

Destroying your own N'zoth seems to be a good idea.

That's true, but assassinate is never played. There aren't too many high value single targets in the current meta. Maybe that will change, but I don't think so. 

Rogue got the anti-rogue tech card :)) Pretty good for its cost, if you are playing against another class, there is no downside - it will not remove your own stuff.

I dislike the fact that they made this a class card. Getting rid of copies of a card is quite a niche thing to do: usually it's irrelevant but against certain decks it's game-winning: EG Pogo-hopper, Shirvallah, so why not give all classes access to the effect?

Flik is obviously very powerful, probably too strong to print as a neutral as-is, but IMO a toned-down version of this would've been neat. Also how is Flik not a pirate?

This card is either going to be insane or a total bust - no in between. I can definitely see the potential here, but it's too early to judge how much immediate impact this will have outside of obviously being anti-Sathrovarr. Really interesting to see how this plays out...

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Also how is Flik not a pirate?

Because he's clearly a Ninja. Go Ninjas! 

Basically a reprint of Vilespine Slayer, one of Rogue’s best single target removals ever, without a combo requirement and with specific tech that can be used for specific matchups as a bonus. Insta five stars that sees play in every Rogue deck till it rotates.

Pogohopper counter, finally, so long these monsters terrorizing ladder.

I mean, it'S definitely good (removal on a stick is always good) but in what scenario does it really pay off? Best case scenario you're going to target a regular minion and preemptively remove the second copy in your opponent's deck, which is obviously good, but not terribly exciting.

The only scenario where this REALLY shines is against Quest Druid, where you can use it to kill both Oasis Surgers at once while also killing the one in the deck (and possibly Floop if they have it in hand at that time)

Maybe it can act as a pseudo board clear against token decks that some multiple tokens of the same type (like treants) and you get to screw over the 3 people that still play Holy Wrath Paladin.

It's good, and it will definitely be a staple in most Rogue decks just for the tempo alone, but I feel like the effect just won't be as....exciting....as it looks.

I'm not sure why this was class-specific, seems like it should be a neutral. The effect is overall great, Vilespine Slayer was borderline broken and this doesn't require you to combo it with a different card. Even if not used as a combo disruptor, it can at best destroy an enemy minion, disable your opponent to play a second copy they run in their deck and potentially any generated or discovered copies. Great card.

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That's true, but assassinate is never played. There aren't too many high value single targets in the current meta. Maybe that will change, but I don't think so. 

Vile spine slayer was a 2 of in every rogue deck until it rotated +1 attack +1 mana - combo requirement 

It doesn't even need to be a big minion meta this is a tempo play, assassinate is not a tempo play. 

*Rouge points gun at rouge* But seriously this is a rouge counter in rouge which is kind of odd. But the main question does it work on jades? because if so that pestilence is completely gone. Also, I love her? art and special effects with a soft spot for kobolds I love this card.

I think it destroys all copies like it says. Yours and of the opponent. Cool card. Nice tech VS (Rogue) shenanigans

Great Card - gonna be interesting getting rid of the big Dragon prep cards  (you know - that big guy... with the face)

Vilespine is better only because it costs one mana less and you can run two copies of it. Besides that, this card is very good, coz it gives you nive body (4/4) and good assasinate effect

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This a 6 star card it will be in every rogue deck till it rotates.

Yup.

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Vilespine is better only because it costs one mana less and you can run two copies of it. Besides that, this card is very good, coz it gives you nive body (4/4) and good assasinate effect

Pfft. This is rogue. You can run as many of any card as you like (unless your opponent has their own Flik...).

Seriously though, this is pretty much an auto-include in standard and probably takes the place of one of the Vilespines in wild. It might even be played in addition to both Vilespines there.

The card is nice, I’m just kind of confused why the one class that’s good at shuffling in tons of copies of minions into their deck is getting the card that counters that strategy

This is incredible. A 6 mana 4/4 kill a minion is pretty powerful. It destroys shudderwock shamans, it stops your opponent from getting four copies of [Hearthstone Card (shirvalla, the tiger) Not Found] with [Hearthstone Card (sathrovar) Not Found]. It ruins pogo-hopper, and cold light oracle. Or maybe it will just pop one extra copy, or maybe it will just destroy one minion and nothing else, but even when that happens, it will still be worth it. 

If a copy gets removed from a players hand they won't draw a replacement card, so you can basically make your opponent discard a card with this.

Also this is amazing against tokens.

Hearthstone is a game where the restrictions on how many copies of a card you can play in a single game are easily broken. There are so many scenarios where this will kill at least 3-4 cards. But even when it just removes 1 copy of a minion from the field, it is still a very powerful card.

Every rogue deck will want to play this, aggro, control, combo, it doesn't matter, this is an amazing card.

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This a 6 star card it will be in every rogue deck till it rotates.

Aggro Rogue will not run this card. Killing the opponent before turn 6 means this card is useless ;)

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Can you destroy your own minion to remove them from your opponents deck? 

I would think so yes.

That's how I read it too. Definitely you can target your own minion (or else the text would say "destroy an enemy minion"). I'd assume "wherever they are" means "on either side of the battlefield or in either deck".

(Not in the graveyard, though--I'd assume minions that died on the battlefield, either from this card play or earlier, would still be in the dead pool and available for rezzing.)

Im the only one that thinks this is a BAD card? Why do you want to destroy the other copies? In what situation this helps? 

IMO this is a worse vilespine.

Is it just me or is this just an anti-meme tech?

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But the main question does it work on jades?

I doubt it. Or, rather, you could target a Jade Golem, and it would destroy all Jade Golems on the board and in the decks[*]--but it wouldn't affect my Jade Idols (or Jade Shuriken etc.), so I'd be able to summon more golems.

[*] And actually I'm not sure about that. A 5/5 Jade Golem is considered a different card than a 4/4 Jade Golem (which is why silencing it doesn't reduce the stats). If you target my 5/5 Jade Golem, it's possible that it only annihilates all the 5/5 JGs on the board and in the decks, and doesn't affect the other JGs that are bigger or smaller? ...something to try out!

That's a really interesting effect for sure. So many different ways to use this...

Maybe it can find a place in some kind of Highlander-Rogue? 

It's assassinate on a stick with a situational upside. I think it will really depend on the meta. If there are a lot of applications or if the meta is slow and value oriented enough to make single target removal valuable it is probably going to be played. If the meta is very aggro I see less potential, I guess it depends on the rest of the set. 

Seems safe to say though that treant druid might just have gotten its way to tier 0 blocked.

Love this card,  love the reveal video by Firebat. My wife primarily plays Pogo Rogue, so I can’t wait to surprise her with this card come December.  

Not to mention all the combo decks.  Great card Blizzard

Great card! The card itself would be great if its only effect was the destroy part. Destroying the copies is a great bonus!

When you realize Assassinate costs 5 mana...

This card is super strong. Auto-include in most rogue decks, also great counter for cards that summon multiple copies of the same minion (eg. Tomb Warden, Hireek, Spreading Plague etc.). Also a counter to all shuffle rogue decks (running lab recruiter, scheme). Overall seems like one of the best cards in this set

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The card is nice, I’m just kind of confused why the one class that’s good at shuffling in tons of copies of minions into their deck is getting the card that counters that strategy

The answer is simply that destroying single minions (which will most often be what Flik is used for I expect) is rogue's thing, so there's just a coincidence of class for the two effects. That doesn't mean it had to be in rogue of course...

Anyway, if you look at it from an archetype perspective instead of a class one, then it isn't a problem. E.g. in the hypothetical pogo-rogue meta, you can run this to counter it, but not by playing your own pogo deck since Flik will kill all of yours too.

So if it is actually run as a tech against rogue, it will only work in archetypes different to the one being tech'd against, thereby avoiding the issue of a deck being its own best counter.

Will come handy against Pogo rogue. Can't think of anything else in standard... In wild maybe a Shudderwock killer?

So the card that counters Rogue copy shenanigans is a Rogue card?!

amazing card! watch out for rogues guys!!!!

I think just 6 mana 4/4 destroy a minion is good enough to be played and staple for slower type of rogue deck. The additional effect is cherry on top

shudderwock cries in wild... hard counter to animation shaman :((

Wow this card is awesome. The effect does kind of look like Vilespine Slayer, but its way different. Yes, against specific Legendary minions this is basically just Vilespine, but against non-legendary minions or tokens this is way crazier. This wipes out a whole board of Treants or all 3 parts of Doppleganster or just kills the second copy of something in your opponents hand or deck, it can punish cards like . Now, its is also true it can remove those resources from your deck, making mirrors even more interesting, or putting thought behind targeting commonly played neutral minions. But either way this card does some really powerful and interesting things at its costs, and its going to be ubiquitous in Rogue.

I've seen a similiar card on Hearthcards, just like Sathrovarr. It's an interesting effect that counters lots of decks: Infinite, Holy Wrath Paladin, Mogu Cultist Decks, Pogo Rogue, N'zoth Rogue, and some others I can't list on the top of my head. The biggest weakness this card has is the existence of Highlander decks. Those who run 1 copy of each card won't mind you destroying their minion since they only had one copy to begin with while decks that aren't "pure Highlander" (having two copies of some cards) won't be too disadvantaged if you destroy a minion, unless the minion is part of a combo (like Holy Wrath Paladin). Overall, it's a solid removal card that will definitely see play, but whose power level will be determined by the meta.

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Vilespine is better only because it costs one mana less and you can run two copies of it. Besides that, this card is very good, coz it gives you nive body (4/4) and good assasinate effect

Pfft. This is rogue. You can run as many of any card as you like (unless your opponent has their own Flik...).

Seriously though, this is pretty much an auto-include in standard and probably takes the place of one of the Vilespines in wild. It might even be played in addition to both Vilespines there.

I agree, but you can run only 30 cards in the deck. How many removal do you need? How tempo you are? Those are questions that every person who builds deck should anwser

The decision to make this a Rogue card seems iffy to me. It would be the equivalent to making Skulking Geist a Druid card.

This is way too similar to Vilespine Slayer to not see play. Vilespine was an absolute staple card in almost every rogue deck. This card is very good and it will definitely see play. Unconditional removal attached to a body is far too good to not be played; this WILL be played. Probably a lot.

Imagine dealing with 2 Mountain Giants or Twilight Drakes with this card. Let alone some Rogue shuffle shenanigans like Pogo.

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This a 6 star card it will be in every rogue deck till it rotates.

 6 ?! Amateur ... ^^

A very powerful card that I believe will be used a lot. The effect itself can easily be compared to Vilespine Slayer that costs 1 more and doesn't have the combo requirement. But the card just seems to have a deeper level of possibilities being able to counter some combo decks like Shirvallah, the Tiger, decks that can copy minions like rogue with Togwaggle's Scheme and much more.

5 star card. Auto-include in every rogue deck for the next year. It's Vilespine Slayer except sometimes you can use it to destroy multiple minions instead of just one.

Totally busted.

A pity that control rogue never really worked.. 

Seems like this is used to counter rogue decks..but we'll see..so far I don't see how this card can fit in well with existing rogue decks.

A better Assassinate (destroying every copy) with also a decent body? This is just crazy

i guess this card has been designed to work against [Hearthstone Card (Sathrovarr) Not Found]. I am not sure how good it will be tbh as it might be too late by the time it is played.

I bet "wherever they are" doesn't include the res-pool, discard pool nor the discover pool.

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Vilespine is better only because it costs one mana less and you can run two copies of it. Besides that, this card is very good, coz it gives you nive body (4/4) and good assasinate effect

Pfft. This is rogue. You can run as many of any card as you like (unless your opponent has their own Flik...).

Seriously though, this is pretty much an auto-include in standard and probably takes the place of one of the Vilespines in wild. It might even be played in addition to both Vilespines there.

6-mana card will not replace Vilespine in an odd deck.

I love the effect as a new way to counter some (not all) killer combos. My number one target for this would be Mill Rogues in wild.

While I don't think it will be meta-defining, I absolutely adore this card.
This card allows rogues to deal with problematic boards, such as a board full of Jades, limit your opponent's value, or kill one of your things to deny your opponent from using it.
It is a very flexible removal effect and I appreciate that it exists, though it would be crazy bonkers if it was neutral.

awesome card with a really interesting effect! nice antidote to Sathrovarr, Tomb Warden and other copying cards.

Because we really needed counter to Weasel Tunneler Priest:)

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Vilespine is better only because it costs one mana less and you can run two copies of it. Besides that, this card is very good, coz it gives you nive body (4/4) and good assasinate effect

I think this is precisely why this card is going to be real good and present in all rogue decks: 

Vilespine showned us that an assassination with body lead rogue to consitently be a tier 1 deck. While this costs 1 more and you can only have 1 copy, I belive that its enought to be used to replicated the vilespine effect.

One more thing to consider, when talking about wild is the shudderwork conter this can be

a natural counter to Sathrovarr

i like it, think it will be very useful

Nice card. 

An assassinination on a stick is nice, vilespine slayer saw a lot of play (and is still played in wild), the cards are very different tho, as this will come in play one turn later and doesn't require combo.

We have to see if the tempo of a removal on a stick will be strong in the new meta (for example if the 7/7 taunt that can't be a target of spells and hero powers will see play), or if is not worth it (for example in this meta I'm not sure if it would see play).

The secondary effect is nice, but it would be better on other classes, i don't see it be very good in rogue, that kills the opponent before he try to do combo stuffs

I like this for Voidlord, but the real question will be how it interacts with the graveyard.

Love this card, perfect card for Rogues, will help to shake up the Meta

So glad there's something to counter N'zoth Rogue!

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So glad there's something to counter N'zoth Rogue!

I guess N'Zoth will get out of Standard before the new expansion =) But it might help in Wil

I just love this card! There are so many ways you can use it in Wild and Standard. It's a very strong tech card, which will not be played in very fast rogue deck with cheap minions IMO but i might be wrong. One of the favourite cards from the expansion right now! I hope we'll see it on ladder.

It's just an amazingly good 1 off card that kills a minion with a really big upsite potential 

4 stars if not 5 stars depending of the meta 

Very interesting effect, but I think the effect is just quite niche. I see it more as a great removal, similar to Vilespine with the addition of sometimes benefiting the special effect. Probably will be mostly used to destroy the second duplicate of some generally good minion in opponent´s deck.

Nice stats that could justify playing this card even without getting the extra value. Completely murders some decks like Pogos...

I love the effect, very unique!

(I just realized that Galakrond-related classes will get THREE legendaries! Cool!)

Well this card can destroy alot of combo decks, control decks and midrange decks so..gj Blizz for printing this!

5 stars just for the effect, rip shudderwock, pogo, etc :((( and i was just about to craft wild animation shaman

Rogueception.

Oh, if only this card had been around when Jade Druid was so prevalent.....

Funny that this card seems to kill enemy rouges the most, but besides that, this card also seems to be all around really good.

A pumped up Vilespine that destroys every copy of a card, seems very good and will probably be in almost every rogue deck.

For me this is a great card in some kind of anti-meta rogue deck, is really interesting it counters Shervalla and a lot of combo decks.

Absolute pure hard counter to treant deck, makes a whole deck unplayable by alone.

Watching Mana Treants getting Psychic Screamed away, I now present you another way to make token druids a quick concede! Woooo.

Ok, if only it doesnt affect the spells to summon treants, then its fine that treant decks dont need some nerf. Assume now that it affects the hand and deck only.

Be careful guys. Don't play this on the minions that your deck also has and didn't played yet. They will be destroyed/removed from your deck too.

Just a warning!

i like this card but might be to slow

Great counter to infinite things like Shudderwock

Guys, it's rogue, not rouge!

The battlecry is interesting, but there are no decks in the current meta that shuffle a lot of copies into the deck. Looks more like a tech card for preblems that could arise in the next expansions. Rogues have enough hard removals that are stronger or more flexible than this card.

Assassinate would definitely be played if it came with a 4/4 body. For example, see Vilespine Slayer

Resembles Vilespine Slayer. Vilespine often had to be played with a 1- or 2-cost minion to activate the combo effect, so even Flik’s increased base cost isn’t a huge hinderance. The destruction of extra copies is niche but potentially useful. Not the flashiest Legendary but definitely worth running simply for the upfront Assassinate-on-a-stick.

the shirvallah killer , i like it

Good card in vacuum, can be played in both slower and faster decks (although the latter is less likely). Counters Oasis Surger on curve, which is amazing since Rogue really struggles with Quest druid. Also good against treants that might be a thing next meta.

It's play rate is still not guaranteed to be very high.

If you destroy a Treant or a Jade Golem with this, they can still be summoned with spells and minions, right? Great card anyway, rarely a downside except in mirror matches and often an upside when played early. Will definitely see play guaranteed.

Amazing effect and leaves a decent body on board. Can it kill itself by targeting the opponent's copy?

Great card. It's a 4/4 minion with assassinate that removes all copies of the minion you destroy. And you can Shadow step it and do the same again to another minion! Excellent if you play against infinite decks like Druids with Elise or Mill Rogue in Wild. 

Very cool effect, I like it. Perfect counter in many matchups and combo killer. One of the best cards I have seen in this expansion.