Well, they came out in different years, so SSS will rotate sooner, giving this a turn. But right now there are not enough poisons to make a dedicated deck out of this (pick your poison) But it already seems playable!
Self-Sharpening Sword deals 1+2+3+4 damage, a total of 10 damage. This card, buffed to 4 durability, deals 8 damage total, but there is a possibility to gain more durabilities. It would deal more damage overtime. Interesting to consider.
I'm super glad they're going so heavy on the flavour again. I loved the coherency of the artwork in the Year of the Dragon (even if rogue being dominated by kobolds for a whole year was a bit much).
Deadly and Nitroboost already see play. Paralytic was on the verge and is now confirmed to see play due to Swinetusk shank. They're all 1 mana spells that are extremely easy to cycle for rogue and these cards combined are up to +6 durability on swinetusk, meaning Paralytic alone can go up to +8 damage (only +4 on SSS) it won't hit quite as hard as SSS, but it will last much longer, and sometimes you don't draw your SSS, or you get it removed by ooze/harisson, and you'll be happy to have Swinetusk on the back.
Now if you ask me what cards you need to replace for Paralytic and Swinetusk, I don't know, but people will figure it out eventually, in my opinion they are totally worth the slot and will improve aggro rogue. It must be losing some cards due to rotation anyway.
I like the design of the card, where it encourages you to add certain cards to your deck, in a thematic sense. It may see play if SSS is nerfed to 4 mana or something, would be fun to use if that does happen.
This is pretty great for rogue but you'd ideally want cards that are 4+ mana to get some good value. Most rogue cards these days are around 2 mana. They'd be zero mana so this guy could potentially find a home anywhere. Weapon rogue might still be around when the new expansion launches, so this card will probably be good there.
We'll have something more definitive in a guide - I really wanted to capture the big part of them being legendary cards and featured within the ranked spells which themselves tell a story.
Some of them should definitely give double or triple that amount of XP, considering what they take. It can be a decent chunk of gold, but I agree it's only worth it as far as you can find some enjoyment while doing it. Have fun with your Dreadsteeds!
Swinetusk Shank is like the sword in that it's (probably) a very high win rate card especially played on curve, Rogue has no tutor for weapons in standard, it can't hurt the deck to double your odds of drawing a win condition.
I guess you could add a misc section for appearances in other card art, such as Yoink!. I expect they'll be recurring features in art this year like lackeys and the League of EVIL were in the Year of the Dragon.
It's quite confusing why they would print this when SSS is still in Standard. It would've seemed like quite a solid successor but now there's a lot of competition for that 3-mana weapon slot and this one could well lose that fight.
For achievement hunters, Celestalon teased about an achievement that requires using multiple different poisons on this.
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
Well, they came out in different years, so SSS will rotate sooner, giving this a turn. But right now there are not enough poisons to make a dedicated deck out of this (pick your poison) But it already seems playable!
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
Suddenly Paralytic Poison seems less bad.
But literally every weapon in the game is bad compared to SSS.
if weapon != SelfSharpeningSword then discard(weapon)
Get back to me after they knock a durability off of SSS.
New Rogue Minion - Scabbs Cutterbutter
Pay 4 to gain 6. Good deal.
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
Self-Sharpening Sword deals 1+2+3+4 damage, a total of 10 damage. This card, buffed to 4 durability, deals 8 damage total, but there is a possibility to gain more durabilities. It would deal more damage overtime. Interesting to consider.
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Fair enough.
I'm super glad they're going so heavy on the flavour again. I loved the coherency of the artwork in the Year of the Dragon (even if rogue being dominated by kobolds for a whole year was a bit much).
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
Deadly and Nitroboost already see play. Paralytic was on the verge and is now confirmed to see play due to Swinetusk shank. They're all 1 mana spells that are extremely easy to cycle for rogue and these cards combined are up to +6 durability on swinetusk, meaning Paralytic alone can go up to +8 damage (only +4 on SSS) it won't hit quite as hard as SSS, but it will last much longer, and sometimes you don't draw your SSS, or you get it removed by ooze/harisson, and you'll be happy to have Swinetusk on the back.
Now if you ask me what cards you need to replace for Paralytic and Swinetusk, I don't know, but people will figure it out eventually, in my opinion they are totally worth the slot and will improve aggro rogue. It must be losing some cards due to rotation anyway.
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
I like the design of the card, where it encourages you to add certain cards to your deck, in a thematic sense. It may see play if SSS is nerfed to 4 mana or something, would be fun to use if that does happen.
New Neutral Minion - Venomous Scorpid
Scavenging +2/+2 going to be crazy
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Reset means reset. Your XP will be set to zero.
They are not going to let you start a new track with several levels' worth of XP in the bank.
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
nice addition
New Rogue Minion - Scabbs Cutterbutter
6star
New Rogue Minion - Scabbs Cutterbutter
Really nice for further comboning...
I won't craft it, but be happy if I get it
New Rogue Minion - Scabbs Cutterbutter
This is pretty great for rogue but you'd ideally want cards that are 4+ mana to get some good value. Most rogue cards these days are around 2 mana. They'd be zero mana so this guy could potentially find a home anywhere. Weapon rogue might still be around when the new expansion launches, so this card will probably be good there.
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We'll have something more definitive in a guide - I really wanted to capture the big part of them being legendary cards and featured within the ranked spells which themselves tell a story.
Blizzard is hitting flavour town hard!
New Rogue Minion - Scabbs Cutterbutter
better than Edwin ...
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
The new Kingsbane
New Rogue Minion - Scabbs Cutterbutter
Good synergy with cards since you can lower the value by 6 and extra kudos for the cutterbutter lol
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
there are better weapons
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Some of them should definitely give double or triple that amount of XP, considering what they take. It can be a decent chunk of gold, but I agree it's only worth it as far as you can find some enjoyment while doing it. Have fun with your Dreadsteeds!
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
Why replace Self-Sharpening Sword when you can play both ?
Swinetusk Shank is like the sword in that it's (probably) a very high win rate card especially played on curve, Rogue has no tutor for weapons in standard, it can't hurt the deck to double your odds of drawing a win condition.
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
This will definitely see play in Standard not so much wild
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I guess you could add a misc section for appearances in other card art, such as Yoink!. I expect they'll be recurring features in art this year like lackeys and the League of EVIL were in the Year of the Dragon.
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
It's quite confusing why they would print this when SSS is still in Standard. It would've seemed like quite a solid successor but now there's a lot of competition for that 3-mana weapon slot and this one could well lose that fight.
For achievement hunters, Celestalon teased about an achievement that requires using multiple different poisons on this.
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Should've read through the whole article. Sorry for pointing out what was already said!
New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank
Deadly Poison, Nitroboost Poison, Leeching Poison and Paralytic Poison are all the poisons in the game so far. I find it hard to imagine this including Swinetusk Shank being a package in rogue decks.