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What is a poison?

The only thing better than Scabbs Cutterbutter's name is the effect - this is going to make for some crazy combo turns. Getting rid of Edwin for this is 100% worth it

True, though they've repeatedly made a big point about following these 10 throughout the year so I doubt they'd add more.

It looks like the focus is more on the Horde characters in the Barrens (as seen in the trailer), while the Alliance 5 will feature more in the second expansion, possibly followed by a clash in expansion 3 (Alterac valley??). What difference that 'focus' actually makes I don't know. Perhaps they will be ordered Horde then Alliance in the Book of Mercenaries?

Manacheat is usually good, so this is good

Nice effect, Rogues got a lot of cards that are HUGE when discounted for value - like SI: 7 Agent, Vanessa, or that new weapon they just revealed.

I feel like this guy will be in a deck with lots of bounce so you can keep utilizing the effect. If Whirlikick was in standard this guy would be an MVP.

That's most impressive, I imagine only a handful of dedicated people are in that camp (I don't think Yogg will decide to answer my prayers in time). 

12-0 in Duels is certainly tricky. Takes a busted combination of treasures and some luck, if only not to run into that "final boss" who might counter you with their even more ridiculous deck. I remember how discouraging it felt to pick up a loss right before the finish line. 

I suspect they wanted to not repeat any races, so they kind of had to include those two to make up the numbers. The Barrens trailer definitely mimics a few frames from the OG WoW trailer, hence why I'm adamant they wanted a WoW Classic vibe. Not to mention the focus on an early leveling zone.

Certainly not a card for every rogue deck as many of them consist of ~50% 1 mana cards. But it's a mana cheat card, so I have no doubt it'll find its way into a deck. Reminds me of Forest Warden Omu.

That's a lot of potential early game tempo. I'm glad Edwin VanCleef died for this.

They already did.  Paralytic Poison.

Also, it’s not called a “poison” but I feel like Envenom Weapon should count.  Probably doesn’t though.

I can see this replacing Self-Sharpening Sword, but not sure if it will, it certainly can gain more durability if you buff weapon enough

there's also the next two expansions for them to add more mercenaries, too

Well, it's at least Burning Crusade, since we have Bloodelves and Draenei.

If Edwin VanCleef or Questing Adventurer would be in Core this card would be bonkers. Nevertheless this is good value

I'm guessing the 2nd Rogue legendary will involve Poisons

I guess this just makes value Rogue possible by virtue of giving you a longterm weapon with immune.

What the win condition of that deck would be is anyone's guess though

Paralyzing Poison, Deadly Poison, Nitro Boost Poison, Leaching Poison...that's not a lot, but I'm sure Rogue will now get a new "poison" spell card for this weapon.

This could easily contest self-sharpening sword, on first look at least

The 2/2 to 3/3 change was fast but I commented on the old thread

Well I'm sure Rogues are gonna have a lot of fun next expansion. Everyone else, not so much😂😂

There are 5 Horde and 5 Alliance races. Goblin and worgen (and pandaren too I guess) were left out, probably because they were going for a WoW Classic vibe and they were the last to be added in WoW.