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Weapon Rogue is going to be fun!

The only archetype I see this being run in is Highlander Priest to restore Dragonqueen Alexstrasza to her former glory, but that archetype isn't as consistent as other Priest archetypes and they aren't getting much this expansion to help with that. Draconic Studies probably doesn't see play in a competitively viable Priest deck.

I think this might end up being better than some people are giving it credit for.  Even pulling this from a Duel could potentially kill something smaller from the opponent's deck while giving you a quick heal and a surviving body on board.

How dare you not to run at least 1 copy of The Harrowing in that deck :)

Your list and gameplan look pretty solid on paper at least. 

I want this in golden if only for the eventual full dust refund when it's nerfed!

Or maybe she won't be as bad as many seem to think she will.

Regardless of strength and if he's meta or not, this is possibly my favorite card of the set!  Aside from Soul Fragment cards!

1 mana 1/3 minions generally see play, and this also shuffles Soul Fragments.  Anything to do with the new Soul Fragments mechanic gets 5 stars from me!

This could slot into a Big Druid, play it turn 1 and give yourself two minions to curve out the next two turns if you haven't hit your ramp yet.

Situational but good.  If you are able to drop her on the board late in the game with a decent sized spell to combo you could clear two decent threats and maybe she still survives.

Tempo Priest?  Turn 1 play this into Power Word: Shield and you have a turn 1 3/4.

Potential, but I'm not sold.  I'm in a "wait and see" mode with this one before I really try to judge it.

Really nice if the player doesn't make a stupid mistake and attack with the weapon before attacking other minions or the opponent's face with all their minions.  Can't wait for the Trolden clips... really!

Anything to do with the new Soul Fragments mechanic gets 5 stars from me!  Might be better for Warlock as Demon Hunter still has Eye Beam, but overall you may run this over Beam if you are pushing the Soul Fragment archetype hard with Illidan.

I like the idea of more than just three Rogue secrets being in Standard at one time.  I kind of want to see them do one oin the next expansion as well.  Then no more for another year or two.  But this one here is great!

The initial excitement of 8 mana Lord J on turn 10 is great!  But then you think about having to play this the turn prior and waiting, and you want to play it late game so you have 10 mana for the 8 mana Lord J and hero power... Still potential to be good in a Demon based deck, but overall just okay.

More fun for Pure Paladins with their Librams!

Wild is about to get really wild(er) with the addition of this card.  I am looking forward to playing some really good Shudderwock combo games using this to push out some of the big cards early or an easy double battlecry hero power into Shudderwock on turn 9.  Although there are also minions to make your next hero power cost 0.  This is just another way to pull that off and it's more flexible.

This can be utilized well by Burn Shaman for more burn and Galakrond Shaman for more copies of Invocation of Frost or Dragon's Pack. I don't see this in Totem Shaman as they'd rather run more early game aggression or totem synergies. Overall, a good card for less board-centric Shaman decks.

I agree, it's like how in some deathrattle/egg decks, its strength doesn't necessarily come from what pops out of the egg, but the fact that the egg itself becomes a threat that needs to be dealt with. Egg Warrior doesn't play Serpent Egg for the Sea Serpent, it's played to be able to cast Inner Rage and Rampage on the egg without having to worry about it being susceptible to hard removal because of its deathrattle.

Of course different deathrattle decks have different purposes, Scarab Egg was played in Zoolock because it could be popped with their sacrifice cards like EVIL Genius and Grim Rally. Deathrattles in Big Rogue were threatening because of their activators to get benefit from huge deathrattles like Carnivorous Cube and Silver Vanguard. 

Hunter is a different question because it doesn't seek to directly benefit from the deathrattle itself, but like Warrior, it doesn't have deathrattle synergy that makes the deathrattle threatening. It's threatening because it's a beast that benefits from buffs, and it has a deathrattle that makes it tricky to remove.

Very good for weapon synergies very present on this set

I love Treants.   I love Totems.  And now this card has provided the world with adorable Treant Totems!  How can I not love this card?!?!

Really though, not 100% on how this one really compares to other Treant strategies.  Usually making Treants is meant as a way to stick them on the board for a big follow up turn.  Do you run this over other token generators in Druid?  In Shaman you run this and give them Rush, buff with Totemic Might and/or [card[Totemic Surge for a quick board clear.  If you are clearing smaller things, the Might even helps your Treant Totems stick around (maybe).

If I'm really focused on weapons and want to try and get an extra Doctor Krastinov yeah, I might run this.

Anything to do with the new Soul Fragments mechanic gets 5 stars from me!  This one is not my favorite, but still... I like it!  It's as if this minion takes a Soul Fragment and grinds it to dust so it can put that dust into a Darkbomb and heave it as someone.

Little Togwaggle that can be useful for mid late game

Yeah... healing so you don't die is always nice.  I like surviving!