Anyway best thing with Rogue for this expansion is that she finally get playable epic cards.
The barber is a great minion card, its a 3.2 for 2. Classic standard 2 drop. But the extra +1 to a weapon can really do a lot. For rouge that can be 2 minions you can kill, maybe even 1 big minion and then one small, etc and at its worst its 2 more damage to their face. And face rogue is just better and better with the new cards. A very solid 2 drop I do not think needs any explanation. Still usually worse then Defias Ringleader to pick as that card can give such amazing early game pressure. But this cards is likely better then any other uncommon/common 2 drop for any deck.
Oil has become a common constructed deck. Its a very strong face card. And it works quite well in arena as well, its not hard to get a +3 on your weapon and on a minion +3 to do 6 damage to their face + whatever damage you already have. The only issue is you might lack the charge that constructed would have, so its harder to get it of from a empty board.
Still I have always recommended aggressive Rogue deck that get early board and then go for face. And this card is very. very good for that. So It fits extremely well into the rogue arena deck and its uncommon making it being a super stable card in my arena decks. I highly recommend this card, you don't want to many do so 2 is usually enough as with all weapon they lose power the more you have as the durability has to be used up and your life goes down if you have to trade down minions a lot. But sometimes I have gone to 3 and but then you pretty much have to use it as soon as possible, 3 is workable as its such good card.
Also it should be noted that as most Rogue arena deck will try and get a lot of charge anyway, one of my favorite rare card to get is Arcane Golem, so getting of the charge oil combo is not as hard as one would think for the most time.
One-eyed cheat is the only bad card that Rogue got in this expansion and talk about bad. DO I have to really explain this card? Avoid it at all cost, it dies from everything with 1 life,,all aoes all class ability that deal damage etc. And to get its effect out you need specific type of minions you likely don't have in your arena deck, at least you wont have enough to make it supported.
Iron Sensei is a really strong card. As always I reason that Mech = Good. So you get a lot of mechs, especially a lot of cheap mechs like anny-o-tron which is perfect for Iron Sensei's ability. Hes extremely strong when you think about it, he drops for 2.2 + 2.2, 8 stats for 3 mana which is great and has the potential to give a huge stats if he is not killed. Yes he is not good with no mechs at all, but mech is clearly the most common archetype.
If Iron Sensei can buff a 2 drop you should almost have won the game already making it a high value pick for me, a lot of potential.
I like this card a lot, the ogre brute at 3 mana is a 4.4 also quite good. And this instead is a 6.6 for 5. Both have great stats for its mana but you cant control them. Pretty good in both cases from just he value as they are hard to remove with 1 card and that gives both of them good value. However, the stealth bonus on the Ninja is really nice for the Rogue. Stealth makes it easy to hit face, a lot of times you can manage to clear board to then go for 6 damage face with the Ogre Ninja. Its also makes it easy to buff it with Cold Blood and/or oil. Which leaves a 10.6 which is hard to remove as it got 6 life. Another quality Rogue Card.
This card is not actually good, yes I love to say, pick mech, pick mech. But even with mech one has to think about that 3.3 for 3 as a weapon is not fanstaict. You got for example Eaglehorn bow at 3.2 for 3 which can grow, usually at least get 1 more durability. You got the classic warrior weapon, fiery waraxe at 3.2 for 2, also better for the most time.
Thats the problem with this weapon, 3.3 for 3 is not amazing and its only 3.3 with a mech. Meaning that its either utter shit 1.3 for 3 or decent 3.3 for 3. Not a good value card at all. However, all the other rogue cards at epic(except the next card) are utter shit and has always been the big let down on the rogue class so given that you got this card, preparation or patient assassin by all means take it.
Now we are talking. This is the first really good epic card for Rogue. Absolutely a top pick over all the old epic cards and almost always better then Cogmaster's Wrench. Essentially its an Assassinate for 4 which might also be able to remove a weapon if its a weapon class player. Coining this vs another rouge, s a warrior etc killing of t heir 3 drop and their weapon. Its usually a game won right there. But for the most part its just a cheaper assassinate. Random cards like these is not that hard to aim with and just like flame canon it can hit stealth and elusive so I see it as a benefit as well.
Well this is an interesting card, its like a good Lorewalker cho. He is much better then Van Clef as its hard to combo out a big Vanclef in arena. And his 8 life body makes him really hard to remove without a spell, making him be a great pick. He is also "cheap" at least compared to other more expansive neutral dragons etc at 6 mana. Would I pick him over Sylvanas also at 6, no. But I would pick him over any card that cost more then 6 except Ragnoras as Rag is a good finisher for Rogue. Also obviously better then all random goblin legendaries, and the cheaper ones like Lorewalker.
Judgment Rogue: Goblins vs Gnomes
Maybe some would call me bias as I play Rogue a lot, but on the same time as I play Rogue a lot. I got huge sample size of the Rogue arena deck and its a lot better now. All the new rouge card are great cards except One-eyed cheat and Cogmaster's wrench. Were One-eyed is horrible and Cogmaster's wrens is ok. However, as Rogue has shitty epics only before, the new weapon is far better then all the 3 old ones and Sabotage also of course helps out to even out the chance of a getting a good epic.
Then Oil is a great face card and its uncommon that card alone has won me a lot of games.
