New Rogue & Warrior Minion - Steeldancer

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A new Epic Rogue/Warrior Minion, Steeldancer, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    A new Epic Rogue/Warrior Minion, Steeldancer, has been revealed!

    Steeldancer Card Image

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting card. Though seems to benefit the Warrior more than the Rogue.

    I want to try this out in a weapon heavy Hack the System deck.

    I wonder if this can fit in a pirate warrior deck.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I think this is a good card for Warrior, for Rogue im not so sure ... in Rogue it looks pretty weak to me right now, because most of the time the Rogue Weapon will be the one from the Hero Power ... maybe they will print a new weapon ...

    Right now i think this will only see play in Warrior.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    This name is perfect! ;-) Obviously the Scholamance cheerleading group is called the Fluffies.

    I like the mix-up, summon equal to armor size was already done, and this could work in Kingsbane decks- if you play a slow one. 

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    The tempo-based version of pirate warrior can probably get a 3 or 4 drop out of this fairly consistently, but is that worth it? I'm not sure.

    If this was a pirate, I think it could see play as a curve-topper for pirate decks in both classes, but as it stands I think this won't see a huge amount of play.

    Obviously interesting in kingsbane rogue, where it could act as a spiteful summoner.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • AngryShuckie's Avatar
    1705 1735 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Warriors have high attack weapons by default, and rogue has Deadly Poison and the added reliability of having a weapon on command. Traditionally warrior would make better use of it, but we've had rogue using 15+ attack weapons before so who knows for sure. I kind of hope the other rogue/warrior cards don't let them take each other's approach to this, because I think dual-class cards will be more interesting when the two classes have their own unique spin.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting card, but needs more support to shine.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Too much RNG and you usually won't summon any besonders high cost minions without building your whole deck around it.

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  • sinti's Avatar
    Senior Writer Chocolate Cake 2070 2776 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I think many ppl will try to look for extreme scenarios with this card and say that it isn't worth it. But in reality, even having equipped 1/2 dagger is already worth it! Anything better is just a bonus! This card will be a very strong tempo play, if you can get something like Fiery War Axe or Hooked Scimitar before T4 to set this up.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Really doesn’t seem that great given that neither class really runs weapons with that high attack at this point. Gorehowl would pretty much be the best case scenario, but that card hasn’t seen play in ages

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Dermostatic's Avatar
    Eldritch Horror 535 228 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I'm not too sure how I feel about this card. It'd work better in a deck where weapons are easily buffed, but most Rogue/Warrior decks with weapons aren't running a consistent amount. Most of the time, this summons a (2) / (3)-cost minion which I suppose is 'good' on Turn 4.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Too difficult to evaluate at the moment. We can make better judgement calls ocne we've seen the whole set and what other support there is.

     

    In any case, weapons are always strong and if you ssomewhat reliably can curve into this with on it's a huge tempo boost. All Rogue really needs atm is a genuine finisher

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    It was awful.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5544 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Statwise its okay, but it consumes a deckslot, making it less attractive in a galakrond deck. That will mostly translate into this not going to be played until galakrond rotates for me.

    A solid card for aggro, but is aggro a thing for both warrior and rogue? Current iterations of warrior and rogue seem to indicate no as the answer.

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    The moderate cost with a relatively hard requirement means it's just too specific to be good. Sometimes it'll work, but not often enough to be viable. That is, unless we get some better weapons and/or support.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    reminds me of Spiteful Summoner(mostly due to statline + reward)  but no deck restriction.. sure no 10 drop but you can get a 5 attack weapon and get a huge swing only for 4 mana..

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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    430 614 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I think this is probably a good card, but I'm unsure if the decks for it will exist. It reminds me a lot of Bloodsworn Mercenary.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    A normal weapon damage is around 3 for aggro decks, which makes this a 4 mana 7/7 drop approximately and that is really good.

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 815 723 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Seems generally weaker in rouge than warrior since rouge relies more on buffing its weapons then them having the raw stats like in warrior it'll be interesting to see how this card panes out.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    before I give a formal review I just want to say I'm DELIGHTED to see more of Genzoman's artwork in Hearthstone. 

    Now then - 

    This card is really good tempo since you can get about 5-9 worth of mana for the price of 4 mana. 

    That said this card will probably be NOT good ON tempo unless your playing warrior, since Rogue's weapons are generally pretty weak and disposable unless you're using Deadly Poison (I will not consider wild options, those are just too many to cover).

    Warriors on the other hand CAN play this on curve since they're best cheap weapon, Fiery Waraxe is 3/2 for 3 mana, which makes this lady a 7 mana turn for 4. Other weapons Warrior might play with this lady is Arcanite Reaper, Wrenchcalibur and Gorehowl. If Corsair Cache was still giving +1 attack this lady would be viable in pirate lists. 

    Now, Rogues can use weapons like the Mirage Blades, Hooked Scimitars or Waggle Pick with this lady but I have not seen those weapons in the Galakrond deck lists and I'm not sure if this gal is enough to warrant their return. 

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    My head went straight to wild with this card... Kingsbane and Death's Bite.  Both have the potential to bring about something great mid/late game. Rogue isn't concerned with bringing a big swinger at any point, just a bunch of pesky threats that mount up so paying 4 mana for 4/4 and something else is a bonus.  Warrior though... they drop heavies easy.  This I think will find it's way into a lot of aggro decks. 

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I am not too sure about this card, it has a lot of potential, but if you don't have a weapon than this is worse than Chillwind Yeti. I could see you playing this in kingsbane rogue, or maybe burgle rogue with either the quest or Spectral Cutlass. Or in a Pirate warrior deck with some extra weapon buffs. The only thing keeping me from really liking this card is that you may not have a weapon when you draw it. If you get it to trigger them tempo swing is huge.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Can't wait to see what this does when paired with Kingsbanein wild, lol. Get ready for nightmares.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    As it currently stands I don't see this card being too relevant in standard.  Weapons don't get that much attack right now in either class and while not much is needed for a good play, the investment and unreliability make it too clunky to run over more consistent cards.

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  • duppie's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 320 240 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    People are thinking about using this to summon really high cost minions but I don't think thats what its made/going to be good for.  Seems like a strong tempo on curve type of play.   If face rogue that uses weapons is a thing, this is a strong card.

     

    Just curving after a Hooked Scimitar is strong.  4/4 + a random 4 drop is good tempo, and four drops have some good highrolls.  Even if it's just a deadly poison on your hero power dagger, 4/4 +  a random 3 drop is reasonable.  

     

    For warrior it kind of depends what new weapon they get.  Not many decent attack weapons for warrior right now, most of them are played for their effects.  I suppose its not bad if you curve after a war axe (ideally after you played Imprisoned Gan'arg on 1) but that definitely isn't a reason to play the card.  

     

    It would definitely need some early weapon support for both classes but we're obviously still super early in the set.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2630 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I really admire the creativity of this card, and I haven't quite seen an effect like this anywhere before.

    The effect is pretty neat, and has pretty cool utility for both classes. Perhaps both classes might get decent weapon buffs in this set? That would just make it all the better.

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    This can be some insane Tempo. Thank god Corsair Cache no longer gives +Attack. 

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Cool card with great flavor! Great for warrior with all those heavyweight weapons.If this was a pirate we would never see the end of it...

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Warrior: This is decent for warrior, as they have a lot of high attack weapons like Wrenchcalibur and Gorehowl. not sure if this will be enough to make a Hack the System deck any good. This card MUST be the reason that [Hearthstone Card (Corsair cash) Not Found] got nerfed. 

    In wild this might see play in a more meme deck with Bladed Gauntlet, and it would work similarly to a Spiteful Summoner deck? Would be fun to see. 

    Rogue: The best weapons for rogue has 4 attack (in standard), these are: Waggle Pick and Hooked Scimitar. These cards were mainly used in tempo decks, so i guess Steeldancer is more of a FACE rogue card? So i'm guessing this will see play in stealth rogue, alongside Hooked Scimitar because you can curve them together (turn 3 Combo Hooked Scimitar into turn 4 Steeldancer. Waggle Pick is too slow as you will have to play Waggle Pick Turn 4, and then Steeldancer turn 5. Also Waggle Pick has a chance to accidentally Shadowstep the summoned minion. 

    In wild this might see play in a Kingsbane deck, but Kingsbane Rogue has fallen flat for a long time (ever since they nerfed Leeching Poison.) I don't think this card will make Kingsbane Rogue viable, as Kingsbane Rogue needs a slow WILD meta to thrive. And i don't think ODD DH and Secret Mage are going to slow down whatsoever. 

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting card and perfect in a tempo deck (probably a tempo warior). For now is too difficult to evaluate, but in the right deck can be a strong turn 4

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  • Duke's Avatar
    205 82 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Insane card in arena. Below average in constructed because it's too situational and clunky if not paired with a weapon. 

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 878 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Weapon Warrior slowly becoming more viable one expansion at a time.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3344 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    a (4) 4/4 that comes with a + X/X depending on how much you buffed that blade ?!
    Sign me in!!

    In all seriousness, I think this will be on a watchlist for possible nerf candidate.
    We will see

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3344 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago
    Quote From DarkFrostX

    A normal weapon damage is around 3 for aggro decks, which makes this a 4 mana 7/7 drop approximately and that is really good.

    Oh noooo ... not an other 4 mana 7/7 ; will Team5 ever learn? ^^

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2228 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Summoning random minions with cost equal to _______ seems to be a theme this expansion. If the card is decently statted to begin with (like a 4 mana 4/4), I think it will be really good.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Might see play if there are some busted weapons being printed, but i don't have much faith in that.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    So there's a steeldancing club in scholomance, yes obvious support for weapon deck, and i thing this can help hack warrior a bit.

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 504 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Mhe... this will summon a ton of 1's

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1036 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Will try to make this work if I get it

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I think this will see play more in warrior than rogue, but I might be surprised.

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Seems alright but I'm sure if it will be good enough.

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  • MatwanBR's Avatar
    195 34 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Nice tempo card for rougue

     

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Nice stats with a nice effect for the classes with alot of weapons. This should have been the legendary instead of  infiltrator lilian

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    It looks to be a good card with a good effect. I think weapon removal is going to become more important once again.

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Really cool new idea, but I think it's going to be too slow/inconsistent.

    Maybe aggro decks run it, but it just doesn't seem like it will be consistent enough in Warrior or strong enough payoff for Rogue.

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    As good as [Hearthstone Card (Spiteful Summoner) Not Found]. Awesome card.

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Very good if you get lots of weapon buffs on it early on.

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    They are really pushing the weapon theme with Rogue/Warrior. Maybe a little too midrangy, but shows that Blizz can truly support a strat when they want to (looking at you Frost Shammy).

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  • Caro's Avatar
    2215 2496 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I'd like to see this card work well with Doctor Krastinov and some new weapons, I'm hopeful.

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I do not know how reliable it wil be

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I am seeing all of these new weapon based cards and I'm beginning to worry. Oil Rogue was terrifying.

    Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Gorehowl+ The Coin + Steeldancer

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1724 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Looking forward to weapon Rogue/Warrior this expansion.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    The only deck in standard right now that cares about having high attack weapons is Pirate Warrior, which I couldn't even fit this into my Pirate Warrior as you aren't likely to have your high attack weapon by turn 4 and you have better plays post-turn 4. Maybe this sees play in Rogue with Hooked Scimitar, but I think that will prove to be inconsistent to have both of those cards curve into each other. Overall, this card seems awkward to line up on curve in standard, but I think this has potential in wild, especially with Kingsbane.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    It has good stats and the effect itself is also very good. I'm looking forward to playing around with this card.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Feels a little random, but in the end a 4 mana 4/4 that summons... anything is pretty good, honestly, so this isn't actually all that bad.

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