New Rogue Weapon - Swinetusk Shank

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A new Epic Rogue Weapon, Swinetusk Shank, has been revealed!

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

    A new Epic Rogue Weapon, Swinetusk Shank, has been revealed!

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  • JoeyJojo48's Avatar
    Peon 630 230 Posts Joined 06/11/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    This scales really well and can get very scary very fast

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  • Kossrocks's Avatar
    430 145 Posts Joined 11/15/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Due to Self-Sharpening Sword this won't see play

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  • CardStone's Avatar
    190 60 Posts Joined 03/01/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Inc SSS nerf to force us to play this.

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

    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

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    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

    I am envoy from nowhere in nowhere. Nobody and nothing have sent me. And even though it is impossible I exist. ©Trimutius

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2219 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    We need to know for sure what counts as a poison and what doesn't. If it's every card with poison in it's name, this will be OP. Way better than SSS.

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • aposteljoe's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_600_HS 1165 644 Posts Joined 06/18/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    What is a poison?

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    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.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years ago

    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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  • darkoprk's Avatar
    Magma Rager 345 151 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    This will definitely see play in Standard not so much wild

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    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.

     

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    there are better weapons

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    The new Kingsbane

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  • KanzakiGin's Avatar
    Lion's Guard 745 208 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    nice addition

    Rogue DH

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Dragon 2215 2485 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    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. 

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From Tumbleweedovski

    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.

    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.

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  • bardozan's Avatar
    380 250 Posts Joined 09/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    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.

    OBLIVION!

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  • FortyDust's Avatar
    Pumpkin 1190 1896 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    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.

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

    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!

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1025 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Let's wait for more poisons

    Lemushki - The one and only since the 2006 rebranding.

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  • AmigoGP's Avatar
    250 142 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    This looks like spectral cuttglass but no heal and it get the buff from poison .The new poison looks good with this.So poison/weapon  rogue ?

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

    It's interesting to see poison synergy. I don't know how strong this card will be, but I am excited to see where they go with poisons moving forward.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Self-Sharpening Sword + 2 Deadly Poison = 26 damage over 4 turns

    Swinetusk Shank + 2 Deadly Poison = 24 damage over 4 turns

    Self-Sharpening Sword + 2 Deadly Poison + 1 Paralytic Poison = 30 damage over 4 turns

    Swinetusk Shank + 2 Deadly Poison + 1 Paralytic Poison = 35 damage over 5 turns

    Self-Sharpening Sword + 2 Deadly Poison + 2 Nitroboost Poison + 2 Paralytic Poison = 50 damage over 4 turns

    Swinetusk Shank + 2 Deadly Poison + 2 Nitroboost Poison + 2 Paralytic Poison = 96 damage over 8 turns

    Meaning Swinetusk is worse than SSS without buffs, and become progressively better but slower with 3 or more buffs. Obviously these numbers are wrong and slightly lower in reality, they are just the best case scenario in theory, in practice you will attack every turn and not wait until you have all the buffs attached.

    There is no need to add more poisons to make this card viable imo, it's very powerful already. It can realistically do a lot more damage than SSS and is a much better removal tool when you need it, with the added durability and immunity granted by paralytic poison.

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  • bananenparty's Avatar
    Card Designer Enthusiast 1045 199 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Vakue and Weapon rogue this time, okay.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Kinda meh. Not a card that will see play.

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

    Hmm, with all the poison cards so far i feel like this could work as a more defensive SSS until either SSS rotates next year or we get more poison cards printed. I think it might see some fringe play in standard untill it has more poison cards available to it.

    In wild it will NEVER see play realistically. Kingsbane completely outclasses it in every way shape and form.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Tough to say whether Swinetusk Shank is better than Self-Sharpening Sword. The sword is 10 damage over four swings (1+2+3+4), and if you play three poisons, the shank is 10 damage over five swings (2+2+2+2+2). This means that the shank is consistently higher damage at 3+ poisons because you get more buffed swings and equal base damage, and it also means that at 2+ poisons the shank is pretty close to the sword in terms of raw damage output (8 base damage over four swings, so you get the same amount of buffed damage as sword and only 2 less base damage).

    But, between luck of the draw and weapon removal, you're probably not going to land 3+ poisons on the same weapon. Also, the Self-Sharpening Sword is modestly better synergy for Cutting Class and Steeldancer because it can increase its own attack. That probably means it narrowly wins out over the Swinetusk Shank in terms of overall quality, but if we're being honest, they're so close to each other in terms of power that if you want to run weapons, you're probably happy to run both and have the redundancy.

    (This maybe changes a little if they reveal one more poison...more poisons might make the odds of a triple weapon buff more likely, and then shank ends up being better over time.)

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1175 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    The art is very cool. Great name as well. I'm all about the flavor of this, but it's not replacing my beloved Seld Sharpening Sword. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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  • dembro's Avatar
    Peon 375 317 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Yeah, slightly worse than Self-Sharpening Sword but I still think it's playable.  

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  • Lookwedont's Avatar
    Taurajo Innkeeper 415 152 Posts Joined 01/19/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good. Not for every deck but for the ones that run it. Good

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  • Hiei's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_200_HS 480 223 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Ooze has been present the all year and will continue to be for one more.

    Murlocs <3

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  • Alleria's Avatar
    Eevee 1275 863 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Weapon Rogue isn´t my thing, but I think this could be good. Thanks for Ooze.

    ♡ u 4ever 2008 - 2022

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  • Topandito's Avatar
    905 478 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I like the idea a lot. That said I'm not sure it will be competitive but I still think its an interesting direction to send rogue in. If this does see play though I worry it will just be the same way that other weapons have been seen in Rogue. Just as ways to hit face.

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From PetiteMouche
    Quote From Tumbleweedovski

    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.

    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.

    Yes, maybe alongside Sword, but it's not a replacement. I can't help but think that this is a trap though, by placing too many eggs in the same basket. Like you already mentioned, 1 Ooze can be enough to shatter all your hopes and dreams.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • DrunkDonuuut's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 195 158 Posts Joined 03/01/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    It's really good. I guess most decks will run ooze next expansion...

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  • IlBelTia's Avatar
    Wizard 440 333 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Wow, other cards for aggro rogue! Exactly what we needed!

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From Tumbleweedovski
    Quote From PetiteMouche
    Quote From Tumbleweedovski

    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.

    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.

    Yes, maybe alongside Sword, but it's not a replacement. I can't help but think that this is a trap though, by placing too many eggs in the same basket. Like you already mentioned, 1 Ooze can be enough to shatter all your hopes and dreams.

    Yes but you can also trap the ooze by playing your SSS without buffs then start unloading everything on your Swinetusk, or the other way around it doesn't really matte

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  • ArcyroX's Avatar
    Ghost 955 214 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    omg weapon rouge is really a bad archetype. it is not interactive at all. just play the weapon, buff it and go face.

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  • Me0203's Avatar
    Design Champion 750 497 Posts Joined 06/13/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Play this and SSS! Both work well with all of the poisons we have in Standard, so why not? It's a great card so long as you draw the support for it, which isn't so difficult with the few tutors that Rogue has at the moment.

    Better call Thrall!

     

     

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    That can be fairly good
    Think i'll review my rating on Paralytic Poison ^^

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • shky's Avatar
    Pirate King 895 196 Posts Joined 06/25/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I like it, can be good for some kinda weapon control rogue and in standard right now you can buff it a lot with the right cards, but dont know if this is going to be better then SSS but lets see

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  • kkiiuu's Avatar
    340 169 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    infinite weapon boring, stop makeing rogue more uninteractive class

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Really cool design.

    Not really a good wording tho, but well, guess poisons are now a keyword?

    Papa Nurgle wants to share his gifts.

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

    The desgin remembers me to Spectral Cutlass, but being cheaper and without LS, that card looks more agressive.

    By The Holy Light!

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

    I love this! Maybe it’s not quite as good as I want it to be, but i still want to fill a decks with poisons and cut away.

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

    Will there be poisons?

    -=alfi=-

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  • burgoskid's Avatar
    210 218 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Welp....guess I'm still teching in weapon removal this expansion.

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  • KingMicahhh's Avatar
    Banned 375 282 Posts Joined 11/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    good card

    Kenny's little poet. 😇

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  • PetiteMouche's Avatar
    75 32 Posts Joined 03/18/2021
    Posted 3 years ago
    Quote From KingMicahhh

    good card

    Why are you posting this on every thread can you just stop ?

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

    Some bonkers potential, but the competition for Rogue weapons is fierce while Self-Sharpening Sword is in rotation. I think for a new weapon to be played, it will have to bring something niche to the table, like Necrium Blade.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5542 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Self-Sharpening Sword and Assassin's Blade are in standard.

    I mean, is there any reason to play this card over those two? Nope.

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  • bela's Avatar
    335 152 Posts Joined 01/19/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    much better weapons around than this one

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  • MarcoHS's Avatar
    Scholomance Surveyor 325 97 Posts Joined 06/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Seems stronger this new weapon. Maybe new poison cards will give to the rogue on other expansions as well

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

    Pretty decent, but don't think it will shine while Self-Sharpening Sword is still in standard. Need more good poisons though, because Paralytic Poison is bad and Nitroboost Poison is gonna get nerfed.

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2025 1394 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I doubt this will be any good. Poison has never been a thing.

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  • Psychopomp's Avatar
    Agamaggan 495 176 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    I'm having flashbacks to undying weapons like the spectral cutlass...

    but no lifesteal so i think this will be a good card

    4 Mana 7/7

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Don't put all your chips into this weapon, it'll just get oozed away, especially if rogue keeps being top tier.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
    Wins per class (2/6/22): DH-197; Druid-996Hunter-91«60; Mage-1056; Paladin-1126; Priest-746; Rogue-961; Shaman-1095; Warlock-871; Warrior-906

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  • mayhern's Avatar
    Wizard 355 294 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    This can actually be good if we get good poison support

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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1040 624 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Decent weapon. Mini Kingsbane. Will probably see some play. Keeping an eye on future poisons for this card for sure.

    Casual Dragon Cardgame enthusiast. 

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  • Thraxus's Avatar
    1060 339 Posts Joined 05/08/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Rogue weapon slot is pretty contested. Not sold that this will be run over the Sword and others

    English is not my native language, so please excuse occasional mistakes

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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Just a worse self sharpening sword.

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  • Inf4mous's Avatar
    Vampire 570 139 Posts Joined 07/09/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Really nice card. Ooze gonna be best tech for a meta with this card.

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  • Osh92's Avatar
    505 224 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    It's an interesting concept, but will not see a play.

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

    I don't undesrtand, does this count cards that have poison in the name or cards with the poison effect?

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

    SSS or this?

    Why not both?

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  • Karmin's Avatar
    Zombie 280 142 Posts Joined 02/12/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    I would be interested how you can make a deck around this card, though it seems a bit difficult right now. Might need a strong poison to support such a deck, as other weapons are more interesting for aggro Rogue decks.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Splendiferous 2145 1903 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    So instead of gaining more attack by swinging, it gains more durability by playing poison cards. I think we'd rather do the damage over as few turns as possible, so this probably isn't replacing Self-Sharpening Sword.

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  • Kerrek's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 675 101 Posts Joined 07/27/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    So, is this affected by any weapon buff with the word "Poison" in its name? If so, this seems like a great card in Wild. There are good number of poisons by now. For 3 mana, I suspect it will also be a powerhouse in Duels.

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  • williethesmurf's Avatar
    155 159 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Can't wait to see all the other poison spells

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

    There are enough poisons for this to be viable for rogue.

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  • edennnnnn's Avatar
    325 108 Posts Joined 11/16/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    please bring xaril back

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  • Daowen's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 1000 252 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Curious what the offers of poison is going to be.

    I'm not online       cat          it's just your imagination

     

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  • frenzy's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_200_HS 945 474 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I guess for 5 mana you can add two nitroboosts for a 6/4 weapon - 3 card 4 round 24 dmg

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  • ArrowSh0t's Avatar
    160 142 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    seems like a good weapon 

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  • serafim's Avatar
    310 137 Posts Joined 06/17/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    wow

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  • Megasharpie's Avatar
    Mankrik's Wife 360 144 Posts Joined 08/06/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    I quite like this weapon, and I like the idea of working with Poisons for Rogue. 

    At this point I have spent too much money on these games to quit. 

    Now pass me another pack, and lets see what I pull. 

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  • GreatTichu's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 370 234 Posts Joined 03/06/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    This card has nitroboost written up

    For The HORDE!

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  • Thendes's Avatar
    350 140 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    This can be insane with the right poisons but as standalone it's worse than the other weapons.

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  • Apple2016's Avatar
    260 141 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Amazing.

    Maybe poison rouge could become a thing if the second legendary helps 

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  • Ethardoth's Avatar
    Harpy Lieutenant 435 389 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good weapon, but Self-Sharpening Sword is better. Maybe Rogues can put this in for consistency, but I doubt it. I like the card though.

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  • frosthearth's Avatar
    655 585 Posts Joined 03/18/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Compared to Self-Sharpening Sword dea, the only slight advantage this weapon has is starting with 2 attack. You can save an attack on this weapon until your next poison, potentially giving this higher durability than SSS, but the bonus damage and its consistency is still less than SSS's base damage of 1+2+3+4=10 attack. If they're trying to push some kind of poison rogue archetype, I think SSS's durability might also get nerfed with Nitroboost Poison.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2626 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    It seems to be a relatively decent card and a pretty creative support card at that, but I fear that it probably won't see much play with SSS still around. I suppose it might see play alongside SSS though.

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  • madcat's Avatar
    Planeswalker 1330 286 Posts Joined 06/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Self-Sharpening Sword is flat-out better, and no-one will save poisons to combo with the Shank if they can get any value out of them in combination with SSS or hero power so the combo is unlikely to ever work.

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

    This card probably enable a midrange board centric version of Weapon Rogue, in combo with Paralytic Poison + other poison and Steeldancer. Let see if the second legendary will support this synergy

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  • Forpayz's Avatar
    245 91 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Sss> this one.

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

    I'm kinda sorta pretty sure weapon rogue nerfs are ready, since there's decent support for the archetype this expansion (assuming there will be either another Poison or a Poison-related legendary). If they deal with SSS, this could be a decent replacement.

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

    When you consider that all the weapon-buffing cards Weapon Rogue runs currently are poisons, there is a case to be made for Swinetusk Shank and if it can provide more consistent damage output than Self-Sharpening Sword. Considering Deadly Poison, Nitroboost Poison, and Paralytic Poison as well as each weapon being at full durability, it takes three poisons for Shank to have a higher damage output than Sword (given that two of these poisons buff the weapon's attack by two). Since Weapon Rogue wants to kill the opponent very quickly, this probably means Self-Sharpening Sword's higher immediate damage output will be more valued in the archetype than Swinetusk Shank as they aren't often stacking three weapon buffs on a single weapon.

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

    Seems inferior to SSS, but maybe can be used with it in a weapon based rogue with poisons.

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  • omelette's Avatar
    235 138 Posts Joined 12/04/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    If there are more poisons coming in this set then this could get spicy. 

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  • erickcross's Avatar
    Charmander 180 144 Posts Joined 03/16/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Weapon rogue will keep being a thing...

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  • jacob1487's Avatar
    465 218 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    this just makes me think self-sharpening sword will see a nerf

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  • shelkem's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 375 117 Posts Joined 03/23/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Can't see how this can take SSS's slot right now, but again in a vacuum is not a bad card. Will see play, maybe in Wild?

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  • Sirgeekalot's Avatar
    Rexxar 225 139 Posts Joined 01/24/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    why would i play this over self sharpening sword? maybe next year when SSS rotates out

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

    Guess what's getting nerfed?

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  • Darkthistle's Avatar
    380 144 Posts Joined 06/16/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    With some more poison support, rogues love weapon silliness. I think this will be a fun weapon and will usually get buffed at least 1-2 times on average. 

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  • TkGuardian's Avatar
    Salty Dog 480 153 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Infinite weapons rogue.... thx blizz...

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  • johnyap11's Avatar
    220 136 Posts Joined 03/04/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    this is the poison deck enabler - not very optimistic about its potential tbh

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  • R217's Avatar
    Bulbasaur 340 139 Posts Joined 07/27/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    There are better weapons, just one more card, nothing special

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  • calipsis's Avatar
    Nightfall 825 152 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Poison rogue won't happen

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

    Well in combination with the new legendary this could work. 

    Good card.

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  • OverLord2109's Avatar
    135 141 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    good

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 785 796 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Good weapon. Self-Sharpening Sword is better in most cases, but there's no rule saying that you can't run both in a Weapon deck. I like that there's enough Poisons to make one of these last for a very long time, which could be a big selling point on its behalf. You do have to run a lot of Poisons to make this worthwhile.

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  • greenfrog100's Avatar
    Pikachu 200 140 Posts Joined 03/03/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    One or two weapon removal kills this archetype

    Ribbit

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

    Given the amount of poisons Rogue currently has, this will be a very strong card. I can see it being played as the main weapon in those kinds of Rogue decks

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    I suppose the extra durability can matter here, but only if there are enough weapon buffs to make you want to keep that same weapon. How does this compare, on average to the consistent damage you get from Self Sharpening Sword?

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • Arenekhert's Avatar
    Taurajo Innkeeper 160 104 Posts Joined 02/28/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    well, maybe not great, but not to terrible either. 

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  • l4chsnacken's Avatar
    340 180 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Worse than Selfsharpening Sword by a large margin, but may be good once the former gets nerfed.

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  • Swoglin's Avatar
    135 136 Posts Joined 03/23/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Not bad

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  • Doomer22's Avatar
    Gul'dan 405 51 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Did somebody say weapon rogue?

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  • ImmWolf's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 420 75 Posts Joined 04/03/2020
    Posted 3 years ago

    Not bad but Self-Sharpening Sword is almost always strictly better. It just feels like this one requires too much effort to be worth it.

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  • spy2395's Avatar
    800 174 Posts Joined 08/22/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    definitely worse compared to SSS

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  • Sunman222's Avatar
    140 136 Posts Joined 03/24/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    Stupid strong with all the poison cards and new legendary.

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

    I don't see it, personally. I'd rather just run better weapons and dump the best Poisons onto them, than force myself to run all the Poisons to help accrue value.

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  • coriolis's Avatar
    380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Self-Sharpening Sword -- heck, even the new Assassin's Blade -- seem to be a better bases for poisons than this.

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  • menethilcamper's Avatar
    150 32 Posts Joined 03/02/2021
    Posted 3 years ago

    SSS less aggresive, focused on removal, brother

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  • TheDarkLord's Avatar
    Planeswalker 1045 249 Posts Joined 02/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Why craft an epic when a rare will do?  This clearly competes with Self-Sharpening Sword for a weapon slot and a three mana slot.  If not for the new rogue legendary, I'm not sure how much play this would see, but even just throwing a single Deadly Poison on this makes it pretty good.

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