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Budget Tempo Rogue

  • Last updated May 14, 2018 (Witchwood)
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  • 20 Minions
  • 10 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Tempo Rogue
  • Crafting Cost: 1040
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 5/1/2018 (Witchwood)
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Since Tempo Rogue already includes a lot of basic and common cards, I tried to fill in the rest of the list with replacements that are basic and common while rounding off the mana curve- this is the list I came up with. Obviously it's not better than it's odd rogue or tempo rogue counterparts that are more expensive but the deck really wont hold you back and when piloted properly has the potential to break into high ranks. Highly recommend this deck/class for your FTP accounts, as Budget rogue seems better than ever.

Small Change: Having two Silences in hand feels really clunky vs anything but cubelock, and silence doesn't always feel great because they can just Carnivorous Cube so I prefer Sap in most situations. I'm substituting 1 Spellbreaker for 1 Marsh Drake since you'll almost always be using Dagger Mastery on turn 2 and we want to always hit a tempo 3-drop in this deck.

Substitutes if you have these cards;

Other Cards worth considering on a budget;

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Old Changes: Back with another round of tweaks, I've taken note of new and different cards people are trying out in the top tempo lists and I've decided to include a few; 2 Tar Creepers are pretty common in all lists, despite not having much attack value behind it a 3/5 taunt for 3 is good tempo! I've tech'd in a second Spellbreaker because as you might already know, most of your warlock and paladin matchups are slightly or majorly in their favor- so the silence is there to help a bit vs Blessing of Kings as well as helping you get past Voidlords or negate Carnivorous Cubes effect! Fungalmancer is also seeing a bit more play- which was already included in this list if you ran Prince Keleseth so should smooth out the curve a bit here- and Fire Plume Phoenix being a 4 mana 3/3 was just too underwhelming for tempo in this list.  

Older Changes; Hey guys, the meta's refined a bit more and I'm happy to say tempo rogue is still one of the better Rogue Archetypes in terms of win-rate and I'm back to adjust the list towards what I've found personal success with and what the meta versions of the deck include. Enjoy!

  • -2 Deadly Poison - Investing 3 mana for a 3/2 weapon just wasn't good enough for tempo, much better alternatives
  • -2 Bloodsail Raider - A 2/3 with upside is good for budget but, I couldn't see myself keeping it in the deck after cutting Deadly Poison :(
  • -2 Fan of Knives - Although this card is completely free, it just doesn't do work in this deck and with the new inclusions the 3-drop slot was far too crowded already
  • +2 Southsea Deckhand - Has made quite an impact in meta decks, even without Prince Keleseth 1 mana for 2 burn and a 2/1 body is good enough
  • +2 Marsh Drake - Having very few 2-drops leads to weaponing on turn 2 quite often, surprisingly this made marsh drake good enough as a 3-drop I highly recommend trying him out!
  • +1 Tar Creeper - Very good card if you ever fall behind on board, that being said I could only include one because of the crowded 3-drop slot in this deck and the fact that you don't want too many defensive cards in a tempo oriented deck
  • +1 Spellbreaker - The meta has reached a state where cubelock is unavoidable on ladder, I'd recommend including at least one Spellbreaker for Voidlord, Possessed Lackey, or cards from other decks like Hadronox

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Thanks for taking a look at the deck list, please let me know what budget list you made out of the cards and how your games went, I use this decklist on my f2p witchwood account and it performs pretty well in the middle ranks.

For New Players: If you're a brand new player looking to create a deck and you don't have the dust for this one, please take a look at this list

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