Have you thought about hench clan thug? I think that’s a really good common, especially for rogue. I haven’t seen WANTED! in play, so I’m not too sure how good it is.
I really like Spectral Cutlass rogue decks. I haven't made an attempt at it in standard though as I feel like the payoff isn't worth the risk. For Cutlass to be worthwhile, you ideally want to be buffing and building one weapon and using that most of the game. In wild, we can do that with the extra thief cards as well as a few more weapon buffs to choose from. If you're set on standard though, I would suggest removing Rummaging and one of the Shinyfinders as ideally you're sticking with one or two Cutlasses throughout the game and maintaining durability with stolen cards. If you're not keeping it up enough with the cards you have, you may want to think about making adjustments to your deck as the card is sub-par if you're only getting 2-4 charges out of it. It's not a bad idea to drop some of these weapon supports for other tempo options so that you can conserve weapon charges and use them when your weapon gets buffed a bit. I've climbed to rank 5 twice now exclusively playing thief rogue in wild and proper Cutlass usage has been pretty much the sole reason for my success.
My opinion is the deck is garbage and a waste of time. I say that as someone who thinks burgle rogue is fun and have tried making it work several times since Karazhan's release. The current meta is extremely toxic to value decks and you will have a tough time having any fun even against control right now. Maybe ask this question again when the nerfs come into effect. Right now it's just going to get stomped by everything, even slow ass decks like tank up warrior.
I personally play burgle rogue to have fun (i ve reached rank 5 this season so far with big spell mage and i wanted to take a break). My list actually works well, though i miss Valeera DK. I would cut Lilian Voss cause it s a too random card, also for burgle rogue, i d cut also wanted, cavern shinyfinder and 2 assassinates, then 2 tar creeper 2 vanish and a sap to run instead of them 2 vilespine slayers, tess of course, i also added a Gadgetzan Auctioneer for card draw, 2 backstabs, 2 eviscerate 2 preparations and i run another copy of spectral cutlass in order to draw it early and having another copy if the first get destroyed by ooze/Harrison Jones.
"The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days..."
I've tried to make a Cutlass deck work, to no avail. The sheer amount of cancer decks plaguing both standard and wild make it very tough to get it working. This deck should technically shine in Wild given you have access to cards that enable it such as Oil, etc. But it remains very inconsistent.
However, if you don't care too much for competitiveness, I would make the following changes, assuming you remain in Standard:
My own Tess Rogue runs Keleseth. I find it works. You can try it if you're willing to sacrifice your 2-drops to run it. Works great with Shadowstep and Vanish.
(As an aside, this meta is kind of nuts though as I still lose games even with a T1 coined Keleseth into Shadowstep)
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Hi,
It occurred to me that making a deck around Spectral Cutlass would be fun, despite my lack of several staple Rogue cards. Any opinions on the deck?
# 1x (0) Shadowstep
# 2x (1) Deadly Poison
# 2x (1) Hallucination
# 1x (2) Cavern Shinyfinder
# 2x (2) Pick Pocket
# 2x (2) Sap
# 2x (3) Blink Fox
# 2x (3) Fan of Knives
# 1x (3) Rummaging Kobold
# 2x (3) SI:7 Agent
# 2x (3) Tar Creeper
# 2x (4) Elven Minstrel
# 1x (4) Lilian Voss
# 1x (4) Spectral Cutlass
# 2x (4) WANTED!
# 2x (5) Assassinate
# 2x (6) Vanish
# 1x (9) Valeera the Hollow
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Take out the WANTED, it's practically useless. You generally want Tess Greymane in a theif rogue anyway.
Probably replace assassinate with vilespine slayer, it’s just a direct upgrade to it if you have it
Have you thought about hench clan thug? I think that’s a really good common, especially for rogue. I haven’t seen WANTED! in play, so I’m not too sure how good it is.
I hate burgle rogue. I want play with mine cards.
My opinion is the deck is garbage and a waste of time. I say that as someone who thinks burgle rogue is fun and have tried making it work several times since Karazhan's release. The current meta is extremely toxic to value decks and you will have a tough time having any fun even against control right now. Maybe ask this question again when the nerfs come into effect. Right now it's just going to get stomped by everything, even slow ass decks like tank up warrior.
I personally play burgle rogue to have fun (i ve reached rank 5 this season so far with big spell mage and i wanted to take a break). My list actually works well, though i miss Valeera DK. I would cut Lilian Voss cause it s a too random card, also for burgle rogue, i d cut also wanted, cavern shinyfinder and 2 assassinates, then 2 tar creeper 2 vanish and a sap to run instead of them 2 vilespine slayers, tess of course, i also added a Gadgetzan Auctioneer for card draw, 2 backstabs, 2 eviscerate 2 preparations and i run another copy of spectral cutlass in order to draw it early and having another copy if the first get destroyed by ooze/Harrison Jones.
"The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days..."
I've tried to make a Cutlass deck work, to no avail. The sheer amount of cancer decks plaguing both standard and wild make it very tough to get it working. This deck should technically shine in Wild given you have access to cards that enable it such as Oil, etc. But it remains very inconsistent.
However, if you don't care too much for competitiveness, I would make the following changes, assuming you remain in Standard:
Remove: 2x Wanted, 2x Assassinate, Lilian Voss, 1x Vanish, 1x Rummaging Kobold
Add: Tess, 2x Vilespine, 2x Hench-Clan Thug, Face Collector, Edwin
Consider: Saronite Chain-Gang, Spellbreaker, Auctioneer, Backstab
My own Tess Rogue runs Keleseth. I find it works. You can try it if you're willing to sacrifice your 2-drops to run it. Works great with Shadowstep and Vanish.
(As an aside, this meta is kind of nuts though as I still lose games even with a T1 coined Keleseth into Shadowstep)