I think the biggest offender is Preparation. I think they will nerf it to discount for less.. that way they can release better rogue spells in the future too.. Preparation has been a big design space constraint for far too long and we see how powerful it is with raiding party, which would be good but not insane card without prep making it free, I saw many games where people played PreparationRaiding Party into EVIL Miscreant, next turn waggle pick into 2 dread corsairs.. that combo is too consistent with prep.
I would say 3 rogue cards need to be nerfed:
EVIL Miscreant- to generate 1 lackey or to be a 1/3 the card is too durable and not worth to get rid of with 5 hp maianing it gets bounced way too often while surviving on board.. or make it so it generates less value/tempo with less lackeys.
Preparation- explained above, a big design space constraint, way too powerful with 3 mana spells.
Raiding Party- how this card even got past through the balance team?
Rogue is my 4th most played class(after hunter,paladin and warlock) so I am not really a rogue hater but the amount of stuff rogue has going for is absurd.
Wont be nerfed in my opinion:
Edwin VanCleef- if they nerf prep they won't nerf him, also the class identity of being a trickster class goes very well with him.. he is a big "all in" card when he is big.
Leeroy Jenkins - the card is used in various ways just like zilliax, yes it's always a finisher but it has some skill expression when the right play is to play him for tempo.
Waggle Pick- if raiding party is nerfed I think this card will be less insane since it doesn't curve as well
I agree with most of your statements except for Waggle Pick. This thing is a real problem. Because:
You can bounce Leeroy Jenkins for an insane amount of burst in one turn
Furthermore you can bounce all the powerful battlecry minions like lackys or EVIL Miscreant. I think Waggle Pick is what glues all these powerful cards you mentioned together to one powerhouse of a deck. My suggested nerve would be to reduce the attack by one and make it cost 5 instead of 4 mana. This reduces the combopotential with the corsairs, while also disrupting the curve of turn 3: Backstab, Raiding Party. turn 4: Waggle Pick.
The problem is, that you are playing warrior. What kind of spell do you want to cast to justify spending 10 mana for Kalecgos? Don't forget, that his battlecry will also offer you warrior spells. He is just okayish in warrior.
But I think you are right about the buff to dragons roar. A lot of terrible dragons are leaving the cardpool.
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I agree with most of your statements except for Waggle Pick. This thing is a real problem. Because:
Furthermore you can bounce all the powerful battlecry minions like lackys or EVIL Miscreant. I think Waggle Pick is what glues all these powerful cards you mentioned together to one powerhouse of a deck.
My suggested nerve would be to reduce the attack by one and make it cost 5 instead of 4 mana. This reduces the combopotential with the corsairs, while also disrupting the curve of turn 3: Backstab, Raiding Party. turn 4: Waggle Pick.
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Seems like your random German beat roger :D
This comment didn't age well.
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I spend some time adding mechs to secret paladin until it was good enough to get me to rank 5.
Then I switched to control mage, which is worse but definitely more fun. Kalecgos is already my favorite card in standard right now.
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It is definitely hard. And you need to play a ton of games.
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The problem is, that you are playing warrior. What kind of spell do you want to cast to justify spending 10 mana for Kalecgos? Don't forget, that his battlecry will also offer you warrior spells. He is just okayish in warrior.
But I think you are right about the buff to dragons roar. A lot of terrible dragons are leaving the cardpool.
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This keyword is impossible to balance.
Either the spell will be good and two of those will be broken or it is awful and you will never play it.
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This would be a cool feature but you would have to make it at least best of three.
Otherwise both players will just try to hard counter what ever deck you played before and the whole thing will be a rock/paper/scissor emulator :D
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It's a bit off topic but if you craft them in golden and regular, will you get them both refunded?
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