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While not a perfect solution by any means, Blink Fox's second ability can at least speed up two-turn cooldown effects if you plan on using more than one per fight.

Sort of works as a check to Mechathun decks but probably won’t see much play outside of that.

Er, 3/0 divine shield I mean.

You also have to factor in the value of the cards being bundled together, which makes it significantly better than a 3 mana 1/4 taunt + 3 mana 3/1 divine shield.

Well this is going to help Pogo Rogue a lot.

I think these will all make a lot more sense once we see the rest of the set. There will either be a powerful neutral legendary or other class cards that will support these archetypes a lot more.

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What are everyone’s thoughts on Hench-Clan Hag and Cybertech Chip? I’ve been messing around with them to capitalize on more of a board-flood strategy that gives you a lot of magnetic targets and it’s been working surprisingly well for me.

Also, Hench-Clan Hag vastly outperforms Nightmare Amalgam, especially since it can’t be accidentally pulled by Oblivitron.

 I slightly dont agree becouse the deck doesnt need random mechs (mostly are very bad). you dont get out of steam that easy since you got nine lives, shimmerfly, marked shot and unleash the beast to left something behind after being played. Not to mention Zul'Jin wich is literally a board and hand refiller. The deck needs tempo and curve. Tracking could work in most scenarios.

Hench clan hag might work in a heavy magnetize mech hunter sort of deck. This is more deathrattle and combo oriented.

 That’s fair. I’ve had some issue with running out of steam in some matchups and I’ve been saved by random mechs allowing me to maintain tempo before. The chip also synergizes with Zuljin, though I haven’t tried a deck with both yet. I’ve also been running Countess Ashmore since she usually draws you 3, which has been really strong.

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and about healing, using Zilliax on a 7/7 later in the game provides a perfect amount of healing

 Agreed, especially since Nine Lives guarantees you the combo for a mere 8 mana.

What are everyone’s thoughts on Hench-Clan Hag and Cybertech Chip? I’ve been messing around with them to capitalize on more of a board-flood strategy that gives you a lot of magnetic targets and it’s been working surprisingly well for me.

Also, Hench-Clan Hag vastly outperforms Nightmare Amalgam, especially since it can’t be accidentally pulled by Oblivitron.

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With 4 lackey generators you are very likely to have a lackey before you draw Togwaggle, I don't see what's wrong ?

By the time you get to turn 7, the odds of having drawn a lackey card are close to 100%.

Yoi should worry about the consistency of drawing Togwaggle, not the lackeys lol.

Though that may be, the power level of Togwaggle could make it worth it to hold onto a lackey until he’s drawn

What do you mean worth it ? Why would you ever play Togwaggle if you don't intend to hold onto a lackey? It's not about the power level. It's about the text explicitly saying that the card does nothing of you don't combo it with a lackey... 

 I mean, yes, but the lackeys themselves are pretty useful for maintaining tempo, especially given how much you sacrifice to get them given that you’re playing a 3 mana 1/5 or a 2 mana 1/1 to get them, so you might not be able to afford to keep them in hand depending on the meta. I’m going into this assuming that you are going to have to use at least some of your lackeys before turn 7.

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I'm determined to make a Togwaggle Maly rogue work, even if its T4 it should be really fun!

Had a first stab (badum-tsh) at it last night while I was tired. Definitely some optimisation and play testing required!

 That actually looks pretty cool. I think Auctioneer would fit pretty well (possibly replacing Myra's but idk). Neat take on capitalizing on Tog though, I love how flexible he is.

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The question becomes how do you build your deck around tog. Do we use him as an added win condition in a tempo/battlecry deck? Do we use him in some sort of control value deck? 

  I believe the most successful approach will be to stick Togg and the 4 lackeys in a straightforward tempo deck, and we can only hope it's not the same deck as Hooktusk. However I theorycrafted a cheesy build whose sole focus is to repeatedly play Heistbaron Toggwaggle. Probably loses to aggro but should be able to destroy control.

 I think this is the correct train of thought. I might be overrating the card a bit, but I feel like Tog's Scheme alone is enough to outvalue most control decks, especially in conjunction with Tak. While my deck is mostly relying on pogos to win, in this case if Tog ever sticks and you have the scheme plus Tak, you basically just win. Or at least you would, but infinite Togs doesn't work too well when you only have a four activators for it, so you'll have to bounce the lackies back quite a few times as well.

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Getting back to the OPs intent of this thread... I personally dont see lackeys being the issue with tog. I feel rogue is going to be slower now that minstrel is rotating out, huge hit imo. 

The question becomes how do you build your deck around tog. Do we use him as an added win condition in a tempo/battlecry deck? Do we use him in some sort of control value deck? Rogue just lost all secrets so control isnt looking great. Time will tell how it works out but I dont see him being broken right now 

 I hadn’t considered the issue of losing Minstrel, I guess it will be between Myra’s, Sprint, and Auctioneer for now. I feel like Tog’s Scheme and the other rogue legendary are going to be key for hand refill personally, but this is coming from someone intent on making Pogo Rogue work.

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Rogues will just run Nomi+Myra's and win games on turn 7 thanks to Nomi filling board with 6/6s. This will be a tier 0 rogue deck till it gets nerfed a few weeks later.

 I could see Myra/Nomi being a last-ditch finisher in tempo rogue that might occasionally cheese some wins, but nothing super crazy.

With how many lackey cards there are, I’m having a hard time seeing there being enough lackeys to make Togwaggle consistently be able to trigger his effect, as Rogue can only fit a total of four lackey-producing cards in a deck. Though that may be, the power level of Togwaggle could make it worth it to hold onto a lackey until he’s drawn, so perhaps the inconsistency would be worth it. I could very well be underestimating him, but I feel like we’ll need another expansion of lackey support before he is really good and Lackey Rogue becomes a thing. Thoughts?