Exclusive Card Reveal
Dirty Rat
It’s not his fault… Someone keeps stealing his soap!
Our card reveal for Mean Streets of Gadgetzan is the dirtiest, blingest, smartest, and unfortunately shortest Kobold in Gadgetzan. Don't let his short stature fool you though, he packs a powerful, gem-filled punch.
Discuss on the ForumsWhat are Kobolds?
- You no take candle! Kobolds have an unhealthy obsession with candles due to their poor nocturnal sight, although our friend seems to be missing his.
- Kobolds enjoy seclusion from the other races of Azeroth. Caves, Mines, and Quarries are some of their favourite spots.
- Aieee me run! Kobolds are cowards and they're dumb enough to start fights with others that they can't win. Dirty Rat certainly didn't make his way up the chain being cowardly though!
- Fists and small weapons are the primary combat methods used by Kobolds. Those gold knuckles on Dirty Rat must have cost a fortune, but damn he blingin'.
Who are the Grimy Goons?
The Grimy Goons are weapon smugglers and tough-guy enforcers of Gadgetzan. These classes are known for their smuggling cards which feature in-hand card buffing mechanics. You gotta keep your goons equipped with the right gear to keep them enforcing their turf on the Mean Streets!
Hunters, Paladins, and Warriors are associated with the Grimy Goons. These are the three Grimy Goons Tri-Class cards!
The Kabal is Going Down!
Dirty Rat is a part of the Grimy Goons and they aren't too happy with The Kabal.
- Dirty Rat is great at preventing Battlecry effects which means Kazakus, leader of The Kabal, is going to cry. He accomplishes this through those sweet gold and gem-encrusted knuckles.
- Sorry Kabal Talonpriest, you too are useless against our Kobold friend! Anduin, bro, you need to stop with the Battlecries!
- Provided that someone like Ragnaros the Firelord doesn't get pulled out, he's a pretty sweet 2/6 body which can help shut down aggressive minions.
Community Thoughts
We've talked with some members of the community to get their thoughts on Dirty Rat!
Very bad card, however, for weapon classes there is the consideration of playing it and then killing what pops out like in Control Warrior.
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Turn 1: Mistress of Mixtures
Turn 2: Dirty Rat, opponent summons Flame Imp
Turn 3: Power Word: Shield + Divine Spirit, Trade Mistress of Mixtures with Flame Imp
Turn 4: Divine Spirit + Inner Fire = 32/32 Lethal
Deathlord?
Its aggro. Turn 2-3 they already have stuff on the board. Doesn't make a 2 mana 2/6 bad if you are a control deck, but *pulling* a minion from an opponents hand playing aggro is technically helping them. The only time this doesn't help them is if the card you pulled was supposed to be combo'd with something else which is where the card REALLY shines. Destroying combos. Miracle maly rogue? Pull gadgetzan/malygos? killing gadgetzan gives a huge jump to your chance to win, while pulling malygos is an instant concede for your opponent because now you're going to kill their win condition. This card will be fantastic in a combo meta.
Well if that specific minion has charge and low health(and thats what kind of charge minions aggro decks are running) that means you, as a controll deck can kill easily without taking/minimalize the face damage
A really bad card as in control match ups pulling Rag or something on turn 2 is almost instant game over.
In combo in can have some affects but pulling malygos and not immediately killing it is also really bad as it pretty much allows a combo deck to go off long before it's supposed to.
Then vs Aggro it pulls something onto the board and the terrible stats mean in doesn't really matter in the long run because of aggro's cheap but cost effective minions.
If they made it say a 3/6 or even a 3/7 it would be much better but as of now this is terrible with this current affect and stats.
TL:DR Vs every deck it has really bad affects and terrible stats that make it a bad card. Make it a 3/6 and it would be better.
You only play it against control if you have something to remove any big minions
Just play it before Twisting Nether and varsus control you got nice value. xd However card is bad.
BTW When they nerfed Charge they told us that they like the idea of combo decks and now we got this. Blizzard pls dont lie to us, we can see that you hate any combo decks.
Metzen..........miss ya bud!
what if it summons your cabal?
dirty rat makes u suicide versus controll decks :D
Awesome tech card, will see some play.
I love cards that interact with your opponent hand, I wish Blizzard release more cards like this.
Have to agree with Muzzy on this one. Don't think it's going to be as strong as some hope it to be.
I'll be glad to play this on turn 7 with brawl. Really cool card if you want to make your opponent overextend.
Dirty Rat + Entomb :V
Really really interesting design. Serves different purposes against different types of decks and I'm hoping that it will go well during experimenting and make my ideas viable!
Too impredcitible.
dirty rat into totem golem, gg
Not quite a deathlord... but same effect as it except this one's battlecry. For some reason I feel like it's stats should've been stronger... aside from summoning this from a resurrect, it's a little pricey.
Dirty Rat + Twisting Nether