A new Rogue Card being released with the Curse of Naxxramas was announced today!

What we've got is a 4 mana 5/5! with a Deathrattle that serves as a random bounce on one of your minions (if you have any). Seems pretty strong to me.

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GoingGoingGone

Slovakia529 Posts

May 14 2014 17:09 GMT

Even more Rogue combos?? The stats are great as well, definitely a strong and viable card, just like every class card Naxx that was announced.

Sumadin

Denmark588 Posts

May 14 2014 17:11 GMT

Looks interesting enough. Being 5/5 for 4 is above stats but it's DR is a loss in tempo so it makes sense. However this may be an advantage as it allows rogue to reapply some combos without losing resources.

Will also be a great boost for Arena.

Keep in mind that DR's cannot target so the effect is random even if it doesn't currently say so.

Eggi

478 Posts

May 14 2014 17:12 GMT

There pretty much is no downside to this card.

5/5 minion for 4? move over yeti. Combo it with Argus defender, its disgustingly good.

Beakyboo

United States485 Posts

May 14 2014 17:18 GMT

Feels stronger than anything else they've shown.

Hryul

Austria2609 Posts

May 14 2014 17:19 GMT

On May 15 2014 02:12 Eggi wrote:
There pretty much is no downside to this card.

5/5 minion for 4? move over yeti. Combo it with Argus defender, its disgustingly good.

all I see is zoo :D

LVDusts

France0 Posts

May 14 2014 17:19 GMT

I don't get it. It seems too good to be true.

Lobotomist

United States1541 Posts

May 14 2014 17:24 GMT

In combo with cards that have battle cries this will be disgustingly good. Card got bounced? Oh I get tho use the battle cry again.

DifuntO

Greece2376 Posts

May 14 2014 17:26 GMT

I like it! Can't wait to play with it.Looks like Paladin got the worst new card from what we've seen so far.

Mortal

2943 Posts

May 14 2014 17:29 GMT

#10

how is this card remotely balanced at all?

NovaTheFeared

United States7222 Posts

May 14 2014 17:37 GMT

#11

That's a very strong card. It's over budget on stats and the death rattle can either be negated or turned into an advantage.

On May 15 2014 02:19 Hryul wrote:

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all I see is zoo :D

It's a Rogue card so it would be a very different zoo deck

Doctor Faustus

United States0 Posts

May 14 2014 17:37 GMT

#12

This seems quite strong...

Fi0na

0 Posts

May 14 2014 17:41 GMT

#13

combo with SI:7 Agent for maximum pain

Kleinmuuhg

Vanuatu4091 Posts

May 14 2014 17:42 GMT

#14

rogue is pretty well known for getting a lot of tempo , not for getting a lot of value out of its cards
this card gives very good value, but slows down tempo
so its not as imbalanced as the first impressions makes you think, probably..

Zaros

United Kingdom3692 Posts

May 14 2014 17:52 GMT

#15

Seems decent, but do not combo with Baron Rivendare!

Inschato

Canada1349 Posts

May 14 2014 17:56 GMT

#16

On May 15 2014 02:52 Zaros wrote:
Seems decent, but do not combo with Baron Rivendare!

I wonder if it bounced Rivendare first, would it still bounce another minion?

Came Norrection

Canada168 Posts

May 14 2014 17:59 GMT

#17

I actually can't see this card being played much in the current tempo rogue decks, its too slow and unreliable.

United States2586 Posts

May 14 2014 18:06 GMT

#18

Seems like it'd be most ideal in a tempo rogue deck, but it doesn't sound as great as it looks. Removing this minion against a tempo rogue removes two minions from their board. At turn 5 or later, most of the cards rogue might replay aren't going to be as impactful by that point in specific match-ups. By turn 5 if it's removed vs a zoo lock, you're probably already dead; by turn 5 vs a number of control decks the impact of the battlecries a rogue might play diminishes greatly, especially if two turns worth of board presence in mana is removed all at once, those battlecries (SI, scrubs, etc) are MUCH weaker. As a miracle rogue, the card has a condition which you don't completely control. It can't be expected to be used in conjunction with a leeroy combo outside of very special circumstances.

Strong card on stats, but the effect is overrated, imo. It'd be way better if they just ditched the deathrattle and made it a combo. Without drastic shifts in the meta following naxx, ambusher is counter intuitive to both win conditions of current rogue decks.

awesomoecalypse

United States2235 Posts

May 14 2014 18:08 GMT

#19

That seems really good. Statwise its the strongest 4 drop in the game (barring niche stuff like Emerald Drake), and the drawback can actually be beneficial if you play it right. Drop Leeroy and charge with him, then sacrifice Ambusher and you get a free shadowstep out of the deal.