OurHeartstone Secret Rogue Deck List Guidetakes a look at this new archetype from the Ashes of Outland expansion! We’ve got a look at the best list for the deck as well as mulligans, play strategy & tips, and card replacements!
Rogue has always felt like a class that should have Secrets! I mean, it really suits the flavor of their class, so it’s good to see that they are finally getting a bit more support. Now that we have some additional tools in Ashes of Outland, it looks like there’s a possibility that this archetype could have some legs. We’ll have to wait and see if it’s enough to propel it the forefront of the meta!
Secret Rogue Deck List
We’ve got an early look at this deck with a version byJalexanderHS! We’ll be updating this list with more refined lists as the meta starts to shape up.
Always Keep
Possible Keeps
you’re able to keep one of your Secrets if you have Secretkeeper in your opening draw! Most of the possible keeps rely on you having a 1-drop minion, usually one with Stealth in particular.
Secret Rogue Tips & Play Strategy
You’ll notice a lot of similarities with this deck andStealth Rogue. Quite a few cards overlap, but this version is a bit focused on taking advantage of Secrets. We’re a pretty aggressive deck, so try to keep most of your trading to a minimum when possible. Use your weapon for trades as much as possible, because we want to get in repeat damage with our minions.
Our Secret package includes three different options to confuse and get advantage from our opponent.Ambushprovides us a pretty great way to pretty much guarantee removing any minion our opponent plays. We could also ignore their minion and just push additional damage to the face.Bamboozlewill punish them for trying to trade with one of our minions, and could lead to some pretty big swings if we get a particularly good unit.Dirty Tricksgives us a way to gain some cards if our opponent tries to get tricky with spells!
While we’re including quite a few Secrets, we’re also including some more cards that benefit from these.Blackjack Stunneris a great tempo card that can pop a minion back into our opponent’s hand and give us time to dish out damage.Shadowjeweler Hanarcan get us some additional resources, and give us some big surprises for our opponent if we get something particularly interesting. Keep in mind that the card Discovers a Secret from a DIFFERENT class, not your opponent’s class. That means you won’t get stuck not getting something against a class without Secrets.
We’ve got a couple of powerful early game starts that can get the ball rolling quite quickly in our favor. First, we haveSecretkeeperthat can be followed up with one of our Secrets. If we can keep her alive and healthy, she can be tough to deal with and can dish out quite a bit of early damage. The other start would involveSpymistress, who looks to be some solid early damage. This would especially be the case when we pair it withAshtongue Slayer. While punching face for 6 on turn two is pretty nutty, we can also get a trade that keeps the Spymistress on the board!
Once we’ve chipped away enough with our early game minions, we’ll be looking to finish the game off by utilizing some minions that keep the board clear for us.Maiev Shadowsongshould clear away any type of big taunt or something else we can’t bother to deal with.Flik Skyshivgives us another way to deal with any problematic minions that are preventing us from finishing the job.
