LogFAQs > #965224228

Mmm...as far as Gnoll goes, obviously it's quite good now, but my opinion varies significantly depending on what rogue decks actually end up being good when the meta settles.

If it's something like pre-rotation weapon rogue with garotte...yeah, that's terrible. Fortunately that deck is super dead (lost cloak of shadows, lost most of its card draw) so there's almost no risk of that deck coming back any time soon.

If it's thief rogue...if that deck is really the tier 1 best rogue deck and the meta has few or limited answers to it...eh, I guess nerfing gnoll again would be sensible.

If the best rogue deck turns out to be the deck JAlexander was playing, a.k.a. pirate rogue with a small thief package that still plays 1 drop pirates on turn 1, meaning Gnolls only get discounted to 4 mana from Maestra (and maybe 3 with Tooth of Nefarian) then LOL no: Gnolls are fine.

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It's really hard to guess the meta at this point, but my guess would be that the JAlexander deck that's mostly aggro pirate warrior that doesn't discount gnoll much might actually be the best build of rogue. IDK, this might just be my wild player bias creeping in, I might be reading standard the wrong way, but playing 1 drops on turn 1 just sounds like a significant tempo advantage over trading tradeables and playing nothing for the first couple turns.