J_Alexander’s Thief (Quest) Rogue – Doom in Tomb

Quest Rogue gets some obvious boosts from the inclusion of Swashburgler and Shaku. Now there are more cards to complete the Quest that come in higher quality. This allows us to get our weapon online even earlier while also being able to more consistently activate burgle synergies: turn 1 Quest + Coin + Swashburlger into turn 2 Underbelly Fence comes to mind. The important part is just the increased speed and consistency of the deck

To make room for these cards, we would take the best traditional Quest Rogue list and drop out the worst cards: either Fan of Knives, Pilfer, and Bazaar Mugger. I favor cutting the fans because I want as much Burgle consistency in the deck as possible, which means we need to cut either a Pilfer or a Mugger. I lean towards cutting Mugger because Pilfer is a cheap card, allowing us to complete and equip the weapon on the same turn more readily. Just don’t go keeping Pilfer in your mulligan, as far too many players do (the stats on the card look worse than they are because too many players fail to get rid of it for better cards).

The potential downsides to this list are two-fold: first, if more players start playing Rogue, the Swash and Shaku don’t work with the synergies you need. Second, if many people start playing N’Zoth, Quest Rogue might end up failing to get under them and win quickly enough. This brings me to my second deck…