Rogue

Rogue
Creature Type
	(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Introduced	Arabian Nights (updated); Mirrodin (printed)
Last used	Avatar: The Last Airbender
Scryfall Statistics
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Rogue is a job. Rogues are part of the party and are outlaws.

Description

Rogues are those who live by their wits, using stealth and cunning to make their way in life. Many rogues are notoriously tricky and amoral, as their clever minds and silver tongues give them an advantage over most others; a good rogue can steal the clothes right off an unwitting target's back. Many rogues are skilled with daggers, rapiers, and other light weapons.

Most rogues are blue or black, though rogues span all five colors.

History

Although the Grand Creature Type Update retroactively installed Rogues into sets as far back as Arabian Nights, the first printed Rogues didn't show up until the adoption of the race/class model in Mirrodin in 2003. Neurok Spy and Moriok Scavenger represented the creative team's decision that Magic needed a type that would unify all bandits, vandals, and spies.^[1]

In the Grand Creature Type Update the subtypes Ali Baba, Ambush Party, Robber (Grave Robbers), Spy, and Thief (Ingenious Thief) were incorporated into the Rogue class.^[2]

The type Spy was later used in Unstable but is only existent in silver-bordered sets.

For Outlaws of Thunder Junction Rogues were batched as Outlaws. It would be the first creature type to be batched twice.

Prowl

Prowl is an alternative cost that appears on many rogue creature cards, and most tribal rogue cards, in Morningtide.^[3]

Notable Rogues

Multiverse

Alara

Avishkar/Kaladesh

Gonti
Vatti

Bloomburrow

Capenna

Dominaria

Eldraine

Fiora

Gastal

Akul

Ikoria

Chevill

Innistrad

Kaldheim

Varragoth

Kamigawa

Lorwyn–Shadowmoor

Neerdiv
Sygg

Rath

Starke il-Vec

Ravnica

Shandalar

Yisan

Ulgrotha

Zendikar

The Edge

Sami

Unknown

Un-iverse

Dungeons & Dragons

Universes Beyond

Doctor Who

Missy (card)
River Song (card)

Fallout

Marvel's Spider-Man

The Lord of the Rings

The Walking Dead

Negan (card)

Warhammer 40,000

Neyam Shai Murad (card)

Tribal type

Morningtide also featured six tribal Rogue cards.^[5] The subtype allows these cards to interact with Frogtosser Banneret, in addition to other potential tribal effects.

Knowledge Exploitation
Morsel Theft
Noggin Whack
Notorious Throng
Thieves' Fortune
Cloak and Dagger — Rather than prowl, this equipment can be freely equipped to rogues entering the battlefield.

Tokens

Several cards from the Lorwyn–Shadowmoor block produce 1/1 black Faerie or Goblin Rogue tokens. Tokens marked with are created by Acorn cards.

Token name	Type line	P/T	Text box	Source
Rogue	Creature — Rogue	2/2		Currency Converter Girder Goons Misfortune Teller Waste Management
Rogue	Creature — Rogue	2/2	Menace	Dispatch Dispensary Very Cryptic Command
Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	1/1	Flying	Alela, Cunning Conqueror Bitterblossom Notorious Throng Shadow Puppeteers Tegwyll's Scouring Violet Pall
Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	1/1	Flying	Oona, Queen of the Fae
Goblin Rogue	Creature — Goblin Rogue	1/1		Boggart Mob Marsh Flitter Warren Weirding Weirding Shaman
Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	1/1		Distract the Guards
Human Rogue	Creature — Human Rogue	1/2	Haste When this creature enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to any target.	Outlaws' Merriment
Rat Rogue	Creature — Rat Rogue	1/1		Tribute to Horobi
Vampire Rogue	Creature — Vampire Rogue	1/1	Lifelink	Baron Bertram Graywater
Zombie Rogue	Creature — Zombie Rogue	2/2		Geralf, the Fleshwright Gisa, the Hellraiser Outlaw Stitcher Rictus Robber
The Master, Multiplied	Creature — Time Lord Rogue	4/3	The “legend rule” doesn’t apply to creature tokens you control. Triggered abilities you control can’t cause you to sacrifice or exile creature tokens you control.	The Master, Multiplied
Thornplate Intimidator	Creature — Rat Rogue	1/1	When this creature enters, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent or discard a card. (This token's mana cost is .)	Thornplate Intimidator
Agate Instigator	Creature — Lizard Rogue	1/1	Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. (This token's mana cost is .)	Agate Instigator
Prosperous Bandit	Creature — Raccoon Rogue	1/1	First strike Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many tapped Treasure tokens. (This token's mana cost is .)	Prosperous Bandit
Powder Ganger	Creature — Human Rogue	2/2	When Powder Ganger enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target artifact.	Powder Ganger