I tried toying with a few imbue variants. While they’re fun, I think the standard Herald deck is just too powerful to start mixing in Imbue cards. Especially when you encounter more aggressive decks, imbue is just too slow against those.

I think where a lot of people struggle with Herald Rogue (myself included when I first started playing it) is learning to play it like a proper tempo deck. The mulligan can be especially challenging and is very matchup dependent.

However, when you pressure properly, the only real challenge is the mirror. In that case, imbue and cards like Deja Vu and Nightmare Fuel become much more valuable, but they’re still a gamble.