This basically describes an australianother british colony upbringing . <| sep |> you ' re understating thaurasins effect on hearthstone by just saying he only improved combo decks . He made malygos decks possible warlock , mage , druid , rogue and was a required component for patron decks , he pushed tempo druid into a top tier tournament deck . emperor in his peak saw play in nearly every style of deck , save aggro from tempo , combo and control , revitalized freezemage and is the reason why blizzard isn ' t printing anymore otkcombo cards to this day . patron warrior was a strong tournament deck , but it was not that widespread throughout most of the ladder due to it ' s dificulty to pilot . The concept for the deck wasn ' t novel to begin with , so it wasn ' t really a sleeper hit either . otk warrior had been around since beta and most players instantly recognized the combo potential arround warsong comander , patron , whirlwinds and warsongs however the consencus was that it wouldn ' t be playable due to the high mana cost making it unreliable at best . it wasn ' t until playtesting with battle rage and emperor that players realized the combo was very consistant since you could use the first set of patrons to draw into your emperor in order to set up an otk . The strongest aspect of the deck was also arguably the bloodthirsters since they were the ones who enabled 100 damage combos , and the a large amount of players all agreed that it should have been what was nerfed , not warsong commander . it ' s unfair to say that they had an equal ammount of impact if looking at a card which best represents what BRM ended up doing for the meta emperor objectively had more of an effect than patron since it was a key component for many decks including the patron deck by enabling patron warrior as well as other decks .