Does anyone agree that some old decks like patron warrior and oil rogue, although broken, were very creative and had the essence of a real card game? I mean, they were both very difficult decks to play where you had to think a lot to set up for perfect combos while also being incredible funny to make awesome plays, I know that they were overpowered, but for me they were what decks formats should be, instead of some aggro decks that you don't have to think at all to play or some control decks that you just wait until fatigue to win the game. I just wish that blizzard had reduced their power instead of completely killed those decks.
To be fair, the nerf to Warsong Commander didn't kill Patron Warrior - a bunch of players piloted the deck at Worlds in 2015, well after the nerf, including the champion, Ostkaka. While the nerf eliminated the OTK, the deck remained among the best in the meta. Oil Rogue was never nerfed. Tinker's Sharpsword Oil rotated with the arrival of the format split. Blade Flurry was nerfed at rotation, but TSO has continued to see play in just about every Wild Rogue deck apart from Mill and Odd.
aggro decks that you don't have to think at all to play
That is not true. As much as I hate aggro myself (control for life!), I must disagree with this. I've played a lot Zoolock recently and I must say, that it's all but mindless smorc. More often than not, it's like one wrong play costs you a match. You wanted to be greedy and skipped Grim Rally for the next turn (to get more value) and then Rougue used her Fan of Knives, leaving you with nothing but Grim Rally in your hand? Well, say GG to yourself... Same goes for trades and managing resources, you must THINK ALL THE TIME, because unlike many control decks, one missplay is often over for you and there's no way to come back.
Does anyone agree that some old decks like patron warrior and oil rogue, although broken, were very creative and had the essence of a real card game? I mean, they were both very difficult decks to play where you had to think a lot to set up for perfect combos while also being incredible funny to make awesome plays, I know that they were overpowered, but for me they were what decks formats should be, instead of some aggro decks that you don't have to think at all to play or some control decks that you just wait until fatigue to win the game. I just wish that blizzard had reduced their power instead of completely killed those decks.
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Yea I agree completely, just so long as you remove the burst damage to face off those decks then I'm all for creative/difficult to play decks.
Those decks are still around if you'd just look for them though?
We have miracle priest now. A deck that took more than a week for top legend players before they could pilot it well. Razakus priest before that...
Decks come and decks go. Patron warrior also still exists in wild.
I’ll agree with Patron, but never found oil rogue difficult or engaging to pilot.
To be fair, the nerf to Warsong Commander didn't kill Patron Warrior - a bunch of players piloted the deck at Worlds in 2015, well after the nerf, including the champion, Ostkaka. While the nerf eliminated the OTK, the deck remained among the best in the meta. Oil Rogue was never nerfed. Tinker's Sharpsword Oil rotated with the arrival of the format split. Blade Flurry was nerfed at rotation, but TSO has continued to see play in just about every Wild Rogue deck apart from Mill and Odd.
That is not true. As much as I hate aggro myself (control for life!), I must disagree with this. I've played a lot Zoolock recently and I must say, that it's all but mindless smorc. More often than not, it's like one wrong play costs you a match. You wanted to be greedy and skipped Grim Rally for the next turn (to get more value) and then Rougue used her Fan of Knives, leaving you with nothing but Grim Rally in your hand? Well, say GG to yourself... Same goes for trades and managing resources, you must THINK ALL THE TIME, because unlike many control decks, one missplay is often over for you and there's no way to come back.