Resolved: The Grim Patron Warrior deck ought to be nerfed in Hearthstone.

Def: HS is an online TCG by Blizzard. Patron Warrior deck utilizes the cards Warsong Commander, Patron, and Frothing Berserker with tons of whirlwind effects to create giant boards of three attack creatures or even OTKO opponents with a giant Frothing. Emperor is a 6 mana 5-5 with card text: "At the end of your turn, reduce the cost of all card in your hand by (1)." Plan Text: Blizzard ought to nerf the card Emperor Thaurissan. T: Emperor is run in every Patron deck since it is insanely good in combo decks. Value: Fairness, as a card should be nerfed if it creates unfair scenarios or is unfairly good. Fairness: the state, condition, or quality of being fair; free from bias or injustice (dictionary.com) Standard: We must weigh the card Emperor like Blizzard did with previous nerfs; this is the best as we will see if Emperor is as OP as cards that have been nerfed in the past. Part 1: Proof of OPNess Emperor"s main issue is it enable combos from EMPTY boards that can do insane damage. Examples: tinyurl.com/oj9em9g (dies from 51 health) tinyurl.com/ojchqc3 (gets by two 9-9 taunts; Trump not dark bombing face doesn"t matter as Emperor and Armorsmith trading in first allows LifeCoach to swing Deaths Bite and live with one health) tinyurl.com/nbcgtmw All patron games in their respective series, I"m not cherrypicking But this is the plan text as it is insane in other decks too. Take StrifeOTKO Mage: tinyurl.com/nmjwz9m tinyurl.com/nwnpack This deck can do infinite damage by playing Emperor with Apprentice2x-Echo-Archmage in hand, duplicating Emperor, playing it again, and then puking everything at 9 mana. Yes, this can guarantee INFINITE DAMAGE TURN 9. In Maly Lock, Maly-Darkbomb2x-Soulfire is an unstoppable 25 face damage with one Emperor activation, and in combo druid, where one activation gives you a ten mana super combo for 22 damage. This is unhealthy because it warps the metagame into Combo Decks abusing Emperor or agro decks that kill you before the combo. Results of Patron are good but the deck is BETTER than the results show. Every day we hear stories of missed lethals, but as players play the deck more, misplay levels decrease and the winrate will go higher. Freeze Mage is one of the best decks, and Handlock and Malylock are both solid in the most versatile class in the game. The reason Patron is the best is it can run cards like Shield Block and Harrison for the Aggro Paladin and Face Hunter matchups. I"m not the only one saying this. Some of the most popular HS streamers, including Trump, StrifeCro, and Noxious (the former two are part of ATLC finalist teams) have argued that Patron needs a nerf, and Strife agrees to my plan of nerfing Emperor. Part 2: Weighing So does this make Patron decks nerf worthy, especially Emperor? Consider why the previous nerfs in HS happened " Undertaker, Flare, Auctioneer, Soulfire, Leeroy - how does Emperor compare to these? Emperor, like Undertaker, is good if it gets one round of value and insane if it gets multiple. Up to nine free mana is a bigger impact than +1/+1. Emperor invalidates slow decks just like Flare destroyed decks with secrets. Auctioneer just drew a bunch of cards while Emperor gains you a bunch of mana, but Emperor is more versatile since it makes minions cheaper. Soulfire was free burst like Emperor enables huge burst. Leeroy is the best comparison " both had huge OTKO combos. As you can see, Emperor"s power level is on par with previously banned stuff. Prefer this weighing to anything my opponent does as Blizzard hopes to stay consistent with their banning and take away uncompetitive strategies. Part 3: Underview No neg RVIs or NIBS: RVI"s destroy my ability to read theory because you can collapse in the NR; incentivize you to be abusive in the NC because you can just go for RVI or one dropped condition in the 2NR. You can win off truly abusive positions just by virtue of the last speech with new arguments - making 1AR theory a game over for me. Destroys education because you are incentivized to be abusive and then collapse the theory plus the RVI. I will have to win something with less time since I have to focus on multiple issues as well. All neg counterplans must have 2 solvency advocates - only way to differentiate between actual lit and fringe blogs. I can"t prepare for infinite NCs so at least ignore ones that are complete crap. I meet since tinyurl.com/p94ebvj shows a bunch of pros who agree Emperor is insane, and I also showed people who think Patron is insane. Presume aff: a. You assume a statement is true if it sounds reasonable. Since many people agree Emperor is OP you can treat aff as reasonable. b. Strat skew: I have to debate blind, but the neg can alter their strat since they speak second; he gets new arguments last and convince you last, advantages that influence judges. Since I believe Emperor leads to unfair strategies with OTKO combos, especially in Patron, I strongly urge affirmation. I await my opponent"s arguments. GL.