and this disproves what, exactly? I just proved with a source that it was one of the top decks used recently to win one of the worldwide tournaments, how exactly is it not effective?
And how is patron warrior not gimmicky? The fact that when you pull it off its great doesn't mean its a reliable combo.
because there are LOTS of different combination cards you can use on it for it to be effective, it doesn't just have to be warsong commander + commanding shout, and unless they have flamestrike or another larger AOE type spell on hand, then there is nothing they can do to stop +15 damage the next turn after that as well. Out of the ~20ish times I've used a similar deck, I've used some form of grim patron 15-16 times out of those duals, because it wasn't that hard (short of terrible card draw) to reach the later turns with mediocre to above average board control.