Hearthpwn

Replaced Ixlid with Faceless and have also done:

-1 UI and -1 Dark Arakkoa for +1 Fatespinner and +1 Spreading Plague

Essential for all the aggro you will 100% face

It's fair to replace Ixlid if you don't have it. The card isn't meta at all.

But it's obviously better than Faceless. You can make a big (taunt) board and just win,  doesn't always have to be malygos combo to finish the game.

What's the reasoning of Ixlid, Fungal Lord over Faceless Manipulator? Not a dead draw from oaken summons after barnabus?

Because Ixlid, Fungal Lord can copy as many minions as you want. It's not core  though, you don't have to craft it to play this deck. 

Faceless feels often even more useless than Ixlid does I know he looks ultra shitty on paper but even if you go like Ixlid into Arakkoa or Creeper to do the quest or stall its perfectly fine while faceless feels only good on malygos also i dont wanna pull Faceless with Oaken Summons. 

Oaken Summons can literally never pull Faceless. Its the perfect replacement for Ixlid because your win condition is copying Malygos once.

Probably the closest thing I've played to Aviana Druid since it went to wild.  Great Deck!

I'm pretty sure the latest list he was running had - 1x Branching Paths and + 1xDark Arakkoa

About 100% if you face alot of aggro you just cut Dark Arakkoa and play two times Fatespinner I wouldn't cut Paths its just too good.

Hey Blaine, if you want to create your own article of your deck, I'll delete this.

I guess one Branching Pathis you play on curve, but the second might be to much, since youd rather play an Ultimate Infestation or a big guy if it lands on your hand before you complete the quest