Hearthpwn

The early game allows the deck to survive against aggro and mid-range, While out tempoing another control decks.  Entomb also makes it easy to steal these high value minions from your opponent.  There is more than 1 way to play control, and fight control vs control.  Control doesn't mean you just surviving and then throwing down huge minion after huge minion. 

Look at renolock the current king of wild, they run very few huge minions.  They beat other control decks by out tempoing them with high value low to mid-range cards then if they need to use a big win condition like jaraxxus.  There is more than one way to play control.

Everything from a 3 to a 5 drop is mid-range, there are a ton of mid-range drops.  Not to mention most of the drops either give you another card to play or are sticky minions (like creeper and shredder). Just because N'Zoth, the Corruptor Summons a couple bad minions is okay.  All the really need is a couple of powerful minions and your fine, that late in the game summoning a huge board is insane value.  You only need a one or 2 good minions to win most of the time.  Like renolock the way you beat other control decks is by applying pressure to them early and mid game so come late game you use your removals on their minions while your minions hit them up.

Barnes is one of those cards we will have to see if it works, with 11 out of 20 minions being good I thought he might work, but we will have to test and see.  Trust me he is first in line on my chopping board.  Hoping the priest legendary is an awesome deathrattle that will take his place.  Thats what happens when you make a theorycraft though, you put in cards that you think will work then once you can test it and see what happens :D

I agree, way too many low value early game minions

No major domo, he is just to risky.  Yes if you can pull it off its amazing but just to situational.

asking the real questions right here