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Why is there Amani War Bear in this deck? What exactly does it help against? 

It's a solid pull with rush off Kathrena.

yes i know, but when you use amani war bear you lose all potential burst from a devilsaur. So I'm assuming you have a really good reason for choosing it rather than it being "pretty good"

It has taunt, surviving in wild is pretty hard right now, devilsaur doesn't cut it. War bear is a lot easier to play if you draw it and is an additional defensive pull.

perhaps it's because the very top ladder is filled with rogues and paladins, but I find it hard to believe that this deck can win against anything besides aggro

I have all of the cards for this deck except Loatheb. Any card you suggest in his place? I was thinking of just jamming in Zul'Jin for fun because of the numerous beneficial spells within the deck that he could repeat with his battlecry. The other option I was considering was Zilliax.

Hi, If you dont have a Loatheb, use Zilliax insted as you say, its competitive change.

If you want to put Zul'Jin into your deck, change one tracking for one flare because you dont want to mill yourself and it helps against freeze and quest mages (I am using it in this version too, because flare helps me a lot and one tracking is enough). Also for that Zul'Jin version change Amani war bear for unleash the beast. (You can put second copy insted of that loatheb/zilliax)