Hearthpwn

I don't hate the new Shaman Legend. He's not all that bad and may have a fit in a list like this, but I don't think cutting Dr Boom is the right choice because Boom is incredibly powerful. Maybe this would take the slot from axing the 2nd Sludge Belcher. 

I believe Justicar should be classified as a pseudo-bomb which isn't quite the same as the two cards mentioned. Mana Tide generates card advantage to give you a late game plan getting plenty of spells to out pace your opponent. Nerubian Egg is an early minion that has a lot of synergy and is high impact in the early to mid game. 

I'd honestly want to cut a Sludge Belcher from this list to fit the Jusitcar since Belcher isn't all that necessary nor wonderful with 2x Defender of Argus. 

I don't mind the direction of Argent Watchman and could definitely see it being beneficial. However the power of the 4/4 Nerubian is quite strong too.

Ancestral Healing is awful considering there's not clear combo for it. There are not enough minions to gain full value nor do I want to add any minions to create such a combo. Also it becomes another card similar to Totemic Might, which would be conditional and mediocre.

A 1 mana 2/3 vs Aggro decks seems good, but then against opposing control decks your looking at a 1 mana 1/1 most of the time. Not sold on this guy as of yet. but he's an interesting card. 

I like the Thunder Bluff because of his versatility. He may require a little more work than a Bloodlust, but having a body and the potential of a constant high impact inspire effect sounds way to good to pass on. 

The Totemcarvers on the other hand are mostly there to just test out for now. I do think people are underrating this card a bit because of the inclusion of Totem Golem being able to protect your T3 Totem. There will be a bunch of totems in this deck between your Hero Power and just cards in the deck, so making the Totemcarver a 6/6 or larger sounds pretty reasonable against most midrange or control strategies. If he doesn't work out all that well, a Piloted Shredder would work just fine in this slot. 

Al'Akir is a solid card, but is not necessary as a win condition. It's much more feasible for a Doomhammer to close out a game because it comes down on t5 and if undisputed will be at least 10 points of damage while also giving you the option of Rockbiter combo without a ton of mana investment. 

In most of the Shaman Midrange/Control decks, Al'Akir was cut because you don't need him to win your games and it was much better to focus on board control and killing your opponent with a swarm of totems than having a single slot dedicated to closing out games. I would honestly rather run a 2nd copy of Thunder Bluff Valiant over Al'Akir for this reason alone. 

If this deck struggles against control strategies, a Neptulon might be viable however from the card advantage alone. 

Good luck and grind on,

-Wings

I know the feeling. We're so close to a viable Midrange/Control Shaman deck...I can smell it. O.O

Also thank you for the upvote!

The Bloodlust wasn't included because it was replaced by Thunder Bluff Valiant. It's almost the same effect, but is much more consistent and versatile. Being a minion as well as having a pseudo Bloodlust effect for inspire seems worthy enough to cut Bloodlust for this guy. 

The Totemcarver could be easily replaced with any 4-drop. I just figured this would be the perfect way to test out Totemcarver and see if he's good enough. With Totem Golem in the deck, making a 4-mana 6/6 seems not very far out of reach.