Hearthpwn

I've had Jepetto in previous builds; he's fine, but he adds a turn you're not doing a whole lot to the mix, and if he pulls an Acolyte you're basically giving back the card draw he gives you.  He also can't be killed by a single Warpath so you have to come up with a way to get him off your board.  I would consider him if there was a lot of shaman but don't think he's worth it otherwise.

Khadgar mage is beatable but hard.  You need to maximize your draw spells because they will eventually beat you with giant splits, so that means try to make sure you get 3 cards off each acolyte and at least a couple cards off of battle rage.  You can mostly ignore their Twilight Drakes, the real threat is the giants and copied giants.

You could run a Supercollider if you were especially concerned about the matchup, but I'm not sure doing so is worthwhile overall.

i think pretty much any priest list beats us, yeah

yeah, that's one of the reasons why you run redundant combo parts-- you want to be able to dump things and not regret it later.

edit: and great point re: Hecklebot.  Note also that vs control warrior you can partially play around Saboteur by holding Inner Rage+Whirlwind+Devastate+Undatakah for the kill turn-- that means a 2/3 chance that Sab will steal a redundant piece.

Seems reasonable to me but the tricky part is finding the cuts.  I'd probably go with Ironbeak since it's easier to kill it and the body is not all that important to you.

Went 4-2, wins against rogue 3x, bomb warrior, losses to mech paladin and khadgar mage.  This deck is less attractive if control warrior isn't out in force.

Haven't, have been working on other lists.  Will play a set today with it if I have time

It's clunky (requires the right board) and often gets stuck in hand. It's very powerful and if you feel naked without it you can run it, but we eventually cut it and didn't miss it once we did.  It does help against conjure mage and paladin/hunter mech death rattle decks especially.

you could, but it matters that you have redundant copies because it means that the first copy you draw is not literally unplayable.  think of it this way:  if you run 2x slam 1x whirlwind in those slots, and you draw a slam and a whirlwind, you get to play slam and that's it out of those two cards.

If you run 2x whirlwind plus 1x inner rage, and you draw 2x whirlwind, then you get to play two whirlwinds, and this probably happens during the part of the game where the outcome is still in doubt.

Would you rather have a slam than a whirlwind?  Yeah, probably.  Would you rather have a slam than two whirlwinds?  Much less clear.

not at all.