Aetherling is not my "only" Win Condition. Aetherling is there as an insurance policy if things get out of hand and i'm not able to keep the game stabilized with my Planeswalkers. The walkers are the main Win cons. Every Ultimate on the walkers can win the game; Tamiyo and Ral control the board while Jace protects them from taking full damage and draws me cards. It's a control deck why would i play offensively?
Permalink
you don't need a cavern of souls for each creature type, you need to name what you have at the time so you don't run into a counter. Gut shot is in here because it's a free spell and pumps dryad, and deals with most of the meta-game. Rancor is to get power through not just to be big, a pike'd creature is chumpable for days, a rancor'd creature is not.