The idea behind this deck is to create a flexible midrange deck that can board into a control or aggro style as desired.

The base deck gets flexibility in large part due to the den protector and stratus dancer.  The cards can be played face down for a slower more control/value oriented approach, or face up to be more aggressive. In either mode, once the cards are turned face up, they have evasion mechanisms to push damage and pressure the opponent's life total.

abbot, mentor, soulfire all potentially good additions which would require me to buy more cards