I've definitely played this against you once, probably more. Your Curseblade survived my inferno that time and managed to out tempo the deck and gain victory after taking like thirty damage! The change to Apotheosis not taking away the second wind effect from Invoke has been implemented since then though and really made the deck even better ;)

Usually I do take spoil first of all the huntsman cards, yes. Should the game eventually develop an aura heavy "meta" with more players, I could see the replacement, but also do remember all those auras are affected by silence, which the deck can muster out. And yes, I do think the possible surprise factor and damage do edge out pommel strike to be the superior choice compared to hexes; it's also an important power generation piece after all, and the deck is tight with that.