After explaining that, by the data, Affinity wasn't that bad, Aaron mused that, in the past three months R&D and the DCI have been reminded that Magic is not a series of balanced equations, spreadsheets of Top 8 results and data of card frequencies
Wizards is free to explore weird spaces, and, as demonstrated here, those spaces may occasionally do something really problematic
You can also cage Nevinyrral's Disk and Soul of New Phyrexia / Aetherling to wipe the board on demand, or just equip him with Darksteel Plate to make sure he survives
There are also plenty of ways to deal damage to your own creatures, either with direct damage spells, or cards like Forerunner of the Empire
This can be a pretty great deal in drawn-out games, particularly given that the majority of the games removal can be found in its Action cards
He's still working his regular shifts and plans to invest the money to help set himself up for the future