This is a mirror-adjacent tempo-control matchup where Force of Will and Daze wars matter enormously, so extra free countermagic via Force of Negation gives us more resilience against their Thoughtseize on their turn. Dauthi Voidwalker is excellent here, dodging Snuff Out while denying them access to their own graveyard synergies with Nethergoyf and Bilbo, Thief in the Night's flashback-adjacent attack trigger. Street Wraith is a fine cycler but doesn't pressure their life total meaningfully or protect our combo, so we cut it and some Flow State copies for more proactive disruption and a clock.

Eldrazi's Chalice of the Void on 0 or 1 can blank a huge chunk of our deck, so Force of Negation lets us fight through their disruption for free by pitching a blue card on their turn, whether that's countering a Chalice before it locks us out or stopping another noncreature threat before our combo turn. Dauthi Voidwalker races well against their colorless creatures since Shadow makes it nearly unblockable, and its exile clause disrupts any graveyard recursion they might have. Daze is weak since Eldrazi isn't casting many spells we need to tempo out and they can just play through it with mana to spare from Ancient Tomb and Eldrazi Temple. Personal Tutor is a slower piece we can trim since games will often be decided by whether we survive Chalice and Thought-Knot Seer disruption.

Ocelot Pride Midrange is a grindy creature deck rather than a control deck, so Daze is weak here since they play a lot of one-mana threats and don't rely on tapping out for spells we need to punish. Dauthi Voidwalker is a great clock with shadow that denies opposing graveyard value, while Orcish Bowmasters deals 1 damage upon entering the battlefield to ping their one-toughness creatures. Force of Negation counters their noncreature disruption like Static Prison on their turn. We trim slower value cards like Personal Tutor and Flow State since we want a faster, more resilient combo line against their proactive clock.