Thorn of Amethyst taxes their noncreature spells like Swords to Plowshares, Static Prison, and Goblin Bombardment, slowing their removal and making their turns less explosive. Dismember is premium removal for Guide of Souls and Ocelot Pride before they snowball into a wide board. Sire of Seven Deaths is too slow against a deck that races with cheap threats and removal. Eldrazi Linebreaker trims slightly since Static Prison and Swords to Plowshares answer our attackers efficiently, making a lower curve preferable.

Unlicensed Hearse is an immediate answer to their graveyard plan, exiling cards the turn it enters without needing to crew since its tap ability only requires it be an artifact, directly countering Nethergoyf's power and toughness and denying Moonshadow's -1/-1 counter removal fuel. Thorn of Amethyst taxes their dense cantrip suite, Thoughtseize, Daze, and Force of Will, slowing their disruptive sequencing. Sire of Seven Deaths and some Eldrazi Linebreaker copies trim since Fatal Push and Orcish Bowmasters punish small or clunky bodies; keep Chalice of the Void on 1 to lock out their one-mana cantrips and removal.

Null Rod stops nothing of theirs directly but Thorn of Amethyst taxes Show and Tell, Aluren, and their cantrips, slowing the combo turn where they cheat in Atraxa, Grand Unifier or Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Chalice of the Void on 1 is excellent, locking out Ponder, Brainstorm, and Veil of Summer. Sire of Seven Deaths and some Eldrazi Linebreaker copies come out since they do nothing proactive against a combo deck trying to assemble Show and Tell plus a big payoff before we can race; keep Thought-Knot Seer and Reality Smasher as our best proactive disruption and clock.