Ocelot Pride Midrange builds a wide board quickly with Ocelot Pride and Ajani tokens, so Dismember is efficient, instant-speed removal that kills any of their key creatures, including Guide of Souls and Voice of Victory. Aether Spellbomb offers a cheap bounce option for their creatures, such as Ajani before it flips or a token (which simply disappears), while also replacing itself later if there is nothing worth bouncing. Pinnacle Emissary's 3/3 body dies to Swords to Plowshares and doesn't block their token swarm efficiently. Chalice of the Void at X=1 is strong here, shutting off Ocelot Pride, Guide of Souls, Swords to Plowshares, and their other one-mana spells.

Dimir Tempo relies on efficient disruption like Thoughtseize and Daze to protect threats such as Nethergoyf and Moonshadow. Mishra's Bauble is colorless, and several of their cards have triggered abilities, such as Bilbo's attack trigger, Orcish Bowmasters' enter trigger, and Moonshadow's trigger. That makes Consign to Memory valuable for countering those abilities and their colorless spells. Tormod's Crypt exiles their graveyard, which shrinks Nethergoyf and shuts off its escape. Shadowspear and extra Pinnacle Emissary copies are cut since this matchup rewards cheap interaction over clunkier cards that are exposed to Fatal Push or Orcish Bowmasters. Chalice of the Void at X=1 is strong against their one-mana suite of Thoughtseize, Fatal Push, Brainstorm, and Ponder, plus their one-mana creatures Nethergoyf and Moonshadow.

Sultai Aluren wants to resolve Show and Tell into Omniscience or a giant threat, or assemble Aluren for cheap creature loops, so Consign to Memory is live against their many colorless-costed enablers is limited, but it still counters triggered abilities like Acererak's venture trigger and is cheap, efficient interaction alongside Metallic Rebuke which scales well with our artifact-dense board to counter Show and Tell, Aluren, or Stock Up. This matchup is a race against their combo assembly, so prioritizing counterspells over clunky creatures like Pinnacle Emissary and Shadowspear maximizes our ability to disrupt their key turns. Chalice of the Void at X=1 slows their Brainstorm/Ponder/Veil of Summer plan but be mindful it doesn't stop Show and Tell at 3 mana.