Mono Green Eldrazi ramps into big threats like Emrakul, the Promised End and Sire of Seven Deaths while using Kozilek's Command and Unholy Heat as removal; Prismatic Ending can exile ramp pieces like Utopia Sprawl (one color) and Talisman of Impulse (two colors) before they accelerate them out of our combo window. Their Kozilek's Return only deals 2 damage to each creature, so an unflipped Ral, Monsoon Mage (a 1/3) survives it. The danger is when it sits in their graveyard and they cast an Eldrazi creature spell with mana value 7 or greater, since it can then be exiled for 5 damage to each creature, so speed is important. Cut Wish and one Strike It Rich for more proactive removal since this is fundamentally a race we should usually win if uninterrupted.
Boros Energy has two dangerous hatecards for us: Blood Moon shuts off our nonbasic-heavy manabase, and their Galvanic Discharge/Thraben Charm can snipe Ral, Monsoon Mage before it flips. Wear/Tear's enchantment half kills Blood Moon on the spot, while Prismatic Ending's converge can exile early creatures like Ragavan or Ocelot Pride before they snowball. Cut slower value cards like Glimpse the Impossible and excess Wish copies since this matchup is a race against their aggressive curve, and we need efficient interaction more than incremental card advantage.
Affinity's board is mostly artifact-based (Mox Opal, Kappa Cannoneer, Pinnacle Emissary, and the Construct tokens from Urza's Saga), so Wear/Tear's artifact-destroying half is premium removal. Note that Urza's Saga itself is an Enchantment Land, so only the Tear half can hit it, and Kappa Cannoneer's ward {4} makes it expensive to target. Weapons Manufacturing is also an enchantment, so Tear has a use there. Untimely Malfunction can destroy a key artifact or redirect a spell or ability with a single target. Their Metallic Rebuke and Engineered Explosives are real threats to our combo, so keeping our ritual density high matters. Cut Wish and one Strike It Rich since we need proactive artifact answers rather than more mana acceleration in a matchup where they can also kill Ruby Medallion with Engineered Explosives.
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