That window usually amplifies demand for safe staples and flexible role-players rather than narrow tech
I'm not satisfied by my counters, there is not a counter that done both Doom Blade and Go for the Throat 's effects except for Death's Approach (who doesn't make me safety) and Murder (who costs too much mana/swamps in early turns): the best things could be something like Abrupt Decay , with black/blue colors
If were in a world full of token creatures and Silkwraps, Deathmist Raptor does almost nothing, and perhaps we want to dig deeper in our decks with Clues and Frogs
its miscut along the bottom edge
Forcing your opponent to switch their Active Pokemon with one from their Bench can disrupt their strategy
Bone Shredder gives you another creature that can destroy other creatures on ETB, and because it has Echo, you can play it early to kill something and then reanimate it with Balthor later