Although it seems counter intuitive, you can still activate Field of Ruin to enable your Archive Traps, what this deck really does is it eliminates your opponent the choice of allowing your alternate cost
The tricky part is that you can only play so many fours, and there is no shortage of attractive options
I have a signed set of the Premium Deck Series: Slivers printing in foil because they just look so good, and I play them in my mono-blue Randy Gallegos Vintage Artist Constructed deck
Jester Lavorre, Prankster Priestess loves to make your opponent waste their own resources
All the complexity is still there, but it comes from combining these cards with other effects bouncing a modal land to your hand to use the other side later, searching for a creature card and being able to grab a utility landthat sort of thing
You want the minimum number of counterspells in your deck to ensure you are safe against all the possible things that are dangerous to you