Dimir Tempo combines discard, free counterspells, and efficient threats like Tamiyo and Murktide Regent, so we want to race while disrupting their disruption — Surgical Extraction lets us permanently answer a Snuff Out or protect a reanimated bomb from being exiled by Barrowgoyf triggers or graveyard hate they bring in. Chain of Smog is excellent at stripping their hand of Force of Will and Daze in one shot before we commit Reanimate or Shallow Grave. Trim Raph & Mikey and Borborygmos since they're too slow against a deck applying steady pressure with Orcish Bowmasters and Kaito. Use Thoughtseize and Unmask early to clear the way, since their own Thoughtseize and Bowmasters punish us for over-extending — try to win with a single resolved Griselbrand or Atraxa rather than multiple threats.

Ocelot Pride Midrange doesn't interact with our graveyard plan directly but races hard with wide token boards and Wasteland disrupts our nonbasic-heavy mana, so Surgical Extraction is mainly a hedge against their own Surgical Extraction and Deafening Silence hitting our reanimation targets from the sideboard. Cut a colorless land and Borborygmos since we need to be fast and can't afford clunky draws against their aggressive clock — this matchup is about resolving Griselbrand or Atraxa on turn 1-2 before they overwhelm us with Cat tokens and Swords our reanimated threat. Thoughtseize and Cabal Therapy should target Swords to Plowshares or Static Prison to protect our payoff, and Unmask is live to blow through their answers even on an empty hand. Life total matters less than usual since Griselbrand's card draw and Atraxa's lifegain stabilize quickly once resolved.

WU is packed with Force of Will, Daze, and Stifle to counter or fizzle our reanimation spells, so Chain of Smog is huge here — it strips two cards from their hand for one black mana, often taking their only counterspell and a follow-up answer in the same cast, and dodges Stifle since it isn't targeted at a permanent. Borborygmos comes out because it's a clunky mana sink against a deck that will just Swords or bounce it, and one Raph & Mikey is cut since Wasteland-heavy decks punish our nonbasic-light manabase less but the legend still competes for graveyard resources. Keep leaning on Thoughtseize and Cabal Therapy pre-combat to clear a window, then jam Reanimate or Animate Dead on Griselbrand to refill and close. Watch for Karakas bouncing your reanimated legendary creatures — sequence Atraxa or Raph & Mikey around open Karakas mana when possible.