Bant Control leans on Leyline Binding to exile our key artifact permanents and Force of Will/Force of Negation to protect their own Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student and Quantum Riddler engines. Spell Pierce taxes their cheap noncreature spells like Ponder, Up the Beanstalk, or a crucial Leyline Binding when they're tapped out from fetches. Abrade can destroy an artifact if they bring in Rest in Peace-adjacent hate, though its main role here is flexible removal for Tamiyo before she flips. We trim our weakest cantrip-style cards since card selection matters less against a deck that out-grinds raw card advantage with Up the Beanstalk and Quantum Riddler.