Lightning Axe cleanly kills Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer or Territorial Kavu before they snowball into an unbeatable clock. Thoughtseize strips their Leyline Binding or a key threat before we're forced to race their aggressive curve. Burning Inquiry is dangerous since it can fuel their graveyard-adjacent card selection and gives them a free look at extra cards while we're trying to stay ahead on tempo, so it comes out. Golgari Thug is replaced with more immediate answers since this is a fast aggressive matchup where we need interaction over incremental value.