Orzhov Control fields resilient threats like Graveyard Trespasser, Skyclave Apparition, and The Ooze, so Redcap Melee and Scorching Shot give you clean, efficient answers to stick removal on their value creatures and planeswalkers like The Wandering Emperor. Spell Pierce is much weaker against a deck full of 1-mana discard and plenty of mana to pay the tax by the time it matters, so it comes out. Monstrous Rage trades poorly against their removal-dense deck and doesn't close games fast enough, so it's also cut. Be mindful of Thoughtseize and Fatal Push stripping your hand and early creatures, and sequence your threats to play around Vanishing Verse and Get Lost when possible.