This lifegain deck wins by grinding incremental life triggers into card draw and damage from Lunar Convocation and Starscape Cleric, so sweepers and efficient removal matter far more than hand disruption. Terminal Criticism only destroys blue or red creatures or planeswalkers, which this opponent does not play, but it is boarded in anyway to replace discard that whiffs against their low noncreature density; reconsider leaving it in if the opposing list skews to its known sideboard colors. Maelstrom Pulse and Vicious Rivalry give extra ways to answer Amalia Benavides Aguirre or Haliya, Guided by Light before they snowball, with Vicious Rivalry's life payment used conservatively early and more aggressively once the race is in hand. Thror's Map, Duress, and Demolition Field come out since this opponent has few impactful nonland or noncreature permanents worth discarding or blowing up, and the games are won through board control rather than land disruption. Deadly Cover-Up remains a premium sweeper here, resetting the board before the opponent's life-trigger engines compound.