Dimir Midrange wants to pick apart threats with Bitter Triumph, Requiting Hex, and Kaito while generating card advantage from Enduring Curiosity and Floodpits Drowner. Surrak, Elusive Hunter can't be countered and punishes their removal-heavy plan by drawing cards whenever they target your creatures, while also pushing through combat damage with trample. Sheltered by Ghosts answers a problematic Kaito or Enduring Curiosity and makes your creature harder to remove with ward. Doorkeeper Thrull's flying is low-impact against their mostly ground/removal plan, and Esper Origins is a slower value engine than what you need against their disruption.