Jeskai Control wants to resolve card advantage engines like Stock Up, Jeskai Revelation, and Great Hall of the Biblioplex while answering our threats with removal like Fire Magic or Sear, so proactive disruption before they untap is key. Duress strips removal or Strategic Betrayal from their hand on the play, and Negate counters Jeskai Revelation or a planeswalker-free threat before it swings the game. Cut Rapid Rescue and Wistfulness since their incidental value is too slow in a grindy matchup, and trim Awaken the Honored Dead since both the destroy mode and recursion are less relevant against a deck with few sticky permanents to target.