Duress strips their key setup spells (Rapid Rescue, Commune with Beavers) before they resolve, which is crucial against a deck built to cheat big threats into play. Strategic Betrayal exiles a resolved threat like Overlord of the Balemurk or Bringer of the Last Gift along with their graveyard, denying further recursion. Requiting Hex mostly whiffs against their bigger creatures and is cut, along with Practiced Offense which doesn't answer their reanimation plan.