It is actually possible to share placement number with another player, this is all based on MMR ratings
Counter spells to remove the treat before it ever has a chance to resolve Artifact removal: Vandalblast, Gemrazer, Abrade, Disenchant, etc
Theyll never hear the end of it
Alternatively, if you want to keep things at a more wholesome level, you could decide to just keep Reaper King waiting in the Command Zone, looming over the game and bringing terror without ever even being cast.
Free Counterspells, regardless of their drawbacks, were golden at holding the advantage that Miracle Growdue to its vastly superior tempo in essentially every matchupcould generate in almost every early Game 1 situation
Oh, and for reference, those nine "ante matters" cards are: Amulet of Quoz ( Ice Age ) Bronze Tablet ( Antiquities & 4th Edition ) Contract from Below ( Limited through Revised ) Darkpact ( Limited through Revised ) Demonic Attorney ( Limited through Revised ) Jeweled Bird ( Arabian Nights & Chronicles ) Rebirth ( Legends & 4th Edition ) Tempest Efreet ( Legends & 4th Edition ) Timmerian Fiends ( Homelands )