These are here primarily to blink Eluge, the Shoreless Sea, giving us an extra flood counter and speeding up our mana advantage, but also protecting Eluge from targeted removal (Teferi's Time Twist provides protection from board wipes too)
It is disheartening that more fetchlands take away from the beautiful basic count, so I must accept that a third copy of Logic Knot isnt in the cards
Together Forever
Even if you do, -15 probably leaves Gideon with such low loyalty that you can't close out the game before everyone rebuilds
Alternatively, you could grab Kiki first, then clone the Recruiter to grab Deceiver Exarch or Felidar Guardian after
If you are the one being attacked, you can use your Pokmons defense mechanisms if they have one, and also keep track of how much HP you have left