As long as a blue Creature-centric deck exists in Standard, though, theres a good chance Subterranean Schooner is a big part of it
Removing threats works for a while, but with three opponents, someones going to stick something, and games can either stall out or develop into arms races
Letting it have flash means you can sneak it onto the battlefield when one of these cards is on the stack, but I dont think youre going to need to be so tricky with it
1-2 Grief You generally want to shave on disruption as youll be bringing in more answers anyway, and these pitch ones are worse in post-board games as the card disadvantage hurts more
If evidence was collected, exile a card from an opponents graveyard
(3/20/2026) If a prepared creature stops being a creature, it will still be prepared, and the copy of its prepare spell will remain in exile