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Animus can be servicable in that role, but you have to possess enough large creatures to ensure that its going to be solid removal

But you can't afford to play slow - you also lose that much life

Sliver and Onions

Evolution Incense 2

Splinter Twin is a tier-one Modern deck now, both [card]Ponder[/card] and [card]Preordain[/card] are banned in Modern, and you got to play with fetch lands plus Pondera Legacy interaction staple

Pirates have received much more support since then, being a key Draft archetype in Commander Masters, receiving an entire Commander precon in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and being included in Outlaws of Thunder Junction's outlaw batch