It encourages your opponents to power up their armies and then send them into battle with someone else
With four Cast Downs, three Mortifies, three Vraskas Contempts, and an unbeatable Profane Procession, Izzet Drakes has an impossible time keeping their threats alive
Spot removal like Beast Within, Swords to Plowshares, Vindicate, Mire in Misery, Cryptic Command, Decimate, and Abrade is also helpful for a more surgical approach to problems at the table
4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice
Preparing for a Tournament In order to prepare for tournaments, you need to know the metagame, refine your deck, and practice as much as possible
This matchup is still losable due to the amount of Lightning Bolt effects in Standard, but its a lot easier to beat than I would have ever thought at this point in the format